| Teamname: | 2012 AA Drink–leontien.nl |
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| Series: | UCI Team |
| Rank: | 4th |
| Bestrider: | Shelley Olds (10th) |
| Previous: | 2011 |
The 2012 women's road cycling season was the eighth (and last) year for AA Drink–leontien.nl (UCI code: LNL), which began as Van Bemmelen–AA Drink in 2005.
See also: List of 2012 UCI Women's Teams and riders.
The 2012 women's road racing team included six riders who were formerly members of the disbanded Garmin–Cervélo women's team: British cyclists Emma Pooley, Lizzie Armitstead, Sharon Laws and Lucy Martin, Belgian Jessie Daams and Australian Carla Ryan.[1] [2]
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
See also: 2012 in women's road cycling.
| Date | Nation | Race | Cat. | Winner |
|---|
Ladies Tour of Qatar Stages 1 & 3, Kirsten Wild
Omloop van het Hageland – Tielt-Winge, Lizzie Armitstead
Gent – Wevelgem WE, Lizzie Armitstead
Stage 4a Energiewacht Tour, Kirsten Wild
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup, Shelley Olds-Evans
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, Emma Pooley
Overall Rabobank Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden, Kirsten Wild
Stage 3, Kirsten Wild
Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Shelley Olds-Evans
Stage 2 Tour de Feminin – Krasna Lipa, Kirsten Wild
Stage 3 Tour de Feminin – Krasna Lipa, Lucinda Brand
Stage 3 Tour Féminin en Limousin, Lucinda Brand
Stage 6 International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Jessie Daams
Stage 2 Route de France Féminine, Lucinda Brand
Stages 1 & 2 Lotto–Decca Tour, Kirsten Wild
Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche, Emma Pooley
Stages 3 & 5, Emma Pooley
Stage 6, Carla Ryan
Stage 3 BrainWash Ladies Tour, Kirsten Wild
See also: 2012 in women's road cycling.
| Date | Race | Best rider | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March | 1 | Ronde van Drenthe | Kirsten Wild | 2nd | |
| 25 March | 2 | Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio |  Emma Pooley | 8th | |
| 1 April | 3 | Tour of Flanders | Kirsten Wild | 4th | |
| 18 April | 4 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | Lucinda Brand | 4th | |
| 13 May | 5 | Tour of Chongming Island |  Shelley Olds | 1st | |
| 17 August | 6 | Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT | AA Drink–leontien.nl | 4th | |
| 19 August | 7 | Open de Suède Vårgårda | Shelley Olds | 4th | |
| 25 August | 8 | GP de Plouay | Lucinda Brand | 14th | |
| Final individual classification | Shelley Olds | 5th | |||
| Final team classification | AA Drink–leontien.nl | 4th | |||
| Date | Race | Rider | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July | 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race | 2nd | ||
| 1 August | 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's time trial | 6th | ||
| 3-4 August | 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit | (with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder) | 6th | |
| 16 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial | AA Drink–leontien.nl | 3rd | |
| 18 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial | 4th | ||
| 22 September | UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race | 15th |
| Grand tour | Giro d'Italia Femminile | |
|---|---|---|
| Rider (classification) | Emma Pooley[5] | |
| Victories | 1 stage win |
See main article: Women's 3000 m track cycling team pursuit Dutch record progression. Kirsten Wild, as part of the national team, broke together with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder the Dutch team pursuit record at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
See main article: 2012 UCI Women's Road World Rankings.
The team finished 4th in the UCI ranking for teams.[4]
| Rider | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 393.75 | ||
| 12 | 381.5 | ||
| 13 | 373.75 | ||
| 14 | 365 | ||
| 39 | 182.5 | ||
| 84 | 150 | ||
| 86 | 66.25 | ||
| 84 | 64.25 | ||
| 95 | 59 | ||
| 145 | 29 | ||
| 147 | 28 | ||
| 190 | 15 | ||
| 221 | 12 |