Mark Cavendish has claimed victory in the fifth leg of this year's Tour of California.
The 29-year-old sprinted past Zico Waeytens and Peter Sagan to earn his third stage win of this year's race in rain-soaked conditions.
It was his 12th victory of the season, which is more than any other cyclist has managed in 2015.
"The thing is, when you're going so fast there's the wind chill as well," Athletics Weekly quotes Cavendish as saying. "It's one thing to be wet and to be cold when you're wet, but with the wind coming on you're freezing to the absolute bone. But it was good. It was also nice to see so many people out here despite the weather.
"It was a bit hectic in the last kilometre and Mark Renshaw was cooked, so we couldn't go as fast as we wanted in the end. It was a headwind finish, and I knew I didn't want to jump early. Waeytens went first and I timed it well enough to catch him before the line."
Latvian Toms Skujins is the overall leader of the tour, with an 18-second advantage over second-placed Sagan.
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