2012 RadioShack–Nissan season

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.

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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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) 14 February 1986 (aged 25)  Daniele Bennati (ITA) 24 September 1980 (aged 31)  George Bennett (NZL) 7 April 1990 (aged 21)  Matthew Busche (USA) 9 May 1985 (aged 26)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 18 March 1981 (aged 30)  Laurent Didier (LUX) 19 July 1984 (aged 27)  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) 22 March 1985 (aged 26)  Tony Gallopin (FRA) 24 May 1988 (aged 23)  Linus Gerdemann (GER) 16 September 1982 (aged 29)  Ben Hermans (BEL) 8 June 1986 (aged 25)  Chris Horner (USA) 10 November 1971 (aged 40)  Markel Irizar (ESP) 5 February 1980 (aged 31)  Ben King (USA) 22 March 1989 (aged 22)  Andreas Klöden (GER) 22 June 1975 (aged 36)  Tiago Machado (POR) 18 October 1985 (aged 26)

Rider Date of birth  Maxime Monfort (BEL) 14 January 1983 (aged 28)  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) 30 January 1989 (aged 22)  Nelson Oliveira (POR) 6 March 1989 (aged 22)  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) 4 January 1980 (aged 31)  Joost Posthuma (NED) 8 March 1981 (aged 30)  Grégory Rast (SUI) 17 January 1980 (aged 31)  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) 23 December 1982 (aged 29)  Hayden Roulston (NZL) 10 January 1981 (aged 30)  Andy Schleck (LUX) 10 June 1985 (aged 26)  Fränk Schleck (LUX) 15 April 1980 (aged 31)  Jesse Sergent (NZL) 8 July 1988 (aged 23)  Jens Voigt (GER) 17 September 1971 (aged 40)  Robert Wagner (GER) 17 April 1983 (aged 28)  Oliver Zaugg (SUI) 9 May 1981 (aged 30)  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) 1 April 1977 (aged 34)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season Rider 2011 team Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma–Lotto[5] George Bennett stagiaire (Team RadioShack)[6] Matthew Busche Team RadioShack[7] Laurent Didier Saxo Bank–SunGard[8] Tony Gallopin Cofidis[9] Ben Hermans Team RadioShack[10] Chris Horner Team RadioShack[11] Markel Irizar Team RadioShack[5] Ben King Team RadioShack[12] Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack[5] Tiago Machado Team RadioShack[13] Nelson Oliveira Team RadioShack[5] Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack[14] Grégory Rast Team RadioShack[15] Hayden Roulston HTC–Highroad[16] Jesse Sergent Team RadioShack[5] Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack[5]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season Rider 2011 team Will Clarke Champion System[17] Stefan Denifl Vacansoleil–DCM[18] Brice Feillu Saur–Sojasun[19] Dominic Klemme Project 1t4i[20] Anders Lund Team Saxo Bank[21] Martin Mortensen Vacansoleil–DCM[18] Stuart O'Grady GreenEDGE[22] Martin Pedersen Christina Watches–Onfone[23] Bruno Pires Team Saxo Bank[24] Tom Stamsnijder Project 1t4i[25] Davide Viganò Lampre–ISD[26] Fabian Wegmann Garmin–Barracuda[27] Wouter Weylandt Deceased[28]

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
22 January	Tour Down Under, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 1]	Australia
19 February	Tour of Oman, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	Oman
19 February	Tour of Oman, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	[N 2]	Oman
23 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 3]	Spain
3 March	Strade Bianche	UCI Europe Tour	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Italy	Siena
13 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Italy	San Benedetto del Tronto
6 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 4]	France
20 May	Tour of California, Teams classification	UCI America Tour	[N 5]	United States
27 May	Bayern-Rundfahrt, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	Germany
3 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Luxembourg
3 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 6]	Luxembourg
30 June	Tour de France, Prologue	UCI World Tour	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Belgium	Liège
4 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Austria	Sankt Johann im Pongau
8 July	Tour of Austria, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Austria
8 July	Tour of Austria, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 7]	Austria
22 July	Tour de France, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 8]	France
23 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Belgium	Beaufays
25 July	Tour de Wallonie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Belgium
25 July	Tour de Wallonie, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Belgium
25 July	Tour de Wallonie, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Laurent Didier (LUX)	Belgium
10 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Belgium	Aalter
12 August	Eneco Tour, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	[N 9]
12 August	Tour of Utah, Teams classification	UCI America Tour	[N 10]	United States
23 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	France	La Roche-Posay
23 August	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 4	UCI America Tour	Jens Voigt (GER)	United States	Beaver Creek
26 August	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Mountains classification	UCI America Tour	Jens Voigt (GER)	United States
26 August	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Teams classification	UCI America Tour	[N 11]	United States
6 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 18	UCI World Tour	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Spain	Valladolid

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

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