I'd agree with that. Rider borrowing jackets from mechanics? WTF is that? From what I've seen (only still pictures. No video) there was a huge underestimation of the possible weather conditions.

I can almost understand it for the Euro teams who have to pack and ship a lot of stuff across the pond to somewhere that has a reputation of having pretty nice weather but the domestic squads have no excuse.

Also consider that there are many riders who are here because they have contractual obligations and this isn't all that important for them. It's way too early for some of these guys to really be on form unlike Levi who had probably made this a priority (to some degree) for the season.

Under those conditions it gets pretty hard to ignore that inner voice (read: survival mechanism) screaming in your head to pull over and get in the car.

Epic stage. One that people should talk about for a while. In the end, it may actually be good for the race.