Stage 5 – Com to Manatuto – 15 September

Malaysian Fauzan dominates stage 5  

Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi of team Malaysia arrived in Manatuto in 4h11:23. Matt King of Skytrans came in second in 4h12:47 as part of a three-man chase group with Ashley Hayat of Fitzroy Revolution in 4h12:50 and Ben Mather of Rapid Cycling in 4h12:54, trying to catch Fauzan.

Fauzan said of his race: “I’m really tired, this is the furthest stage yet. Today I thought it was good to put some pressure on the other riders, I felt good. At the first KOM they were just pushing themselves hard, I just followed them, stayed with the pack. At the second KOM I decided to break away from everyone and I had to go alone because all of my other team mates were tired”.

“My target today was to win a stage so I’m glad I did it”. Fauzan himself is new to Mountain Biking, being more of a road racer. “I knew I had an advantage on this stage because there was a lot more road racing.” “I will probably try to win tomorrow’s stage, my other team mates would like to do that as well”.

King was full of admiration for Fauzan, “Today the Malaysian dude was just so strong, going up the last KOM he rode away from us and we didn’t give him much of a gap but he just held us the whole way. It was absolutely gutsy ride from him, it was well deserved, very well deserved.” “I’ve loved the whole Tour it has been absolutely brilliant, the guys have organised it absolutely superbly, top marks it has been awesome”.

Ashley Hayat came in “Third today, I was donated a third. So the Malaysian guy had won and we had three in the bunch chasing, I was pretty wrecked, Ben (Mather) was really strong but he’d already had a win so he offered me the podium place, it was very generous of him.” Hayat has had a better day today, and is looking forward to the final stage. “Tomorrow will be nice, cruise back to Dili, lots of noise, lots of screaming fans”

Tinker Juarez was again amongst the top in a time of 4h16:12 as part of the first major group approximately five and a half minutes behind the winner. “The roads were about the best you could ask for in this kind of racing, it was so smooth, the whole day gave us some rest” said Juarez. “My strategy was to just stay with the peloton, we were trying to catch the breakaways, but at one point they caught us off guard, we got as close as about a minute, by the time we got our water and did everything they were gone so we really blew our chances, the other group was already long gone so we shut it off and just rode a group together”.

“I think I blew my chances in the King of the Mountains, there are three strong guys just blazing up the hill like it’s a downhill.” “I’m thinking now I just want to have a good day tomorrow so I can be happy”.
Orlando da Costa was again first of the Timorese males with a time of 4h30:49 in 30th place. He was closely followed by brother Jacinto da Costa and team mate Antonio Martins. 

Ahmad Yani of team Merpati Indonesia came in top Indonesian and in 20th place overall in the second major group arriving 11 minutes after the breakaway. “I’m getting more tired with each stage, and with 140 kilometres, plus the heat and strong winds, I just stayed with the pack. I just kept my energy by keeping with the pack.”

On Timor, Yani continued to be impressed with the country “This stage is different to the others, I thought the beaches were really nice. I was really surprised to see how nice people were even though they knew I was Indonesian.”

Melinda Jackson from the team trailmix was the first of the women with at time of 4h37:49. “The first 70km we were with a bunch of about 60 men and it was pretty easy riding” “And then the KOM started and it all just blew apart, like we knew it would then, so from then on it was just Kath and I up the hill and we hurt ourselves a lot.” “Earlier Peta flatted, it was really unlucky, as we were climbing the KOM Naomi had a derailleur off her bike and was changing her hanger”.

“The locals are already so crazy here, they just go nuts, the atmosphere will be amazing, I’m really looking forward to it”

The ride today is the longest in Tour de Timor history at 142km. The road is mostly good, sealed bitumen, including the 10km hill climb through Baucau before heading back down to the coast to stop over in Manatuto. 

Manatuto is capital of the sub-district and district, also named Manatuto. It is known for its pottery, salt production and the amazing diving along the coast line back towards Dili. Riders will tomorrow be retracing their voyage from the first day of the Tour when they head back along the same stretch of coast before a special tour of Dili’s bairos.

