Tomorrow, ZWB Cycling is holding the second edition of their fresh Zwift race concept: the ZWB Omnium!
While the omnium concept isn’t entirely new to Zwift, it’s an uncommon competition format due to the heavy lifting organizers have to do in planning races and compiling results. The good folks at ZWB Cycling have certainly put in the effort, choosing thoughtful routes, setting up a sensible rules structure, and creating a website to share details and results.
What Makes It Special
Each week features a set of four unique back-to-back races combining into one intense omnium competition. Riders earn points based on their performance in each race, and the combined points total determines overall ranking. Plan on 90 minutes of combined speed, endurance, and strategy!
The 4 races are in the following formats:
- Prologue: A short, individual TT. The race of truth!
- Sprint Quali: No hiding! Fastest sprint wins.
- Spicy Scratch: A climbing battle where the first across the line wins.
- Crit Royale: Combines segment points and finish points for the final battle!
These are mass start races, although riders sign up based on Zwift Racing Score groupings. Riders are separated into ZwiftRacing.app vELO Score leagues (which roughly map to ZRS groupings) for the final results.
Schedule and Routes
Races happen every Tuesday through April 2026, starting at 19:45 CET/18:45 UTC/13:35 ET/10:45 PT. See upcoming events >
Courses change each week, with details and writeups available at zwbomnium.netlify.app. This week’s routes are Scotland-themed:
- Prologue: Loch Loop (6km)
- Sprint Quali: Glasgow Crit Circuit (2 Laps, 6km)
- Spicy Scratch: City and the Sgurr (14.5km, custom finish)
- Crit Royale: Glasgow Reverse (5 laps, 15km)
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zwbomnium >
Results, Rules, + More
You must be registered on ZwiftPower.com to be included in the final results.
Complete race rules available at zwbomnium.netlify.app/rules.
Final results and season GC standings can be found at zwbomnium.netlify.app/results.
Questions or Comments?
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This sounds like an amazing series! Wis the timing was better for US participants.
@ Chris Crush Ms, whenever there is enough interest we would be able to host a U.S. timeslot as well or a different timeslot on a different day even. We are still testing the waters at the moment, to see how it gets received in the community.
Enjoyed the event. It was tough to complete Stage 3 in time to start stage 4 for lower class riders.
We noticed as well, it was a calculation mistake. Won’t happen again, we tweaked some details to improve. Hope you enjoy it next round as well.
In round 3, event 4,Croissant, what is the segment? Is it each lap, each sprint. or something else.
You get points at each sprint (first 10 riders across the line), as well as points at the finish (first 20 riders).
I realize this series is probably designed for stronger riders, but few D/E riders can complete a 10k course in 15 minutes. This means you’ll have to skip one stage in round 3.
It wouls be nice to be able to do all 4 stages. Stign ZBW said they were aware of the problem, but it doesn’t appear to be fixed for Round 3. On the other hand, I probably need to skip a stage to recover anyway.
Can the results from Yesterday be completed for the E group? There is an error message when trying to load. Error loading data. Make sure the Google Sheet link is correct and publicly accessible.