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America’s
Premier Cycling Event
Your Tour de Georgia
experience begins with the 10-mile Team Time
Trial at Road Atlanta. It is the first TT in
the Tour of Georgia's history 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 - Tour Arrival
Join those who have been following the Tour de
Georgia since it began on Tybee Island. Plan
to meet us at the opulent Chateau Élan by 5:00
pm to for a group social before joining the
group for what will surely be a wonderful
meal.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2 - 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 3 - 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 4 - 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 5 - 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 6 - 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
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