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Results:

Stage 5	15/9/2011	438	Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi	Overall	1	04:11:23	4:11:23	00:00:00
Stage 5	15/9/2011	338	Matt King	Overall	2	04:12:47	4:12:47	00:01:24	1:24
Stage 5	15/9/2011	93	Ashley Hayat	Overall	3	04:12:50	4:12:50	00:01:27	1:27
Stage 5	15/9/2011	13	Ben Mather	Overall	4	04:12:54	4:12:54	00:01:31	1:31
Stage 5	15/9/2011	7	Paul van der Ploeg	Overall	5	04:16:46	4:16:46	00:05:23	5:23
Stage 5	15/9/2011	169	Alex Denham	Overall	6	04:16:47	4:16:47	00:05:24	5:24
Stage 5	15/9/2011	1	Adrian Jackson	Overall	7	04:16:49	4:16:49	00:05:26	5:26
Stage 5	15/9/2011	19	Luke Fetch	Overall	8	04:16:50	4:16:50	00:05:27	5:27
Stage 5	15/9/2011	246	Christopher Hanson	Overall	9	04:16:51	4:16:51	00:05:28	5:28
Stage 5	15/9/2011	124	Rohin Adams	Overall	10	04:16:52	4:16:52	00:05:29	5:29
Stage 5	15/9/2011	6	Scott Liston	Overall	11	04:16:53	4:16:53	00:05:30	5:30
Stage 5	15/9/2011	4	Tinker Juarez	Overall	12	04:16:54	4:16:54	00:05:31	5:31
Stage 5	15/9/2011	3	Neil van der Ploeg	Overall	13	04:22:30	4:22:30	00:11:07	11:07
Stage 5	15/9/2011	238	Geoff Weir	Overall	14	04:22:32	4:22:32	00:11:09	11:09
Stage 5	15/9/2011	437	Wan Mohammed Najmee Wan Mohammed	Overall	15	04:22:32	4:22:32	00:11:09	11:09
Stage 5	15/9/2011	325	Nelson Silva	Overall	16	04:22:33	4:22:33	00:11:10	11:10
Stage 5	15/9/2011	436	Shahrin Amir	Overall	17	04:22:34	4:22:34	00:11:11	11:11
Stage 5	15/9/2011	278	Kel Boers	Overall	18	04:22:35	4:22:35	00:11:12	11:12
Stage 5	15/9/2011	276	Duncan Murray	Overall	19	04:22:36	4:22:36	00:11:13	11:13
Stage 5	15/9/2011	469	Ahmad Yani	Overall	20	04:22:37	4:22:37	00:11:14	11:14
Stage 5	15/9/2011	472	Sugianto Binjai	Overall	21	04:27:51	4:27:51	00:16:28	16:28
Stage 5	15/9/2011	61	Phillip Orr	Overall	22	04:28:30	4:28:30	00:17:07	17:07
Stage 5	15/9/2011	107	Andrew Bell	Overall	23	04:28:32	4:28:32	00:17:09	17:09
Stage 5	15/9/2011	163	Craig Peacock	Overall	24	04:28:38	4:28:38	00:17:15	17:15
Stage 5	15/9/2011	196	Sean Hurley	Overall	25	04:28:40	4:28:40	00:17:17	17:17
Stage 5	15/9/2011	187	Brett Kellett	Overall	26	04:29:05	4:29:05	00:17:42	17:42
Stage 5	15/9/2011	439	Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh	Overall	27	04:29:22	4:29:22	00:17:59	17:59
Stage 5	15/9/2011	85	Jeremy Doolan	Overall	28	04:29:23	4:29:23	00:18:00	18:00
Stage 5	15/9/2011	77	Mark Mcinnes	Overall	29	04:30:45	4:30:45	00:19:22	19:22
Stage 5	15/9/2011	12	Orlando Da Costa	Overall	30	04:30:49	4:30:49	00:19:26	19:26
Stage 5	15/9/2011	10	Jacinto Da Costa	Overall	31	04:34:56	4:34:56	00:23:33	23:33
Stage 5	15/9/2011	11	Antonio Martins	Overall	32	04:37:08	4:37:08	00:25:45	25:45
Stage 5	15/9/2011	232	Melinda Jackson	Overall	33	04:37:49	4:37:49	00:26:26	26:26
Stage 5	15/9/2011	8	Katherine OÕShea	Overall	34	04:37:53	4:37:53	00:26:30	26:30
Stage 5	15/9/2011	292	Silas Everett	Overall	35	04:41:51	4:41:51	00:30:28	30:28
Stage 5	15/9/2011	162	Ivan Kallaur	Overall	36	04:43:39	4:43:39	00:32:16	32:16
Stage 5	15/9/2011	78	Phil Mawbey	Overall	37	04:46:04	4:46:04	00:34:41	34:41
Stage 5	15/9/2011	109	Andrew Barcroft	Overall	38	04:46:06	4:46:06	00:34:43	34:43
Stage 5	15/9/2011	190	Phillip Brownscombe	Overall	39	04:46:06	4:46:06	00:34:43	34:43
