2008 TOUR OF ATLANTA - HUGE SUCCESS!

Thank you to everyone that made the 2008 ToA! Cafeine, Buford, Gainesville, John's Creek, Monroe, Walton County, HD Atha School, Buford Business Alliance, N2racing, vendors, Swagger (Gene, Ravi, Ashley, Casey & K), Spincycle (Me), All GC sponsors, Board n Bike, Bicycle Doctor, Addictive Cycles, Lifetime Bikes, ALL the selfless VOLUNTEERS, Jason & Eric Kriel, Tim Koenning, USA Cycling officials (their families), State Farm, Hincapie, Hotel 12, Union City, Bikereg & of course all the patrons and their families!

Seven (7) stages in five (5) days! Be sure to take a look at our pics and vids.

Georgia State RR - For Amateur Georgians - JUNE 1, 2008

Georgia State RR - UNION CITY, GA - JUNE 1, 2008

For Amateur Georgians: Pro's not allowed to race RR

Am123 is one State Championship Jersey
Competitive 35+ is one State Championship Jersey
Competitive <35 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 35-39 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 40 - 44 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 45+ is one State Championship Jersey
Women Am12 is one State Championship Jersey
Women 3/4 is one State Championship Jersey
Elite 2/3 is two State Champoinship Jersey's (one for the 2's and one for the 3's)
Junior's TBD
*Masters division will NOT have different numbers so you will have to know who is in your age group.
Jerseys will be given out on race day!

Elite Division has changed to CAT 2/3

Affective immediately the GC Elite division will be both Cat 2 & Cat 3. This format was used for the Tour of Atlanta and because of the success of the event we will update the Elite division for all future GC events to Elite 2/3. The PRO123 WILL remain the same. If you are a Cat 2 and have series points in the PRO123 you will NOT receive those points for the Elite division. You will retain Pro123 series points but they do NOT transfer. You will start Union City with zero (0).

State Championship break down

Elite 2/3 will be the State Championships for both the 2's and the 3's. The first Cat 2 to cross the finish line wins the Cat 2 State Championship and the first 3 to cross the line wins the Cat 3 State Championship!

Am123 is one State Championship Jersey
Competitive 35+ is one State Championship Jersey
Competitive <35 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 30-34 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 35-39 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 40 - 44 is one State Championship Jersey
Masters 45+ is one State Championship Jersey
Women Am12 is one State Championship Jersey
Women 3/4 is one State Championship Jersey
Elite 2/3 is two State Champoinship Jersey's (one for the 2's and one for the 3's)
Junior's TBD
*Masters division will NOT have different numbers so you will have to know who is in your age group.

ToA Registration on race day is OPEN

You can enter all races on race day EXCEPT the TT, Sprints and TTT. Online is closed. Race day is open.

This means you can come to the race and register at the race with CASH or check. NO credit cards are accepted. To be even MORE specific - You can come out Thrusday and register for all events EXCEPT the GC, TT, SPRINTS. Even the TTT. Friday night you can register for the Circuit in John's Creek the TTT, Gainesville's Crit and Buford's Crit. And on and on......

TTT registrations and team postings need to be in by 5pm on Friday. If your team has 3 or more you will automatically be put on that team unless you submit a composite team. So, DON'T submit a TTT roster if your team is already racing. It's a waste of your time.

Wed TOA reg moved to cafeine

There will be no Wednesday registration at the Hilton. Its been moved to cafeine 4050 buford drive in buford, ga. 6 - 9.

Tour of Atlanta - Online Registration CLOSING

Tour of Atlanta standard registration ends Monday, May 19th at midnight! Online Late registration for individual stages and the GC will continue until 5pm Wednesday, May 21.

You CAN register for the GC at the race hotel Wednesday night and you can pick up your race packet. You canNOT register for the GC on Thursday, May 22 neither online nor at Board N Bike's registration.

You can register for the TTT up until Friday at 5pm. You can register for all events on race day excluding the Sprints, TT and TTT. We ONLY take CASH or CHECKS - NO credit cards or other types of currency.

