American Criterium Cup racing returns on April 22 with the Athens Twilight Criterium. Ten historic events come together to offer a combined series purse of $500,000, split evenly between women’s and men’s fields. Follow along this season as America’s top criterium racers again compete for the top step on the ACC podium!

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The Sunny King Criterium presented by Sunny King Automotive Group is the second stop on the 2023 American Criterium Cup. The Sunny King Criterium is one the premier criterium races in the southeast, bringing the best racers from around the country together for top-level competition. The course is in the heart of downtown Anniston. A thriving community close to both Atlanta, GA, and Birmingham, AL., affectionally named, the Model City.

Sunny King Criterium 2023 | American Criterium Cup

If you missed the Sunny King Criterium, you missed a good one. The second stop of the American Criterium Cup, Anniston, Alabama's Sunny King, was the exciting racing we expect, complete with one of the closest finishes we've seen in a long while.

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Race number one of the American Criterium Cup: Speed Week's Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight, presented by Michelob Ultra, and Visit Athens in beautiful Athens, Georgia. The course is a classic, fast four-corner crit at just one kilometer and 18 feet gain per lap. The speed makes this race brutally hard, with a lap speed average of nearly 30 miles per hour. Professional athletes took to the course, with Alexis Ryan of L39ion of Los Angeles, riding without a team, winning against the odds, while the men's race came down to a nail-biting, bike-throw finish. Who won? Our ACC race recap breaks it down.

Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight Criterium Highlight Show | American Criterium Cup

After an exciting series comprising ten events, it comes down to racing in the rain to determine who our series winners were. Will Maggie Coles-Lyster of the DNA Pro Cycling team, who's had a dominant series keep the overall and sprint categories? Andrea Cyr of ButcherBox Cycling p/b LOOK is looking to not lose ground in her second in both categories and will be chasing Maggie wherever she can. On the Men's side, Project Echelon Racing's Brandon Feehery goes into the last race with a lock on both competitions. Leading the sprint competition from the start, he took over the overall lead after the Salt Lake Criterium. Having a consistent series, Brandon racked up points through high-place finishes and winning intermediate sprint points. Behind him, the races are for other podium steps, where Clever Martinez of the Miami Blazers and Alfredo Rodriquez of Best Buddies Racing are locked into a race to finish second. With sprint and team competitions to be decided, our series finale comes down to an afternoon of exciting racing. Don't miss it. 

Bommarito Audi Gateway Cup Highlight Show 2022

The 37th Edition Of The Bommarito Audi Gateway Cup takes place in the heart of four unique and awesome St. Louis neighborhoods. The Bommarito Audi Gateway Cup features The American Criterium Cup (ACC) Final At The Giro Della Montagna. All four days offer equal payout for the Women’s and Men’s professional races.

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The rain poured in the streets of downtown Littleton, Colorado, where the US Professional Criterium teams battled for the American Criterium Cup points competitions.  The high speeds and looming thunderstorm excited the crowds as the women and men sprinted for the finish line.

Littleton Twilight Criterium 2022 Highlight Show

The Littleton Twilight Criterium is a full day of racing and includes professional men’s and women’s races. The race will be at the midpoint in a new national criterium series formed in collaboration with USA Cycling and America’s best criterium races. This series will feature the largest purse prize and will include the very best professional teams.

Littleton Twilight Criterium 2022

Did you catch race number seven, the Lake Bluff Criterium? Spoiler alert: it's rad. So many big rides: Brandon Feehery of Project Echelon Racing grabbed points in ALL the sprints (1st, 1st, 2nd) and a fourth place overall to stretch out his lead in both jersey competitions. His form and focus right now are fantastic. Clever Martinez of the Miami Blazer is turning it up as the summer goes along, and Clever came in third overall, jumping over Thomas Gibbonsfor third in the series. Clever has had a fantastic Intelli cup, and next week, with Alfredo Rodriquezstill sidelined, we'll see the top three shift even more. Alfredo is due back by IU Health Momentum Indy, so we'll see our podium come down to the wire. 

And how about Andrea Cyr of ButcherBox Racing? She had one job, and she nailed it. She won all the in-race sprints and took eight overall for 98 points total. With three races left, she is not only cementing her second place, but Maggie Coles-Lyster of DNA Pro Cycling is within reach: overall and for the Green sprinter's jersey. The Green is a two-woman race right now. So close. 

What else is close? The Women's team competition. Anna Christian of Colavita-Factor is crushing the U23 competition, and she and her Colavita-Factor ladies are just one point off from DNA. One point! 

Littleton Twilight will be a must-watch as these riders and competitions continue to come down to the wire. 

Intelligentsia Cup Highlight Show 2022

The Sunny King Criterium returns for its 20th year on Saturday, April 9th, kicking off the new Professional Criterium Series for 2022. We’ll host twenty exciting bicycle races for all ages and abilities, including a kids race, juniors, men’s and women’s amateur races, and a new men’s masters race category for ages 45+, in addition to the professional men’s and women’s races that will close out the day in downtown Anniston. In addition, the Sunny King Criterium will host Nine hours of live web streaming, showcasing the sights and sounds to cycling fans across the U.S. and around the globe.

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