{"id":561480,"date":"2026-03-24T16:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561480\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:39:17","slug":"zwift-announces-new-spring-summer-2026-roads-features-integrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561480\/","title":{"rendered":"Zwift Announces New Spring\/Summer 2026 Roads, Features, Integrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zwift has just announced (most of) their slate of spring\/summer 2026 announcements, which they dub \u2018This Season on Zwift\u2019. This will essentially cover most of the announcements until their annual fall episode by the same name, usually in September.<\/p>\n

Like last year, these announcements also coincide with the Zwift Community Live event held for its second year here in Mallorca<\/a> (Spain). This event is designed to be a Zwift community get-together for outdoor riding, with various product updates about Zwift, and having Zwift users being able to interact with the product teams and other well-known cycling people.<\/p>\n

In any case, here\u2019s what\u2019s new coming up over the next 5 months. Some things have launched recently (now with more details), some are coming in the weeks ahead, and some are still a few months away.<\/p>\n

New Paris Roads Coming:<\/p>\n

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On June 26th, Zwift will be releasing new pavement on the Paris map, which adds in the famed Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur route that was featured as part of the 2025 Tour de France, as well as portions in the 2024 Paris Olympics. As part of the Olympics, this route immediately became a massive fan favorite, and now you\u2019ll be able to ride it within Zwift.<\/p>\n

This will include 13KM of new tarmac and cobblestones, including a KOM finish at the Basilica, and three new sprint segments with 10+ new routes.<\/p>\n

While Zwift hasn\u2019t released the full map yet, I have seen the rough route, and it\u2019s essentially blending the previous route to\/from Sacrec Court, along with the upcoming 2026 Tour de France route that takes a different approach back to the Arc.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve mocked up on the Tour de France 2025 route the pieces that are totally new, previously new, and forever existing. I\u2019ve greyed out the non-relevant parts.<\/p>\n

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The existing Zwift map is the lower half, the usual TdF finishing loop. The entire upper right portion is the Olympics & 2025 TdF route. And then the 2026 piece will be that little segment going from the Arc, up to the 17th. Zwift says they\u2019re gonna create a crapton of routes out of these roads.<\/p>\n

Either way, this will finally take the Paris map and give it some life beyond the well-worn circuit. I\u2019d love to see them continue to expand this towards other areas as well; there\u2019s just so much potential there.<\/p>\n

Gravel Mountain:<\/p>\n

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Launching on April 6th, there will be a new event-only gravel circuit, in a \u201cred-rock environment\u201d as seen above\/below. Zwift says this route will include ultra-wide roads, corner berms, and more, and is designed specifically for gravel bikes (in terms of selecting to ride those bikes within the game). This is a short-format circuit, designed for multiple loops.<\/p>\n

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The first opportunity to ride this will be from April 6th to May 3rd, as part of the Pas Normal Studios Racing Series (Pas Race Series). Note that this is specifically a new route, but not a new road.<\/p>\n

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There will be two new routes within Gravel Mountain, which is within the Maker Islands. There are also new gravel bikes coming, as part of 13 total new bikes covering gravel\/road\/TT (and 13 new wheels).<\/p>\n

Personalized Recommendation Engine Details:<\/p>\n

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This \u2018Next Up\u2019 feature has been slowly rolling out over the last many months, and is now available in English to all riders. This has been providing specific workout recommendations based on a slate of things, and as part of this, they\u2019ve outlined what\u2019s included in powering those recommendations. The inputs as of spring include:<\/p>\n

\u2013 CTL
\u2013 Fitness Score
\u2013 Activities from 3rd party devices imported in (specifically any outdoor bike\/run workouts, but not currently other cardio types)
\u2013 What types of rides you tend to do on certain days (e.g., longer rides on weekends)
\u2013 Your longer-term 30-day and 90-day averages
\u2013 The goals you\u2019ve specified in Zwift
\u2013 Your FTP profile, and how that relates to everything listed above<\/p>\n

At this juncture, they are not looking at 3rd party plans connected to Zwift (e.g., TrainerRoad), as they are instead deferring to that plan (meaning, if you have a day off from that plan, there\u2019s probably a good reason for it). For example, you can see below within my own account, I have a TrainerRoad workout coming in for today. I can override that by choosing \u2018Tune\u2019, but otherwise that\u2019s what Zwift is saying I should do.<\/p>\n

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The key message out of this is actually that they are seeing this as laying the foundation for things in the future.<\/p>\n

In addition, starting in late April, they\u2019ll be giving simple recommendations on outdoor rides. Zwift says they will continue to incorporate your outdoor rides into the platform, now just with the existing importing of outdoor rides, but looking forward to encouraging you to ride outside sometimes (and still get credit for that in Zwift).<\/p>\n

