Posts Tagged ‘race’

Digicel’s Tour de Timor on You Tube

Digicel’s Tour de Timor on You Tube

Digicel (www.digicelgroup.com)were the major commercial sponsors of the Tour de Timor.
“Digicel’s goal is to provide our customers with affordable and innovative mobile communications that fosters personal and professional connections between nations and people”
They put this amazing footage of the weeks riding together, enjoy!


First of the race photos uploaded

First of the race photos uploaded

Photoshop and I have become close friends this week as I’ve been sifting through the rider shots selecting the best ones for posting.  It was great to get ahead of the pack on Stage 4 and 5 (thanks Dave White for letting me take off in the dark with just a head torch – I [...]


Rubbing shoulders with a world leader

Rubbing shoulders with a world leader

Here’s a picture of Ivan and I with President Jose Ramos-Horta at the Presidential Palace after our interview in Dili.  I’m writing up the 8 questions we asked the 60 year old Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and I must say for our first interview, Ivan and I did great!  We’ll be popping some of the [...]


Touch down in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste

Touch down in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste

We have only been here one day but so far we have:

Sneaked our way in to a press conference for the Timorese press at the Presidential Palace,
Met the race organisers Michael, Mel, Joel and Shaun,
Built up the bikes
Spent the night in a container.

We are now heading west on our own leaving the UN cotton wool [...]