No the title of this post refers to the riders in the Tour Down Under. The third leg of the race was held at Stirling just across the freeway from my work, so I went over and took some photos and a short video of the start. Conditions were great for photography - overcast - so no problems with vast dark shadows as is usual with taking shots in the middle of the day in summer. A couple thousand people came to see the start and by the time the riders were five minutes down the road, the place was deserted. I hope you like the pictures.
Agritubel team member. I saw them riding on Kensington Road practicing last week
Interviews
Team Jacques Chocolade
Members of the New Zealand team waiting for the start
Navigators Insurance team members
Navigators team members and behind members of the Ag2R Prevoyance team from France
Barloworld team member
An Agritubel team member heads for the start line
Set to go at the start line
At two minutes to go
Below is a link to the 30 second film I took of the start of the Stirling stage. The original looks really good - it loses a bit of quality on the website. I've found that the film starts straight away. You don't have to wait minutes for it to download (on broadband). You will need to copy the link and paste it into your web browser.
http://harvey.saint.net.au/displayimage.php?album=31&pos=1
