Zwift World Series Race 1 Details: Richmond Loop Around

We’ve already announced the Zwift World Series, which is Zwift’s new flagship race series that encompasses both elite and community-level events for peak Zwift season. This week, Zwift posted the first set of community races, happening on August 29-September 1 on the new Richmond Loop Around route.

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.

Route Details: Richmond Loop Around

This new route has never been ridden in Zwift, although Richmond’s roads will be familiar to many riders! It’s a punchy, attritional course with key climbs that reward a high VO2 max. Visualize it as three laps of the Cobbled Climbs Reverse (featuring the 23rd St Reverse, Libby Hill Reverse, and E Main St climbs) followed by one lap of the standard Richmond 2015 UCI Worlds route with its three climbs: Libby Hill, 23rd St, and Governor Street. See more route details >

Race 1 Schedule and Signup

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)

Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zwscommunity

See complete World Series season schedule >

Kit Unlock

Complete any Zwift World Series race and unlock the Zwift World Series Community kit:

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