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A big crowd was on hand in Antwerpen for the team introductions | 
This is probably one of the biggest crowds that Rusvelo has played in front of | 
Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) was one of the few Paris-Roubaix favorites in the race |
Omega Pharma - Quick Step's big domestique Stijn Vandenbergh deserves more exposure | 
Italian pre-race chit-chat with Matteo Tosatto, Luca Paolini and Daniele Bennati | 
Ready to roll in Antwerpen |
202 km later in Schoten before the rain started | 
Sprint finish in the rain | 
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After several crashes on the cobbles near the finish, we had a very close sprint finish as expected | 
The overhead finish photo shows it wasn't as close as the head on photo indicates | 
1st Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) ahead of 2nd Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda) and 3rd Theo Bos (Rabobank) |
wet close-up | 
There was a big post-race pile up on the wet, slick road | 
Kristof Goddaert was one of the lesser casualties |
A Katusha rider, Maxime Vantomme, looking over one of the race photographers who was involved in the accident | 
Photographer Taz Darling and several riders collided at the wet, slick finish. Apparently she was badly injured and required facial surgery. Jonathan Cantwell of Saxo Bank, in the foreground, was also taken to hospital. | 
Marcel Kittel celebrates the first win for new team sponsor, Argos-Shimano |
Your 2012 Scheldeprijs and 100th podium: 2nd Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda), 1st Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) and 3rd Theo Bos (Rabobank) | 
Theo Bos (Rabobank), on the right, is ready to get the party started... | 
It didn't take long for new team sponsor Argos-Shimano to get some good exposure |
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