Every year since 2010 Rapha has laid down a festive riding challenge: to ride 500km between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The #Festive500 might have started in the South of England but, in the ten years since it has grown to become a global challenge and a cumulative of 130 million kilometres were ridden. The challenge is a rite of passage for every cyclist and in the past decade, participation grew steadily reaching over 500,000 participants and 126,000 completions overall.

For the first time, you can do some or all of the Festive 500 challenge on Zwift and to help you keep riding EF Pro Cycling’s Jimmy Whelan will lead you on a socially paced ride. Ask him about how his Festive 500 is going, ask about his racing goals for 2021 or just use his draft to tick off the kilometres to reach the 500.