Tour de Timor 2009
The Tour de Timor 2009 was the first edition of the annual mountain bike race in East Timor .
The implementation was already planned in 2006, but then there were riots , so that the sporting event had to be canceled. In 2009 the security situation was stable enough to host international sporting events.
The tour ran over five days from August 24th to 28th, 2009. 257 cyclists from 15 countries competed, including 25 from East Timor and two from Germany . The route passed through nine of the country's 13 districts and began at the presidential palace in Dili , from where it led 128 kilometers along the coast to Baucau . On the second day we went through the inland to the district of Viqueque with a 20-kilometer climb to Loi-Huno , followed by an 80-kilometer drive along the south coast. On the fourth day, the route from the coastal town of Betano led 70 kilometers to Maubisse . The highest point of the route was 1835 m at the peak called Horta’s Heartbreak Hill by the drivers . On the last day, a 95-kilometer route through the coffee-growing region of East Timor led back to Dili.
The winner was the Australian Neil Van der Ploeg in a driving time of 14:23:26. The prize was $ 15,000. Best woman was Tory Thomas from Australia ($ 5000 premium) in 17:13:40. The best East Timorese was Ozorio Marquas in 22nd place overall. The total prize money was 75,000 US dollars.
The main sponsor of the 2009 tour as an individual was Queen Rania of Jordan .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yahoo.news, August 13, 2009, Timor gears up for gruelling cycle race challenge
- ↑ Timor Today, August 21, 2009 ( Memento of November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Brisbane Times, August 24, 2009, Home advantage in the gruelling Tour de Timor
- ↑ CJITL, August 24, 2009, Thousands cheer as riders battle heat and mountains ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2016 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.
- ↑ Cycling News, August 24, 2009, Van der Ploeg takes historic win ( Memento from September 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Cycling News, August 27, 2009, Mega ascent can't slow Van der Ploeg ( Memento from September 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Tour de Timor 2009 ( Memento from April 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
