I road down from South San Jose to Morgan Hill this morning with a co-worker to spectate the Amgen Tour of California which is a 7 day race. The Morgan Hill is day 4 which is their Time Trial stage. Shot below is a screen shot of their website:
On the ride down, I tried to keep up with him but I was dropped. We eventually met up at the start/finish line of the AToC.
This is the finish line before the race
The ride was 17 miles and 800 feet of climbing, not long by road bike standards but when you push it without stopping, it is a rather hard ride.
GPS data is from a Garmin Vivoactive HR and uploaded to Strava
They had a few big screens around the lifestyle festival which showed the race and commentary.
In the exhibit area, Sram was displaying their wireless electronic shifting. My friend is holding road bike handlebars and there is a front and rear derailleur tie wrapped on to see how it shifts. Pretty cool technology, but $$$
They have motorcycles following the riders with spare wheels/tires ready to be swapped out. (Moto not shown)
Here is one of the support cars hold quite a few bikes
The starting booth, fans and a large 360* camera for TV coverage
This is around the corner from the start, the riders buzz by quite quickly. The winners average speed for 21.6 miles was over 31 mile per hour. (Isn't that fast under your own power?)
This is the finish straightaway down a shoot. Again, the riders are going about 30 mph through here, quite fast for a bike.
