Team Lidwinia - The Pride of Polynesia

[Team Lidwinia]

Results

01. 00:00:00 Alex Rasmussen (Riding Stars)
02. 00:00:00 Tiago Machado (Paris XX Racing)
03. 00:00:00 Harijs Slegelmilhs (Rhino Cycling)
04. 00:00:00 Youcef Reguigui (iBanesto)
05. 00:00:00 Tino Toth (Chense)
14. 00:00:00 Gregory Henderson (Team Lidwinia)
18. 00:00:00 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
33. 00:00:00 Kamehameha Rapanui (Team Lidwinia)
47. 00:00:00 Toakai Sopoanga (Team Lidwinia)
60. 00:00:00 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)
93. 00:00:00 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
106. 00:10:47 Matua Ahuatanga (Team Lidwinia)
DNF. Okilani Sogivalu (Team Lidwinia)

A mass sprint with a peloton where about 20 to 30 riders were dropped. A group with Sopoanga and Itimaroroa went from the start and was very close to victory. Sopoanga was the strongest by far and had to pull the group on his own by the end. The peloton got closer and closer and then took the group 2 km from the finish. The sprint was of minor importance. This was Sopoangas day, but he just couldn't finish it in style.

[Team Lidwinia]

Sidi Bibi - Amskroud
Team
31. Gregory Henderson (NZL)
32. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
33. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
34. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
35. Alopuo Penisula (TUV)
36. Foukimoana Rongomatane (TUV)
37. Okilani Sogivalu (TUV)
38. Fakatoafe Teikauea (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Giovanni Duprè (pirati)
02. 00:00:00 Leon Alberti (pirati)
03. 00:00:01 Ryan Brathwaite (AlmavivaItalia)
04. 00:00:04 Havard Tokstad (CC LdeMar)
05. 00:00:04 Kene Ndoye (Fegefeuer)
13. 00:00:16 Fakatoafe Teikauea (Team Lidwinia)
14. 00:00:38 Foukimoana Rongomatane (Team Lidwinia)
20. 00:00:43 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
45. 00:30:29 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
53. 00:30:29 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
68. 00:30:29 Gregory Henderson (Team Lidwinia)

A race where one of the self-proclaimed favorites lost his entire team on a hill and started blaming others for that "unfair" stuff. I had Henderson with hope he would get over the climb, but he didn't, so I started focussing on Rongomatane. That went alright. Kahausibware had some trouble on a later hill, but he returned. Then, a group escaped and I was not ready yet, leaving me to have Teikauea to bridge it, but he failed that and attacked on his own. In the last km, Rongomatane attacked fr4om the peloton and got 14th, just some seconds before the rest. But far from victory. Maybe I should have won, I think, because Rongomatan-a-like riders did get away.

Tomorrow a short time trial and then some days off for a holliday.

[Team Lidwinia]

Team
61. Gregory Henderson (NZL)
62. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
63. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
64. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
65. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
66. Alopua Penisula (TUV)
67. Okilani Sogivalu (TUV)
68. Toakai Sopoanga (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Luigi Nereggi (Chaos Team)
02. 00:00:00 Alphonse Bundy (Team FLYPARK)
03. 00:00:00 Mark Weiss (Blacky)
04. 00:00:00 Luiz Lazequeira (Los Galacticos)
05. 00:00:00 Gregory Henderson (Team Lidwinia)
26. 00:00:00 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
88. 00:00:00 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
111. 00:00:00 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
115. 00:00:00 Okilani Sogivalu (Team Lidwinia)
122. 00:00:00 Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)
139. 00:00:00 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)
140. 00:00:00 Toakai Sopoanga (Team Lidwinia)

A good result, 5th with the 15th sprinter. I tried to be in the breakaway with Sopoanga and Limaalofa and that worked, but then a guy put his entire team in tempo for most of the race. So it was to be a mass sprint and this is what happened. Some useless attacks along the way and a last km try by Sopoanga, but that was it.

[Team Lidwinia]

Sunagar - Ganga
Team
81. Foukimoana Rongomatane (TUV)
82. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
83. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
84. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
85. Alopuo Penisula (TUV)
86. Kamahameha Rapanui (TUV)
87. Okilani Sogivalu (TUV)
88. Fakatoafe Teikauea

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Almog Cohen (Team Franconia)
02. 00:00:00 Gino Cazino (Berlin Marks AG)
03. 00:00:00 César Escobar (Eifel-Power)
04. 00:00:00 Tom Whity (Team GasGas)
05. 00:00:00 Jean Emare (flash-team)
12. 00:00:09 Foukimoana Rongomatane (Team Lidwinia)
31. 00:08:44 Kamehameha Rapanui (Team Lidwinia)
39. 00:14:28 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
54. 00:26:21 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
60. 00:26:21 Fakatoafe Teikauea (Team Lidwinia)
62. 00:26:21 Okilani Sogivalu (Team Lidwinia)
68. 00:26:21 Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)
88. 00:26:21 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)

A decent race where Rongomatane was at the wrong wheel at the decisive moment. A group with Teikauea and Rapanui got away at the start and got over the first hill. Then Teikauea and most others were dropped by Rapanui and another guy, but the peloton got near and at the end, a group of climbers escaped and kept a lead of between 8 and 13 seconds to a big group with Rongomatane. In the end, Rongomatane and some others got a small gap on the rest of the group, but that was for the good placements, not the victory.

