Taking no chances in the snow

“The weather was really horrible with the temperature between 1 and 5 degrees. At first it was raining but then the rain turned to snow. There were times when it looked like that they were going to shut the race because the snow started piling up on the roads. Then it stopped snowing but I called it quits after 130km anyway. I didn’t want to risk catching a cold before the Paris-Nice,” Roman said. Two of his teammates made it to the top ten. Clark finished seventh and Stangelj tenth. Results (187.2 km): 1st Serpa Perez (Col/ Androni Giocattoli) 4:47:20, 2nd Brutt (Rus/Katusha), 3rd Sörensen (Den/Saxo Bank) +5, 4th Paterski (Pol/Liquigas), 5th Špilak (Slo/Lampre)  +8, … Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Astana) abandoned.