2012 FDJ–BigMat season explained

Team:FDJ–BigMat
Season:2012
Men:yes
Ucicode:FDJ
Status:UCI ProTeam
Wtrank:18th (246 points)
Manager:Marc Madiot
Sponsor:Française des Jeux & BigMat
Base:France
Bikes:Lapierre
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:5
Stageraceoverall:1
Stageracestages:16
Natcwins:2
Mostwins:Arnaud Démare (6 wins)
Bestrider:Thibaut Pinot (60th)[1]
Previous:2011
Next:2013

The 2012 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, the team were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

After a season at Professional Continental level in 2011, FDJ were promoted back to the top tier for the 2012 season, taking one of the two vacant licences that had been made available following the conclusion of the 2011 season.[2] Also prior to the season, French building merchants BigMat joined the team as co-sponsors, contributing €2 million to the team.[3]

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[4]

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Rider2011 team
Arnaud Démareneo-pro (stagiaire:)[5]
Kenny Elissondeneo-pro (stagiaire:)[6]
David Boucher[7]
Gabriel Rasch
Jussi Veikkanen
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Rider2012 team
Gianni Meersman[8]
Wesley Sulzberger[9]
Olivier BonnaireNone

Season victories

Yauheni Hutarovich won the National Road Race Championship of Belarus, and Nacer Bouhanni won the French National Road Race Championships on 24 June.

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Ref
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1 [10]
Tour of Qatar, Stage 6
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stage 2
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Points classification [11]
Critérium International, Stage 3
Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification [12]
Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 1
Circuit de Lorraine, Overall
Circuit de Lorraine, Points classification [13]
Circuit de Lorraine, Young rider classification [14]
Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5
Route du Sud, Stage 2
Tour de France, Stage 8
Tour de France, Stage 15
Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1
Paris–Corrèze, Stage 2
Paris–Corrèze, Points classification [15]
Tour de l'Ain, Stage 1
Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2a
Tour de l'Ain, Stage 5
Tour du Limousin, Stage 4
Tour du Limousin, Teams classification [16] [17] [18]
Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCI WorldTour Ranking - 2012: Individual. https://archive.today/20121216081822/http://www.uci.html.infostradasports.com/asp/redirect/uci.asp?page=cr_worldranking&SportID=102&CompetitionID=24055&SeasonID=482&EventPhaseID=712678&EventID=12146&ContainerEventID=0&GenderID=1&ClassID=1&detail=0&Taalcode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=2. dead. 16 December 2012. UCI World Tour. Infostrada Sports; Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 October 2012. 10 February 2015.
  2. News: FDJ, Euskaltel–Euskadi and AG2R confirmed for WorldTour. Cycling News. 21 November 2011. 17 January 2012.
  3. News: BigMat joins FDJ as name sponsor in 2012. Ben. Atkins. 23 November 2011. 17 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
  4. Web site: FDJ-BigMat (FDJ) – FRA. 17 January 2012. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211012623/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTI&RefDate=01.01.2012&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. dead.
  5. News: Démare, espoir français de l'année. French. Démare, French hope of the year. 5 December 2011. 17 January 2012. Velochrono.fr. Velochrono.
  6. News: Elissonde deux ans chez FDJ. French. Elissonde two years with FDJ. 10 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Velochrono.fr. Velochrono. Alexandre. Philippon.
  7. News: BigMat joins FDJ as co-sponsor in 2012. 24 November 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News.
  8. News: Meersman signs with Lotto–Belisol. 29 November 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News.
  9. News: Wesley Sulzberger to link up with GreenEdge in 2012. 13 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News.
  10. Web site: 2012 » Equipe Cycliste FDJ-BigMat (WT). ProCyclingStats.com. 10 February 2015.
  11. Web site: 2012 » Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2.1) Points Classification. ProCyclingStats.com. 10 February 2015.
  12. Web site: Quénet. Jean-François. Dekker wins final stage of Circuit de la Sarthe. cyclingnews.com. 10 February 2015. 6 April 2012.
  13. Web site: 2012 » Circuit de Lorraine Professionnel (2.1) Points Classification. ProCyclingStats.com. 10 February 2015.
  14. Web site: 2012 » Circuit de Lorraine Professionnel (2.1) Youth Classification. 10 February 2015.
  15. Web site: 2012 » Paris - Corrèze (2.1) Points Classification. ProCyclingStats.com. 10 February 2015.
  16. The riders on the squad were Arnaud Gérard, Anthony Geslin, Francis Mourey, Jérémy Roy, Anthony Roux, Sébastien Bergeret and Eduardo Sepúlveda
  17. Web site: 2012 - 45ème édition (du 14 au 17/8). tourdulimousin.com. Tour du Limousin. French. 10 February 2015. Meilleure équipe : FDJ-BIG MAT.
  18. Web site: 2012 Tour du Limousin start list. cyclingnews.com. 10 February 2015. 13 August 2012.

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