The details of this are still a bit fuzzy, but they said they\u2019re going to start pretty basic, and scale-up over time. They are keenly aware of Strava\u2019s recent failboat around<\/a> this, gone wrong.<\/p>\n

Week Ahead Planning:<\/p>\n

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As part of this forward-looking planning, starting from late April you\u2019ll be able to add routes, workouts, and rides to your schedule for the next week ahead using the Zwit Companion App. You can see a short animated example of this below, showing moving around these components.<\/p>\n

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At launch, the following types are supported:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Cycling & Running Events
\u2013 Cycling Workouts
\u2013 Cycling Routes
\u2013 Robopacer Rides
\u2013 Challenge Tasks (TdZ, Route of the Week, etc\u2026)<\/p>\n

In addition, any scheduled workout coming from a 3rd-party platform will automatically appear as well, such as those from TrainerRoad or Xert.<\/p>\n

Beyond Level 100:<\/p>\n

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Starting in April, you\u2019ll be able to go beyond level 100 for cycling, and from 30 to 50 levels for running. In terms of the cycling side, there\u2019s no specific \u2018top\u2019 anymore, but rather, it\u2019ll just sorta continue forever. Zwift says right now they\u2019ve envisioned into the \u201cmultiple hundreds\u201d of levels.<\/p>\n

For context, when they look at all the existing Level 100 riders today, they anticipate it\u2019s plausible someone gets to level 200 within a year, based on looking at the top-riding people, but it sounds like that\u2019s in the single-digit number of people total.<\/p>\n

Once someone reaches Level 100, they\u2019ll get a little orange slash\/mark\/stripe on their profile and \u2018Zwifters Nearby\u2019 name tag in-game.<\/p>\n

They noted that everything in-game is unlocked from level 100, there aren\u2019t any further unlocks (e.g., at level 125). In talking to Zwift, it sounds like there was a lot of internal conversation on how to handle not only the transition beyond level 100, but how levels exist beyond that. For the most part, they\u2019re seeing the arrival at Level 100 as *the* key milestone, with stripes beyond that. As they didn\u2019t want to create a scenario for people below level 100 (most Zwifters) that would make it pointless to achieve Level 100.<\/p>\n

Expanded HUD Customization:<\/p>\n

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Zwift will be expanding its configurable HUD for workouts specifically (separate from the standard HUD) in May, with a total of 13 biometrics to choose from in four customizable slots.<\/p>\n

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The configurable metrics will be:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Cadence (RPM)
\u2013 Average Power
\u2013 Heart Rate (BPM)
\u2013 Energy Burned (CAL)
\u2013 Power to Weight (W\/KG)
\u2013 Kilojoules (KJ)
\u2013 Stress Points (SP)
\u2013 Core Temperature (DEG)
\u2013 Heat Strain Index (HSI)
\u2013 Weighted Power (WP)
\u2013 Power Balance (L\/R)
\u2013 Average W\/KG<\/p>\n

Keep in mind, this is all separate from your other always-on fields, including current power, target power, heart rate, time, distance, etc\u2026 And again, this is specific to be applied to workout mode.<\/p>\n

Garmin Scale Weight Sync:<\/p>\n

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This is a quickie, and technically not likely to be finished by summer, but Zwift did at least commit to it now. Zwift confirmed that weight sync from Garmin weight scales will likely be coming this fall (at the latest). This means you\u2019ll be able to step on your Garmin Index Scale<\/a>, and then have it update your Zwift weight. (Side note: That scale is currently on sale<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Further, Zwift has also announced that they\u2019ve unfudged the existing Withings WiFi scale weight sync (which was having a rough go of life), and that by the end of next week, it should be finished backfilling data for everyone and be functional again going forward.<\/p>\n

While one can debate all day long on weight cheating and such with Zwift racing, the basis here is actually more interesting than focused on race weight cheating. It ensures that aspects like the inputs to fitness trend tracking are fully aligned. Meaning that someone could be having theoretical flat-lines in power (watts), but equally be losing weight at the same time. Thus, in reality, their watts\/KG is increasing, but unless they were manually updating Zwift, Zwift might incorrectly think they\u2019ve stagnated.<\/p>\n

So, while yes, there are aspects here that can help with Zwift racing fairness, I get the feeling from Zwift that they are far more interested in other scenarios long-term.<\/p>\n

Overall, this is a huge list of new things coming for the spring\/summer, plus there\u2019s a slate of other events\/camps\/etc that I don\u2019t tend to cover as much (I usually focus on the software and hardware sides).<\/p>\n

With that \u2013 thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

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