USA CRITS: Laurel Rathbun and Marcos Mendoz win Sunny King Criterium to begin eight-race series

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Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing and Foundation Cycling New York set the tone with two riders each on the podium

Sunny King Criterium winner race winner Laurel Rathbun (Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing) leads second-placed Liza Ray (City Bikes)
Sunny King Criterium winner race winner Laurel Rathbun (Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing) leads second-placed Liza Ray (City Bikes) as they lap the field (Image credit: Sunny King Criterium)
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Laurel Rathbun (Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing) and Marcos Mendoz (Foundation Cycling New York) won the elite races at Sunny King Criterium on Saturday in Anniston, Alabama and top the leaderboard for the USA CRITS one-day race series.

Rathbun won the head-to-head sprint against breakaway companion Liza Ray (City Bikes), the duo lapping the field with four laps to go. Rathbun's teammate Kendall Ryan then earned third place in the field sprint.

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Jackie Tyson
Jackie Tyson
North American Editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. On the bike, she has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast), and spends time on gravel around horse farms in north Georgia.

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