The 2013 Top Banana Competition p/b Carter’s Compost is back to the dirt, and BISSELL’s squad is crowded the top of the rankings.
After a bit of a respite after June’s triple header, the Competition returns with a B race at Boyne. The brutally hard course in 90 degree heat was no easy task for any rider, and for BISSELL’s Alex Vanias, a tough return to the dirt heading into a busy fall with plenty of opportunities to take points. His team is flooding the top of the charts at the moment, and Vanias entered Boyne with a chance to put himself back up near the head of things as well.
The Lion of Leroy left the race with a healthy margin over Scott Quiring. The pair haven’t faced off since the fat bike season, though if both are racing in Elite categories, they’ll be meeting again throughout the rest of the season. For Vanias, the win gets him 10 points, while Quiring won’t scoff at 9 for second. Jeremy Karel took third, with Jay Click fourth. Brockmiller Elite Endurance athlete Dave Silvers took fifth, with Einstein Racing’s Nate St. Onge just a few minutes back in sixth.
Einstein Racing’s Ryan Cross is still comfortably in the lead, though he’ll need an off-road start to defend as the mountain bike and cyclocross races return to prominence as the fall rolls in. Of the contenders thus far, Jorden Wakeley, Mike Anderson, Alex Vanias and newly-crowned road race state champion Derek Graham look perfectly positioned for a showdown this fall.
Here are the standings after Boyne Marathon:
Ryan Cross | 55 |
Alexey Vermuelen | 41 |
Mike Anderson | 40 |
Adam York | 39 |
Alex Vanias | 36 |
Jordan Diekema | 36 |
Rudy Peterson | 33 |
Scott Hoffner | 33 |
Christopher Gottwald | 32 |
Jorden Wakeley | 32 |
Alexey Vermuelen | 30 |
Scott Quiring | 28 |
Cruise Bogedin | 27 |
Sven Baumann | 26 |
Matt Acker | 25 |
Derek Graham | 25 |
Mac Brennan | 22 |
Kirk Albers | 20 |
Nathan Williams | 19 |
Steve Broglio | 19 |
Matt Light | 19 |
John Cowan | 19 |
Robert Smallman | 18 |
Cruise Bogedin | 18 |
Daniel Yankus | 18 |
Paul Martin | 16 |
Ryan Kennedy | 16 |
Ron Sanborn | 16 |
Kevin DePasse | 16 |
Justin Lindine | 15 |
Peter Beels | 15 |
Tom Linck | 15 |
Martin Vecchio | 14 |
Randy Rodd | 13 |
Cam Timmer | 13 |
Andrew Florian | 12 |
David Nies | 12 |
Chris Kushman | 12 |
Robert Foshag | 12 |
Chad Wells | 11 |
Matt Bole | 10 |
Ron Catlin | 10 |
Jason Young | 10 |
Tom Burke | 9 |
Mitchell DeYoung | 9 |
Hogan Sills | 9 |
Cory Stange | 9 |
Jeremy Karel | 8 |
Sean Piper | 8 |
Brian Kozeliski | 8 |
Brent Krmotich | 8 |
Nate St. Onge | 7 |
Jay Click | 7 |
Dan Lam | 7 |
Jason Hess | 7 |
Dustin Morici | 7 |
David Silvers | 6 |
Geoff Kuyper | 6 |
David Williams | 6 |
Dan Korienek | 6 |
Matt Silvia | 6 |
Mike Simonson | 6 |
Chris Fisher | 5 |
Shawn Adams | 5 |
Craig Gietzen | 5 |
Dan Korienek | 4 |
Brent Goetz | 3 |
John Leach | 3 |
Shawn Davison | 3 |
Nate Versluis | 3 |
Jason Lowetz | 3 |
Anthony Prentice | 2 |
Mickey Humpula | 2 |
Dan Lam | 2 |
Thomas Beebe | 2 |
Dan Wilson | 1 |
Mike Jones | 1 |
Greg Kuhn | 1 |
Andy Holly | 1 |
Cody Sovis | 1 |