2012 BMC Racing Team season

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2012 BMC Racing Team season
Manager John Lelangue
One-day victories2
Stage race overall victories2
Stage race stage victories15
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The 2012 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with 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.

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2012 roster

Ages as of January 1, 2012. [1]

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA) (1979-11-06)November 6, 1979 (aged 32)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Blythe  (GBR) (1989-10-01)October 1, 1989 (aged 22)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brent Bookwalter  (USA) (1984-02-16)February 16, 1984 (aged 27)
Flag of Germany.svg  Marcus Burghardt  (GER) (1983-06-30)June 30, 1983 (aged 28)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cummings  (GBR) (1981-03-19)March 19, 1981 (aged 30)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Yannick Eijssen  (BEL) (1989-06-26)June 26, 1989 (aged 22)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS) (1977-02-14)February 14, 1977 (aged 34)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mathias Flückiger [N 1]  (SUI) (1988-09-27)September 27, 1988 (aged 23)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mathias Frank  (SUI) (1986-12-09)December 9, 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) (1982-07-05)July 5, 1982 (aged 29)
Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) (1973-06-29)June 29, 1973 (aged 38)
Flag of Norway.svg  Thor Hushovd  (NOR) (1978-01-18)January 18, 1978 (aged 33)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Martin Kohler  (SUI) (1985-07-17)July 17, 1985 (aged 26)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Klaas Lodewyck  (BEL) (1988-03-24)March 24, 1988 (aged 23)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of France.svg  Amaël Moinard  (FRA) (1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 29)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Steve Morabito  (SUI) (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983 (aged 28)
Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor Phinney  (USA) (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 21)
Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Pinotti  (ITA) (1976-02-25)February 25, 1976 (aged 35)
Flag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) (1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 (aged 32)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Timothy Roe  (AUS) (1989-10-28)October 28, 1989 (aged 22)
Flag of Italy.svg  Mauro Santambrogio  (ITA) (1984-10-07)October 7, 1984 (aged 27)
Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Santaromita  (ITA) (1984-04-30)April 30, 1984 (aged 27)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michael Schär  (SUI) (1986-09-29)September 29, 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Johann Tschopp  (SUI) (1982-07-01)July 1, 1982 (aged 29)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) (1985-05-17)May 17, 1985 (aged 26)
Flag of the United States.svg  Tejay van Garderen  (USA) (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 23)
Flag of the United States.svg  Larry Warbasse [N 2]  (USA) (1990-06-28)June 28, 1990 (aged 21)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Danilo Wyss  (SUI) (1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 26)

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
February 19 Tour of Oman, Combative classification UCI Asia Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Klaas Lodewyck  (BEL)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
March 11 Paris–Nice, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of the United States.svg  Tejay van Garderen  (USA)Flag of France.svg  France
March 24 Critérium International, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France Porto-Vecchio
March 25 Critérium International, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France
March 25 Critérium International, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France
April 7 Tour of the Basque Country, Sprints classification UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Pinotti  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
April 17 Giro del Trentino, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Team time trial [N 3] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arco
April 29 Giro di Toscana UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arezzo
May 5 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor Phinney  (USA)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Herning
May 27 Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Pinotti  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Milan
June 4 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France Saint-Vallier
June 10 Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classification UCI World Tour Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cadel Evans  (AUS)Flag of France.svg  France
June 17 Tour de Suisse, Swiss rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mathias Frank  (SUI)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
July 7 Tour of Austria, Stage 7 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Pinotti  (ITA)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Podersdorf am See
July 22 Tour de France, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of the United States.svg  Tejay van Garderen  (USA)Flag of France.svg  France
August 1 Paris–Corrèze, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Blythe  (GBR)Flag of France.svg  France Sassay
August 11 Tour of Utah, Stage 5 UCI America Tour Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Johann Tschopp  (SUI)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Snowbird
August 12 Eneco Tour, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Geraardsbergen
August 12 Tour of Utah, Overall UCI America Tour Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Johann Tschopp  (SUI)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
August 21 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 2 UCI America Tour Flag of the United States.svg  Tejay van Garderen  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Crested Butte
August 26 Vuelta a España, Stage 9 UCI World Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Barcelona
August 26 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 7 UCI America Tour Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor Phinney  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Denver
August 31 Vuelta a España, Stage 13 UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cummings  (GBR)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ferrol
September 7 Vuelta a España, Stage 19 UCI World Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain La Lastrilla
October 2 Binche–Tournai–Binche UCI Europe Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Blythe  (GBR)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Binche
October 13 Tour of Beijing, Stage 5 UCI World Tour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cummings  (GBR)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ping Gu

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Flückiger joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Trek World Racing. [1]
  2. ↑ Warbasse joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from BMC-Hincapie Sportswear. [1]
  3. ↑ The riders on the squad were Alessandro Ballan, Mathias Frank, Taylor Phinney, Marco Pinotti, Yannick Eijssen, Ivan Santaromita, Tim Roe, and Danilo Wyss

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