2009 Tour of Atlanta (Alpharetta) Stage and Course Release

Alpharetta, GA will host the 2009 Tour of Atlanta! Six of the Seven stages are on CLOSED courses and all within minutes from each other.



Stage I
Friday, may 22nd, 2009 – Noon till 3pm

TOA09 Westside Prolouge (1.2mi.)

Alpharetta, Georgia

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/alpharetta/444919563587


Sage II
Friday, may 22nd, 2009 – 3pm thru 9pm

TOA09 Westside Parkway - Oval 2-Turn Criterium (1.0 mi.)
Alpharetta, Georgia

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/alpharetta/764179320428


Stage III
TOA09 Webb Bridge Circuit-III (Sat 8a-2) (1.05 mi.)

Alpharetta, Georgia

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/alpharetta/277143520535


Stage IV
Saturday, may 23nd, 2009 – 4pm thru 9pm

TOA09 Morris Circuit (1.03 mi.)

Alpharetta, Georgia


http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/roswell/984479792156


Stage V
Sunday, may 24th, 2009 – 8am thru 2pm
TOA09 Windard- Clockwise (1.36mi.)

Alpharetta, Georgia

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/alpharetta/828359295552


Stage VI
Sunday, may 24th, 2009 – 3pm thru 9pm
TOA09 Windard- Counter - Clockwise (1.36mi.)
Alpharetta, Georgia

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/alpharetta/183584130939


Stage VI
Monday (Memorial Day), may 25th, 2009 – 8am thru 2p

TOA09 Yellow Creek RR (22 mi.)

North Alpharetta, Georgia

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ga/alpharetta/535757659423

Georgia Cup CUSTOM AWARDS

2009 the Georgia Cup will give custom awards for each event, including the GCTT, Time Trials, Crits, RR & Overall. Series winners will receive custom GC Trophy as well as GC Jersey!

Picture of the Awards -- http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddwtz97t_274dhvn5jg7

See Rules and Guidelines for more details -- http://www.georgiacup.com/new-docs.php?h=9000&docs=http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddwtz97t_258fbvz5pdf&hl=en

9.7 Custom GC medals for weekend will be awarded in the following manner per category; 3 deep = >6 finishers, 2 deep = 3 - 6 finishers & 1 gold medal = <3 finishers Ex. If you are racing in the M45-49 and 3 finish the event there will be only 1 gold medal given out. If you are racing in the M50-54 and 7 finish there will be Gold, Silver, and Bronze awarded.

Georgia Cup RV - Portable Timing Station

We are very excited to release the details of our new GC RV Portable Timing Station that will be used to haul our equipment, easy to find registration, stage the events and most importantly where all the timing/results will be done.
Thank you to our sponsors that have donated this brand new "Toy Hauler" to the Georgia Cup. Logo locations on the RV are available: Small, Med, Large and XL. Email; info@georgiacup.com for details.

More Pictures: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddwtz97t_268gsf42cfj

To My Grandfather - Giovani Panaccione (Feb 21, 2009 @ 9:58pm)

TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOUNG

The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.
To-day, the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears:
Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.
So set, before the echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.
And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl's.

A.E. Housman -

-JCL3

Georgia Cup First 4 Races online with Registration OPEN!

The GC is pleased to release online the first 4 bike race events beginning in ROME, March 14th & 15th! All 4 event fliers, maps & registration can be found here --> http://www.georgiacup.com/gc.php

We are also excited about supporting the 2009 Greenville Spring Training Series! The fun begins NEXT weekend and continues on thru March 8th. Don't forget the GC will also have TT's on both 2/28 and 3/7 (More details --> http://www.georgiacup.com/tt.php).

**Greenville is a short drive from Atlanta!
Weekend 1: 2/21 - 2/22
Weekend 2: 2/28 - 3/1
Weekend 3: 3/7 - 3/8 - GC Start points for GA residents.

Site --> http://www.hincapie.com/events/springseries/

Flier --> http://www.hincapie.com/events/springseries/2009_Spring_Series.pdf

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**Georgia Cup Bike Race Series Details

Mar-14 - Mar-15 = GC Rome, GA - Omnium Rome, GA --> http://www.georgiacup.com/races.php?series=gc&id=1

Mar-21 - Mar-22 2 = GC Union City, GA Mayor's Race - Omnium Union City --> http://www.georgiacup.com/races.php?id=2&series=gc

Mar-28 - Mar-29 3 = GC Gainesville, GA - Omnium Gainesville --> http://www.georgiacup.com/races.php?id=3&series=gc

Apr-04 - Apr-05 4 = GC Chattanooga - Stage Race Chattanooga, TN --> http://www.georgiacup.com/races.php?id=4&series=gc

---We will be announcing the 7 race venues for the 2009 Memorial Day Tour of Atlanta Soon---


The GC, as well as several other racing events, will use AMB.it chip timing for all of our bike race weekends (exlcuding the GCTT's). If you currently own your own AMB.it 'chip/transponder' it is still good! If not you can choose to rent for $15 per weekend/$7.50 per event.

AMB.it has set up an easy/hassel free way to purchase a chip/transponder ($109) by clicking here --> http://www.amb-it.com/chipx-transponders-c-1_3.html

All AMB personal transponder owners (RED ProChips) are encouraged to create a personal MyLaps account and register their transponders. This value added service offers racers a free homepage that stores all of their results, allows them to analyze their individual performance as well their team's performance with the goal of improving strategies and results for future races. For more information about the MyLaps service go to www.MyLaps.com.

Racers who rent a transponder from their racing organization are able to view their race results only.

To see all the benefits of having your own Personal Transponder, click here --> http://www.mylaps.com/help/mylapsInfo.jsp

Biggest news to hit Georgia since Jimmy Carter was elected as President!

The Georgia Cup is pleased to announce that we have posted all 11 GCTT Fliers, Maps, Registration and details of each event to our flag ship site www.georgiacup.com. Please click here to view all the GCTT event pages --> http://georgiacup.com/tt.php. Click any race and it will take you directly to the event home page. Then click on Pdf Map, Registration or event flier. When you open the event flier notice that there are several 'hyperlinked' urls that take to other places. Like: Bikereg total GC event registraion, parking, mapmyride, single event registration, upcoming events and much more!