2012 Garmin–Sharp season

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The 2012 season for the Garmin–Sharp cycling team 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 Garmin–Sharp season
Manager Jonathan Vaughters
One-day victories 2
Stage race overall victories 3
Stage race stage victories 15
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Ahead of the season, the team again changed names – for the fifth time in as many years – from Garmin–Cervélo to Garmin-Barracuda, after Barracuda Networks joined the team as its co-sponsor. Despite giving up the team's second name, Cervélo remains with the team as its official bicycle supplier.[1] Before the Tour de France, the team acquired Sharp as a secondary title sponsor, with the team's name becoming Garmin–Sharp for UCI designation, although retaining Barracuda for the team's own publications as Garmin–Sharp–Barracuda.[2][3]

2012 roster

Ages as of January 1, 2012.[4]

More information Rider, Date of birth ...
Rider Date of birth
 Jack Bauer (NZL) (1985-04-07)April 7, 1985 (aged 26)
 Tom Danielson (USA) (1978-03-13)March 13, 1978 (aged 33)
 Thomas Dekker (NED) (1984-09-06)September 6, 1984 (aged 27)
 Tyler Farrar (USA) (1984-06-02)June 2, 1984 (aged 27)
 Koldo Fernández (ESP) (1981-09-13)September 13, 1981 (aged 30)
 Murilo Fischer (BRA) (1979-06-17)June 17, 1979 (aged 32)
 Nathan Haas (AUS) (1989-03-12)March 12, 1989 (aged 22)
 Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)February 25, 1984 (aged 27)
 Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) (1980-12-09)December 9, 1980 (aged 31)
 Alex Howes (USA) (1988-01-01)January 1, 1988 (aged 24)
 Robert Hunter (RSA) (1977-04-22)April 22, 1977 (aged 34)
 Andreas Klier (GER) (1976-01-15)January 15, 1976 (aged 35)
 Michel Kreder (NED) (1987-08-15)August 15, 1987 (aged 24)
 Raymond Kreder (NED) (1989-11-26)November 26, 1989 (aged 22)
 Christophe Le Mével (FRA) (1980-09-11)September 11, 1980 (aged 31)
 Martijn Maaskant (NED) (1983-07-27)July 27, 1983 (aged 28)
Rider Date of birth
 Dan Martin (IRE) (1986-08-20)August 20, 1986 (aged 25)
 David Millar (GBR) (1977-01-04)January 4, 1977 (aged 34)
 Lachlan Morton[N 1] (AUS) (1992-01-02)January 2, 1992 (aged 19)
 Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) (1988-01-30)January 30, 1988 (aged 23)
 Thomas Peterson (USA) (1986-12-24)December 24, 1986 (aged 25)
 Alex Rasmussen[N 2] (DEN) (1984-06-09)June 9, 1984 (aged 27)
 Jacob Rathe (USA) (1991-03-13)March 13, 1991 (aged 20)
 Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) (1981-07-15)July 15, 1981 (aged 30)
 Tom Scully[N 3] (NZL) (1990-01-14)January 14, 1990 (aged 21)
 Peter Stetina (USA) (1987-08-08)August 8, 1987 (aged 24)
 Andrew Talansky (USA) (1988-11-23)November 23, 1988 (aged 23)
 Christian Vande Velde (USA) (1976-05-22)May 22, 1976 (aged 35)
 Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (1988-07-27)July 27, 1988 (aged 23)
 Johan Vansummeren (BEL) (1981-02-04)February 4, 1981 (aged 30)
 Steele Von Hoff[N 4] (AUS) (1987-12-31)December 31, 1987 (aged 24)
 Fabian Wegmann (GER) (1980-06-20)June 20, 1980 (aged 31)
 David Zabriskie (USA) (1979-01-12)January 12, 1979 (aged 32)
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Season victories

More information Date, Race ...
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
February 6Tour of Qatar, Stage 2UCI Asia TourTeam time trial[N 5] QatarLosail
February 10Tour of Qatar, Young rider classificationUCI Asia Tour Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) Qatar
February 10Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Michel Kreder (NED) FranceMartigues
February 11Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Michel Kreder (NED) FranceLa Londe-les-Maures
February 12Tour Méditerranéen, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Michel Kreder (NED) France
February 24Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1UCI Asia Tour David Zabriskie (USA) MalaysiaPutrajaya
February 25Omloop Het NieuwsbladUCI Europe Tour Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) BelgiumGhent
March 4Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 6] Belgium
March 25Volta a Catalunya, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 7] Spain
April 4Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Michel Kreder (NED) FranceAngers
April 6Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 5UCI Europe Tour Thomas Dekker (NED) FranceSablé-sur-Sarthe
April 29Tour de Romandie, Young rider classificationUCI World Tour Andrew Talansky (USA)  Switzerland
May 9Giro d'Italia, Stage 4UCI World TourTeam time trial[N 8] ItalyVerona
May 17Glava Tour of Norway, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Raymond Kreder (NED) NorwayDrammen
May 17Tour of California, Stage 5UCI America Tour David Zabriskie (USA) United StatesBakersfield
May 27Giro d'Italia, OverallUCI World Tour Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) Italy
May 27Giro d'Italia, Trofeo Super TeamUCI World Tour[N 8] Italy
July 13Tour de France, Stage 12UCI World Tour David Millar (GBR) FranceAnnonayDavézieux
August 8Tour of Utah, Stage 2UCI America TourTeam time trial[N 9] United StatesTooele
August 10Tour de l'Ain, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Andrew Talansky (USA) FranceSeptmoncel
August 11Tour de l'Ain, OverallUCI Europe Tour Andrew Talansky (USA) France
August 11Tour de l'Ain, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour Andrew Talansky (USA) France
August 20USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 1UCI America Tour Tyler Farrar (USA) United StatesTelluride
August 22USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 3UCI America Tour Tom Danielson (USA) United StatesAspen
August 24USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 5UCI America Tour Tyler Farrar (USA) United StatesColorado Springs
August 26USA Pro Cycling Challenge, OverallUCI America Tour Christian Vande Velde (USA) United States
August 26USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Points classificationUCI America Tour Tyler Farrar (USA) United States
September 10Zwevegem KoerseNational event Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) BelgiumZwevegem
October 13Tour of Beijing, Mountains classificationUCI World Tour Daniel Martin (IRL) China
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Footnotes

  1. Morton joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Chipotle-First Solar.[5]
  2. Rasmussen was fired by the team on July 4, following his backdated 18-month ban for violating the whereabouts system for anti-doping.[6]
  3. Scully joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Chipotle-First Solar.[5]
  4. Von Hoff joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Chipotle-First Solar.[5]

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