2012 Vacansoleil–DCM season explained

2012 Vacansoleil–DCM season padding=15px
Manager	Daan Luijkx
One-day victories	6
Stage race overall victories	1
Stage race stage victories	8
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The 2012 season for began in January at 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.

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.^[1]

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season

Rider	2011 team
Kenny van Hummel	^[2]
Kris Boeckmans	^[3]
Bert-Jan Lindeman	stagiaire (; Jo Piels)^[4]
Barry Markus	stagiaire (; Rabobank continental team)
Gustav Larsson	^[5]
Stefan Denifl	^[6]
Martin Mortensen
Kevin van Impe	^[7]
Rafael Valls	^[8]
Tomasz Marczyński
Jacek Morajko
Nikita Novikov	^[9]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season

Rider	2012 team
Michał Gołaś	^[10]
Jens Mouris	^[11]
Borut Božič	^[12]
Maxim Belkov	^[13]
Joost van Leijen	^[14]
Gorik Gardeyn	^[15]
Santo Anzà	None
Ezequiel Mosquera	Sacked following doping suspension^[16]
Alberto Ongarato	None
Ruslan Pidgornyy	None

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 4				Bagnols-sur-Cèze
	Étoile de Bessèges, Mountains classification
	Paris–Nice, Stage 1				Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
	Vuelta a Murcia, Mountains classification
	Paris–Nice, Stage 5				Mende
					Coevorden
	Paris–Nice, Stage 7				Nice
	Paris–Nice, Mountains classification
	Paris–Nice, Teams classification		^[17]
	Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification
	Volta a Catalunya, Sprints classification
	Tour de Picardie, Stage 2				Villers-Bocage
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 20				Passo dello Stelvio
	Giro d'Italia, TV classification
	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 3				Differdange
	Tour de Luxembourg, Young rider classification
					Gippingen
	Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification
					Overijse
	Danmark Rundt, Stage 5				Kerteminde
	Danmark Rundt, Overall
		National event			Geraardsbergen
					Tours
					La Roche-sur-Yon

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) - NED. 17 January 2012. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
2. News: Kenny Van Hummel signs for Vacansoleil. Daniel. Benson. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 1 August 2011. 17 January 2012.
3. News: Vacansoleil hires Kris Boeckmans. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 18 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Bjorn. Haake.
4. News: Vacansoleil-DCM signs Barry Markus and Bert-Jan Lindeman. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 14 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Bjorn. Haake.
5. News: Vacansoleil snap up Larsson. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 10 October 2011. 17 January 2012.
6. News: Denifl and Mortensen to Vacansoleil. 14 October 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
7. News: Vacansoleil-DCM presented with twelve new riders for 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 3 January 2012. 17 January 2012. Ben. Atkins.
8. News: Vacansoleil announce Valls deal. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 8 December 2011. 17 January 2012.
9. News: Vacansoleil-DCM swoops in on young Russian climber Nikita Novikov. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 17 September 2011. 17 January 2012. Xylon. van Eyck.
10. News: Omega Pharma – Quick Step recrute Golas. 5 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Velochrono.fr. Velochrono. French. Omega Pharma - Quick Step recruits Golas. Ce vendredi, la future équipe Omega Pharma – Quick Step a officialisé la venue de Michal Kwiatkowski pour 2012, mais aussi celle d’un autre Polonais, Michal Golas. [This Friday, the future Omega Pharma - Quick Step has formalized the arrival of Michal Kwiatkowski for 2012, but also that of another Pole, Michal Golas]. Alexandre. Philippon.
11. News: GreenEdge engine room gets a boost with Mouris. Jane. Aubrey. 22 August 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
12. News: Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers. 19 September 2011. 17 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
13. News: Katusha Team confirms its eleven new signings for 2012 season. Shane. Stokes. 26 October 2011. 17 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
14. News: Lotto-Belisol reveals 2012 kit. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 November 2011. 17 January 2012.
15. News: Gardeyn signs with Champion System. 27 December 2011. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
16. News: Vacansoleil confirm that they fired Mosquera. Susan. Westemeyer. 5 January 2012. 17 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
17. The riders on the squad were Romain Feillu, Kris Boeckmans, Thomas De Gendt, Sergey Lagutin, Gustav Larsson, Björn Leukemans, Frederik Veuchelen and Lieuwe Westra