Mohd Razif escapes for stage 2 victory

Day 2 of the six-day International Mountain Bike race is historic as it crossed into the Indonesian territory of West Timor for the first time en route to the Timor-Leste enclave of Oekussi 92 kilometres west of the border town Mota Ain.

Most of today’s race followed the coastline through West Timor with the final 20-kilometres traversing through Oekussi to the seaside town of Pante Makasar.

Participating in his second Tour de Timor, Mohd Razif said, "I broke away early at the 30-kilometre mark with two other guys and we were eventually caught by the peloton, but then I broke away again alone and was never caught. Today I targeted a stage win because I’ve never won any stages before in the Tour de Timor.”

Second place was taken by Australian Chris Hanson, with the time of 2:44:24, with fellow Australian Phillip Orr close on his tail with the time of 2:44:29.

Women’s 2011 defending champion Peta Mullens was again the first female rider to cross the line, and came in at fourth place overall with the time of 2:44:38.

Timor-Leste’s national rider Antonio Martens was the first local rider to cross the line for his country with the time of 2:50:35.

Jarrod Hughes maintains the yellow jersey with a seventh place finish after winning stage one.

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