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| name = Athens Twilight Criterium
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| image = [[File:Athens_twilight.jpg|300px]]
| date = Late April
| region = [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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{{About|a cycling event|the Stephenie Meyer novels|Twilight (novel series)|the film series|The Twilight Saga (film series)}}
The '''Twilight Series''' is an annual [[road cycling race]] that takes place in the [[Spring (season)|spring]] in [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]] since 1980.<ref>http://www.visitathensga.com/stay_and_do/events.details.php?id=7871 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717220302/http://www.visitathensga.com/stay_and_do/events.details.php?id=7871 |date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> 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.
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 [[$US]]10,000.<ref>[http://www.athenstwilight.com/cycling.php Twilight Criterium 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| <ref>https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/update-athens-twilight-earns-unofficial-title-of-favorite-criterium-cyclists/article_232fc04e-4bc8-11e8-a1c0-c3634792e63f.html</ref><ref>https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/6306919</ref>
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