[Team Lidwinia]

Firenze - Pistoia
Team
31. Matua Ahuatanga (TUV)
32. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
33. Alopuo Penisula (TUV)
34. Foukimoana Rongomatane (TUV)
35. Okilani Sogivalu (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Kratos Kjanko (teamclear)
02. 00:00:02 Jens Rengshausen (UllesTribute)
03. 00:00:04 Moritz Schieber (Erzgebirge)
04. 00:00:07 Tjark Eemsdam (Team THOMAS)
05. 00:00:15 Ciro Ditalia (NextIS)
07. 00:01:03 Matua Ahuatanga (Team Lidwinia)
25. 00:03:25 Okilani Sogivalu (Team Lidwinia)
28. 00:04:03 Foukimoana Rongomatane (Team Lidwinia)
33. 00:04:32 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)
37. 00:05:03 Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)

Decent race. Nothing to be said about this. This is what should be enough to fins out if I promote to 3rd division.

[Team Lidwinia]

Rongomatane out, Barrow in
Now that Team Lidwinia is on the brink of promotion to the 3rd Division, team management decided to buy a new rider as team captain in stage races. The choice is on the Belizian George Barrow. He will replace marquee rider Foukimoana Rongomatane who left the team after a long service.

Foukimoana Rongomatane joined Team Lidwinia in May 2011 and was a good team leader, while never winning. His biggest achievements were his second place in the Austria Tour and his top-20 in the Vuelta. His never winning did cause some stirring within the team where youngster Rahi Kahausibware claimed leadership after his stage win in the Vuelta. Now, Rongomatane leaves the team, looking for a new one that shouldn't be a problem for a rider of his stature.

Replacement George Barrow is 23 years and a climber. His aim will be to be top class in the Giro next year.For that, he needs training, a lot of training, but if you don't know where you're sailing, the winds are never favorable. With the team getting younger, Lidwinia is getting somewhere for next season. Hopefully, Barrow will be worth his transfer sum.

[Team Lidwinia]

Clássica Rota das Terras do Demo
Team
81. George Barrow (BLZ)
82. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
83. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
84. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
85. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
86. Alopoa Penisula (TUV)
87. Kamehameha Rapanui (TUV)
88. Fakatoafe Teikauea (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Rostislav Hruska (Pepici)
02. 00:00:00 Jordan Douchez (RC Hypo)
03. 00:00:00 Daniel Böck (team betty)
04. 00:00:00 Fakatoafe Teikauea (Team Lidwinia)
05. 00:00:00 Aymen Berini (Team Sandsturm)
16. 00:00:56 George Barrow (Team Lidwinia)
25. 00:00:56 Kamehameha Rapanui (Team Lidwinia)
42. 00:02:26 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
66. 00:10:04 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
76. 00:10:04 Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)
94. 00:10:04 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
104. 00:16:12 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)

Glad I took my climber team, because it was never going to be a sprint. A large group with Kahausibware and Teikauea got loose and were never seen again. in the end, Kahausibware was dropped and went on to support Barrow and Rapanui in the peloton. Teikauea sprinted to fourth in a group of 7 in the end.

[RS Ostfriesland]

Bah. Edit the Top 7 please. Kün is missing!

[Team Lidwinia]

Kün is missing
Funafuti - The infamous bank robber and professional cyclist Kün Paynal has escaped the attention of the Tuvaluan police again. Just after the Clássica Rota das Terras do Demo race where he managed to evade the top-5 doping controls by being dead last in the escape group, he went for another escape, leaving the police behind. It was this month's 14th escape attempt by Paynal and now it appears to be succesful initially.

Kün Paynal is convicted of 37 failed bank robberies and considered a danger to public sanity in both Tuvalu and nearby Niulakita island. After his violent attacks on a candy factory in 2007 he was sentenced to 12 years in a merry-go-round. That punishment was recalled though after intervention by the UN Council for Humanitarian Sanity (UNCHS), partly due to the complaints of the neighbours about the "gross sight of his puke and faecies"(sic). Anyway, now they can't find him.

Manager L. Winia of Team Lidwinia and a prominent visitor to Tuvalu has seen a shady figure with a 1. FC Kaiserslautern shirt acting suspectly on one of Tuvalu's fine beaches. "He's been dragging around four or five things that look like stuffed turkeys and digging holes," he said. This has not yet been confirmed, but rumours go that Paynal is digging the holes in order to enjoy the beach which, according to several independent witnesses, does not appear to taste very well, "unless you happen to catch a crab."

[RS Ostfriesland]

I love you, but you forgot one thing. Hes not german!