Stage 5	15/9/2011	127	Christopher Loynes	Overall	40	04:46:06	4:46:06	00:34:43	34:43
Stage 5	15/9/2011	321	Nuno Cardoso	Overall	41	04:46:06	4:46:06	00:34:43	34:43
Stage 5	15/9/2011	59	Matthew Turner	Overall	42	04:46:07	4:46:07	00:34:44	34:44
Stage 5	15/9/2011	333	Andrew Packer	Overall	43	04:46:11	4:46:11	00:34:48	34:48
Stage 5	15/9/2011	340	Bill Murphy	Overall	44	04:46:13	4:46:13	00:34:50	34:50
Stage 5	15/9/2011	131	Greg Murison	Overall	45	04:46:14	4:46:14	00:34:51	34:51
Stage 5	15/9/2011	550	Tim Retchford	Overall	46	04:46:15	4:46:15	00:34:52	34:52
Stage 5	15/9/2011	23	Kelly Bartlett	Overall	47	04:46:17	4:46:17	00:34:54	34:54
Stage 5	15/9/2011	216	Ryan Hawson	Overall	48	04:46:20	4:46:20	00:34:57	34:57
Stage 5	15/9/2011	160	Jason Finlay	Overall	49	04:49:38	4:49:38	00:38:15	38:15
Stage 5	15/9/2011	2	Naomi Hansen	Overall	50	04:50:54	4:50:54	00:39:31	39:31
Stage 5	15/9/2011	171	Jeremy Soawyer	Overall	51	04:50:55	4:50:55	00:39:32	39:32
Stage 5	15/9/2011	9	Peta Mullens	Overall	52	04:51:13	4:51:13	00:39:50	39:50
Stage 5	15/9/2011	168	Greg Briggs	Overall	53	04:52:11	4:52:11	00:40:48	40:48
Stage 5	15/9/2011	167	John Groves	Overall	54	04:52:12	4:52:12	00:40:49	40:49
Stage 5	15/9/2011	328	Kea Mumford	Overall	55	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	166	Samuel McGregor	Overall	56	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	284	Stephen Harries	Overall	57	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	322	Pedro Lopes	Overall	58	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	198	Hideyuki Takeuchi	Overall	59	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	68	Joel Hossack	Overall	60	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	470	Amir Mahmud	Overall	61	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	142	Greg Newton	Overall	62	04:52:21	4:52:21	00:40:58	40:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	143	Stuart Gee	Overall	63	04:52:22	4:52:22	00:40:59	40:59
Stage 5	15/9/2011	130	Guy Falla	Overall	64	04:55:00	4:55:00	00:43:37	43:37
Stage 5	15/9/2011	17	Abe Yoga	Overall	65	04:58:45	4:58:45	00:47:22	47:22
Stage 5	15/9/2011	359	Evan Acheson	Overall	66	04:58:48	4:58:48	00:47:25	47:25
Stage 5	15/9/2011	358	Arthur Gatt	Overall	67	04:59:18	4:59:18	00:47:55	47:55
Stage 5	15/9/2011	258	Nick Westwood	Overall	68	04:59:38	4:59:38	00:48:15	48:15
Stage 5	15/9/2011	259	Amity McSwan	Overall	69	04:59:41	4:59:41	00:48:18	48:18
Stage 5	15/9/2011	425	Johny Dobe	Overall	70	04:59:45	4:59:45	00:48:22	48:22
Stage 5	15/9/2011	150	Kersten Jauer	Overall	71	05:02:21	5:02:21	00:50:58	50:58
Stage 5	15/9/2011	225	Peter Talbot	Overall	72	05:03:33	5:03:33	00:52:10	52:10
Stage 5	15/9/2011	293	Jeremy Winfield	Overall	73	05:03:44	5:03:44	00:52:21	52:21
Stage 5	15/9/2011	64	Martin Prichard	Overall	74	05:05:53	5:05:53	00:54:30	54:30
Stage 5	15/9/2011	203	Sirko Schroeder	Overall	75	05:05:55	5:05:55	00:54:32	54:32
Stage 5	15/9/2011	129	Phil Blum	Overall	76	05:05:56	5:05:56	00:54:33	54:33
Stage 5	15/9/2011	79	Aaron Caden	Overall	77	05:05:57	5:05:57	00:54:34	54:34
Stage 5	15/9/2011	153	James Sloan	Overall	78	05:05:57	5:05:57	00:54:34	54:34
Stage 5	15/9/2011	69	Eleanor Patterson	Overall	79	05:05:58	5:05:58	00:54:35	54:35
Stage 5	15/9/2011	413	Jorge Silva	Overall	80	05:07:09	5:07:09	00:55:46	55:46
