Rochester Twilight Criterium

The Rochester Twilight Criterium was an annual professional bicycle racing event on the National Criterium Calendar of USA Cycling.

Rochester Twilight Criterium

Race details
Date	August
Region	Rochester, New York
Discipline	Road
Competition	National calendar
Type	Criterium
Web site	rochestercrit.com
History
First edition	2004 (2004)
Editions	10
Final edition	2019 (men) 2022 (women)
First winner	José Alejandro (USA)
Most wins	Hilton Clarke (AUS) (2 wins)
Final winner	Robert Sroka (USA)
History (women)
First winner	Sarah Uhl (USA)
Most wins	No repeat winners
Most recent	Mariana Valadez (MEX)

The event, a fast race on a short loop along downtown streets in Rochester, New York, started in 2004. In 2008, it was expanded into a three-day event called the Rochester Omnium, with the Twilight Criterium as its centerpiece. In 2009, the event had been planned to expand to six days, at venues throughout the Finger Lakes region; the new event would be called the Tour de New York. However, the 2009 event, including the Twilight Criterium, was canceled due to financial considerations.

In 2015, the Twilight Criterium was restarted with the intent of resuming it as an annual event. The race was held for the last time in 2019 for the men, while the women's race was hosted once more in 2022.^[1]

Winners

Men

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2004	José Alejandro	Craig McCartney	Chuck Coyle
2005	Juan José Haedo	Kyle Wamsley	Vassili Davidenko
2006[2]	Hilton Clarke	Dan Schmatz	Sebastián Alexandre
2007[3]	Hilton Clarke	Cameron Evans	Kyle Wamsley
2008[4]	Dominique Rollin	Antonio Cruz	Ryan Roth
2009-2014	No race
2015[5]	Aldo Ino Ilešič	Carlos Alzate	Ryan Aitcheson
2016[6]	Luke Keough	Ryan Aitcheson	Ed Veal
2017[7]	Curtis White	Philip Short	Jeff Schiller
2018[8]	Jeff Schiller	Scott McGill	Trevor O'Donnell
2019	Robert Sroka	Connor Sallee	Cesar Marte

Women

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2006[2]	Sarah Uhl	Lauren Franges	Sarah Ulmer
2007[3]	Jessie MacLean	Anna Lang	Theresa Cliff-Ryan
2008-2014	Non-disputé
2015[9]	Tara Whitten	Samantha Schneider	Erica Allar
2016[10]	Skylar Schneider	Iris Slappendel	Samantha Schneider
2017[11]	Rebecca Wiasak	Erica Allar	Skylar Schneider
2018[12]	Josie Talbot	Georgia Baker	Miriam Brouwer
2020-2021	No race
2022	Mariana Valadez	Colleen Gulick	Andrea Cyr

• 
  The Omnium logo
• 
  The proposed Tour de New York logo

References

1. "MVP Health Care Rochester Twilight Criterium". rochestercrit.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
2. Alan Coté (24 June 2006). "Rochester twilight criterium - NE". autobus.cyclingnews.com.
3. Alan Coté (23 June 2007). "Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium - 1.2". autobus.cyclingnews.com.
4. Kirsten Robbins (10 August 2008). "Rochester Omnium - 2.2". autobus.cyclingnews.com.
5. "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2015: Elite Men Results". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015.
6. "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2016: Men Results". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2016.
7. (pdf) "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2017 - Pro Men Results" (PDF). rochestercrit.com.
8. "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2018: Elite Men Results". cyclingnews.com. 24 May 2018.
9. "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2015: Elite Women Results". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015.
10. "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2016: Women Results". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2016.
11. (pdf) "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2017 - Pro Women Results" (PDF). rochestercrit.com.
12. "Rochester Twilight Criterium 2018: Elite Women Results". cyclingnews.com. 24 May 2018.

• http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=13577
• http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/2015/08/15/rochester-twilight-criteriums-triumphant-return/31801887/

External links

• Official site