Ice Capades: A U.S. Open Gallery

Published: Apr. 7, 2007

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Grate weather: Riders from Equipe Vallee de l'Aluminum de Vinci stand over a heating grate to stay warm

Photo: Neal Rogers

The calendar says it's spring — but you wouldn't have known it by the conditions at the start of the inaugural U.S. Open Cycling Championship on Saturday in Williamsburg, Virginia. Senior writer Neal Rogers snapped a few pics of the peloton preparing for heavy weather; they're arrayed below.