| 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 |
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 |