POSTPONED TO 2024

Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/Special to the Marin Independent Journal

A deafening roar of spectator hordes, gathered around an oval, witnessing carnage. Are they cyclists? Or are they gladiators?

“I gotta ride harder. That wheel I gotta catch belongs to a National Champion.”

Now in its 22nd year, the San Rafael Sunset Criterium has become part carnival, part madhouse, part Thunderdome. It has reached a critical mass of energy that circles among crowds and riders, across announcer and DJ, and through the streets and community, only to feed into the reputation of the next year.

The best riders. The best track.
The best scene in West Coast cycling.