As explained in a previous post, this season’s top-level Zwift racing look very different from previous years. Now decoupled entirely from Zwift Racing League, the “Zwift Grand Prix” series is happening each Friday at 6pm UTC, with men featured one week and women the next over 6 rounds.
Tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm UTC the Zwift Grand Prix kicks off with its first race for the men, in a format named the “Parcours Picker”. (Women will race their Parcours Picker next Friday.)
This race actually consists of 5 different events. Teams will select 5 riders to take part in 5 different races (one rider per race) on different routes utilizing different formats. The winning team will have the highest total points across all 5 races.
Each race will feature one rider per team, so a total of 12 riders overall per race. Where applicable, PowerUps will be available to add further strategy to the races – but information on PowerUp structure is being furnished to the teams directly and wasn’t available at the time of this publication.
Race Details
Race 1: Neokyo Crit Course
- Points Race
- Distance: 8.58km
- Points will be available for the first 3 riders (each lap) across the Alley and Castle Park sprints
- Alley Sprint (3,2,1) x 2
- Castle Park Sprint (3,2,1) x 2
Race 2: Sea To Tree
- Scratch Race
- Distance: 3.84km
- Points will be available at the finish line only
- Finish Line (12-1 for 1st to 12th place)
Race 3: Tour of Tewit Well
- Scratch Race
- Distance: 10.74km
- Points will be available for the first 6 riders across the line at the climb arch and finish line.
- Climb Arch (6,5,4,3,2,1)
- Finish Line (6,5,4,3,2,1)
Race 4: Innsbruckring
- Individual TT
- Distance: 9.03km
- Points will be available based on overall time and for the fastest through the sprint segment
- Overall Time (12-1 for 1st to 12th place)
- Innsbruck Sprint (2 bonus points available for the fastest rider through the segment)
Race 5: Downtown Dolphin
- Points Race
- Distance: 9.38km
- Points will be available each lap at the Climb Arch and then once at the finish line
- Climb Arch (4,3,2,1) x 5
- Finish Line (4,3,2,1)
Note: total race points will accrue across the 5 races and series points will be awarded according to each team’s final points tally.
Watch Live
Each Friday’s races will be livestreamed with commentary on Zwift’s YouTube the Zwift Live Facebook channels. Watch tomorrow’s event below:
Some of the racers will also be livestreaming their races. Tuning into these personal streams can sometimes be much more interesting than the main broadcast! Here are the links we know of:
- Velocio Team Stream (English) – twitch.tv/Bouchard
- Hexagon pb Saris (French) – twitch.tv/styrostv
- Team Italy Live (Italian) – twitch.tv/teamitalylive
- TSBiker (Dutch/Flemish) – twitch.tv/tsbiker
- PTz Live (Portugese) – facebook.com/bjafonso
- タムロリエ-Rie Tamuro – youtube.com/channel/UC3Dw1nzbYi9DLcE0RaXcRDQ
- NeXT pb Enshored (English) – twitch.tv/barney_nz
Full Season Schedule
Round 1 – Parcours Picker
Men: Friday, September 23 @ 6 pm UTC
Women: Friday, September 30 @ 6 pm UTC
Round 2 – Team Elimination Omnium
Men: Friday, October 7 @ 6 pm UTC
Women: Friday, October 14 @ 6 pm UTC
Round 3 – Squad Skirmish
Men: Friday, October 21 @ 6 pm UTC
Women: Friday, October 28 @ 6 pm UTC
Round 4 – Points Elimination Reverse
Men: Friday, November 18 @ 7 pm UTC
Women: Friday, November 25 @ 7 pm UTC
Round 5 – Team Elimination Omnium
Men: Friday, December 2 @ 7 pm UTC
Women: Friday, December 9 @ 7 pm UTC
Round 6 – Individual Relay
Men: Friday, January 13 @ 7 pm UTC
Women: Friday, January 20 @ 7 pm UTC
Finals
Men and Women: Late March (TBD)
Men and Women: Late March (TBD)
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