Are you interested in racing on Zwift? ZRacing is a great place to begin. These events are popular because they’re made to fit anyone’s schedule, delivering a solid 1-hour workout (including warmup and cooldown) on an ever-changing set of courses.
Here’s everything you need to know about Zwift’s “ZRacing” – the platform’s most popular ongoing race series.
Lap It Up – April’s Route Schedule
Here are the routes we’ll be racing in April (click route for details):
- Stage 1 (Apr 1-7): Champs-Élysées
- 3 laps (23km, 130m elevation)
- Powerup: Feather, Steamroller 🛈
- Stage 2 (April 8-14): Glasgow Reverse
- 6 lap (19.3km, 198m elevation)
- Powerups: Aero Boost, Feather 🛈
- Stage 3 (April 15-21): Seaside Sprint
- 3 laps (21.8km, 174m)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft Boost 🛈
- Stage 4 (April 22-28): Bridges & Boardwalks
- 3 laps (20.9km, 188m)
- Powerups: Draft Boost, Aero Boost 🛈
- Stage 5 (April 29-May 5): London Classique
- 2 laps (16.5km, 94m)
- Powerups: Draft Boost, Ghost 🛈
See upcoming Lap It Up events >
Racer Categories
These races use Zwift Pace Groups for categorization, so (for example) you cannot enter C category if your historic power numbers qualify you as a B or A. You can always race up a category if you’re looking for an extra challenge, but you cannot race down.
Learn more about Pace Groups/Category Enforcement >
Monthly GC Competition
Every race event is a competition itself, but each month’s series is also a time-based GC (general classification) competition based on riders’ finishing times on each stage. Overall category winners are the riders with the lowest overall time for that month’s races.
Current GC results can be found on ZwiftPower.com under “Leagues.”
Important ZwiftPower Notes
- You must be signed up for ZwiftPower to be included in the GC results. Need help? Read How to Sign Up for ZwiftPower (and Why Every Zwifter Should Do It).
- You can race each stage multiple times to improve your finishing time. Hint: the fastest times usually come from the largest race fields!
- To be included in the final ZwiftPower results, you must use a heart rate monitor as well as a smart trainer, smart bike, or power meter.
Earn the Badge
Each month’s ZRacing series has a unique achievement badge you can unlock by finishing every stage. There are no makeup events, so if you miss a stage, you miss the badge!
Zwift Community Live(stream)
Nathan Guerra and his team at Zwift Community Live provide commentary and live streaming of each Monday’s 5pm UTC/1pm Eastern/10am Pacific race. Here’s a sample of one such race:
Click for the playlist of upcoming broadcasts >
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