The Gateway Cup is a four-day
criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m.
Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...
cycling race held in
St. Louis
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
,
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
over
Labor Day weekend.
There are five races each day based on ability, ranging from novices (Category 5 cyclists) to professionals (Category 1 cyclists). There are over $25,000 in prize money awarded over the four-day race.
The race is on an approximately one-mile closed course within four distinct St. Louis neighborhoods. The race duration varies from 30 minutes to 75 minutes.
Winners (since 2012)
Men
Women
References
{{reflist
Cycle races in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1985
1985 establishments in Missouri
Men's road bicycle races