Minus two degrees Celsius and light snow falling at daybreak. We met at the Tour of Flanders museum in Oudenaarde. The big classic riders were all there, Tyler, Van Summeren, Dekker, Maaskant and Haussler.
We rode 'only' the last 150km of the course because of the cold. Already after 5km we hit the Taaienberg followed by the Eikenberg. Then, six climbs and four sections of cobbles before a long 35km section which is normally head wind before we started on the final three laps. Three times over the Kwaremont and Patersberg with a variation of other climbs each lap and 10kms flat to the finish, ouch!
All in all it was great to see the course, to talk about the changes and how the race may go.