Zwift Women’s Racing Series Announced

Zwift has spun up a new racing series just for the ladies! We’re announcing it now since this is Women’s History Month, but the 6-week series begins in April. It features races every Tuesday in 4 different timeslots. Each week’s race is on a different course, and the series features different types of races: an iTT, two short scratch races, and 3 points races.

Event Schedule

Races happen on Tuesdays in four different timeslots (these may shift 1 hour due to upcoming time changes):

  • APAC: 10am UTC/6am EDT
  • EMEA: 5:30pm UTC/1:30pm EDT/10:30am PDT
  • Americas East: 7pm EDT/4pm PDT
  • Americas West: 10pm EDT/7pm PDT

Browse upcoming events in the series at zwift.com/events/tag/zwiftwomensracingseries >

Route Details

  • Week 1 (April 4): Time Trial on Bologna Time Trial Lap
    • 1 lap (8.1km)
    • Fastest course time decides the winner
  • Week 2 (April 11): Scratch Race on Innsbruckring
    • 1 lap (9km)
    • Finishing position decides the winner
  • Week 3 (April 18): Scratch Race on Watopia Mountain Route
    • Custom length (14km), ends at Epic KOM banner
    • Finishing position decides the winner
  • Week 4 (April 25): Points Race on Richmond Rollercoaster
    • 4 laps, 32.4km
    • Fastest segment times plus finishing position decide the winner
  • Week 5 (May 2): Points Race on Downtown Dolphin
    • 16 laps (31.5km)
    • Fastest segment times plus finishing position decide the winner
  • Week 6 (May 9): Points Race on The Muckle Yin
    • 1 Lap (23.7km)
    • Fastest segment times plus finishing position decide the winner

Points Scoring

This is a points series where your result each week earns you a certain number of points. Those points are then tallied up for the overall 6-week series, with the highest points earners in each category and timeslot coming out on top.

Note: if you’re aiming for the overall victory you must always enter at the same time. Points will not carry from one time zone to the other.

Rules

This series uses Category Enforcement to keep racing fair.

If you upgrade mid-series, your points cannot be transferred to your new category. If you think it is likely that you will upgrade during this series, please enter all races at the higher category.

These races are open to all women, but for your results to count, you must be wearing a heart rate monitor and using either a smart trainer or power meter. Sorry – no zPower riders in the classified results.

First Time Racers

Never raced before on Zwift? This is a great place to start! Here are a few tips to get you started:

  1. Sign up for ZwiftPower so you’ll be included in the final results
  2. Read How to Race on Zwift (Setup, Strategy, and More)
  3. Have fun! Just sign up and give it your best. You’ll get a great workout in with a bunch of other great ladies!

ZwiftPower Results

Final results for each race can be found on ZwiftPower.

Overall results are organized into leagues. Here are the links:

Join the Club

This series is housed under the Zwift Ladies Only (ZLO) Club. You can join it here for easy access to these and other ladies-only events. I also recommend joining it on Facebook as that’s where most of the discussion happens. (Full disclosure: my lovely wife Monica is the main group admin!)

Questions or Comments?

Post below!

Eric Schlange
Eric Schlangehttp://www.zwiftinsider.com
Eric runs Zwift Insider in his spare time when he isn't on the bike or managing various business interests. He lives in Northern California with his beautiful wife, two kids and dog. Follow on Strava

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