I can vouch for the absolute truth written here about racing in Belgium, The Netherlands and France.
The Belgian Cyclo-Tourists (Wieler-Terroristen) used to give me a hard time about training in the rain.
"It's no good for you manneke, you will get sick".
If I never trained in the rain in Belgium, I would have trained a total of two weeks in 8 seasons. My instant response after the 1000th comment by the same person about getting wet when riding in the rain:
"The only difference between training in the rain and training in good weather is that I am not soaked from sweat when it is raining".
Funny that after you win a race, no one comes up and says:
"See, you shouldn't have trained in the rain this spring".
Don't even get me started on Belgians and their insane fetish with Pre-Race Bicycle Sterilization Procedures (AKA, you can't race with a fingerprint on your frame). Which is funny considering how much horse crap you have to ride through in the first km of the race.
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