Cape Town took a timeout from its daily routine today. Well, most of Cape Town, anyway. For 40,000 cyclists, the wheels were very much in motion.
The Cape Argus is a 109-kilometer race that essentially shuts down the major traffic routes around the Cape Peninsula. It features professional and amateur categories – Lance Armstrong was a participant, finishing ninth in his first appearance in the event – and draws thousands of spectators throughout the suburbs and towns that dot the region.
I joined my American colleagues for a front-row seat along the main road through Fish Hoek, where the first racers roared past around 7:15 this morning. Armstrong was in that group and is located
somewhere in these images – the riders were moving so fast, there was no way to actually recognize him.
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