2012 Euskaltel–Euskadi season
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The 2012 season for Euskaltel–Euskadi 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.
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| Manager | Miguel Madariaga | ||
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| Stage race overall victories | 1 | ||
| Stage race stage victories | 6 | ||
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The team experiences a managerial change, as Igor González de Galdeano left the post at the end of 2011 season,[1] and was replaced by the man named, Miguel Madariaga.[2] Madariaga has stated that he was taking the position only for 2012 and will leave before 2013, perhaps not coincidentally when the Basque government will remove or at least greatly reduce their financial commitment to the team.[3]
2012 roster
Ages as of 1 January 2012.[4]
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Season victories
| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
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| 24 March | Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour |  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Badalona |
| 4 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Eibar |
| 7 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Oñati |
| 7 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Overall | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | |
| 7 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Points classification | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | |
| 28 April | Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2b | UCI Europe Tour | Jon Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | Piedras Blancas |
| 22 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 16 | UCI World Tour | Jon Izagirre (ESP) |  Italy | Falzes-Pfalzen |
| 25 July | Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia | UCI Europe Tour | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | Ordizia |
| 15 September | Tour of Britain, Stage 7 | UCI Europe Tour | Pablo Urtasun (ESP) |  Great Britain | Dartmouth |
Death of Victor Cabedo
On September 19, 2012, squad member Victor Cabedo died in a training accident near his home of Onda, following a collision with a vehicle, subsequently falling into a ravine. He was 23.[11]