One of America’s biggest stage races, the Tour de Georgia, is very likely to not survive next season according to multiple sources involved with the race. The race’s failure to secure consistent high dollar sponsorship combined with the financial losses have made the race questionable over the past few years, and it appears these problems have finally caught up with The Tour of Georgia.

Chris Aronhalt of Medalist Sports, the original promoters and current logistics provider for the race, said that the board would be meeting soon to discuss the future of the race.

The race began in 2003 with Medalist Sports, the promoters involved with running the Tour of California, Tour of Missouri and the last three years of the USPRO championships in Greenville, South Carolina. The Tour de Georgia laid the groundwork for the Tour of California and Tour of Missouri. The race has been promoted with three different title sponsors in the past six years, including Dodge, Ford and in 2008 with AT&T. The Georgia Partnership Economic Development took over formal ownership of the Tour of Georgia from Medalist in 2007 which continued with the 2008 edition, also found support in Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle as chairman of a newly formed board of directors.

The race has been touted as a stepping stone to the Tour de France, a tag line helped along by the attendance of one Lance Armstrong in the final two years of his Tour de France victories. Record crowds attended in those years, but the numbers have not sustained since.