Tour de Singkarak

Tour de Singkarak
Race details
Date June
Region West Sumatra, Indonesia
Local name(s) Tour of Singkarak
Nickname(s) TDS
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.2
Type Stage race
Organiser BNI-Maybank
Parekraf
History
First edition 2009 (2009)
Editions 6 (as of 2014)
First winner  Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
Most wins  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (3 wins)
Most recent  Amir Zargari (IRI)

The BNI-Maybank Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TDS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cycling International (UCI) as a 2.2 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It covers more than 900 kilometres — from/to Padang passing around lake Singkarak and runs through inland West Sumatran cities — and lasted for a week and held annually around May or June. The total prize money is IDR 1,000,000,000 (US$100,000). BNI-Maybank was the platinum sponsor of the Tour De Singkarak since 2009 with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia.

Past winners

General classification

Rider Team
2009 Iran Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2010 Iran Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2011 Iran Zargari, AmirAmir Zargari (IRI) Azad University Iran
2012 Spain Pujol, ÓscarÓscar Pujol (ESP) Azad University Cross Team
2013 Iran Mizbani, GhaderGhader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2014 Iran Zargari, AmirAmir Zargari (IRI) Pishgaman Yazd

Tour de Singkarak 2009

Tour de Singkarak 2009 was held for the first time in 29 April to 3 May 2009 under full sponsorship of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia in order to promote tourism in West Sumatra. Tour de Singkarak 2009 attracted teams from 15 countries. The race covers 459 kilometres in five stages, lasted for seven days with total prize money 600 millions rupiah.

Stages

Teams
  • Indonesia United Bike Kencana Tim
  • Indonesia Dodol Picnic Garut
  • Indonesia Kutai Kartanegara Cycling Club
  • Indonesia Arraya Indonesia
  • Indonesia Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club
  • Indonesia Custom Cycling Club
  • Indonesia Komunitas Sepeda Sumatera Barat
  • Indonesia Putera Perjuangan Bandung
  • Indonesia Pengurus Provinsi ISSI Sumatera Barat
  • Indonesia Pengurus Provinsi ISSI Yogyakarta.

Tour de Singkarak 2010

Tour de Singkarak 2010 was held in 1–6 June 2010, joined by 12 foreign teams and 10 Indonesian teams. The race covers the total distance 551.7 kilometres in six stages. The tour was sponsored by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia with support from West Sumatran cities and regencies (kabupaten).

Stages

Tour de Singkarak 2011

Tour de Singkarak 2011 was held in 6–12 June 2011, covers 743.5 kilometres in seven stages across 12 cities and regencies in West Sumatra. Several tourism spots were crossed in this edition, such as Arau valley, Lake Maninjau, Kelok 44, and twin lakes Lake Diatas and Lake Dibawah.

Tour de Singkarak 2012

Tour de Singkarak 2012

Tour de Singkarak 2012 will be commenced on 3 June 2011, covers 856 kilometres in seven stages which the routes has been surveyed by Amaury Sport Organization which surveyed also Tour de France routes.[1]

Stages

Tour de Singkarak 2014

In the sixth Tour de Singkarak which ran in 7 to 15 June 2014, the tour route was 1,250 kilometers through 18 regencies with Rp1.3 billion ( $110,000) totally prize and is followed by 23 countries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Tour De Singkarak Bakal Diikuti 15 Tim Internasional". 16 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Reza Adi Surya. "Tour de Singkarak 2014 Resmi Digelar". Retrieved June 10, 2014.

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