Greig Leach

Today I had the opportunity to avoid riding in the cold strong winds of March (spending time riding a stationary bike instead), but that was not an option for the peloton today. The riders were facing temperatures hovering around freezing and strong winds. When you combined the two and add in fast descents off of mountains, the wind chill factor became bone chilling. Rudy Molard (Cofidis) has just gotten another coat from the team car. I don't know if you can see that he already has a black wind breaker on over his jersey and arm warmers. The riders spent a good deal of time layering up for the descents and stripping down for the climbs.