right up front, here are the results of the 2nd International Bike Marathon La Palma:

Short distance:
Seniors
1. "Don Porno" Philipp Foltz Team AtlanticCycling.de
2. Steffen Kempendorf
3. Karsten Ploesser

Long distance:
Seniors
1. Andreas Schwarzer
2. Manuel Cantos Sanches
3. Antonio Rafael Perez Fernandez

Long distance:
Master
1. Gerhard Haeberle
2. Ubi Blutsventje Weidner BSN-PIRATE Team
3. Siegmund Schueler

After the first part oft the PIRATE Bikeweek La Palm/Gran Canaria our adventure in island hopping began with a captured Binter-Canarias machine on rollercoaster course over the open sea to Gran Canaria… Once we arrived, my bride "Terrace-Philipp" and I were immediately kidnapped by the marathon organizer Petra Wonisch and taken to the "Sun-Radio" studio, where we gave our first live-radio interview… bla, bla, bla, hardcore gravel track, a lot of Bitter Lemon and we shall see who can keep his nose out front….

After three days of training on the race track and the signpost orgy of today, we shall see what will happen on Saturday…….. The whole truth, the whole and entire truth, the whole, entire and complete truth, no euphemisms, makeup or abridgement will be coming your way in the next "Blutsventje News"!!!

-- Ubi Blutsventje, esoteric kobold of the Hoppetosse,

www.ubi-blutsventje.de