Rochester, New York — Full Moon Vista Productions, the Rochester based production company responsible for the Rochester Twilight Criterium, is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row, the Rohrbach’s Ellison Park Cyclocross race has granted a place on the 2011 UCI Cyclocross calendar. Growing from local to international status in 4 short years, Full Moon Vista is proud to produce the only UCI cyclocross race in New York State.
Over the weekend of September 24th and 25th hundreds of athletes and spectators will enjoy the event with its beautiful park-setting race course, kids’ area, craft beer gardens and food vendors. On the afternoon of Sunday September 25th, the elite professional athletes will take to the course for the UCI C2 event. The promoter is pleased to welcome British riders Helen Wyman, Ian Field and Gabby Day, Belgians Joyce Vanderbeken and Tom Van den Bosch, Frenchman Nicolas Bazin, and New Englander and 2010 Elite Men’s race winner Justin Lindine. Along with many other strong riders from all over the eastern U.S. and Canada, the racing promises to be fierce.
The event schedule is as follows:
Saturday September 24, 2011
– Amateur Men, Women and Juniors Races: 10:00 AM
– 3:30 PM – Kid’ s race at 12 PM.
– BBQ, Rohrbach Brewing Company beer garden, music, kid’s area throughout the day.
– Professional announcer Joe Jefferson will be calling the races all day long
Sunday September 25, 2011
– Amateur Men, Women, Juniors, Kid’s Races: 10:00 AM – 1:15 PM
– Elite Women’s Race: 2:00 PM (40 minutes)
– Elite Men’s Race: 3:15 PM (60 minutes)
– BBQ, Rohrbach Brewing Company beer garden, music, kid’s area throughout the day.
– Professional announcer Joe Jefferson will be calling the races all day long!
The event is made possible by our generous sponsors: Rohrbach Brewing Company, Nalgene Outdoor, Monroe County Parks, Monroe County Sports Commission, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Genesee Valley Cycling Club and the Rochester Plaza Hotel and Conference Center.
Full Moon Vista is both a locally owned bike shop as well as a world-class production company. We take great pride in our events and focus earnestly on the spectator, rider and sponsor experience. As the force behind the successful Rochester Twilight Criterium, Full Moon Vista has deep roots in Rochester and is the premier producer of elite professional cycling events in upstate New York.
