The United States National Criterium Championships are held annually and run by the national governing body, USA Cycling.
The event has formerly been held at venues including Denver, Colorado, Downers Grove, Illinois, and Glencoe, Illinois. The 2015 edition of the race will be hosted by the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Formerly, the event allowed an international field, so the first rider from the United States who crossed the finish line was crowned the "United States National Criterium Champion" gaining the right to wear the national champion's jersey in subsequent criteriums for the following year. As domestic participation has grown in more recent years, the event has been limited to United States citizens so that the winner of the race will also be crowned the national champion.
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| 1980 | Davis Phinney | |||
| 1981 | Davis Phinney | |||
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| 2008 | Mark Hekman | |||
| 2009 | Jake Keough | |||
| 2010 | Alex Candelario | |||
| 2011 | Jake Keough | |||
| 2012 | Bradley White | |||
| 2013 | Jake Keough | |||
| 2014 | Daniel Holloway | |||
| 2015 | Eric Marcotte[1] | Luke Keough | ||
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| 2018 | Samuel Bassetti | |||
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| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Eric Young | |||
| 2022 | Scott McGill | |||
| 2023 | Tyler Williams | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 1980 | Jolanta Goral | |||
| 1981 | Leslie Moore-Nitz | |||
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| 2007 | Anna Lang | |||
| 2008 | Jennifer MacRae-Evans | |||
| 2009 | Shelley Olds | |||
| 2010 | Lauren Tamayo | |||
| 2011 | Kelly Benjamin | |||
| 2012 | Lauren Hall[2] | Carmen Small | ||
| 2013 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan | |||
| 2014 | Samantha Schneider | |||
| 2015 | Kendall Ryan[3] | |||
| 2016 | Lauren Tamayo | Sara Tussey | ||
| 2017 | Erica Allar | Lauren Stephens | Irena Ossola | |
| 2018 | Leigh Ann Ganzar | Kelly Catlin[4] | Jennifer Luebke | |
| 2019 | Emma White | Lily Williams | Kendall Ryan | |
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Coryn Rivera | |||
| 2022 | Alexis Ryan | |||
| 2023 | Chloe Patrick | |||