The Zwift World Series is Zwift’s new flagship race series that encompasses both elite and community-level events for peak Zwift season.
The series consists of both community and elite-level events. While the elite events can only be raced by pre-verified elite riders (more info on that process and schedule here), the community races will be held in the days leading up to the elite events, providing a practice venue for elite races and challenging race opportunities for community riders.
Here are the big reasons why the Zwift World Series community races are interesting:
- They function as a monument race one weekend per month from September to January, offering a chance to challenge and test yourself against the Zwift racing community
- Plenty of opportunities to participate, with races scheduled from Thursday to Sunday across multiple time slots
- Global Leaderboards for each month’s races, plus a General Classification that combines all the monthly races to see how you rank against your peers throughout the series
- Zwift World Series Community kit unlock when you complete any of the five races
- Elite riders can use these races as recon events prior to the big elite races, and community riders get to race the same course as the elites to see how they compare.
- Three brand-new courses and two never before featured in Zwift racing.
Kit Unlock
Complete any Zwift World Series race and unlock the Zwift World Series Community kit:
Race 1: Richmond Loop Around
Community races August 29-September 1, 2024
Elite qualifier: September 5 (Men 17:10 UTC, Women 18:30 UTC)
Elite race: September 19 (Men 17:15 UTC, Women 18:40 UTC)
- Format: Scratch Race
- Laps: 1
- Distance: 42.5km
- Elevation: 550m
- More Route Details >
- Powerups: Aero awarded at the Lap Arch on each passing (2x)
- Primes:
- 23rd St KOM Reverse on the 3rd time passing
- Broad St Sprint
Race 2: Peak Performance
Community races September 26-29, 2024
Elite qualifier: October 3 (Men 17:10 UTC, Women 18:40 UTC)
Elite race: October 17 (Men 17:15 UTC, Women 18:50 UTC)
- Format: Scratch Race
- Laps: 1
- Distance: 46.6km
- Elevation: 730m
- More Route Details >
- Powerups: Draft awarded at the Titans Grove KOM Reverse (1x)
- Primes:
- Woodland Sprint
- The Grade
Race 3: Yorkshire Double Loops
Community races October 24-27, 2024
Elite qualifier: October 31 (Men 18:10 UTC, Women 19:10 UTC)
Elite race: November 14 (Men 18:15 UTC, Women 19:20 UTC)
- Format: Scratch Race
- Laps: 1
- Distance: 29.6km
- Elevation: 548m
- More Route Details >
- Powerups: Feather awarded at the Lap Arch on each passing (2x)
- Primes:
- Yorkshire Sprint Reverse
- Yorkshire KOM
Race 4: Shisa Shakedown
Community races November 14-17, 2024
Elite qualifier: November 21 (Men 18:10 UTC, Women 19:45 UTC)
Elite race: December 5 (Men 18:15 UTC, Women 19:55 UTC)
- Format: Scratch Race
- Laps: 1
- Distance: 53.3km
- Elevation: 557m
- More Route Details >
- Powerups: Aero awarded at the Rooftop KOM (2x)
- Primes:
- Alley Sprint
- Temple KOM
Race 5: Power to the Tower
Community races January 9-12, 2025
Elite qualifier: January 16 (Men 18:10 UTC, Women 19:55 UTC)
Elite race: January 30 (Men 18:15 UTC, Women 20:10 UTC)
- Format: Scratch Race
- Laps: 1
- Distance: 45.3km
- Elevation: 1496m
- More Route Details >
- Powerups: Draft awarded at the Epic KOM (1x)
- Primes: none
Questions or Comments?
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https://zwiftinsider.com/route/richmond-loop-around/ shows as Makuri islands.
These races look brutal. sprinters complaining in 3…2…1
The last race ends at the radio tower. Yikes! 😬
That’s a nice finish after Epic KOM x2 + The Grade. 😬
Still not as much of a kick in the balls as the climb out of the jungle during Four Horsemen.
Are these new routes going to be badges?
My bet is yes. Zwift seems to be making all new routes badged routes, even the event-only ones.
Good lord! looks proper savage😖
Hey @Eric Schlange the (xX) number of power-ups info below races 4 & 5 doesn’t seem to be correct compared too the profile pics, just FYI
Loving a major race series that has some consistent climbing at long last! 👍
All 5 races appear as scratch races but the first 4 have primes. Any idea what is the purpose of the primes?
Primes are only for the elite races – they award cash prizes.
Any opportunity for ‘catch up’ races if you can’t make any of the scheduled weekends?
Any word from Zwift on whether there will be “make-up events” for people who missed any of them?
I highly doubt there will be makeups, since this is considered a once-a-month “classics” style event.
Questions or Comments?
Sure, how much of a masochist do you have to be to enter something like this?
Why doesn’t Race 2 appear in events? Or am I missing something?
Zwift hasn’t added it yet. I’m sure they will soon.
You know what would be a great incentive to get more Zwifters? Offer to “buy” Peloton Bike paperweights and establish an easy way to convert Peloton bikes to Zwift smart bikes…
Oof, not a good look for Zwift, and a new low point for Wahoo, that they’ve had to now cancel the Zwift World Series due to ongoing ‘ghost watts’ issues with Wahoo units 😬
Link to article
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/zwift-postpones-elite-racing-season-due-to-multiple-racer-annulments-and-smart-trainer-accuracy-concerns/
Now that the community races are over, it looks like only 98 riders rode all 5 courses, with the “Peak Performance” course being the one that had the least number of riders.