2024 Tech Guide Released

Welcome to the latest edition of the Sunny King Criterium, in its 22nd year, powered by Sunny King Automotive! Alabama’s premier race weekend – coming at you full speed on April 13th and 14th. Our Technical Guide toward the entire weekend is available for reading! It will answer your questions, help you navigate your race […]

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USA CRITS Announces Spring 2024 Schedule

After a brief hiatus, the legendary USA CRITS will be back in the saddle for a spring criterium series, running April 13 through May 25, 2024. Six full weeks of travel-friendly races will be livestreamed worldwide, anchored by four national calendar events: April 13 – Sunny King Criterium – Kicking off the spring cycling season […]

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Saturday, May 6th, the American Criterium Cup continues in Anniston, AL, at the Sunny King Criterium

The Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama, Saturday, May 6th, 2023, is the second stop in the American Criterium Cup. Like Athens Twilight, Sunny King is a four-corner race, at just one kilometer, with 15 feet of elevation gain per lap. This year, Sunny King is a little later in the season than in previous […]

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Project Echelon Builds Community in Anniston

Team Project Echelon is returning to the Sunny King once again in 2023. The team kicked off its 2022 campaign by winning the American Criterium Cup Sprint jersey at Sunny King and went on to win the American Criterium Cup overall. This 2023 season, Project Echelon has made the step up to UCI Continental ranks […]

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Sunny King Criterium Raises Funds for Cancer Research and the Anniston Community in Need

The Sunny King Criterium is more than just a bike race to the Anniston community, it also provides funding to those a part of the local chapter, Meals on Wheels. The event helps to raise funds for the Interfaith Ministries of Calhoun County. Money raised through selling advertising in the Official Noble Street Festival Guide […]

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Sunny King Criterium & Noble Street Festival Charitable Impact

The Sunny King Criterium is more than just a bike race to the Anniston community, it also provides funding to those a part of the local chapter, Meals on Wheels. The event helps to raise funds for the Interfaith Ministries of Calhoun County. Money raised through selling advertising in the event’s Official Festival Guide helps […]

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Speed Week’s Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight, presented by Michelob Ultra and Visit Athens has joined the American Criterium Cup

Since 1980, Athens Twilight has drawn the best Criterium racers from around the world, providing athletes and fans with an experience that raises it to one of the original Monuments of Criterium racing. Kicking off the American Criterium Cup series, the Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight p/b Michelob Ultra & Visit Athens epitomizes a goal of […]

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Schneider and Rodriguez Win 2022 Sunny King Criterium to Lead the American Criterium Cup Series

The 2022 American Criterium Cup kicked off in Anniston, AL with the Sunny King Criterium. It was a chilly day that began at 10am with twenty-one races on a challenging .7-mile course. The final two races of the day set the stage for the 2022 American Criterium Cup series with the pro women’s and men’s […]

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Sunny King Traffic Advisory

The City of Anniston asks that you please be aware of Street Closures taking place on Saturday, April 9th, from 2:00 AM until 12:00 AM on Sunday, April 10th for the Noble Street Festival & Sunny King Criterium. The following streets will be closed during this time frame: Noble Street from 9th Street to 12th […]

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