Some of the Tour de face flights have a cineflex camera on the nose and second cineflex on a right hand side mount, one hero status camera op, French of course
From the camera op perspective, long races require stamina, as you both have to keep an eye on the bikes as well as look ahead for interesting landscapes or points of interest.
So preplans make all the difference, a switched-on pilot who can manoeuvre the craft without direction is essential to break the viewer monotony of the vertical view of lycra on bitumen.
Mickjoebill