TT starts will be posted online Wednesday at noon, May 21 then updated again late Wednesday night. TTT teams MUST be submitted by Friday at 5pm. After 5pm you will be put on a team randomly. After Friday there is NO TTT registration.

Buford Sprints are not a "DRAG RACE". You can jockey for postion and even draft off others. There are NO designated 'lanes' you have to stay in. There will be 3 rounds with as many as 10 heats. The last round will be 1 heat with up to 10 racing for points and podium!

Pre Ride TOA - Monroe RR course

Join cyclingwebsites.com and Lifetime Bikes this Tuesday night to pre ride the RR course for stage 5 of the TOA. Meet at Lifetime Bikes to roll out at 6:00pm. The course is around 30mi and we'll ride about 5mi to the start, so about 35mi total. Call Jess @ 770-266-5849 for more info.

ToA TTT & RR times UPDATED

Due to the late night on Friday we have moved the start time in Monroe for the TTT to 9am and there will now be 2 waves for the RR.

Women Cat 3/4 1lap/30mi - 12:15p
Comp 35 & Over (Cat 4/5) 2laps/50mi - 12:00p
Women PRO123 2laps/30mi - 12:15p
Masters 30+ with 45+ GC Bonus 2laps/50mi - 2:45p
Elite (Cat 3 Only) 3laps/70mi - 2:35p
ProAm (Pro12) with 1/2 Bonus 4laps/90mi - 2:30p
Comp U35 (Cat 4/5) 2laps/50mi -12:10p

GC YELLOW, MAR & KOM UPDATED! Jerseys Delivered during the ToA!

The 2008 overall series LEADERS POINTS ARE UPDATED and posted here
--> http://georgiacup.com/files/points.pdf. All series leaders will be awarded their Jerseys (http://georgiacup.com/index.php?page=jerseys) at the Tour of Atlanta. If you are a leader of the points series in the Yellow, MAR or KOM you will receive the jersey to wear while you train and at all GC events. Including: ToA, S7 and Premier events. These jerseys are NOT yours to keep. If or "WHEN" you win the series you will receive the jersey to "KEEP". Until then if you loose the jersey you will return the jersey at the end of that event. Jerseys will ONLY be given to 'regular' participants and MUST be returned to the new leader. If you cannot attend the next GC and you are no longer in the leaders jersey (MAR, KOM or YELLOW) you will be given the new leader's address and you will mail it to them.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WIZARD for his hard work on the points for us. THANKS WIZARD!!

Listen to the officials or be DQ'd

The Georgia Cup events are USA Cycling sanctioned events that focus on promoting and producing quality cycling events. Our #1 objective is for everyone to be safe followed by to have FUN! We are very fortunate to have the 'best' USA Cycling officials in the Country here in Georgia and will insist that everyone respects our officials. 99.99999% of the time everyone is very respectful and thankful for our officials and that is great. It is very important to note this: regardless of what any "rule book" says, if a USA Cycling (GC retained) official give you a direct order and you do not obey that order you will be DISQUALIFIED from the entire event. The GC will take further action if there is any disrespect toward an official and will sanction that rider(s) from future GC events if needed. Bottom-line, if an official gives you an order, obey it. Why? The simple answer is because of our #1 objective listed above (SAFTEY). Thank you and remember - although racing is very competitive it should always be FUN first. The GC offers a place for cyclist that share a common love of racing to come together and have FUN.

CUMMING ONLINE REGISTRATION REGISTRATION CLOSING EARLY!!!

Cumming online registration will close Friday, May 9th at NOON. Omnium LATE registration will also close at 8pm Friday night at Reality Bikes. You CANNOT register for the TT or the Omnium on race day. HOWEVER, you CAN register for the Road Race on Saturday and the Circuit on Sunday on RACE DAY.

TICK TOCK...... Registrations are ending........

Cumming STANDARD entry ends Thursday, May 8th and the Tour of Atlanta EARLY BIRD entry ends Friday, May 9th!!