Stage 5	15/9/2011	314	Craig Junor	Overall	81	05:07:26	5:07:26	00:56:03	56:03
Stage 5	15/9/2011	417	Leandro Soares	Overall	82	05:07:31	5:07:31	00:56:08	56:08
Stage 5	15/9/2011	24	Meg Carrigan	Overall	83	05:07:37	5:07:37	00:56:14	56:14
Stage 5	15/9/2011	70	David Dennis	Overall	84	05:12:16	5:12:16	01:00:53	1:00:53
Stage 5	15/9/2011	208	Martin Hanssen	Overall	85	05:13:29	5:13:29	01:02:06	1:02:06
Stage 5	15/9/2011	471	Azhari Yusuf Lubis	Overall	86	05:13:30	5:13:30	01:02:07	1:02:07
Stage 5	15/9/2011	141	Murray Thornton	Overall	87	05:16:31	5:16:31	01:05:08	1:05:08
Stage 5	15/9/2011	207	Joao Matos	Overall	88	05:17:44	5:17:44	01:06:21	1:06:21
Stage 5	15/9/2011	22	Jo Williams	Overall	89	05:18:16	5:18:16	01:06:53	1:06:53
Stage 5	15/9/2011	384	Januari Fernandes	Overall	90	05:19:04	5:19:04	01:07:41	1:07:41
Stage 5	15/9/2011	307	Cameron Dalton	Overall	91	05:20:12	5:20:12	01:08:49	1:08:49
Stage 5	15/9/2011	66	Nick Cooke	Overall	92	05:21:24	5:21:24	01:10:01	1:10:01
Stage 5	15/9/2011	148	Laurence Guttmann	Overall	93	05:21:25	5:21:25	01:10:02	1:10:02
Stage 5	15/9/2011	120	Hugh Williams	Overall	94	05:21:25	5:21:25	01:10:02	1:10:02
Stage 5	15/9/2011	407	Tome Soares	Overall	95	05:21:25	5:21:25	01:10:02	1:10:02
Stage 5	15/9/2011	298	Adam Humphryson	Overall	96	05:21:25	5:21:25	01:10:02	1:10:02
Stage 5	15/9/2011	226	Roger Decurtins	Overall	97	05:21:25	5:21:25	01:10:02	1:10:02
Stage 5	15/9/2011	204	Pedro Miguel Pinto Carvalho de Figueiredo	Overall	98	05:21:26	5:21:26	01:10:03	1:10:03
Stage 5	15/9/2011	119	Turi Berg	Overall	99	05:21:34	5:21:34	01:10:11	1:10:11
Stage 5	15/9/2011	96	Karri Golding	Overall	100	05:21:36	5:21:36	01:10:13	1:10:13
Stage 5	15/9/2011	128	Carl Maroney	Overall	101	05:21:37	5:21:37	01:10:14	1:10:14
Stage 5	15/9/2011	423	Paulo Pereira	Overall	102	05:23:10	5:23:10	01:11:47	1:11:47
Stage 5	15/9/2011	186	Tim Ferres	Overall	103	05:23:31	5:23:31	01:12:08	1:12:08
Stage 5	15/9/2011	236	John Oliveri	Overall	104	05:24:41	5:24:41	01:13:18	1:13:18
Stage 5	15/9/2011	386	Alberto Da Costa	Overall	105	05:26:04	5:26:04	01:14:41	1:14:41
Stage 5	15/9/2011	542	Januari M. Da Costa	Overall	106	05:26:05	5:26:05	01:14:42	1:14:42
Stage 5	15/9/2011	104	Mark Lackenby	Overall	107	05:26:05	5:26:05	01:14:42	1:14:42
Stage 5	15/9/2011	299	Chris Jarvis	Overall	108	05:26:05	5:26:05	01:14:42	1:14:42
Stage 5	15/9/2011	72	Toby Lanzer	Overall	109	05:26:14	5:26:14	01:14:51	1:14:51
Stage 5	15/9/2011	60	Cameron McDougall	Overall	110	05:26:41	5:26:41	01:15:18	1:15:18
Stage 5	15/9/2011	74	Shane Cody	Overall	111	05:26:41	5:26:41	01:15:18	1:15:18
Stage 5	15/9/2011	155	Bathsheba Turton	Overall	112	05:27:05	5:27:05	01:15:42	1:15:42
Stage 5	15/9/2011	397	Carlos Godinho	Overall	113	05:32:58	5:32:58	01:21:35	1:21:35
Stage 5	15/9/2011	137	Mark Norden	Overall	114	05:34:47	5:34:47	01:23:24	1:23:24
Stage 5	15/9/2011	117	Timothy Stats	Overall	115	05:34:59	5:34:59	01:23:36	1:23:36
Stage 5	15/9/2011	414	Bonifacio Martins	Overall	116	05:35:38	5:35:38	01:24:15	1:24:15
Stage 5	15/9/2011	14	Francelina Cabral	Overall	117	05:37:58	5:37:58	01:26:35	1:26:35
Stage 5	15/9/2011	62	David Lyons	Overall	118	05:38:35	5:38:35	01:27:12	1:27:12

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