Tour de Donut Riders Swarm The Start2Finish Point In Annual Race

The Tour de Donut bicycle race took off from Staunton on Saturday morning, July 13, with extremely humid weather with the month of July starting to find its groove of providing abnormally hot and humid temperatures. Bicycles could be seen for miles as the riders embarked on their round-trip donut-eating circuit. For some of the top finishers of their age and overall groups, there was not an adjusted time recorded due to many riders choosing to ride without eating a single donut. The majority of the others would stop and eat as many doughnuts as they could gorge so their time is subject to be cut. Many casual riders would leisurely ride through the Tour and stop for a doughnut or two here and there, because it would not be a Tour without the doughnuts.

Overall Unadjusted

Single Riders

First place, August Kempa (37), male, of St. Louis, Mo. - 1:32:57.2;

First place, Brianne Guilford (46), woman, of Edwardsville - 1:40:37.0.

Age Groups - Top Finishes Of Unadjusted Single Riders

Unadjusted 1-15 male: Wyatt Otto (15) of Staunton;

Unadjusted 1-15 female: charlee Dugger (15) of Carlinville;

Unadjusted 16-19 male: Matthew Hancock (17) of Sparta;

Unadjusted 16-19 female: Samantha Fulton (17) of Worden;

Unadjusted 20-29 male: Scott Kieback (29) of Edwardsville;

Unadjusted 20-29 female: Jayne Lewis (26) of Edwardsville;

Unadjusted 30-39 male: Jason Roche (37) of St. Louis, Mo.;

Unadjusted 30-39 female: Ashley Oertli (38) of St. Louis, Mo.;

Unadjusted 40-49 male: Robert Zobrist (40) of Highland;

Unadjusted 40-49 female: Katie Ancell (42) of Carbondale;

Unadjusted 50-59 male: Gary McFarland (59) of Maryville;

Unadjusted 50-59 female: Cindy Kline (53) of Beecher City;

Unadjusted 60-69 male: John Twombly (60) of Edwardsville;

Unadjusted 60-69 female: Dessa Paris (62) of St. Louis, Mo.;

Unadjusted 70-99 male: Michael Eddins (73) of Kirkwood, Mo.;

Unadjusted 70-99 female: Joanie Granda (70) of Ballwin, Mo.

Overall Adjusted

Single Riders

First place, Yasir Salem (47), male, of Austin, Texas, ate 28 donuts and ended with an adjusted time of 242.4;

First place, Katie Ancell (42), female, of Carbondale, ate 10 donuts and ended with an adjusted time of 36.5.

Age Groups - Top Finishes Of Adjusted Single Riders

Adjusted 1-15 male: Patrick Morge (15), of Clinton, 10 donuts - 18.5;

Adjusted 1-15 female: Charlee Dugger (15) of Carlinville, 3 donuts - 10.3;

Adjusted 16-19 male: Matthew Hancock (17) of Sparta, 8 donuts - 26.9;

Adjusted 16-19 female: Samantha Fulton (17) of Worden, 6 donuts - 16.8;

Adjusted 20-29 male: Samuel Hancock (24) of Sparta, 19 donuts - 54.8;

Adjusted 20-29 female: Elisabeth Hogan (26) of Jonesboro, Ark. - no adjusted time recorded;

Adjusted 30-39 male: Colin Campbell (31) of Maryland Heights, 14 donuts - 34.1;

Adjusted 30-39 female: Ashley Oertli (38) of St. Louis, Mo. - no adjusted time recorded;

Adjusted 40-49 male: Ryan Funk (49) of Washington, Ill., 12 donuts - 37.0;

Adjusted 40-49 female: Michelle Harrell (42) of Arnold, Mo.- no adjusted time recorded;

Adjusted 50-59 male: Cory Wisniewski (50) of Dubois, Ill., 11 donuts - 34.8;

Adjusted 50-59 female: Cindy Kline (53) of Beecher City, Ill. - no adjusted time recorded;

Adjusted 60-69 male: Clay Mitchell (61) of Cobden, Ill., 12 donuts - 32.9;

Adjusted 60-69 female: Vicky Tompkin (67) of Saint Charles, Mo., 2 donuts - 19.0;

Adjusted 70-99 male: Lynn Clapp (70) of Belleville, 5 donuts - 19.4;

Adjusted 70-99 female: Joanie Granda (70) of Ballwin, Mo. - no adjusted time recorded.

Tandem Winners

Unadjusted tandem winners: Jessica Holthaus and William Holthaus making up Team Holthaus and finishing with a time of 2:38:34.7 - ate 13 donuts;

Adjusted tandem winners: Jessica Holthaus and William Holthaus making up Team Holthaus and finishing with a time of 2:36:51.0 - ate 13 donuts.