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Zwift unveils new Crit City course

Short, flat course is designed for full-gas racing

Zwift has today unveiled Crit City, its eighth map, which is an event-only course that offers racing that's designed to be fun to ride and to watch.

"Crit City has been designed explicitly with racing in mind," says Zwift. "Just 1.9km in length, with 26ft in elevation gain, this is a course that promises to deliver full-gas racing. Similar to real life criterium circuits, the circuit weaves its way around the tightly packed buildings of Crit City over cobbles and sweeping roundabouts. Dead turns, and a couple of sections of parallel road allow a few opportunities to keep a close eye on either the breakaway or the chasing bunch."

Zwift Crit City - 1

As you'd expect, there are a few sights to take in, including graffiti on one of the buildings that been inspired by the landscape of Watopia, and those watching the live racing on broadcast can take in a few Easter eggs not visible to racers, such as the Big-Z building just off the course itself.

Unlike guest maps such as Yorkshire or New York, Crit City can only be experienced by joining an event on that course. Riders eager to race can look for the first Crit City events by the end of this week, with signups via Zwift's Companion App opening up beforehand.

Head over to Zwift's website for more info.

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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