Another huge win for Einstein Racing in the event that matters most: Bananas.
Johanna Schmidt went into the Iceman Cometh with some big expectations after last season’s 6th place. One thing off her mind was the Top Banana Competition. After going out of her way to make Banana-starts around the state, she wrapped up the first-ever Women’s title in style with a confirmation-stamping tenth place this past weekend.
For her teammate Mackenzie Woodring, the real ambition was to take the win against some of the best pro women in the world. In the process, she would not only vault up the Banana standings, but also soak up a few more points away from other riders threatening the Einstein choke-hold atop the table. It took a lot of effort to fend off the likes of Cooper Dendrel, Kati Krikke, Lauri Brockmiller and Susan Vigland, with a tough few final miles taking Erin Vicary out of the top ten. Here’s how the points stack up:
1 50 Georgia Gould Ft. Collins CO LUNA PRO TEAM 2 49 Emily Batty Brooklin ON SUBARU - TREK 3 48 Heather Irmiger Boulder CO SUBARU - TREK 4 47 Mackenzie Woodring Belmont MI U.S. NATIONAL PARALY 5 46 Chloe Woodruff Tucson AZ CRANKBROTHER RACE CL 6 45 Erica Tingey Salt Lake City UT ROCKY MOUNTAIN/ KUHL 7 44 Cooper Dendel Marquette MI 8 43 Abby Strigel Madison WI SUBARU TREK TEAM 9 42 Kathryn Krikke Rockford MI 10 41 Johanna Schmidt Traverse City MI EINSTEIN 11 40 Lauri Brockmiller Traverse City MI 12 39 Christy Keely Greenville SC TEAM KENDA 13 38 Amy Campbell Portland OR 14 37 Amy Stauffer Lowell MI PH 15 36 Amanda Ryan Farmington Hil MI EINSTEIN RACING 16 35 Susan Vigland Traverse City MI 17 34 Erin Vicary Walled Lake MI QUIRING CYCLES 18 33 Emily Ponti Mentor OH THE BICYCLE HUB 19 32 Janelle Renschier Indianapolis IN BICYCLE OUTFITTERS 20 31 Bonnie Van Volkinburg Ada MI FARM TEAM RACING/ 616
The 50-1 point haul for the race was a huge opportunity to shake and/or bake up the standings, with great rides from Cooper Dendel, Kati Krikke and Lauri Brockmiller paying off in spades. For the Quiring duo of Sue Stephens and Erin Vicary, however, the Iceman was an opportunity lost after an extremely impressive start to the mountain bike season at the Battle at the Burg, Crybaby and Peak2Peak. Bad luck and untimely bad days cost them their high rankings, but they’ll be back in 2013 for more.
kolo t.c. is proud to present to you the final standings of the 2012 Women’s Top Banana Competition:
Johanna Schmidt at 185 points
Amanda Ryan at 141 points
Mackenzie Woodring at 122 points
Amy Stauffer at 114 points
Susan Vigland at 111 points
Lauri Brockmiller at 106 points
Erin Vicary at 69 points
Sue Stephens at 59 points
Georgia Gould at 50 points
Emily Batty at 49 points
Heather Irmiger at 48 points
Chloe Woodruff at 46 points
Erica Tingey at 45 points
Cooper Dendel at 44 points
Abby Strigel at 43 points
Zoe Reeves at 42 points
Kati Krikke at 41 points
Christy Keely at 39 points
Amy Campbell at 38 points
Julie Whalen at 38 points
Cady Chintis at 36 points
Kathy Everts at 35 points
Sarah Rice at 34 points
Emily Ponti at 33 points
Janelle Renchsler at 32 points
Janette Rho at 33 points
Elizabth So at 32 points
Bridgett Widrig at 32 points
Bonnie Von Valkinburg at 31 points
Melissa Ryba at 31 points
Alicia Trevino at 31 points
Tiffany Bangma at 29 points
Kristen Rashberg at 28 points
Sarah Demerly at 27 points
Heather Spencer at 20 points
Patricia Devost at 19 points
Samantha Brode at 19 points
Stephanie Swan at 17 points
Jane Van Hof at 16 points
Lisa Markley at 16 points
Amelia Moore at 16 points
Laura Webb at 16 points
Amanda Schaap at 15 points
A huge congratulations to the Einstein team on sweeping the Banana podium. With Johann and Amanda Ryan committing early and Woodring riding huge wins late to join them, Einstein took the top three spots with of their four qualified riders. Amy Stauffer got herself smack dab in the middle of a Traverse City sandwich in fourth, stuffed between the Einsteinians and Hagerty’s Susan Vigland and Lauri Brockmiller in fifth and sixth. Behind them is yet another tandem in Stephens and Vicary. The next local racer is Cooper Dendel, followed by Zoe Reeves.
Thank you all very much for following the Top Banana Series and congrats to the winners, who will get a voucher for a single bunch of bananas. There will be a lot of news and updates on next year’s edition, including a super-drawn out week of revealing the schedule, points ratings and some new elements thrown in for good measure.
If you’d like your race to be considered for the 2013 Top Banana Series, send an email at the address listed in the Contact page.
2 responses to “2012 Women’s Top Banana Competition Final Standings”
Thanks for the fun competition, Cody. I’ll be back to defend my title next year.
Johanna
ps. Can we have those bananas delivered to the The Brew Saturday night for “The Greatest Team on Earth’s” end of the season bash?
Count on it.