Next year’s Tour de Georgia includes some new cities on the race course, but comes at the expense of other major stops from previous years.
The cycling event will have five new cities in the week-long race next April. Tybee Island will host the start, and is followed by newcomers Statesboro, Washington, Braselton, and Suwanee. Returning host cities include Atlanta, Augusta, and Brasstown Bald.
Cities left out for 2008 include Macon and Rome. Event director Chris Aronhalt says crafting the new route only had to do with letting residents in other communities share the Tour experience .
"It has nothing at all to do with the support. In fact the race would have loved to go back to those communities like Macon and Rome".
Tour organizers also had to be mindful of the route’s mileage, and incorporating mountain and coastal stages.
Aronhalt says the race expects to be financially healthy, with new headline sponsors to be announced at the start of the year.
The cycling event will have five new cities in the week-long race next April. Tybee Island will host the start, and is followed by newcomers Statesboro, Washington, Braselton, and Suwanee. Returning host cities include Atlanta, Augusta, and Brasstown Bald.
Cities left out for 2008 include Macon and Rome. Event director Chris Aronhalt says crafting the new route only had to do with letting residents in other communities share the Tour experience .
"It has nothing at all to do with the support. In fact the race would have loved to go back to those communities like Macon and Rome".
Tour organizers also had to be mindful of the route’s mileage, and incorporating mountain and coastal stages.
Aronhalt says the race expects to be financially healthy, with new headline sponsors to be announced at the start of the year.
