While the 2018 edition marked the eighth running of the Tour de Bintan, it was just the second time that Southeast Asia’s premier amateur cycling tour also incorporated two qualifying races for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, a.k.a., those world amateur championships. The move by race organisers MetaSport to join the UCI Gran Fondo World Series (GFWS) in 2017 appears to have been an unqualified success, with vastly increased participatory numbers for the Tour de Bintan last year and then another boost in numbers for the just-concluded race. Click here to read the full race report.
At the conclusion of three days of thrilling action on Sunday, the Tour de Bintan crowned 14 general classification champions, awarded 14 UCI jerseys and sent over 200 racers home with hard-earned tickets to the 2018 world amateur cycling championships.
While the 2018 edition marked the eighth running of the Tour de Bintan, it was just the second time that Southeast Asia’s premier amateur cycling tour also incorporated two qualifying races for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, a.k.a., those world amateur championships. The move by race organisers MetaSport to join the UCI Gran Fondo World Series (GFWS) in 2017 appears to have been an unqualified success, with vastly increased participatory numbers for the Tour de Bintan last year and then another boost in numbers for the just-concluded race. Click here to read the full race report.
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Ben Arnott of the Specialized Roval Mavericks claimed the elite Men’s Open title at the 2018 Tour of Phuket on Sunday at the end of three days of hard racing in southern Thailand, while Sarah Schnieder (MatadorRacing) was crowned the champion in the Women’s Open contest. The successful pair were just two of the approximately 200 riders who took part in the third edition of the three-day race organised by the leading cycling events outfit Cycosports. Most of the cyclists flew into the renowned holiday destination that is Phuket for the race and most no doubt returned to their homes in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, other parts of Thailand and elsewhere around the region highly satisfied with their experience. Click here to read the full race report. Power on the bike was the key to success in Sunday’s MetaSprint Series Duathlon at Singapore’s F1 Village, as Anna Eberhardt and Alan Blakie built decisive leads on the second leg of the run-bike-run race on their way to clinching the women’s and men’s titles respectively. Eberhardt enjoyed a double victory, as the world-class duathlete easily held off the men in the Equaliser “battle of the sexes” to be crowned Champion of Champions. Even at that early hour, the race village was already buzzing for one of the most eagerly anticipated events on the annual multisports calendar. Set amid a backdrop of the F1 Pit Building, the Singapore Flyer, Marina Bay and the stunning city skyline, it’s easy to see why the MetaSprint Duathlon has such a special feel. Click here to read the full race report. |
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