Zwift just announced a new Crit series on their only event only route in the Makuri Islands, the Legion of LA Night Time Crit Series. This series features an event only a route badge, which is a first! These Crit races will take place over the Neokyo Crit Course that was introduced in the Neokyo game release. Riders can also earn points towards a series classification, Zwift says “Racers can earn points during every race. Those points are tallied in the overall AKA General Classifications standings.” Just like normal races, the races will have category A, B, C, and D. There will be a women’s only category and a women’s only race. A and B riders will need a Zwift Power account, heart rate and smart trainer/power meter is also required for Zwift Power results. For some FAQ, head over to this forums post: https://forums.zwift.com/t/l39ion-of-la-nighttime-crit-series-2021-faq/564836.

The route will stay the same for the whole series, and there are three different times for the race, 11am PST,  4pm PST, and 7pm PST. Here are the dates for the event series:

Friday, December 10th

Tuesday, December 14th 

Friday, December 17th

Tuesday, December 21st

For registration and a complete list of events, head over to this link: https://www.zwift.com/events/series/l39inoflacritseries.

Zwift just announced a new race series run by the Biehler SYN club. This is a three stage race taking place from December 2nd through 4th, if you complete any stage you will unlock the exclusive Biehler SYN club kit and you will get 25% off of a real life club membership. For a complete list of events and sign up, head over to this link: https://www.zwift.com/events/series/biehler-syndicate.

Stage Details

Stage 1: Mass-Start Time Trial // December 3rd

Route: Makuri Islands Flatland Loop 1 lap

Stage 2: Hilly Loop Race // December 4th

Route: Watopia Hilly Loop 3 laps

Stage 3: Circuit Race // December 5th

Route: London Classique 5 laps

In two days Eric Min will be leading a group ride at 8am PST. This ride is for Thanksgiving, traditionally Eric gives details on what is coming next in Zwift, instead there will be a podcast that riders will listen to as he talks to Anna Van Der Breggan about the Tour De France Femmes. The ride is paced around 2.3-2.8wpk, so a pretty fast ride. The ride is an hour long and expect groups to be scattered throughout the route. So far there are nearly 2,000 riders signed up, I would expect there to be closer to 3,000 by Thanksgiving day. If you complete the ride you will get the T-Day kit, which is an exclusive unlock for this ride.

Here is a link to sign up for the event: https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2422452.

Zwift is currently about to host their first Autocategorization event in awhile. This event will be open to the public like the Zwift classics series. For more information on Autocategorization, head over to this support article: https://support.zwift.com/en_us/autocategorization-faq-S1ycCpA_. The three things that you will need before signing up for the event is a Zwift account, Zwift Power account, A WTRL account, and make sure all of those accounts are connected to your Zwift account. Note for women: There are no women only categories, but WTRL will consider it if there are enough women signed up.

Sign up

There will be multiple different time zones/slots that riders can join depending on which time works best for them. Riders can sign up for the event at this page: https://www.wtrl.racing/zracing-chase-race/#registration. Once you sign up, WTRL will go through your prior data, and categorize you in A, B, C, D, or E. You will automatically be moved up and down after races based off of your performance. Zwift is currently testing Autocat based off of the speed of your prior races. For a complete list of all of the events, head over to this page: https://zwifthacks.com/app/events/?key=619a6da590439.

More details

For each event there will also be three different power-ups that a rider can get. For details on which power-ups are on for which events, go to the event details. Since this race is a chase race, riders will be placed in staggered starts, the slowest will start first, the fastest will start last. Each category will have its own assigned kit. The kits are just the category color with A, B, C, D, or E written on it.

Video

Here is an example of a chase race format race.

Zwift has just announced this years El Giro De Rigo 2021 event. This event has been going on for the past three years! This year it is back much bigger than previous years. Riders will be able to participate in group workouts to help them prepare for the event. There will be 4 weeks of preparation, 1-2 workouts for each week, then the final event will be on the 21st of November. There will be 7 workouts in total, each working on different things.

Final Courses

Long Course: Big Foot Hills (1 Lap)

Short Course: Figure 8 (1 Lap)

For more information on the workouts, and a list of the events, head over to Zwift’s page for the event: https://www.zwift.com/events/series/2021-el-giro-de-rigo.