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What Is CRIT Racing?

Criteriums, also known as “crits,” are changing race culture for the better. Instead of slogging up remote mountains, CRITS speed through downtown streets like getaway cars, taking tight turns at 30mph with fields of a hundred racers or more. Some of the biggest events are late at night, under stadium lights enveloped by spectators with raucous MCs and light shows. The experience is nothing short of electrifying, and the most spectator-friendly event in the sport of cycling. A lapped race on a closed-circuit set-in cities, laps are usually a half-mile to 1.5 miles long with 4+ turns. Total race distance can range from 15 miles (beginner) to 60 miles (professional); approximately 25 minutes to 1 hour 55 minutes. Short, fast, and spicy.

L39ION of Los Angeles Overview

L39ION of Los Angeles was created to advance the sport of cycling, eliminate boundaries, and promote diversity, representation, and inclusion. We want to grow the sport in America and let the American masses know that you don't need to conform to be a part of the cycling community.
The team is devoted to using our platform to give back to the younger generations and showcase criterium racing in a way where athletes can make a good living competing at home in the US.

Justin Williams Overview

Justin Williams entered competitive cycling at the age of 15 and immediately fell in love with track racing, surging onto the scene with 2 National Championship titles as a sprinter within two years of taking up the sport. His explosiveness, speed, and competitive spirit made him a natural sprinter, earning him multiple national titles in short distance events as a young rider. He took up road cycling in addition to his passion for track, where he won the U23 National Criterium Championships in 2007 that launched him into the pro circuit where he continues to race as a professional. In 2019, Justin founded his own team, L39ion of Los Angeles, where he is both the manager and primary sprinter. The team is a mix of professional cyclist and development riders, many from South-Central LA including Justin and his brother Corey. Exciting and flashy, Justin is becoming one the most influential cyclist in the U.S., and an increasingly louder voice for inclusion and innovation in the sport.