A man and his lycra

On Sunday 11 March, Cape Town held its 30th Annual Argus Classic Bike race, where over 39,000 cyclists took to the streets of Cape Town. Amongst them was international rider, Chester ‘Lance’ Wong, making his debut in international competition. Although riding a borrowed bicycle and wearing borrowed lycra (eew!), this didn’t stop Lance from clocking a time of 3 hrs 17mins, way ahead of Tour de France professional Jan Ullrich, who came in at 3 hours 30mins. Notorious for its 109km worth of mountainous terrains and treacherous roads, this race was no mean feat as he weaved in and out with dexterity and didn’t even get mugged!



















Someone hit a witches hat and sent 20 cyclists flying; The view from Chapman's Peak Drive that Chester would have enjoyed during the race; My action shot as they rode past near our home in Muizenberg.


Watch Lance Wong in action (he’s the 4th guy that cycles past and he sticks his left hand out):



If you can't view the video above, visit, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCBoLB5t6GA

Sorry, its really bad quality as YouTube shrunk the files down. If you want to see my original one, I can email it to you - its 19M.

WARNING – Gratuitous lycra shot below



keep going, dont forget I warned you!
















Chester, still smiling after cycling another hour just to get back home because the roads were still blocked off – most people took 5-7 hours to finish – ouch!