Tour de Flores

Tour de Flores (abbreviated TdF) is a multi-day cycling race on the Indonesian island of Flores. It is part of UCI Asia Tour in category 2.2.[1] Aside from Larantuka, Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park, the cyclists race along natural and cultural wonders of Flores Island such as the tricolor lake on Mt. Kelimutu, the megalithic village of Bena, and the exiled house of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno in Ende. Tour de Flores had become an annual international cycling event since 2016.

Tour de Flores
Race details
DateMay (2016)
July (2017)
RegionFlores
Nickname(s)TdF
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.tourdeflores.org
History
First edition2016 (2016)
Editions2 (As of 2017)
First winner Daniel Whitehouse (GBR)
Most winsNo repeat winners
Most recent Thomas Lebas (FRA)


Winners
Year Country Rider Team
2016  Great Britain Daniel Whitehouse Terengganu Cycling Team
2017  France Thomas Lebas Kinan Cycling Team

2016 Tour de Flores

The event was held from May 16 to 26. Cyclists from twenty countries participated in the cycling tour, with a total race length of 661.5 kilometers, starting from the capital city of East Flores Regency, Larantuka to Labuan Bajo, the capital of West Manggarai Regency.[2]

2017 Tour de Flores

Tour de Flores (TdF) 2017 was held from July 14 to 19. A change of route had been made, the race extended from 661.5 kilometers to 808 kilometers due to an additional new route from Aegela to Mbay in Nagekeo Regency.[3] Twenty teams, including 17 foreign teams from the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia participated the event.[4] The race is divided into six legs:

  • Larantuka – Maumere (138.5 kilometers),
  • Maumere – Ende (141.3 kilometers),
  • Ende – Mbay (111 kilometers),
  • Mbay – Borong (151 kilometers),
  • Borong – Ruteng (58 kilometers), and
  • Ruteng – Labuan Bajo (121.5 kilometers).

References
  1. "2016 Tour de Flores". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. "Tour de Flores aims to boost tourism". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. "Tour de Flores 2017 route extended". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "Tour de Flores 2017 to kick off next week". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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