2012 Liquigas–Cannondale season explained

2012 Liquigas–Cannondale seasonpadding=15px
ManagerRoberto Amadio
One-day victories5
Stage race overall victories4
Stage race stage victories26
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The 2012 season for 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.

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[1]

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Rider2011 team
Stefano Agostinistagiaire [2]
Federico Canuti
Moreno Moserstagiaire [3]
Daniele Ratto
Cayetano Sarmiento[4]
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Rider2012 team
Jacopo Guarnieri[5]
Francesco BellottiNone
Davide Cimolai[6]
Mauro FinettoNone
Simone Ponzi[7]
Cameron Wurf[8]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour de San Luis, Stage 6 Quines
Donoratico
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Stage 1 Chiaravalle Centrale
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Stage 2 Reggio Calabria
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Overall
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Young rider classification
Tour of Oman, Stage 2 Wadi Dhaiqah
Tour of Oman, Stage 5 Jabal al Akhdar
Laigueglia
Tour of Oman, Points classification
Lugano
Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 4 Chieti
Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 5 Prati di Tivo
Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico, Points classification
Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 2a Gatteo
Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1 Oudenaarde
Frankfurt
Tour of California, Stage 1 Santa Rosa
Tour of California, Stage 2 Santa Cruz County
Tour of California, Stage 3 Livermore
Tour of California, Stage 4 Clovis
Tour of California, Stage 8 Los Angeles
Tour of California, Sprints classification
Tour de Suisse, Stage 1 Lugano
Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification
Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 Aarberg
Tour de Suisse, Stage 4 Trimbach-Olten
Tour de Suisse, Stage 6 Bischofszell
Tour de Suisse, Points classification
Tour of Slovenia, Stage 4 Ljubljana
Tour of Slovenia, Points classification
Tour of Slovenia, Teams classification [9]
Tour de France, Stage 1 Seraing
Tour de France, Stage 3 Boulogne-sur-Mer
Tour de France, Stage 6 Metz
Tour de Pologne, Stage 1 Jelenia Góra
Tour de Pologne, Stage 6 Bukowina Tatrzańska
Tour de Pologne, Overall
Tour de France, Points classification
Giro di Padania, Stage 4 Passo della Bocchetta
Giro di Padania, Overall
Giro di Padania, Points classification
Giro di Padania, Mountains classification
Tour of Beijing, Stage 1 Bird's Nest
Tour of Beijing, Teams classification [10]
Utsunomiya

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liquigas-Cannondale (LIQ) - ITA. 17 January 2012. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
  2. News: Liquigas-Cannondale presents 2012 team with ambition for continued success. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 12 January 2012. 17 January 2012. Ben. Atkins.
  3. News: Americans Timmy Duggan, Ted King stick with Liquigas-Cannondale for 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. 22 November 2011. 17 January 2012.
  4. News: Six new faces at Liquigas-Cannondale. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 23 November 2011. 17 January 2012.
  5. News: Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons. 22 August 2011. 17 January 2012. astana.lu. .
  6. News: VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 5 November 2011. 17 January 2012. Davide Cimolai bolsters Lampre-ISD sprint train. Xylon. van Eyck.
  7. News: Transferts 2011-2012. French. Transfers 2011-2012. 17 January 2012. Velochrono.fr. Velochrono.
  8. News: New role for Wurf at Champion System. Jane. Aubrey. 14 February 2012. 14 February 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  9. The riders on the squad were Valerio Agnoli, Maciej Bodnar, Damiano Caruso, Kristijan Koren, Alan Marangoni, Dominik Nerz, Daniele Ratto and Juraj Sagan
  10. The riders on the squad were Moreno Moser, Eros Capecchi, Mauro Da Dalto, Tiziano Dall'Antonia, Maciej Paterski, Daniele Ratto, Cristiano Salerno and Elia Viviani