Weather or not

This years weather on all con-tenets is on that we have seen before and it seems like it was just 15 years ago I experience this same thing when I lived in Oregon. I was at my friends house in december when we say the report of 24 inches in the 24 hr period. So as everyone know even the sub-tropics like South Florida, we have had the coldest winter in, shall we say, 15 years.
So as we move into warmer wether it seems strange to be once again ride with out having at lest 2 if not three layers on. It's great to have the warmth of the sun on your back and the color in your arms, legs and face.  Yep back in the saddle and riding in the sun. I can't believe how much the warm weather really effects my happiness quotient and the shear desire to get out and there and log some hours.
Non the less sunny days also brings out the biggest jerks known to man...and woman, who have nothing better to do than harass cyclist. And with a few choice words and allot of hand waving the motorist is off and feeling really good about the blow they had dealt to the evil cyclist. Bt other than that the sun was out and the wind was blowing etc, etc.
Speaking of good weather it looks as though the week at the Paris-Nice classic was almost perfect. From the pictures I saw the only thing that was tough was the high altitudes where the snow was on the ground. I bet that made for some cool decent.  Once again the scenery was beautiful as were the towns but as most of us who are competitive know when your in the peloton your not looking at scenery your just looking for the next break, the next wheel, heck man your just trying to see around the corner.
But alas Alberto was the strongest this week and his victor was a narrow one. But a win by a second is still a win. We also saw a man who couldn't give a rip about his teammates but was very self absorbed about the win, this is immaturity at it;s height. So as a teem Astana doesn't really exist does it?I was glad to see Jens Voigt, at 39 years of age, is still kicking butt and placing 6th over all, this bodes well for all of us who are in the middle of our lives. Not that he's a poster boy for the over 40 group but if you think about it competitive cycling was for the under 34 people and rarely did the over 32 guys get the victory...good news for the OG's. But Jens and for sure Lance are an anomaly, they have been two guys whose bodies and minds haven't let this high level of competition slip through their fingers yet.

So thus ends this years addition of the Paris-Nice and we see that Alberto is the Yellow jersey winner but the amazing thing to me is that the other two places on the podium were filled but spaniards as well. did I happen to mention that 20 year old Peter Sagan of liquigas got two stage wins?  That's incredible. I said that the wild cards might just upset the apple cart this year because of their desire to get and keep a good team sponsor, didn't I say that!

If I pass you on the road stop at Peets, because your buying.