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Athens Twilight Criterium
Race details
DateLate April
RegionAthens, Georgia
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionProfessional and amateurs
TypeTwo-day event
Web siteathenstwilight.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1980 (1980)

The Twilight Series is an annual road cycling race that takes place in the spring in Athens, Georgia, United States since 1980.[1] During the course of each Twilight weekend, competitive events in a variety of fields are staged, including BMX racing and trick contests, a Kids' Criterium, a mountain bike or 'Fat Tire' Criterium, and the climactic event of the weekend, the Twilight Criterium. The weekend event features amateur and professional races, with differing prizes for each.

The Twilight Criterium itself is the most publicized and highly anticipated of each Twilight weekend. It is a professional race that takes place on a 1 km (.621 mile) course in downtown Athens. The entire race requires cyclists to endure 80 km (49.71 miles) within just a few hours. The main criterium features cash prizes totaling more than $US10,000.[2]

Past winners

Key:   Course record

Men's 80K

Year Date Winner Time (h:m:s) Second Time (h:m:s) Third Time (h:m:s) Sources
2017 April 29  John Murphy (USA)  Tyler Magner (USA)  Julio Padilla (GTM)
2018 April 30  John Murphy (USA) 01:31:14.039  Bryan Gómez (COL) 01:31:14.559  Frank Travieso (USA) 01:31:14.746 [3][4]
2019 April 27  Roderick Asconeguy (URY) 01:35:22.044  Daniel Summerhill (USA) 01:35:22.554  John Harris (USA) 01:35:25.337 [5][6]
2020 Cancelled due to Pandemic
2021 August 20-21 [7]

Women's 40K

Year Date Winner Time (h:m:s) Second Time (h:m:s) Third Time (h:m:s) Sources
2017 April 29  Petra Mullens (AUS)  Rebecca Wiasak (AUS)  Tina Pic (USA)
2018 April 30  Samantha Schneider (USA) 01:02:29.315  Erica Allar (USA) 01:02:29.341  Harriet Owen (ENG) 01:02:29.467 [3][8]
2019 April 27  Julie Kuliecza (USA) 55:06.645  Michaela Drummond (NZL) 55:06.750  Emily Spence (USA) 55:06.845 [9]
2020 Cancelled due to Pandemic
2021 August 20-21 [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Twilight Criterium 2007". Athenstwilight.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Erin Schilling. "UPDATE: Athens Twilight earns unofficial title of favorite criterium, cyclists' scores available to view". Redandblack.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Session". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. ^ https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/6636683
  6. ^ https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/roderick-asconegui-takes-first-place-in-men-s-finals-to/article_57ae38e8-69c5-11e9-b697-d334c1ad5013.html
  7. ^ https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2020/12/15/athens-twilight-criterium-2021-date-set/3905018001/
  8. ^ "Session". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  9. ^ https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/6636683
  10. ^ https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2020/12/15/athens-twilight-criterium-2021-date-set/3905018001/


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