Athens Twilight adds qualifiers

The Athens Twilight Criterium is always one of the high points of the US crit season, with tens of thousands of fans lining the street of Athens Georgia for one of the US scene's biggest cycling street parties. This year's event on Saturday April 30 promises to be no exception, and to spread festivities over more of the weekend, organizers have introduced two new events to this year's race, the Computrainer Qualifiers on Friday, April 29 and the Sprint Backstretch, during Saturday's crit.

The Computrainer Qualifiers will see the pro men compete for starting positions in the criterium with a 10km time trial, conducted in heats of eight riders. Each heat winner on Friday night qualifies for the final race for $2,000.