It was not canceled due to the conditions but because of blocked roads. The stage was blocked by Melichárek who got stuck in the snow with gearbox problems and the road leading to the start was blocked by spectators. That's the problem of the classic stages in Alpe Maritimes. There are so few roads that in some points everybody must use same ones.

Anyway in the IRC it was possible to cut the wide tyres. In such conditions they cut them so extensively that they removed the middle line of rubber blocks completely and the side blocks were cut away every second one. It worked in these conditions.