Message #2320

[Metro Commuter]

Hmm - I look at that picture, and cast my mind back to the time I rode up Alpe D'Huez, and I think that even accounting for the much higher speeds Basso etal travel up these hills at, that while there is a drafting effect (esp behind a large motrbike) it would not be all that great, and in any event most of the bunches that are worth covering on TV (being the bunches that matter) would be covered in a similar manner and so the leaders would get a simialr degree of aerodynamic assistance. 

I would think the real issue would be how having the distraction of the motorbike affected your concentration.I woudl have to suck my gut in the whole time, and that would be hard work.