2012 RadioShack–Nissan season
Manager Johan Bruyneel
One-day victories 1
Stage race overall victories 3
Stage race stage victories 8
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The 2012 season for the RadioShack–Nissan cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

For the 2012 season, the team was renamed from Leopard Trek to RadioShack–Nissan; in effect merging with the American Team RadioShack,[1] which ceased racing, and their former sponsors joined the Luxembourg-based squad. Johan Bruyneel along with twelve riders from the 2011 Team RadioShack squad moved to the team, joining eighteen riders from the Leopard Trek squad.[2][3]

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[4]

Rider Date of birth
 Jan Bakelants (BEL) (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 25)
 Daniele Bennati (ITA) (1980-09-24)24 September 1980 (aged 31)
 George Bennett (NZL) (1990-04-07)7 April 1990 (aged 21)
 Matthew Busche (USA) (1985-05-09)9 May 1985 (aged 26)
 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (1981-03-18)18 March 1981 (aged 30)
 Laurent Didier (LUX) (1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 27)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 26)
 Tony Gallopin (FRA) (1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 23)
 Linus Gerdemann (GER) (1982-09-16)16 September 1982 (aged 29)
 Ben Hermans (BEL) (1986-06-08)8 June 1986 (aged 25)
 Chris Horner (USA) (1971-11-10)10 November 1971 (aged 40)
 Markel Irizar (ESP) (1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 31)
 Ben King (USA) (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 22)
 Andreas Klöden (GER) (1975-06-22)22 June 1975 (aged 36)
 Tiago Machado (POR) (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 (aged 26)
Rider Date of birth
 Maxime Monfort (BEL) (1983-01-14)14 January 1983 (aged 28)
 Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 22)
 Nelson Oliveira (POR) (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 22)
 Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) (1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 31)
 Joost Posthuma (NED) (1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 30)
 Grégory Rast (SUI) (1980-01-17)17 January 1980 (aged 31)
 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) (1982-12-23)23 December 1982 (aged 29)
 Hayden Roulston (NZL) (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 30)
 Andy Schleck (LUX) (1985-06-10)10 June 1985 (aged 26)
 Fränk Schleck (LUX) (1980-04-15)15 April 1980 (aged 31)
 Jesse Sergent (NZL) (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 23)
 Jens Voigt (GER) (1971-09-17)17 September 1971 (aged 40)
 Robert Wagner (GER) (1983-04-17)17 April 1983 (aged 28)
 Oliver Zaugg (SUI) (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 30)
 Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) (1977-04-01)1 April 1977 (aged 34)

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
22 JanuaryTour Down Under, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 1] Australia
19 FebruaryTour of Oman, Young rider classificationUCI Asia Tour Tony Gallopin (FRA) Oman
19 FebruaryTour of Oman, Teams classificationUCI Asia Tour[N 2] Oman
23 FebruaryVuelta a Andalucía, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 3] Spain
3 MarchStrade BiancheUCI Europe Tour Fabian Cancellara (SUI) ItalySiena
13 MarchTirreno–Adriatico, Stage 7UCI World Tour Fabian Cancellara (SUI) ItalySan Benedetto del Tronto
6 AprilCircuit de la Sarthe, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 4] France
20 MayTour of California, Teams classificationUCI America Tour[N 5] United States
27 MayBayern-Rundfahrt, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Tony Gallopin (FRA) Germany
3 JuneTour de Luxembourg, OverallUCI Europe Tour Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Luxembourg
3 JuneTour de Luxembourg, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 6] Luxembourg
30 JuneTour de France, PrologueUCI World Tour Fabian Cancellara (SUI) BelgiumLiège
4 JulyTour of Austria, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) AustriaSankt Johann im Pongau
8 JulyTour of Austria, OverallUCI Europe Tour Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Austria
8 JulyTour of Austria, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 7] Austria
22 JulyTour de France, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 8] France
23 JulyTour de Wallonie, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) BelgiumBeaufays
25 JulyTour de Wallonie, OverallUCI Europe Tour Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Belgium
25 JulyTour de Wallonie, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Belgium
25 JulyTour de Wallonie, Mountains classificationUCI Europe Tour Laurent Didier (LUX) Belgium
10 AugustEneco Tour, Stage 5UCI World Tour Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) BelgiumAalter
12 AugustEneco Tour, Points classificationUCI World Tour Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)[N 9]
12 AugustTour of Utah, Teams classificationUCI America Tour[N 10] United States
23 AugustTour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) FranceLa Roche-Posay
23 AugustUSA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 4UCI America Tour Jens Voigt (GER) United StatesBeaver Creek
26 AugustUSA Pro Cycling Challenge, Mountains classificationUCI America Tour Jens Voigt (GER) United States
26 AugustUSA Pro Cycling Challenge, Teams classificationUCI America Tour[N 11] United States
6 SeptemberVuelta a España, Stage 18UCI World Tour Daniele Bennati (ITA) SpainValladolid

