Athens Twilight Criterium

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.

Athens Twilight Criterium
Race details
DateLate April
RegionAthens, Georgia
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionProfessional and amateurs
TypeTwo-day event
History
First edition1980 (1980)
This article is about a cycling event. For the Stephenie Meyer novels, see Twilight (novel series). For the film series, see The Twilight Saga (film series).

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 Winner Time (h:m:s) Second Time (h:m:s) Third Time (h:m:s) Sources
2017  John Murphy (USA)  Tyler Magner (USA)  Julio Padilla (GTM)
2018  John Murphy (USA) 01:31:14.039  Bryan Gómez (COL) 01:31:14.559  Frank Travieso (USA) 01:31:14.746 [3][4]
2019  Roderick Asconeguy (URY) 01:35:22.044  Daniel Summerhill (USA) 01:35:22.554  John Harris (USA) 01:35:25.337 [5][6]
2020

Women's 40K
Year Winner Time (h:m:s) Second Time (h:m:s) Third Time (h:m:s) Sources
2017  Petra Mullens (AUS)  Rebecca Wiasak (AUS)  Tina Pic (USA)
2018  Samantha Schneider (USA) 01:02:29.315  Erica Allar (USA) 01:02:29.341  Harriet Owen (ENG) 01:02:29.467 [3][7]
2019  Julie Kuliecza (USA) 55:06.645  Michaela Drummond (NZL) 55:06.750  Emily Spence (USA) 55:06.845 [8]
2020

See also

References
  2. "Twilight Criterium 2007". Athenstwilight.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. 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. "Session". Race-monitor.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/6636683


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