Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in

West Sumatra West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5,534,472 at the 2020 cen ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, and named after the

Lake Singkarak Lake Singkarak ( id, Danau Singkarak) is a lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located between the regencies of Tanah Datar and Solok Regency. It has an area of 107.8 km2, being approximately 21 km long and 7 km wide. The natura ...

. 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 The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ...

. It covers more than 1267 kilometres — from/to

Padang Padang () is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With a Census population of 1,015,000 as of 2022, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia and the most populous city on the west coast of Sumatra. Th ...

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.

Past winners

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 million rupiah.

Stages

* Stage 1

: 15.8 kilometres, start in Taman Budaya Padang. * Stage 2a

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Pariaman Pariaman ( Jawi: ), is a coastal city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Pariaman covers an area of , with a coastline. It had a population of 79,043 at the 2010 Census and 94,224 at the 2020 census. "Pariaman" means "safe area". History According to th ...

: 84.5 kilometres * Stage 2b,

— Muko-muko/

Lake Maninjau Lake Maninjau ( id, Danau Maninjau, meaning "overlook" or "observation" in the Minangkabau language) is a Volcanic crater lake, caldera lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located to the west of Bukittinggi, at . Formation The Maninjau caldera ...

: 90.6 kilometres * Stage 3

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Bukittinggi Bukittinggi ( min, Bukiktinggi, Jawi: , formerly nl, Fort de Kock) is the third largest city in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of 111,312 in 2010 and 121,028 in 2020, and an area of 25.24 km2. It is in the Minangkabau Highla ...

: 51.3 kilometres * Stage 4

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Sawahlunto Sawahlunto ( Jawi: ) is a city in Western Sumatra province, Indonesia, and lies 90 kilometres (a 2-hour drive) from Padang, the provincial capital. Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia. Sawahlunto is g ...

: 88.2 kilometres, start in front of

Jam Gadang Jam Gadang ( Minangkabau for "Big Clock") is a clock tower, major landmark, and tourist attraction in the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is in the centre of the city, near the main market, Pasar Ateh. It has large clocks on eac ...

through

Pagaruyung Palace Pagaruyung Palace ( min, Istano Basa Pagaruyuang) is the ''istana'' (royal palace) of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom, located in Tanjung Emas subdistrict near Batusangkar town, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It was built in the trad ...

* Stage 5

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Batusangkar Batusangkar (''batu'': stone, rock, ''sangkar'': cage) is the capital of the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is known as "the city of culture". History The town is near the former seat of the Minangkabau royalty established by Ad ...

: 102.4 kilometres * Stage 6

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: 244.6 kilometres around

Teams

* *

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* Polygon Sweet Nice * Bike Bug North Sydney-Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers * 7 Eleven Racing Team By Road Bike Philippines *

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(national team) * * CCN Collosi * KSPO Cycling Team * * United Bike Kencana Tim * Dodol Picnic Garut * Kutai Kartanegara Cycling Club * Arraya Indonesia * Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club * Custom Cycling Club * Komunitas Sepeda Sumatera Barat * Putera Perjuangan Bandung * Pengurus Provinsi ISSI Sumatera Barat * 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

* Stage 1

* Stage 2 Padang—

* Stage 3 Pariaman—

* Stage 4 Bukittinggi—

Payakumbuh Payakumbuh ( Indonesian: Kota Payakumbuh, Minangkabau: Payokumbuah, Jawi: ) is the second largest city in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, with a population of 116,825 at the 2010 Census and 139,576 at the 2020 Census. It covers an area of 80 ...

* Stage 5 Payakumbuh—

* Stage 6a Sawahlunto—

* Stage 6b Pagaruyung—

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* Stage 7 Padang Panjang—

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,

, Kelok 44, and twin lakes

Lake Diatas Lake Diatas (, means: ''Upper Lake''; Minangnese: ''Danau Diateh'') is a lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located at . This lake together with Lake Dibawah, are known as the Twin Lakes (''Danau Kembar''). See also * List of lakes of Indones ...

and

Lake Dibawah Lake Dibawah (, means: ''Lower Lake''; Minangnese: ''Danau Dibawah'') is a lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located at . This lake together with Lake Diatas, are known as the Twin Lakes (''Danau Kembar''). See also * List of lakes of Indon ...

Tour de Singkarak 2012

Tour de Singkarak 2012 was held on 3 June 2012, covers 856 kilometres in seven stages which the routes has been surveyed by

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which surveyed also

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routes.

Stages

* Stage 1

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Muaro Sijunjung Muaro Sijunjung is a town and Districts of Indonesia, district in Sijunjung Regency, of West Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Sijunjung Regency. Populated places in West Sumatra Regency seats of West Sumatra {{WSumatr ...

—Sawahlunto * Stage 2 Sawahlunto—Arau

* Stage 3

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* Stage 4

Pagaruyung Pagaruyung (ڤاڬارويوڠ; also Pagarruyung, Pagar Ruyung and, Malayapura or Malayupura) was the seat of the Minangkabau kings of Western Sumatra, though little is known about it. Modern Pagaruyung is a village in ''Tanjung Emas'' subdist ...

— Malibo Anai— Kelok 44—

* Stage 5

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* Stage 6 Gandoriah Beach— Pesisir Selatan * Stage 7 Pesisir Selatan—

Tour de Singkarak 2013

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.

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

Tour de Singkarak 2015

Tour de Singkarak 2015 is the 7th race held on 3 October to 10 October 2015. Total 24 teams took part, 5 of them came from Indonesia.

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.

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. 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.

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. * Matrix Powertag of Japan * * Sapura Cycling Team * Interpro Stradalli Cycling * LX Cycling Team * Nex- CCN * 7 Eleven Sava RVP * McDonalds Downunder * St. George Continental * Forca Amskins * PGN Cycling Team * Padang Road Bike BNI * Advan CCC Indonesia * BRCC Banyuwangi * KFC Cycling Team * * * Thai Continental/Thai National Team * Bike Aid * Java Partizan * PCS-CCN

Tour de Singkarak 2019

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 November 3–10, 2019.

Stages

The event has 9 stages, *Stage 1: 107.3 km from Pariaman city to Tanah Datar regency. *Stage 2: 112.2 km from Pasaman regency to Bukittinggi city. *Stage 3: stretches 129.9 km from Lembah Harau valley (Limapuluh Kota regency) to Padang Panjang city, *Stage 4: comprise 205.3 km from Dharmasraya regency to Sawahlunto city, *Stage 5: 206.5 km ride from Payakumbuh city to Ambun Pagi (Agam regency), *Stage 6 : 214.1 km from Dermaga Singkarak Dock (Solok regency) to Padang Aro (South Solok regency), *Stage 7: 82.9 km from Kayu Aro (Kerinci regency) to Dermaga Danau Kerinci Dock (Kerinci regency of Jambi), *Stage 8: 212.9 km from Kota Sungai Penuh (Jambi) to Painan (South Pesisir regency of West Sumatra), *Stage 9: 107.7 km from Carocok Beach (South Pesisir regency, West Sumatra) to Padang.

External links

* *
Statistics
at ''the-sports.org''
Tour de Singkarak
at ''cqranking.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tour de Singkarak Cycle races in Indonesia UCI Asia Tour races Annual sporting events in Indonesia Recurring sporting events established in 2009 2009 establishments in Indonesia Tourist attractions in West Sumatra Sport in West Sumatra