Gruppo Sportivo Gran Fondo New York

2012 Team Members

  • LIDIA FLUHME

    Lidia is a 7-time Ironman Hawaii finisher with an Ironman PR of 10:22. In 2011 she discovered that she can also kick butt in a race that doesn't involve swimming or running (just ask Fausto Pinarello). Lidia's love for all things NYC run deep, she's a New Yorker of over 20 years. Her resume includes investment banking, modeling and an MBA from NYU, now Lidia runs Gran Fondo New York smooth like butter.


  • Uli FLUHME

    Uli is looking back at 15 years of Gran Fondo experience. Having grown up as a pure road racer, he briefly competed at Ironman triathlon professionally (PR: 8:59). After five years as an attorney at a financial institution, he thought it was time to move on and put his two favorite things together: Gran Fondo and New York.


  • HEIDI BROECKING

    Heidi takes the cycling world in storm. The designer, mother and yoga teacher lives in the quaint town of Nyack, a staple for New York cyclists. There's no doubt she has the largest fan contingency along the GFNY route. Yoga has taught her to understand her body and become a better cyclist in the process.If you see someone shooting down Bear Mountain aside Kermit the Frog while singing Aerosmith's "Crazy" as a duet, chances are that's Heidi.


  • GRANT JOHNSON

    Grant's enthusiasm is highly contagious, he has a fun larger than life personality full of Brooklyn flavor. When Grant isn't crunching numbers as an accountant, he's collecting things, right now he's into Starbucks cards. A perfect day for Grant would be a ride on the GFNY route on a beautiful summer day with Mark Cavendish. He would beat Cav at the finishline sprint and celebrate the win with the GFNY podium girls.


  • HAYDEN JUDD

    Hayden is an import from Down Under (Napier, New Zealand). He's an avid racer but prefers the wide open roads of a Gran Fondo over racing loops in parks or industrial areas. Perfect day on the bike? A 115 mile loop in his native New Zealand with Formula 1 racer Jensen Button. In real life he runs a Creative Agency that serves families in editing and organizing videos and photos. Sorry ladies, this well rounded Kiwi has been snatched off the market by lovely Hayley in 2011.


  • PAUL LEBONITTE

    Paul is a lover of all things cycling: he follows the pro sport as much as he enjoys coaching others and racing himself. Ask him about his latest trips to the US Pro Cycling Challenge or to Belgium where he raced at the Amateur World Champs. Before getting into cycling in 1996, Paul was an avid golfer. His favorite cycling spots are River Road, the high mountains of Colorado, Northern Italy and the Bavaria/Austrian countryside.


  • VITO VALENTINI

    Vito surrounds himself by women, he's the general manager of Aurora Women's Fitness in Ridgefield, NJ. Vito's passion is to make a positive difference in people's lives. It's no wonder that he is referred to as the Human Potential Catalyst. Get ready to see a lot of Vito on the snowy, icy days that prevent us from riding outdoors: Vito invites the GFNY group riders into Aurora's indoor studio for a training ride. Both genders welcome!


  • WADE WEGNER

    Wade likes to go fast. Really fast. He prefers to let his legs do the talking. But that doesn't stop him from waiving a friendly hello to other riders as he passes by. If you get a chance to keep up with him to ask what he does when he's not on the bike or saving companies from disasters as a professional risk manager, he'll say: "Is there anything but riding?"