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:
- Sign up for ZwiftPower so you’ll be included in the final results
- Read How to Race on Zwift (Setup, Strategy, and More)
- 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:
- APAC: https://zwiftpower.com/league.php?id=1609
- EMEA: https://zwiftpower.com/league.php?id=1610
- Americas East: https://zwiftpower.com/league.php?id=1611
- Americas West: https://zwiftpower.com/league.php?id=1612
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?
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This is awesome Eric!
Could not possibly have chosen worse times for APAC. 4 options for the most densely populated and cycling happy cities in Aus are… Tuesday 8pm or Wednesday 3:30am, 9am, or midday.
sadly, I love bikes. Which means I am poor. So I need to sleep at night and work in normal working times during the week.
Tuesday 6:30/7:00pm would at least allow NZ to still be awake so that you can get both coasts.
I tried to use a time (the apac event) that would be rideable across Australia. If I run a second series I’ll probably pull it back by an hour so it’s 7pm in Melbourne/Sydney
Thank you for putting this series on
My HRM wouldn’t connect. Is there someone I can contact?
@James Bailey is the organizer.
Is there a race bible anywhere other than FB (I don’t FB)? Question for today’s race (I’m doing PDT). What type of bikes are allowed for the iTT? TT only?
No race bible available.
You’re probably ALLOWED to use road bikes, but that would be a really bad idea, since the race has no drafting so a TT bike will turn in a faster time. See TT frame recommendations at https://zwiftinsider.com/bologna-setup/
Thank you!
Do you have to race all the races to be considered in the overall. I can’t make tonight’s, but can make the rest. Can I still race the other races?
You can race whatever races you’d like, but if you miss one, that basically kills your chances for a podium in the overall series, since you’re competing against riders who won’t miss any races.
That said, there will be MANY riders who don’t make all the races. It’s perfectly fine to just dip in and out of the series, treating each race as a one-off.
hi
In race number four,Richmond Rollercoaster which segments are the FTS on ?