This weekend's picks include a popular event from bike brand Winspace, a unique community vs community race, a World Parkinson's Day ride, and Big Spin-focused events with fun prizes!
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We're staying in Makuri Islands for all four races this week. Some dusty, some twisty, some in the city, and some in the countryside.
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Zwift's latest update includes a new gravel frame from Pinarello, the Italian company's first gravel frame in game.
The Pinarello Dogma GR is a race-focused gravel bike, sort of a "road bike in disguise" made for shorter, faster, less chunky gravel excursions.
See how it performs:
While these wheels have been tested covertly IRL by pros for months, it's only in the last couple of weeks that we've seen them announced publicly.
Learn how the "Chopped Aero Speed" design performs on Zwift dirt:
Yesterday, Zwift made the unprecedented decision to pull Gravel Mountain's new Red Rock Loop as the week's featured Pas Racing series route, swapping it out for Watopia's Jungle Circuit.
Learn why they made this surprising move:
The second race of ZRL Round 4 happens Tuesday, April 14, and we're in Watopia for an attritional multi-lap points race on The Classic, a replica of the first Zwift route ever created.
See our guide for tips on key course segments, powerup usage, bike choice, and team strategy.
Zwift's latest update includes a new gravel frame from Cervelo, the Aspero 5. Released last summer IRL, this is an unapologetically aero gravel bike.
Learn how it performs on Zwift, how that performance will be changing soon, and how a misconfiguration makes this even more appealing to races:
Zwift version 1.111 begins its phased rollout today. It includes new gravel bikes and wheels, and several event-only routes are now available for free riding.
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This route covers Zwift's experimental "all dirt" world in a counterclockwise direction. It uses some Zwift trickery to make the gravel feel extra-fast, while keeping actual speeds realistic and .fit files accurate.
Learn all about it, including a preview video:
This weekend's picks highlight (among other things) Watopia's Southern Coast Cruise route, which is hosting a Big Spin prize spinner. We're also featuring Zwift Games because it wraps up this weekend, and other popular community events.
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It may be classics season, but this Saturday we're celebrating cycling's biggest spectacle, Le Grand Boucle, with four races in France! Courses range from flat, sprint-friendly routes to pure climbing routes... just like the real Tour.
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This wheelset, the first competitive tri-spoke/disc combo in Zwift, pairs Princeton's Mach 7580 TSV2 front wheel with a Blur 633 V3 disc in the rear.
So how does it perform vs other disc wheels? Read on to find out...
The first race of ZRL Round 4 happens next Tuesday, and it's a team time trial with a spicy finish!
"Hell of the North" is one of France's newer routes, hasn't been raced yet in ZRL, and should make for an interesting opening TTT.
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This is our 12th April Fools’ Day on Zwift, and each year ZHQ has come up with something fun for the community.
This year Zwift has a new surprise - they've swapped out the supertuck rider position for the superman!
Read all about it:
Princeton's Wake 6560 is the company's flagship racing wheelset, known for aero performance and light weight.
It's also the new best all-arounder in game.
See the results of our speed tests:
Zwift + Pas Normal Studios are partnering for a race series April 6 to May 3, and it's going to be a gravel blowout! The series features three new gravel-focused routes and is timed to line up with new gravel frames and wheelsets in Zwift's Drop Shop...
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Next week (Monday, April 6), the third and final Camp of the season begins. It's a 5-stage workout series all about helping you transition to outdoor riding with confidence.
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The Big Spin, Zwift Games, and the zFondo series earn top spots this weekend, for different reasons.
We've also got two community race series to feature - one wrapping up with a banger of a long course, and another just starting, with age group-based categories!
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Zipp has a long history of cool IRL wheelsets being brought into Zwift, but until the latest game update, there were no Zipp gravel wheels in game.
But that's all changed: the Zipp 303 XPLR SW wheels have arrived, and with them, boosted gravel bike performance in Zwift dirt!
Speed test results:
This week's races all feature not just one tough push at the end... but two! Can you handle the 1-2 gut punch?
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Zwift's latest update includes a new gravel frame from Canyon. Simply named the "Canyon Grail SLX" in game, based on the colorway, it appears to be Zwift's version of the Canyon Grail CF SLX 8.
It's pretty fast... and it's available at level 10+.
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Princeton Carbonworks arrived in Zwift last week, with three wheelsets released to the game: the Alta 3532, the Wake 6560 White, and the Mach TSV2/Blur Disc.
Today, we're looking at the ultra-lightweight Alta 3532 wheels. The new top climbers in Zwift!
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Zwift's latest update includes a new gravel frame from Cannondale, the company's first gravel frame in game.
The SuperX Lab71 has an eye-catching paintjob, but more importantly, it's fast.
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Zwift version 1.110 begins its phased rollout today. This is a significant update, since it includes fast new gravel bike frames, new wheelsets, and a new Makuri Islands route!
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New roads (Gravel Mountain and Paris), fresh bikes+wheels, expanded training features, more levels for riders and runners, and fun events on tap.
Learn what's coming next with Zwift's Spring TSOZ press release!
While La Flèche Wallonne is an attritional race, it typically comes down to a reduced bunch attacking the Mur de Huy for the final time. Therefore, this is the slope where the race is decided.
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