GRASSLANDER..you NAILED it, I looked -in on this post a few times for 2 days and have been tempted,now I'll say it. Wind IS like climbing,I hate it.I hate less these days because I live in a flat county I used to live in the mountains. Even back then,with the wind, I'd think of this for inspiration: many,many championship bicycle racers, the Tour,Vuelta others,as well as the classics have been Flemmish.Their part of Belgium is flat.I used to wonder ; how could have these individuals reached the degree of success in the races including mountain stages. some time ago,I read a quote from a begian racer stating that they used the winds to train northern Belgium(the Flemmish region NOT Wolonia) has few big hills and no mountains to speak of