[Team Lidwinia]

Copa d'Inverno
Team
91. Gregory Henderson (NZL)
92. Matua Ahuatanga (TUV)
93. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
94. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
95. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
96. Kamehameha Rapanui (TUV)
97. Okilani Sogivalu (TUV)
98. Toakai Sopoanga (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Paulo Ventura (Elftal)
02. 00:00:00 Achmed Karimi (Team Sandsturm)
03. 00:00:00 Kevin Denny (Save the Planet)
04. 00:00:00 Gregory Henderson (Team Lidwinia)
05. 00:00:00 Mario Schnellinger (RS Ostfriesland)
18. 00:00:00 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
29. 00:00:00 Toakai Sopoanga (Team Lidwinia)
32. 00:00:00 Kamehameha Rapanui (Team Lidwinia)
36. 00:00:00 Matua Ahuatanga (Team Lidwinia)
44. 00:00:00 Okilani Sogivalu (Team Lidwinia)
45. 00:00:00 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
47. 00:00:00 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)

Mass sprint. Not really a race before it.

[Team Lidwinia]

Windhoek - Okaha
Team
91. Gregory Henderson (NZL)
92. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
93. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
94. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
95. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
96. Alopuo Penisula (TUV)
97. Okilani Sogivalu (TUV)
98. Toakai Sopoanga (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Francis Mourey (Harzer Woelfe)
02. 00:00:00 Menos Piloc (Kitovras)
03. 00:00:00 Kristian Dyrnes (Pedrocito)
04. 00:00:00 Daan Horneborg (Nozalteam)
05. 00:00:00 Toakai Sopoanga (Team Lidwinia)
32. 00:00:34 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
45. 00:01:37 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
51. 00:04:56 Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)
55. 00:04:56 Gregory Henderson (Team Lidwinia)
61. 00:06:10 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)
77. 00:07:29 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
83. 00:07:29 Okilani Sogivalu (Team Lidwinia)

The tactics went well, I kept quiet and supported Sopoanga, Henderson and Limaalofa. Then, at a cobbled section, the magic happened and a group got loose. After that, Sopoanga was in the right wheel and managed to get inside a 5 man group whenre he was the non-sprinter.

[Team Lidwinia]

Curacao Race
Team
121. Gregory Henderson (NZL)
122. Matua Ahuatanga (TUV)
123. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
124. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
125. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
126. Alopuo Penisula (TUV)
127. Toakai Sopoanga (TUV)

[NoPikouze]

Yeah !!

[Team Lidwinia]

Results
01. 00:00:00 Gregory Henderson (Team Lidwinia)
02. 00:00:00 Yevgeniy Moryakov (Falkenbier)
03. 00:00:00 Lucas Mangao (Dynamo Leinad)
04. 00:00:00 Enrice Zablo (RSC Unlingen)
05. 00:00:00 Yoshimitsu Auriyak (Europecar)
20. 00:00:00 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
36. 00:00:00 Toakai Sopoanga (Team Lidwinia)
41. 00:00:00 Matua Ahuatanga (Team Lidwinia)
52. 00:00:00 Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)
76. 00:00:00 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
78. 00:00:00 Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)

A mass sprint victory in a Peloton 1 race. My first. I tried to escape with Haumiatiketike and Limaalofa, but when I tried to bridge to them with Sopoanga, people intervened, because it was a short racxe. So the rest of the race, I had been with Henderson. Amazingly, he won, against all odds.

[Team Lidwinia]

Mosell Cup
Team
71. Gregory Henderson (NZL)
72. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
73. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
74. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
75. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
76. Alopuo Penisula (TUV)
77. Kamehameha Rapanui (TUV)
78. Toakai Sopoanga (TUV)
79. Fakatoafe Teikauea (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Classica de los Picos de Europa
Team
81. George Barrow (BLZ)
82. Pekahau Haumiatiketike (TUV)
83. Naingimea Itimaroroa (TUV)
84. Rahi Kahausibware (TUV)
85. Akelei Limaalofa (TUV)
86. Alopua Penisula (TUV)
87. Kamehameha Rapanui (TUV)
88. Fakatoafe Teikauea (TUV)

[Team Lidwinia]

Result
01. 00:00:00 Artur Sikora (Riding Stars)
02. 00:00:00 Gilberto Simeoni (Bunny Funny)
03. 00:00:00 Santiago Ibanez (Rasmussenbank)
04. 00:00:00 Frank VanImpe (francais)
05. 00:00:00 Ismael Alba (angers)
06. 00:00:09 George Barrow (Team Lidwinia)
18. 00:01:43 Kamehameha Rapanui (Team Lidwinia)
40. 00:16:56 Rahi Kahausibware (Team Lidwinia)
44. 00:17:14 Fakatoafe Teikauea (Team Lidwinia)
75. 00:32:26 Akelei Limaalofa (Team Lidwinia)
82. 00:33:19 Pekahau Haumiatiketike (Team Lidwinia)
DNF. Alopua Penisula (Team Lidwinia)
DNF. Naingimea Itimaroroa (Team Lidwinia)

A very tough race with a decent result. There was a group with Teikauea and Rapanui taking off where Rapanui was one of the two survivors who got caught on the final climb. Then, just under the top, 5 got loose and Barrow got sixth in a group of the second-besters, which is good.