Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racingstage 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 1267 kilometres — from/to Padang passing around lake Singkarak and runs through inland West Sumatran cities — and lasted for a week and held annually. This exciting tour across the picturesque West Sumatra countryside's scenic landscapes, comprising beaches, blue lakes, and numerous hairpin bends, as they climb up to the foot of the volcanoes. 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. TDS is the biggest international cycling race in Indonesia, having the fifth largest audience in the world, it attracted many top international cyclists to participate in this world famous annual sports event.[1]
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 million rupiah.
Stages
Stage 1 Padang: 15.8 kilometres, start in Taman Budaya Padang.
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).
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 was held on 3 June 2012, covers 856 kilometres in seven stages which the routes has been surveyed by Amaury Sport Organization which surveyed also Tour de France routes.[2]
Tour de Singkarak 2013 is the fifth TDS held on 2–9 June 2013, covers 1181,6 kilometres in seven stages, participated by cyclists from 25 countries.[3]
Stages
Stage 1 Bukittinggi – Bonjol
Stage 2 Padang Panjang – Tanah Datar
Stage 3 Payakumbuh – Danau Singkarak
Stage 4 Sijunjung – Dharmasraya
Stage 5 Sawahlunto – Solok Selatan
Stage 6 Pariaman – Pesisir Selatan
Stage 7 Padang Pariaman – Padang
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. The number of participants reached around 160 riders from 20 teams[4]
Tour de Singkarak 2015
Tour de Singkarak 2015 is the 7th race held on 3 to 10 October 2015. Total 24 teams took part, 5 of them came from Indonesia.[5]
Teams
7 Eleven Roadbike
Aisian Racing Team
Arbo Denzel Cliff
Attaque Team Gusto
Bridgestone Anchor Cycling Team
Holy Brother Cycling Team
Kinan Cycling Team
National Sports Council
Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
Pishgaman Giant Team
Shimano Racing Team
Singaha Infinite Cycling Team
ST. George Merida Cycling Team
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
Team Diferdance Gigi Losch
Terengganu Cycling Team
Track Team Astana (Kazakastan)
Uzbekistan National Team (Uzbekistan)
Persatuan Besar Ikatan Sepeda Sport Indonesia
Tour de Singkarak 2016
Tour de Singkarak was held from 6 to 14 August. The race features 23 cycling teams, 18 international were and five Indonesian. The international cycling teams were from Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Taiwan, Japan, Switzerland, Korea, Australia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Kenya. A total 230 participants explored eight stages of the 1,102 kilometer track.[6]
Teams
St. George Merida
Cisco Racing Team p/b Scody
HKSI Pro Cycling Team
Pegasus Cycling Team
Indonesia National Team
CCC Indonesia
BRCC Banyuwangi
BBC Pessel Bank Nagari Sumbar
KFC Cycling Team
Pishgaman Cycling Team
Kinan Cycling Team
Kenyan Riders Downunder
Korail Cycling Team
Black Inc Cycling Team
Terengganu Cycling Team
7 Eleven Sava RVP
Singha Infinite
Action Cycling Team
Sharjah Cycling Team
Tour de Singkarak 2017
The event was held from 18 to 26 November 2017, and cyclists from 29 countries took part.[7][8]
The race was divided into nine stages,
Stage 1:Tanah Datar – Padang with the travel distance of 107 kilometers,
Stage 2: Painan – Sawahlunto (166 kilometers),
Stage 3: Muaro Sijunjung – Punjung Island (100 kilometers),
Stage 4: Singkarak Lake – Payakumbuh (135 kilometers),
Stage 5: Harau Valley – Padang Panjang (101 kilometers),
Stage 6: Solok – South Padang Aro Solok (140 kilometers),
Stage 7: Pariaman – West Pasaman (157 kilometers),
Stage 8: Padang Pariaman – Agam (101 kilometers), and
Stage 9: Pasaman – Bukittinggi (90 kilometers).
Tour de Singkarak 2018
2018 Tour de Singkarak was held from 4–11 November, marks its 10th anniversary. Twenty one cycling teams from 26 countries, including four domestic teams and one local team, will participate. This year is extended to 1,267 kilometers (km), from 1,250 km in the previous 2017 TDS, covers 16 districts and cities.[9]
Stages
The event was held in eight stages,
Stage 1: Bukittinggi-Sijunjung, stretching 140.5 km,
Stage 2: Sawahlunto- Dharmasraya, covering a total distance of 204.1 km,
Stage 3: Singkarak-Tanah Datar, stretching 150.4 km,
Stage 4: Padang-Agam,
Stage 5: Limapuluh Kota-Pasaman, 170.5 km,
Stage 6: Solok-Payakumbuh, 105 km,
Stage 7: Padangpanjang-South Solok, 194.4 km, and
Stage 8/Final: South Pesisir to Pariaman, stretching 158 km.
Teams
114 cyclists from 20 teams participated in the first stage of TdS 2018.[10]
2019 Tour de Singkarak covers 1,362 kilometers in West Sumatra and Jambi provinces. Ninety-eight cyclists from 24 teams and 24 countries have signed up for the tournament, held 3–10 November 2019.
Ghader Mizbani (IRI)
