Hitting the road in Paris-Nice

Björn Schröder (Milram) on the left is still joking with Robert Wagner, before making painful contact with the pavement in a large crash later in the race

Björn Schröder (Milram) on the left is still joking with Robert Wagner, before making painful contact with the pavement in a large crash later in the race (Image credit: AFP)

The rain, wind and cold combined with narrow, twisting roads to make it a crash-bang-boom day in the second stage of Paris-Nice on Tuesday.