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The riders on the squad were Daniele Bennati, Linus Gerdemann, Jan Bakelants, Tiago Machado, Hayden Roulston, Jesse Sergent and Jens Voigt
  2. ↑ The riders on the squad were Andy Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Joost Posthuma, Jakob Fuglsang, Tony Gallopin, Yaroslav Popovych, Grégory Rast and Robert Wagner
  3. ↑ The riders on the squad were Markel Irizar, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt, Haimar Zubeldia, Daniele Bennati, Linus Gerdemann and Maxime Monfort
  4. ↑ The riders on the squad were George Bennett, Laurent Didier, Nelson Oliveira, Ben Hermans, Andy Schleck and Jan Bakelants
  5. ↑ The riders on the squad were Ben King, Chris Horner, George Bennett, Grégory Rast, Jens Voigt, Markel Irizar, Matthew Busche and Tiago Machado
  6. ↑ The riders on the squad were Linus Gerdemann, Laurent Didier, Jakob Fuglsang, Fränk Schleck, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Grégory Rast and Jens Voigt
  7. ↑ The riders on the squad were George Bennett, Matthew Busche, Markel Irizar, Ben King, Laurent Didier, Jakob Fuglsang, Thomas Rohregger and Oliver Zaugg
  8. ↑ The riders on the squad were Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Tony Gallopin, Chris Horner, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Yaroslav Popovych, Jens Voigt and Haimar Zubeldia
  9. ↑ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
  10. ↑ The riders on the squad were Chris Horner, George Bennett, Matthew Busche, Ben King, Joost Posthuma, Thomas Rohregger, Jens Voigt and Oliver Zaugg
  11. ↑ The riders on the squad were Andreas Klöden, Ben King, Chris Horner, George Bennett, Jakob Fuglsang, Jens Voigt, Matthew Busche, Oliver Zaugg and Thomas Rohregger

References

  1. ↑ "Leopard-Trek confirm RadioShack merger". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Reuters. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Becca Confirms Nygaard's Departure From Leopard Trek". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Leopard Trek confirms merger with RadioShack". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "RadioShack-Nissan (RNT) – LUX". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  6. ↑ van Eyck, Xylon (18 November 2011). "George Bennett relishing RadioShack Nissan opportunity". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Hood, Andrew (7 November 2011). "Busche staying with RadioShack-Leopard-Trek merger". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Laurent Didier to ride for Radioshack-Nissan-Trek in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Gallopin looks ahead to Cancellara classics apprenticeship". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Leopard Trek signs Hermans to its 2012 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Chris Horner confirms he will be staying with RadioShack-Nissan-Trek in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  12. ↑ Ryan, Barry (9 December 2011). "King looking to continue progress with RadioShack-Nissan-Trek". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Machado to ride with Radioshack-Nissan-Trek". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  14. ↑ "Popovych to help Cancellara at Flanders and Roubaix". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  15. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (23 August 2011). "Rast to ride for Leopard Trek in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "Roulston confirms with Radioshack for 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  17. ↑ van Eyck, Xylon (22 October 2011). "Will Clarke leaves Leopard Trek for Champion System". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  18. 1 2 "Denifl and Mortensen to Vacansoleil". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  19. ↑ "Feillu finds saviour in Saur Sojasun". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  20. ↑ "Klemme joins Project 1t4i". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  21. ↑ "Lund returning to Saxo Bank". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  22. ↑ Aubrey, Jane (8 October 2011). "GreenEDGE confirms O'Grady recruitment". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  23. ↑ "Pedersen signs with Christina Watches Onfone". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  24. ↑ "Pires from Leopard Trek to SaxoBank Sungard". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  25. ↑ "Stamsnijder signs for Project 1t4i". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  26. ↑ "Viganò joins Lampre-ISD for 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  27. ↑ Westemeyer, Susan (25 October 2011). "Wegmann to Garmin-Cervelo". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  28. ↑ Fotheringham, William (9 May 2011). "Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt killed in Giro d'Italia crash". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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