The 2008 Rochester Omnium is ON!

News

  • August 11 More Results
    Results for the women's open and amateur criterium fields are now posted.
  • August 11 Road Race Results
    Antonio Cruz of BMC wins stage 3 of the Rochester Omnium! The complete results for the road race are now posted.
  • August 9 Criterium Results
    Dominique Rollin of Toyota-United takes the win for stage 2 of the Rochester Omnium! See the complete results for the criterium here.
  • August 8 Time Trial Results
    Congratulations to Ryan Roth of Team R.A.C.E. Pro on his victory in today's time trial! Roth completed the 4.1 mile course in 7 minutes and 21 seconds - a blistering average speed of 31.8 miles per hour!

    The complete results for the time trial are now posted.
  • August 8 Time Trial Photos
    Local photographer Alan Fink has sent us his first batch of pictures from the time trial.
  • August 7 Registration Closed
    Online registration is now closed for the 2008 Rochester Omnium. Good luck to all participants!
  • July 30 Men's Pro Roster
    Check out this year's professional men's field!

Mark your calendar. The Rochester Omnium is coming to Rochester on August 8-10, 2008!

What's an omnium, you ask? In the world of cycling events, omnium is just a fancy word for an event with multiple competitions that are scored independently of each other.

 

The Rochester Omnium consists of the following events:

Friday, August 8: 1 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Time trial at the Port of Rochester.
Saturday, August 9: 8:30 p.m - 10:30 p.m.
The Rochester Twilight Criterium.
Sunday, August 10: 11:30 a.m - 4 p.m.
A 100 mile road race.

Ready, Set, Go

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The Rochester Twilight Criterium is a bicycle race that sets the streets of downtown Rochester on fire, at night, with an international field of World Champions and Olympic cyclists streaking past a crowd of 30,000 spectators that are just a few feet away from the action.

Over the constant cheering of the crowd you hear the gentle whir of more than one hundred bicycle tires approaching. The peloton is coming towards you at speeds in excess of thirty miles per hour, but the faces you see show no signs of fatigue. The crowd roars as the racers draw closer, and then as they race by you feel a breeze that makes you think a tractor trailer went speeding by.

That was no truck. That was just one lap of the Rochester Twilight Criterium. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for an evening of the most intense competition you'll see anywhere.

Admission is FREE. Have a look around the website and get ready to join us for spectacular cycling on August 8, 9, and 10.

UCI USA Cycling