Rain and winds at the start of stage two of 2017 Paris-Nice.
Riders and teams braced themselves for another challenging day at Paris-Nice in France on Monday as high winds, heavy rain and snow lashed the stage two start in Rochefort-en-Yvelines.
Several pre-race favourites already lost nearly a minute on Sunday's opening stage, after being caught out on the wrong side of a wind-assisted split in the peloton – and they will have to be wary that it doesn't happen again on Monday.
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