As soon as I read the words 'strong wind' I thought of cross sectional area.

Have you seen that video of the racer who decides to lie with his belly on the bike seat and his legs straight back? Going downhill he went from last place to first place. And they all had similar type bikes - meaning all the components on each of those bikes were probably the lightest and the best.

The only difference amongst all the riders was that one of them had a dramatically smaller cross sectional area.