2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season explained

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ManagerShayne Bannan
One-day victories3
Stage race overall victories4
Stage race stage victories18
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The 2012 season for the cycling team began in January at the Bay Classic Series. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

The team formed for the 2012 season as part of a scheme to promote cycling talent in Australia, and not come into such difficulties suffered by another Australian team – Pegasus Sports – which folded without contesting a race due to sponsorship issues.[1] Much of the team's ridership is Australian, almost entirely anglophone, and the team competes under an Australian licence; as such, becoming the first Australian team to be part of the top-tier of professional cycling.[2] Its manager is Shayne Bannan, the former Performance Director of Cycling Australia, while team's senior Director Sportif is ex-professional road cyclist Matt White, who had a similar role at before being sacked.

Known simply as for the first four months of 2012, the team acquired Orica as a title sponsor shortly before the Giro d'Italia.[3]

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[4]

Riders' 2011 teams

Rider2011 team
Michael Albasini[5]
Fumiyuki Beppu[6]
Jack Bobridge[7]
Simon Clarke[8]
Baden Cooke[9]
Allan Davis[10]
Julian Dean[11]
Mitchell Docker[12]
Luke Durbridgeneo-pro (Team Jayco-Skins)[13]
Simon Gerrans[14]
Matthew Goss[15]
Michael Hepburnneo-pro (Team Jayco-Skins)
Leigh Howard[16]
Daryl Impey[17]
Jens Keukeleire[18]
Rider2011 team
Aidis Kruopis[19]
Brett Lancaster[20]
Sebastian Langeveld[21]
Robbie McEwen[22]
Christian Meier
Cameron Meyer
Travis Meyer
Jens Mouris[23]
Stuart O'Grady[24]
Wesley Sulzberger[25]
Daniel Teklehaymanotneo-pro (stagiaire, 2010)[26]
Svein Tuft[27]
Tomas Vaitkus[28]
Pieter Weening[29]
Matt Wilson[30]

One-day races

The week after the Bay Classic Series,[31] the team swept the Australian national championships in Buninyong, Victoria, as Gerrans – one of 16 GreenEDGE riders in the race – won the road race title,[32] and Durbridge won the time trial title ahead of team-mate Cameron Meyer.[33]

Stage races

The team made its debut on New Year's Day, in the Bay Classic Series in Victoria, Australia. Davis won the men's classification racing for GreenEDGE's second team in the race, Mitchelton Wines/Lowe Farms.[34]

In January, Gerrans won the Tour Down Under, giving the team an overall victory in its first World Tour event.[35]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour Down Under, Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1 Team time trial[36] Donoratico
Sanremo
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1 Calella
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 Girona
Volta a Catalunya, Overall
Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 2 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 3 Angers
Circuit de la Sarthe, Overall
Circuit de la Sarthe, Young rider classification
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Points classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 3 Horsens
Glava Tour of Norway, Stage 3 Elverum
Critérium du Dauphiné, Prologue Grenoble
Tour of Slovenia, Stage 2 Metlika
Tour de Suisse, Stage 8 Arosa
Tour de Pologne, Stage 4 Katowice
Eneco Tour, Stage 2 Team time trial[37] Sittard
Eneco Tour, Stage 6 Ardooie
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 1 Royan
Vuelta a España, Stage 4 Valdezcaray
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 2 Melle
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 4 La Roche-Posay
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Points classification
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Young rider classification
Quebec City
Vuelta a España, Mountains classification
Tour of Britain, Stage 2 Knowsley Safari Park

