Athens Twilight Criterium

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Athens Twilight Criterium
Athens twilight.jpg
Race details
DateLate April
Region Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Discipline Road
CompetitionProfessional and amateurs
TypeTwo-day event
Web site athenstwilight.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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.

Contents

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

YearDateWinnerTime (h:m:s)SecondTime (h:m:s)ThirdTime (h:m:s)Sources
2017April 29Flag of the United States.svg  John Murphy  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Magner  (USA)Flag of Guatemala.svg Julio Padilla (GTM)
2018April 30Flag of the United States.svg  John Murphy  (USA)01:31:14.039Flag of Colombia.svg  Bryan Gómez  (COL)01:31:14.559Flag of the United States.svg  Frank Travieso  (USA)01:31:14.746 [3] [4]
2019April 27Flag of Uruguay.svg Roderick Asconeguy (URY)01:35:22.044Flag of the United States.svg  Daniel Summerhill  (USA)01:35:22.554Flag of the United States.svg  John Harris  (USA)01:35:25.337 [5] [6]
2020Cancelled due to Pandemic
2021August 20–21Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Williams  (USA)1:42:02Flag of the United States.svg  Daniel Summerhill  (USA)1:42:03Flag of the United States.svg  Spencer Moavenzadeh  (USA)1:42:03 [7] [8]
2022April 30Flag of Colombia.svg  Bryan Gómez  (COL)Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Magner  (USA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam White (AUS) [9]

Women's 40K

YearDateWinnerTime (h:m:s)SecondTime (h:m:s)ThirdTime (h:m:s)Sources
2017April 29Flag of Australia (converted).svg Petra Mullens (AUS)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rebecca Wiasak  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Tina Pic  (USA)
2018April 30Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Schneider (USA)01:02:29.315Flag of the United States.svg  Erica Allar  (USA)01:02:29.341Flag of England.svg  Harriet Owen  (ENG)01:02:29.467 [3] [10]
2019April 27Flag of the United States.svg  Julie Kuliecza  (USA)55:06.645Flag of New Zealand.svg  Michaela Drummond  (NZL)55:06.750Flag of the United States.svg Emily Spence (USA)55:06.845 [5]
2020Cancelled due to Pandemic
2021August 20–21Flag of the United States.svg  Skylar Schneider  (USA)1:02:27Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Maggie Coles-Lyster  (CAN)1:02:27Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rachel Langdon  (GBR)1:02:28 [11] [8]
2022April 30Flag of the United States.svg  Kendall Ryan  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Alexis Ryan  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Valente  (USA) [9]

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