The Astana Qazaqstan team have only had a handful of opportunities to hone their lead-out formation for Mark Cavendish in competition but in Wednesday's Scheldeprijs the team showed more positive signs by delivering the British Champion to a podium place.
In a year where Cavendish is aiming to break one of the most prestigious records in cycling - the most Tour de France stage wins - his result gave him the outright record for most Scheldeprijs podiums.
