2012 Lotto–Belisol season

2012 Lotto–Belisol season
Manager Marc Sergeant
One-day victories 5
Stage race overall victories 1
Stage race stage victories 22
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The 2012 season for Lotto–Belisol 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.

At the end of the 2011 season, Lotto parted company with co-sponsors Omega Pharma after seven seasons together, before window manufacturer Belisol joined the team as co-sponsor for three seasons.[1]

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[2]

Rider Date of birth
 Lars Bak (DEN) (1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 31)
 Gaëtan Bille (BEL) (1988-04-06)6 April 1988 (aged 23)
 Brian Bulgac (NED) (1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 23)
 Sander Cordeel (BEL) (1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 24)
 Bart De Clercq (BEL) (1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 25)
 Francis De Greef (BEL) (1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 26)
 Jens Debusschere (BEL) (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 22)
 Kenny Dehaes (BEL) (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 27)
 Gert Dockx (BEL) (1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 23)
 André Greipel (GER) (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 29)
 Adam Hansen (AUS) (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 30)
 Greg Henderson (NZL) (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (aged 35)
 Olivier Kaisen (BEL) (1983-04-30)30 April 1983 (aged 28)
 Gianni Meersman (BEL) (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 26)
 Maarten Neyens (BEL) (1983-05-24)24 May 1983 (aged 28)
Rider Date of birth
 Vicente Reynès (ESP) (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 30)
 Fréderique Robert (BEL) (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 22)
 Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) (1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 26)
 Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 29)
 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 (aged 30)
 Thomas Sprengers[N 1] (BEL) (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 21)
 Jurgen Van de Walle (BEL) (1977-02-09)9 February 1977 (aged 34)
 Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) (1983-02-01)1 February 1983 (aged 28)
 Tosh van der Sande (BEL) (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 21)
 Joost van Leijen (NED) (1984-07-20)20 July 1984 (aged 27)
 Dennis Vanendert (BEL) (1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 23)
 Jelle Vanendert (BEL) (1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 26)
 Jonas Vangenechten (BEL) (1986-09-16)16 September 1986 (aged 25)
 Tim Wellens[N 2] (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 20)
 Frederik Willems (BEL) (1979-09-08)8 September 1979 (aged 32)
 Wouter Wippert[N 3] (NED) (1990-08-14)14 August 1990 (aged 21)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
15 January Cancer Council Helpline Classic National event  André Greipel (GER)  Australia Adelaide
17 January Tour Down Under, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Australia Clare
19 January Tour Down Under, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Australia Victor Harbor
22 January Tour Down Under, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Australia Adelaide
14 February Tour of Oman, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Oman Al Hauqain
15 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Gianni Meersman (BEL)  Portugal Albufeira
17 February Tour of Oman, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Oman Al Wadi al Kabir
7 March Paris–Nice, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Gianni Meersman (BEL)  France Rodez
29 March Three Days of De Panne, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Tosh van der Sande (BEL)  Belgium
5 April Grand Prix Pino Cerami UCI Europe Tour  Gaëtan Bille (BEL)  Belgium Frameries
23 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Turkey Antalya
17 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 UCI World Tour  Lars Bak (DEN)  Italy Sestri Levante
23 May Tour of Belgium, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium Buggenhout
24 May Tour of Belgium, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium Knokke-Heist
25 May Tour of Belgium, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium Beveren
27 May Giro d'Italia, Premio della Fuga UCI World Tour  Olivier Kaisen (BEL)  Italy
27 May Tour of Belgium, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium
31 May Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Luxembourg Hesperange
1 June Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Luxembourg Leudelange
3 June Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)  Luxembourg Luxembourg City
3 June Tour de Luxembourg, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Luxembourg
10 June ProRace Berlin UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Germany Berlin
15 June Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Netherlands Nuth-Schimmert
17 June Ster ZLM Toer, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4] [N 5]
4 July Tour de France, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  France Rouen
5 July Tour de France, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  France Saint-Quentin
14 July Tour de France, Stage 13 UCI World Tour  André Greipel (GER)  France Cap d'Agde
22 August Danmark Rundt, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Denmark Randers
23 August Danmark Rundt, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Denmark Aarhus
9 September Grand Prix de Fourmies UCI Europe Tour  Lars Bak (DEN)  France Fourmies
15 September GP Impanis-Van Petegem UCI Europe Tour  André Greipel (GER)  Belgium Haacht
27 September Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)  Belgium Menen
30 September Tour de l'Eurometropole, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)  Belgium
30 September Tour de l'Eurometropole, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)  Belgium
30 September Tour de l'Eurometropole, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 6]  Belgium

Footnotes

  1. ^ Sprengers joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Lotto-Belisol under-23 team.[3]
  2. ^ Wellens joined the team on 1 July.[4]
  3. ^ Wippert joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Lotto-Belisol under-23 team.[3]
  4. ^ The riders on the squad were Lars Bak, Jens Debusschere, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg and Joost van Leijen
  5. ^ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
  6. ^ The riders on the squad were André Greipel, Kenny Dehaes, Brian Bulgaç, Mehdi Sohrabi, Maarten Neyens, Jürgen Roelandts, Wouter Wippert and Jens Debusschere

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