Zwift Games [February 2026]

[manda_F (Amanda)]

Get Ready to Ride! The Zwift Games 2026 is here!

Zwifters, get your virtual bikes ready! The Zwift Games are kicking off soon, and we’ve got all the details on the new routes, campaign, and awesome features. No need to register—just show up and ride! The Road to Glory Starts Now!

The official campaign intro, Road to Glory, starts on Monday, February 9 at 16:30 UTC and is a scripted intro to Zwift Games and racing, ideal for newcomers or a quick refresher.

The main weekly stage races officially kick off on February 16th, and you’ll be able to ride all the new routes on demand starting Friday, February 13th. If you need to catch up, make-up events run until April 6th!

The Zwift Games features five main stages—each on a brand-new route—that count towards your overall General Classification (GC). The challenge builds as the series goes on, with each stage getting a little more demanding. Equipment is not neutralised for Zwift Games, so bike and wheel choice and any upgrades you’ve unlocked will count.

• Stage 1: Sprint | Kaze Kicker (17.3 km, 140 m)

• Stage 2: Sprint | Hudson Hustle (20.3 km, 216 m)

• Stage 3: Punch | Cobbled Crown (24.2 km, 288 m)

• Stage 4: Climb | Peaky Pavé (30.1 km, 368.7m)

• Stage 5: Epic | Three Step Sisters (38 km, 580 m)

Every main stage starts with a Feather PowerUp to make those initial climbs just a little bit faster!

Want more? There are two Bonus Stages that don’t count toward the main GC, but every stage has its own leaderboard, including the bonus stages.

• Bonus Stage 6a: TT | Epiloch TT (11.1 km, 94m) – Solo effort. Pure pacing

• Bonus Stage 6b: Gamified | Crit Cade (18 km, 90m) – Steering Device Required – This one gives you a Boost PowerUp at the start!

Zwift Games 2026 will offer a number of amazing new unlocks:

• 1 Stage: Oakley Sphaera™ Strike Glasses

• 3 Stages: Zwift Games 2026 Kit

• 5 Stages: Oakley Velo Stelvio™ Helmet

• 6 Stages: 6,000 XP

How to Join the Fun!

It couldn’t be easier:

1. No registration needed! Just jump into an event on the schedule.

2. Your progress is automatically tracked in-game or via the Zwift Companion App.

3. Events include Standard, Women Only, and Advanced Level Events.

Head over to the official schedule to find your start time: Zwift Games Races! Make sure you’re on game version 1.106 to see all the action. You can check out the main page here or the FAQ here.

See you out there! Let’s get these games started!

[Kevin_Fogelberg]

Any chance we’ll get a Zwiftpower league for Zwift Games?

[Zee_Kryder (Zee)]

I don’t see stage 6 for on demand? Can I select it from Scotland routes?

[Tom_Shelton (Tom)]

Posted elsewhere:

“You can only ride stages 1-5 on demand. To complete the series and get the 6k XP you will need to enter one of the events for Stage 6a or 6b which start on March 23rd.”

[Zee_Kryder (Zee)]

Thanks. “elsewhere” lol

[Bath_Salts]

@Zee_Kryder my bet is FB is elsewhere:

[Ian_Attoe (Ian)]

Yes, there now.

[Kevin_Fogelberg]

Thanks for getting the Zwiftpower League set up. As a follow-up, can you add team/club standings? I know the Herd has been able to do that for their series/leagues. @James_Zwift

[Steve_Cl (Steve)]

I wish both the zwiftpower league and the dedicated Zwift Games had GC filters that correspond to range 1 and range 2 for different pens.

I wish both tables placed racers by their last race ZRS result score, not what they were before the race.

I wish racers could only join the pen that matches their score, not also the one above it, to make it more difficult to purposely lower your ZRS by finishing towards the back of the field.

I wish Zwift Games was using neutralised bikes last previous years, to prevent the option of purposefully poor garage choices, if order to put in a “reasonable effort” and easily be dropped towards back of field for a ZRS decrease.

I wish Zwift Games was using MAX ZRS of the past 30 days, to stop some racers trying to cancel out a pen promotion during the series.

etc.

[Matt_Wheeler (Matt [+R])]

It’s a cute feature to have a leaderboard but essentially the league is a result of being on the busiest version of the event.

I don’t put much stock on the ZRS score, the bands, or the rider verification

[Steve_Cl (Steve)]

The zwiftpower GC league table has a ZRS column, but it isn’t being used.

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I don’t want to be compared to racers in pen D who are have to race in range 2 with considerably better plus repeatable 5min and 20min W/Kg in many cases, without a highly unlikely seed score boost I’m going to be in range 1 for the whole of Zwift Games.

At least if the ZRS column was active, I could see roughly where I am in the range 1 pen Ds, under 270 ZRS.

[Aoi_Niigaki (Aoi)]

I think the current No.1 in the leaderboard might by there thanks to a glitch in the Zwift software. It shows a time of 19:11, over 2 minutes faster than 2nd place.

Their race result shows them finishing 3 minutes ahead of everyone else but without the power or W/kg to justify it.

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[Matt_Wheeler (Matt [+R])]

It’s been reported a few times. They were in the standard race but have results in both. Technically impressive - would love to see the code

now imagine how many others are the same

[Ian_Attoe (Ian)]

Their actual ‘real’ race time was 24:11 exactly 5 minutes slower. The race they really did started exactly 5 minutes before the race (which they clearly did not enter) where they were credited with 19:11.
Very similar happened in Tour De Zwift where people riding in the stage C group ridewere given times in the race event with times given as real ride time less difference in start time of events. Stage C and the race were on the same course.

[Dan_Kothlow (Dan)]

Race results mean absolutely nothing if you can’t trust the data behind the race results.

[Zee_Kryder (Zee)]

Wait, which pen do we need to enter to get a five minute head start?

[S_H_Willis]

Dear ZG, I participated in first stage, in the 0-650 category on Feb 17 at 11:10 Mountain time in North America. But my result isn’t showing in ZPower race results, its just showing on my profile with an HR label next to this event, although I think the race has been included in an adjustment of my racing score. My HR unit malfunctioned prior to ride. In the description it says the HR is only required for >650. Can you help please - Id like to see my result in the race results if possible. Best Wishes, Stephen Willis.

[Bath_Salts]

your going to have redo it. that on your end mess up. @S_H_Willis HR is going into the race.for the ADV race think it like Pen lock.

[Tom_Shelton (Tom)]

The events have been set up in zwiftpower to disqualify people without HR recorded, even though the description only mentions it as being required for the Advanced pen - those have it as a hardware requirement so people can’t race without one.

ZRS scoring happens in game, zwiftpower rules and settings don’t come into it. ZHQ don’t often care about zwiftpower even though they own it, so it’s unlikely that they will fix their mistake.

[Zee_Kryder (Zee)]

The instructions state “Must wear a hr monitor”