Stage 5 – Report, Results & Photos
Race report
DAY 5: Aileu to Dili, 56 kilometres – Today’s start was 800 metres above the finish in Dili. It is the shortest stage of the race but with a couple of climbs big enough to split the pack. Riders upped the tyre pressure today to make the most of the smooth tar sections, but a 500-metre seriously-rough dirt descent 20 kilometres from the finish winds down to the coastal lowlands testing riders to the end. A final 15-kilometre bitumen run along the exceptionally picturesque but equally hot and dry north coast shoreline; and one last 100-metre climb to the outskirts of Dili. Read the full report
Race Results
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