The team RadioShack bus, wrapped in graphics designed by Shepard Fairey sits outside the host hotel. The race start has been delayed a few hours to evaluate the weather.
Riders such as Levi Leipheimer, Bernhard Eisel and Linus Gerdemann also joined in this last minute safety conversation with race organizers and team directors.
After that discussion ended, Jim Burrell, David Saltzman, and Andrew Messick discuss reviewed input from staff out along the route before making a final decsion.
The Leopard TREK riders, along with other teams, have WW 108 stickers on their frames to pay their respects to Wouter Weylandt's tragic death at the Giro.
Dave Zabriskie and a few other members of the Garmin team chose to get a few miles in after the stage was cancelled. The road conditions proved the cancellation decision to be the correct one.