Lance Armstrong's Tour Downunder 2009 first stage

[vitto]

why in the world there's people runing in front of the cyclists god damm..they are so stupid waving flags and screaming on the face of the guys who have to avoid them.

[Lavenderrose73]

Oh, that is awesome! I'd never heard of that, but the gentleman I had an appointment with at my school yesterday made mention of it and that it had just started. At first, while watching this video, I thought, "Motorcycles? I thought they'd be mountain bikers." Then I saw them coming. (rolls eyes at self) Whatever... I'd only seen one bike race ever, and that was only because I was helping at a water station and I only saw a police car. So when I saw the motorcyclists, I thought that was it.

[moyzie01]

hahaha barb there was 130+ bikes there all bunched up

[Lavenderrose73]

Yeah, it's quite the big to-do, it seems. It's an annual thing, right?

[moyzie01]

yes barb it has been going on for 10 or 11 years now and only just a year or 2 ago it was added to the international professional tour

[regisor94]

Wow, that was like a fast movie parade! And the bikers went by so fast you couldn't barely tell who was who.

Still if they were driving by MY work, I would've recorded it too.

[moyzie01]

yeah regi it was like about 70kmh they were doing and they reach at times 100kmh through the hills stages

[OberonRacing]

You will find it was closer to 40-50km/h