EVENT DESCRIPTION: The 30th Anniversary Terrapin Twilight is a professional cycling event and festival fun for fans, families, and racers. You heard right – this is the 30th Anniversary Twilight, and to celebrate, this year’s Twiilght will be bigger and better. For the second year in a row, the University of Georgia School of Music will be hosting the Jazz Festival in Downtown Athens, and the Computrainer Grid Qualifiers presented by Georgia Cycle Sport will let 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.

In addition to the professional criterium racing, there are amateur category racing, a 5k run, and the Gambler participation ride.

DATE: April 23 – 24, 2010

LOCATION: Athens, GA

WEBSITE: athenstwilight.com

SCHEDULE:

Friday, April 23, 2010
Georgia Cycle Sport Grid Qualifiers (men)
9:45am – 6:45pm, finals at 9:00pm

Saturday, April 24, 2010
Women’s Pro/1/2/3 – 7:45 PM
Men’s Pro/1 Invitational 2 – 9:00 PM

REGISTRATION: Register online at Sportsbase Online (Coming Soon). Registration will be open until April 1 only to those racing in the entire Speed Week Series. After April 1 racers on the invite list will be allowed to register. Men’s teams will need an invite to register. All inquires please email Ashley@gobike1.com.

COURSE AND DISTANCES: The course start-finish is on Clayton Street at College Avenue. The 1 kilometer course runs clockwise on Clayton, Lumpkin, Washington and Thomas and has a small uphill on the backstretch

Women’s Pro/1/2/3 – 40 K (40 laps)
Men’s Pro/1 Invitational 2 – 80 K (80 laps)

Course Map:

CALL-UPS:

WOMEN: Previous years’ winners, 1 rider from each team fielding at least 4 riders, others decided on by race director.
MEN: Previous years’ winners, top 8 in the Grid Qualifiers, 1 rider from each pro team, plus 1 rider from other teams with at least 3 riders racing in the Grid Qualifiers.

COMPUTRAINER DESCRIPTION AND RULES:

Eight up Computrainer racing to create start positions for Saturday night’s Men’s Twilight Criterium. Racing starts at 10:00am on Friday, and the last heat goes off 6:45 pm. The Finals heat begins at 9:00pm and features the top 8 times from the entire grid participations. There could be more than one rider from a single grid continue on to the finals. The finishing order of the 3K Time Trial on Computrainers will create the start positions for the Pro race Saturday night. Winners of each heat will earn front row starting positions for Saturday night’s main event.

Each Pro team will get one introduction, and these riders are ineligible for the Computrainer Race. All others must qualify through the TT. Participation is not mandatory but riders not participating will be issued a lower starting position. Other teams with at least 3 riders participating will receive 1 call-up Saturday Night.

Cat 2 racers must compete in a 3K heat to earn a spot in Saturday night’s race. In order to be accepted into the Computrainer qualifier Cat 2 riders must enter Saturday night’s races (online or mail in) and submit a resume. Riders not accepted will be automatically entered into the Cat1/2 race Saturday afternoon at the Greenway. Riders who enter the Computrainer race and do not qualify for Saturday night are also automatically entered into the Cat 2 race. The top 10 (minimum) Cat 2 riders qualify for entry to the Pro 1 race. Additional cat 2 riders will be added to the Pro 1 event as space allows.

Racing starts every 45 minutes until the 3:45 heat, and then will switch to every hour, with sign-in 30 minutes prior to each race heat. Check-in at the stage at the intersection of College and Washington Street (the backstretch). Numbers will be issued and ready for pick-up on Saturday for the Big Show Saturday Night, based on the finishing order of the Grid Qualifiers.

To be placed on the grid start list, please email Ashley@gobike1.com.

Prize Money:

For a breakdown of category race prizes, click here.

For Speed Week Awards download the Speed Week Flier

***Please note information is not official. Check each individual event’s flyer for official information.