It is quite disappointing when two of the nation's biggest cycling competition did not include Terengganu in their race routes. After having the opportunity to capture scenes from the 2010 le Tour de Langkawi from Kuala Terengganu to Kemaman and Putrajaya to Genting Highlands, mad redo1 was looking forward to get some shots of the competition again.
Unfortunately when the race map came out, the east coast was not even part of the race route at all.
But with Terengganu having it's own professional cycling team in Terengganu Pro-Asia Cycling Team (TCT), the state Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Ahmad Said already discussed the possibility of having east coast as part of the race route with the organiser. Hopefully the next edition will see Terengganu as part of the race once again.
Then another disappointment came when the route for 'Jelajah Malaysia' (Tour of Malaysia) was announced. It's six stages cover just four states: Johor, Pahang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. So much for the name 'Jelajah Malaysia'.
Of course there could be limitations that hinder the race organiser from covering the whole of Malaysia but as an avid sports photographer it left mad redo1 feeling extremely disappointed.
With the TCT taking part in both races, it is his high hope of being able to capture the team in action when they go through the stage involving Terengganu like in 2010. Unfortunately it was not meant to be.
Maybe mad redo1 should commit himself to cover for the whole duration of both tours in the future. Who knows?
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