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September 21, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Equipment choices for MTB stage races

After finishing the recent Tour de Timor I have been giving my bike a post stage race overhaul. Going through my bike and all my personal equipment after many of these ‘adventure style’ stage races over the years has given me a deeper insight into appropriate equipment selection than I had before. By ‘adventure style’ […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: camelbak, cycling, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, mountain biking, MTB stage racing, Stage Race, stage races, Stage Racing, Tour de Timor, Training, XTR Di2

September 9, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Tour de Timor stage 5: Vaz and Ricardo wrap up emphatic GC victories

Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018

The final stage of the Tour de Timor finished on the tropical shores of the beautiful Timor Sea after another tough and elevation heavy 90km stage from the mid week camp in mountain village of Aileu. Now riders can relax in the comfort of their accommodation in the capital city Dili after a week of […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: biking, Crocodile Trophy, David Vaz, Gina Ricardo, MTB, MTB SE Asia, Racing, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor Leste, Tour de Timor

September 7, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Tour de Timor stage 4: Dramas for Vaz as Arnott takes stage!

Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018

Stage 4 lived up to its expectations as one of the toughest stages of this year’s tour. Without 1 significant, defining climb on the stage it was numerous climbs coupled with gnarly descents that tested all riders today. Overall race leader David Vaz was one rider who succumbed to troubles on one of the many […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Crocodile Trophy, David Vaz, Justin Morris, marathon mountain biking, MTB, MTB SE Asia, Racing, SE Asia MTB, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor Leste, Tour de Timor, Tropical

September 6, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Tour de Timor Day 3: The majestic mountains take their bite!

Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018

Justifiably many competitors for Tour de Timor woke this morning a little lack lustre in energy level for the 70km stage and 2100m of elevation scheduled for today’s stage. Although the distances of stages here are short in comparison to other MTB stage races of similar difficulty regard such as the Mongolia Bike Challenge, what […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: marathon mountain biking, MarathonMTB, MTB, SE Asia MTB, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor Leste, Tour de Timor

September 5, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Tour de Timor stage 2: Riders get wet on tour’s shortest stage.

Related Event: Tour de Timor 2018

Tour de Timor stage 2 greeted riders with another early morning wake up call. Early starts are a trend in this race predominantly to allow riders to complete the bulk of racing before the brutal heat of the afternoon sun here. So the 7am start had some riders reaching for the arm warmers and undershirts […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: David Vaz, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, MTB SE Asia, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor Leste, Tour de Timor

September 4, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Tour de Timor stage1: Vaz and Ricardo take race lead!

Related Event: Tour de Timor

The Tour de Timor got underway through the streets of Dili this morning. A neutral 20km section through the neighourhoods of Dili showcased the event to the locals whom all seeming get behind this race. Thousands of screaming fans cheered the riders more or less from start to finish of today’s 83km stage. Another example […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: climbing, David Vaz, MTB, MTB SE Asia, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor Leste, Tour de Timor

September 3, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Stage set for 10th anniversary Tour de Timor

Related Event: Tour de Timor

Timor Leste in the Timor Sea north of Darwin, Australia lays claim to being one of the youngest country’s on the planet. Hence, hosting the 10th anniversary edition of the ‘Tour de Timor’ international MTB stage race is even more remarkable. Riders are now congregating in the nations capital Dili ready to start 5 days […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: camelbak, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, Stage Race, Stage Racing, Timor, Tour de Timor, Tropical

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