Tour de Timor, – an initiative of Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta – is a five-day, 450-kilometre mountain bike race across nine of the country’s 13 districts. But the Tour is much more than a sporting challenge. It is a means to showcase to the world, the beauty behind the scars that remain in Asia’s poorest nation. It is also symbolic of the struggle for positive change.
Through my friend Kenneth of Adventure Nomad, we have the opportunity to sponsor the Singapore teams. They will be using Totobobo mask for resistant training (before the race), for flu prevention and moisture regulation during the fly and perhaps to protect them from heavy dust in some part of Timor.
We are excited that this local innovation is making a small contribute to our local teams riding outside.
Cheers! to all the Singapore teams!