Inside The Maverick Criterium: Changes for 2026

We share how Maverick Criterium grew from a lunch idea to a true city race weekend, with campus corners under the lights, a revamped downtown sprint, and a bigger prize purse. We break down last year’s wins and messes, the new categories, neutral support, and why community buy-in matters.• year-one highlights and hard lessons• permits, signatures, and city partnerships• campus course design and OU collaboration• downtown crowd energy and safety choices• weather delays and real-time fixes• Porsche pace cars and protocols• 2026 updates: new categories, night racing• revised downtown course for growth• Fondo, 10-mile ride, beer mile• host homes for teams and how to help• volunteers, weeknight tune-up crits• neutral support details and free-lap basics• prize purse increase to 15,000 dollars• why Maverick is the perfect Tulsa Tough tune-upCome race Maverick. It’s before Tulsa. There’s gonna be people here that I know you want to beat. https://www.mavcrit.com/Host Home/Volunteer - https://www.mavcrit.com/volunteerRegister - https://www.bikereg.com/maverick-criterium