Bird’s eye view

Filming and following the Tour de France from the air

Aviation played a critical role in beaming to the world the images of Australian Cadel Evans’s history making victory at the 2011 Tour de France.

Images of Evans’ fighting victory in the iconic cycling stage race around France, the world’s third biggest sporting event behind the Football World Cup and the summer Olympic Games, were beamed live into Australian loungerooms over three weeks in July by SBS TV, one of no fewer than 100 TV stations worldwide to broadcast the race pictures provided by the cameras of France Télévisions.