America’s Premier Cycling Event On Monday, April 21, the Tour will begin for the first time on Tybee Island, Ga., located on the coast. The event will move north along the eastern side of the state, entering South Carolina for the first time as part of the Stage 2 finish in Augusta, Ga. A 10-mile Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta is also a first and is expected to attract a record crowd for Stage 4. There will be a new route for one the signature mountain stages in the Blue Ridge Mountains before the event finishes with a new circuit course in downtown Atlanta on Sunday, April 27. The Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T remains one of the highest ranked stage races outside of Europe with a 2.HC rating from the Union Cycliste Internationale (international governing body of cycling), and was the first race in North America to receive this top rating. Tour Itinerary Day 1 - Savannah, GA Your tour host will be leading the Ride for Research, a charity bike ride that benefits the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Georgia Cancer Coalition Sunday. Our group will convene at 5 pm on Sunday for a short meet and greet to discuss the weeks itinerary and enjoy the excitement of things to come! Meals: Dinner Day 2 - Stage 1 Stage 1 (view map )features the first of five new host venues, Tybee Island.  The stage will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tybee Island, covering 71.8 miles (115.6 km) through the coastal Low Country of Chatham County.  The pro peloton of 120 professional cyclists, representing 15 teams, is expected to cross the finish line in Savannah between 1:05-1:45 p.m. It has been five years since the Tour de Georgia has been contested in Savannah. The Marshall House B&B is strategically located to for us to witness the riders come through as they exit the city and once again as the cross the finish line! Race Viewing - watch pack exit the city and Stage Finish Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - we will either take a short ride after the peloton exits the city or a longer ride after the stage is completed Day 3 - Stage 2 Stage 2 (view map )will depart from first-time host Statesboro, Ga., located 50 miles north of Savannah. This 115.7 mile (186.2 km) route. A circuit finish in downtown Augusta will take cyclists into South Carolina for the first time.  A second day of generally flat terrain, this stage will begin at 11:00 a.m. in Statesboro and is expected to finish in downtown Augusta between 3:15-4:30 p.m. Race Viewing - watch Stage Finish Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - Ride the last section of the race  course with distance options depending on guests desires Day 4 - Stage 3 Stage 3 (view map )makes its inaugural start in historic Washington, Ga. Situated about 35 miles north of Augusta, Washington, considered one of the most picturesque small towns in Georgia, will fire the start gun at 11:00 a.m. for a 109.7 mile (176.5 km) stage across rolling terrain to Gainesville. A downtown finish will include circuits and is expected to finish between 3:00-4:00 p.m. Race Viewing - watch race start Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - TBD Day 5 - Stage 4 Stage 4 (view course layout ) features a 10-mile (16.1 km) Team Time Trial at Road Atlanta. Renowned for its hilly 2.5-mile, 12-turn race track used for motor sports events like Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta will host a Tour stage for the first time. The Tour de Georgia has hosted an individual time trial for four consecutive years, but this is the inaugural Team Time Trial. Teams will begin in heats; two teams on the track at once. Race Viewing - watch entire event on Road Atlanta Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - TBD   Day 6 - Stage 5 The longest stage of the Tour will be pass through 10 Georgia counties. Stage Five (view map )  is 133.4 miles in length (214.7 km) and challenges riders with three UCB KOMs (Burnt Mtn, Woody Gap, Crown Mtn). The epic day of climbing begins in Suwannee, Ga., the first time the Tour has started in Gwinnett County. A new route will wind north, with a Georgia Power Sprint in Cumming, to the finish line in Dahlonega, GA. The race begins in Suwannee at 10:00 a.m. and is expected to finish between 2:50-4:10 p.m. in Dahlonega. Race Viewing - KOM and possible stage finish Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - TBD but sure to include trips over the a couple of the stages KOM's Day 7 - Stage 6 Stage 6 (view map ) features the signature climb of the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T, the stage finish at the highest spot in Georgia (4,783 feet), Brasstown Bald Mountain. What makes the climb so difficult is the 88.4 miles (142.3 km) of racing through the Appalachian Mountains of Georgia, including UCB KOM climbs across Hogpen Gap and Unicoi Gap; points for a third KOM climb will be awarded on the top of Brasstown Bald. The National Forest Service, which operates the visitor center at Brasstown Bald Mountain in Union County, expects over 25,000 spectators to watch the final 3.12 miles of the race on this final climb, and to see the stage finish as early as 2:15 p.m., or close to 3:00 p.m., depending upon the weather and speed of the peloton. Race Viewing - KOM stage finish Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - TBD but sure to include climb up signature climb of the Tour, Brasstown Bald Day 8 - Stage 7 The Tour de Georgia returns to Atlanta, Ga. for a third time for Stage Seven (view map ). There will be a new circuit race on the streets of the Capitol city, beginning and ending at Centennial Olympic Park. The grand finale of the Tour will be 62.7 miles (100.9 km) in length. Three Georgia Power Sprints will be held during intermediate laps at the start/finish line. From all along the circuit, spectators will see 10 full laps, each lap is 6.3 miles (11.9 km). Festivities and family entertainment will be scheduled all day at the Health and Wellness Expo in Centennial Olympic Park beginning at 1:00 p.m. The overall awards ceremony will take place in the Park after the race finish, expected to be approximately 3:15-3:40 p.m.  Race Viewing - Downtown Atlanta Circuit Race Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Cycling - TBD Day 9 - Final Farewell's Over our final meal together we reminisce on a wonderful week of watching America's most prestigious Stage Race. We say our farewells and depart knowing that our newly formed friendship forged during the past weeks excitement will bond us forever! Meals: Breakfast