This morning, Zwift has announced full details on the inaugural Zwift Games which will take place next month in what the platform says will be a ‘month-long festival of competition’.
Zwift unveiled the new Zwift Games competition back in November 2023. In what could be seen as the company’s response to competitor MyWhoosh winning the contract to deliver the UCI ESports World Championships for the next three years, a competition previously delivered by Zwift.
Today, Zwift has announced a raft of information regarding the upcoming competition, including new title sponsorship from Adidas, Oakley and Wahoo (a brand that Zwift has partnered up with recently).
The competition also offers more prize money for male and female elite winners than a win at the UCI Glasgow World Road Race Championships, and the brand claim it is their largest prize fund ever. In theory, a racer stands to win up to $31,000 if they win every race. All the Elite racing will also be broadcast live on the Zwift YouTube channel.
Zwift has also announced further competition details including full competitor start lists, the race format and course details, as well as opportunities for all Zwift users to get involved.
The Elite Championship
The male and female Zwift Games Championship will comprise three separate medal disciplines. Some 187 men and 117 female riders are set to compete in the three different races which will include the Sprint Championship and Epic Championship on the brand new Zwift Games Epic Route, and the Climb Championship, which will take in the Watopia ‘Road to Sky’ route featuring the Alpe du Zwift climb. The events will take place on different days in March. Full breakdowns are below.
Sprint Championship – Men: 2nd March / Women: 3rd March
Epic Championship: – Men: 9th March / Women: 10th March
Climb Championship – Men: 16th March / Women: 17th March
Zwift says the events have been created to find the best Zwifter across all disciplines. The overall champions will be the riders who have the highest overall points total at the end of the three stages and the top 100 finishers in each of the three races will be awarded overall points.
As well as the Zwift Games Overall Champion title and prize money package, winning riders will win a custom gold-painted Wahoo Kickr Bike as well as a gold Concept Z1 bike to use in the game.
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