Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium

The Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium, or Charlotte Criterium, is an annual criterium bicycle race along an 1.2 miles (2 km) course located in Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

Its $125,000 purse is the largest for this type of event in the United States.

[1] The race serves as a benefit for the Brain Tumor Fund of the Carolinas, and is an officially sanctioned race as part of the USA CRITS Tour.

[2] The race has a total distance of 50 miles (80 km).

[3] The women's criterium runs along the same course as the men's at a distance of 25 miles (40 km).

2006 Bank of America Criterium on Tryon Street