Tour de Singkarak which will take place in West Sumatera on 6 to 12 June 2011 will be followed by 15 teams from around the world. The number of participating teams has seen an increase compared to last year. “The participants rather than down, now has increased. His team was getting big, mean world beliefs to the larger West Sumatra,” said Director of Marketing Kembudpar Sapta Nirwandar at the launch of the Tour de Singkarak (TDS) 2011 in Hall Soesilo Sudarman, Gedung Sapta Enchantment, Jakarta . The first year of operation of TDS is in 2009, participants who are 15 teams participating. But in 2010, the number of participants experienced a decrease of 12 teams participating.
According to Seven, the decline occurred because of the tsunami disaster Mentawai. Of the 15 teams that will compete in the 2011 TDS consists of 234 people who will ride through the 12 districts for 10 days. They come from Japan, China, Iran, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Malaysia, Netherlands, UK, Taiwan, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Spain. Indonesia will reduce the 11 national teams from Sidoarjo, Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Malang, Solo, Cirebon, Jakarta, West Sumatra Province ISSI, and Pelatnas SEA Games. “Of the 234 people who came not including coaches, assistants, and cheerleaders. If multiplied by two only had 500 more,” Sapta said. » Read more..