Marigny

Notes and References

  1. News: GreenEDGE cycling team launched, pushing to be first Australian ProTeam by 2012. Ben. Atkins. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 17 January 2011. 17 January 2012.
  2. News: RadioShack Nissan and GreenEdge approved for 2012 ProTeam licences. Shane. Stokes. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 5 December 2011. 17 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Orica joins GreenEdge in three-year sponsorship deal. May 2012.
  4. Web site: GreenEDGE Cycling Team (GEC) – ITA. 17 January 2012. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
  5. News: Albasini joins GreenEdge in an "easy decision". Jane. Aubrey. 5 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  6. News: Beppu finally confirmed for GreenEdge. 5 October 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  7. News: Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge. 5 August 2011. 1 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  8. News: Clarke bound for GreenEdge. Jane. Aubrey. 23 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  9. News: Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to ride for GreenEdge in 2012. Stephen. Farrand. 27 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  10. News: Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights. 20 September 2011. 17 January 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. Agence France-Presse. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127014017/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/09/news/davis-joins-greenedge-with-london-games-in-sights_192988. dead.
  11. News: Julian Dean confirmed for GreenEdge. 4 October 2011. 17 January 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. 7 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160707022739/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/10/news/julian-dean-confirmed-for-greenedge_194313. dead.
  12. News: Docker joins GreenEdge in boost to classics line up. Jane. Aubrey. 27 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  13. News: GreenEdge completes 2012 roster with Durbridge, Hepburn. 8 November 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  14. News: GreenEdge add Gerrans to 2012 roster. Alex. Hinds. 18 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  15. News: Goss signs for GreenEdge. Andy. McGrath. 6 September 2011. 1 January 2012. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited.
  16. News: GreenEdge snares Howard. 12 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  17. News: GreenEdge adds Impey, Meier. 11 October 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  18. News: GreenEdge's classics ambitions boosted with Keukeleire. Jane. Aubrey. 9 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  19. News: Aidis Kruopis latest to join GreenEdge. 30 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  20. News: Lancaster to ride for GreenEdge. 21 September 2011. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 January 2012.
  21. News: Langeveld joins GreenEdge. 17 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  22. News: McEwen and Beppu to GreenEdge. Alex. Hinds. 1 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  23. News: GreenEdge engine room gets a boost with Mouris. Jane. Aubrey. 22 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  24. News: GreenEdge confirms O'Grady recruitment. Jane. Aubrey. 8 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  25. News: Wesley Sulzberger to link up with GreenEdge in 2012. 13 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  26. News: Teklehaymanot signs for GreenEDGE. 4 August 2011. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 January 2012. Pierre. Carrey.
  27. News: Tuft heads back to the WorldTour with GreenEdge. Jane. Aubrey. 24 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  28. News: Versatile Vaitkus leaves Astana for GreenEdge. Jane. Aubrey. 29 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  29. News: Weening joins GreenEdge. Jane. Aubrey. 10 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  30. News: GreenEDGE adds Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to 2012 roster. Ben. Atkins. 26 August 2011. 17 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
  31. News: GreenEDGE plots winning game plan. https://archive.today/20120721221002/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/greenedge-plots-winning-game-plan/story-fnakze2g-1226238604198. dead. July 21, 2012. 6 January 2012. Adelaide Now. News Limited. Reece. Homfray. 17 January 2012.
  32. News: Gerrans clinches Aussie cycling title. 8 January 2012. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press. 17 January 2012.
  33. News: Under 23 world champion Durbridge ousts Meyer in Learmonth. 10 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 January 2012. Jane. Aubrey. Alex. Hinds.
  34. News: Hoskins holds on to final day lead to celebrate a deserved overall win. Aubrey. Jane. 4 January 2011. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 January 2012.
  35. News: Gerrans crowned Tour Down Under champion in Adelaide . Alex . Hinds . 22 January 2012 . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited . 23 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120123113125/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tourdownunder/stage-6/results . 23 January 2012 .
  36. The riders on the squad were Matthew Goss, Stuart O'Grady, Sebastian Langeveld, Jens Mouris, Baden Cooke, Tomas Vaitkus, Svein Tuft, and Cameron Meyer
  37. The riders on the squad were Sebastian Langeveld, Leigh Howard, Jens Keukeleire, Aidis Kruopis, Luke Durbridge, Jens Mouris, Svein Tuft, and Fumiyuki Beppu

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