Scheldeprijs: Kittel Kills 'Em

They may have started the year as 1T4i, but now there are some new sponsors for the old Skill-Shimano squad. Say hello to Argos-Shimano.

So new team, new team kit. Hmmm, not so keen on the white kit boys, better not ride any races in the rain.

Still, it could have been worse, as the Team GB kit designed by Stella McCartney for the Olympics, has demonstrated. Not even Vicky Pendleton could make it look good.

All these bad kits recently have made me especially proud of the 2012 Faster Mustache kit, which “dropped” recently. Our designer Kurt did an excellent job, and managed to work in the things the team is really about...... bike chains, skulls, lightning bolts and bacon.

I think it might be time to send it off to George “Velogames” Chapman for the custom jersey treatment, as my Bile Beans design still needs some work.

Anyway, Argos-Shimano earned their first win today at the Scheldeprijs, thanks to their sprint sensation Marcel Kittel.

Although, things didn't go quite so well for Jonnathan Cartwell, who hit a photographer just after the finish. Ouch!

Thanks to a lucky transfer, it was a win for the Bile Beans and I earned some much needed points. It seems I’m not the only one who switched his team up for the race though, and the Roulers and Hell of the North took second with Tyler Farrar.

I may have just beaten them for the day. But the Bile Beans are still trailing the Roulers in the overall. We're still lagging behind a bit with the scores though, so lets make do with the scores after the Tour of Flanders.

As we’re about halfway through the Classics season, it might be worth a quick look at how many transfers everyone’s got left.

Chanbots 24 

Bello 23 

Woohoppers 18 

Roulers 16 

Bile Beans 11 

Mungo Cycling 10 

 Hell of the North 5 

It looks like some teams have just given up after some initial interest in the first week or so. But for those of us still in contention, things are looking best for the Roulers, and while Hell of the North have been doing pretty well of late, with only 5 transfers left they could run out of steam in the Ardennes. Next race up, is my personal fave one-dayer, Paris-Roubaix. Rumor has it we might even get some weather this year, so let’s hope the cameras don’t get stuck behind an Argos-Shimano rider.