The Chris Thater Memorial will reach an historic milestone this weekend in Binghamton, New York. Not only will the event be commemorating its 25th anniversary, but many of the strongest pro cyclists and teams will be there to help support the Broome County STOP DWI program and to compete for a total purse of $70,000.

The event is part of the National Racing Calendar and the USA CRITS series.

In the crit series, Yosvany Falcon (TOSHIBA-Santo presented by Herbalife) currently tops the leaderboard followed by Adam Myerson (Time Pro Cycling), Frank Travieso (TOSHIBA-Santo), Seth Hansley (Locos Pub & Grill); and Mark Hekman (TOSHIBA-Santo). 37 points separate Falcon from Myerson, 16 points separate Travieso from Hansley, and Hekman is looming large for Hansley because only 2 points separate them. So the stage is set for some race-day fireworks.

More Chris Thater action from last year.

Photo: courtesy

Previous winners like Kyle Wamsley (Colavita/Sutter Home); Hilton Clarke (Toyota-United); Tina Pic (Colavita/Sutter Home), and Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine) will be eager to repeat.

Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine), who took second place in last year’s race, is holding onto first place in the series. Only 16 points behind her is Jennifer Wilson (Vanderkitten). Taitt Sato (ValueAct Capital) is in third place but likely will find it impossible to make up all the ground between herself and the leaders. Leigh Valletti (Vanderkitten) is in fourth place, followed by Pic.

The race is named for Chris Thater, a young cyclist killed by a drunken driver.

Photo: courtesy

Chris Thater was an avid cyclist who was killed by a drunken driver.

Men:
Inferno Racing
Jeff Hopkins (AUS)
Hayden Godfrey (NZL)
Josh England (NZL)
Jim Baldesare (USA)
Bennet van der Genugten (USA)
Joe Cooper

Team Type One
Team committed, riders TBA

Toshiba Cycling Team
Yosvany Falcon
Frank Travieso
Mark Hekman
John Freddy Parra
TBD

Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
Jonny Clarke (AUS)
Henk Vogels (AUS)
Hilton Clarke (AUS)
Ivan Dominguez (CUB)
Caleb Manion (AUS)
Sean Sullivan (AUS)

Health Net-Maxxis
John Murphy

Texas Roadhouse Pro Cycling
Team committed, riders TBA

Locos Grill
Seth Hansley
Chris Scott
Matt Hansley
Travis Hagner
Rob Giannini

Volkswagen (Can)
Eric Boily (Can)
Bruno Langlois (Can)

Colavita/Sutter Home
Kyle Wamsley (USA)
Davide Frattini (Italy)
Tyler Wren (USA)
Sebastian Haedo (ARG)
Gustavo Artacho (ARG)
Alejandro Borrajo (ARG)
Luis Amaran (CUB)
Luca Damiani (Italy)

Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling
Clay Mufret (UNK)
Keven Lacombe (CAN)
David Veilleux (CAN)
Jake Keough (USA)
Jamie Kimberley (USA)
Shane Kline (USA)
Justin Spinelli (USA)
Christopher Hong (USA)

Rite Aid Pro Cycling
Clayton Barrows
Bill Elliston
Jonathan Erdelyi
Richard Geng
Robbie King
Stephan Kincaid
Miles Watson

Bissell Pro Cycling
Joao Correia

Richmond Pro Cycling
Ryan Mele
Esteban Jukich
Craig Dodson
Gerardo Castro
Jeff Buckles

Team Race Pro Cycling
Ryan Roth
Mark Walters
Buck Miller
Dan Timmerman
Mark Pozniak

Fiordfrutta
Toby Marzot
Josh Dillon
Matt White
Stephen Weller
Cory Burns

Time Pro Cycling
Thomas Soladay
Michael Stoop
Daniel Ramsey
Adam Myerson
Jon Hamblen
David Guttenplan
Nick Frey
Eric Barlevav

CRCA/Empire Cycling
Michael Mathis
Matthew Johnson
Sheldon Deeny
John Minutrn
Eric Brownell
Mike Margarite
David Wiswell

CRCA/Foundation
Lisban Quintero
Alejandro Guzman
Joshua Alexander

Colavita/Sutter Home
Tina Pic
Iona Wynter Parks
Andrea Dvorak
Anna McCloon
Nichole Wangsgard

Cheerwine
Laura Van Gilder
Kelly Benjamin
Robin Farina
Anne Samplonius

Team Advil – Chapstick
Kirsten Robbins
Reem Jishi
Sue Palmer-Komar
Laura Bowles

Hub Racing
Brooke O’Connor
Sheba Farrin
Arley Kemmerer
Emma Giddens
Elizabeth Morse Hill
Sherri Stedje

HPC Powered by Altarum
Jennifer Rasmusson
Lesley Golenor
Kristy Scheffenacker
Lorena Candrian
Michele Bote