Terrapin Twilight Criterium
EVENT DESCRIPTION: The 33nd Annual Athens Twilight weekend is a professional cycling event and festival fun for fans, families, and racers. You heard right – this is the 33nd Annual Twilight, and this year’s weekend will be bigger and better than ever.
Friday’s kickoff features a music festival in Downtown Athens and the Grid Qualifiers presented by Georgia Cycle Sport, which lets you get up-close-and-personal with your favorite professional rider as they battle it out Friday night for coveted starting places in America’s best criterium. Of course, Saturday night is the main event – the Terrapin Twilight Criterium. More than 30,000 fans pack the cozy confines of downtown Athens every year to witness the best in American criterium racing.
In addition to the professional criterium racing, there will also be amateur category racing, a 5k run, a BMX Jam and the Gambler participation ride, among many other events. Please visit the Athens Twilight website for information on all festivities and events.
DATE: April 27 – 28, 2012
LOCATION: Athens, GA
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SCHEDULE:
Friday, April 27, 2012
Georgia Cycle Sport Grid Qualifiers (men)
Qualifiers – 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Finals – 9:15 PM
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Women’s Pro-Am – 7:45 PM
Men’s Pro-Am – 8:45 PM
COURSE AND DISTANCES: The course start-finish is on Clayton Street at College Avenue. The 1K course runs clockwise on Clayton, Lumpkin, Washington and Thomas Streets and has a small uphill on the backstretch
Women’s Pro-Am – 40K (40 laps)
Men’s Pro-Am – 80K (80 laps)
Course Map:
2011 RESULTS:
***Please note information is not official. Check each individual event’s flyer for official information.
