What's Included:

* 5 nights Lodging

* VIP access including  Grand Finale reception and Staff Wrap Party!

* Daily breakfast, lunch & dinner

* snacks & drinks for each days ride

* the knowledge and support of experienced guides

* daily route support

* all luggage transfers

* all transportation during the tour

* comprehensive tour literature

* complimentary Black Bear Adventures merchandise

* gratuities for hotels and restaurants

 

Not Included:

* transportation to the trips origination point and home from the trips destination

* Gratuities for Black Bear Adventures guides

* Alcoholic beverages during your tour

 

 


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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

 

Trip Details

Trip Dates:

April 23 - 28

 

Trip Begins In:

Braselton, GA

 

Trip Ends In:

Atlanta, GA

 

Trip Length:

6 days / 5 nights

 

Tour Cost :

$2775 per person - double occupancy

$675 single occupancy supplement

 

Accommodations:

 

Nights 1 & 2:

Braselton, GA
Chateau Élan

 

Night 3 & 4:

Sautee, GA
Lucille's Mountain Top Inn

 

Night 5:

Atlanta, GA

Embassy Suites

 

 

 
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