Bukittinggi To Be TdS Grand Start in 2018

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Bukittinggi To Be TdS Grand Start in 2018

Coordination Meeting of TdS. (Antara Sumbar/Miko Elfisha)

Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - Bukittinggi Tourism Municipality was chosen to be the location of the 10th grand start of Tour de Singkarak (TdS) in 2018 while Pariaman becomes the grand final point, West Sumatra Vice Governor Nasrul Abit stated.

"It has been agreed and submitted to the ministry soon, while other technical issues will be discussed again," he said in Padang on Monday.

The agreement was taken in a coordination meeting of TdS 2018 followed by representatives of 19 districts and cities, except Mentawai Islands District.

The selection of Bukittinggi as a grand start location was due to the previous representative namely Solok District which also proposed is late in meeting. In addition, Solok had been become the host in 2016.

Representatives of Solok District who later attended did not question the grand start taken of Bukittinggi, but they asked one of the stages to surround full of Lake Singkarak as an icon of the race.

Nasrul Abit requested Provincial PUPR Office to survey the lake around the road which is the authority of the province. If it is possible so that one stage will be arranged around the beautiful lake.

The 10th TdS implementation is expected to be done on November 3 to 11, 2018, but it can still change according to the calendar event of Union Cycliste International.

The issue of TdS 2018 is expected to remain the same as last year, namely the eligibility of the road that will be passed for nine stages. Therefore, since the beginning of preparation should be really maximized.

Meanwhile, related to the budget, the Ministry of Tourism only disbursed around Rp400 million in 2018 and the provincial budget of Rp500 million. The total budget required outside the central and provincial budgets will be borne by related municipalities and districts. (cha)