ELIZABETHTON â For the second year in a row, it appears the Fat Tire Criterium will be held in Elizabethton rather than its old home of Johnson City. The race directors will appear before the Elizabethton City Council on Thursday to seek approval of this yearâs race. Since 2006, the bicycle competition has been the final stage of the Johnson City Omnium, which has been the premiere cycling event in East Tennessee, with cash prizes of over $13,000. The Fat Tire has always been the final stage of the three-stage Omnium and had been held in Johnson City until 2020, when it was moved to Elizabethton.