Tour de Timor

Tour de Timor logo

The Tour de Timor TdT is an annual mountain bike race in East Timor . Men and women take part in the race. Due to the poor road conditions and the great heights to be overcome, it is called one of the toughest cycling races.

background

The race goes back to an initiative of the President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta and was part of his campaign “Dili - City of Peace”. It took place for the first time in 2009 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the 1999 independence referendum . The race had already been planned in 2006, but had to be canceled due to the unrest in the country .

In addition to the sporting aspect, the tour aims to promote national pride, peace and tourism in East Timor.

East Timorese are also specifically encouraged to participate in the races. Francelina Cabral also began her career here, taking part in the Tour de Timor for the first time in 2009 and in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro .

Cycling race in the USA

The American city of Madison has been holding a bike race called the Tour de Timor since 1999 . It is a charity race for amateurs in favor of the sister city of Ainaro in East Timor.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Tour de Timor: About ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 28, 2017. @1@ 2

↑ Tour de Timor: International Events Objectives ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 28, 2017. @1@ 2

^ Homepage of Aid East Timor from Madison

[1] Tour de Timor: About ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 28, 2017. @1@ 2

[2] Tour de Timor: International Events Objectives ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 28, 2017. @1@ 2

[3] Homepage of Aid East Timor from Madison