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2012 RadioShack–Nissan season

2012 RadioShack–Nissan season

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The 2012 season for the RadioShack–Nissan 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 RadioShack–Nissan season
Manager Johan Bruyneel
One-day victories 1
Stage race overall victories 3
Stage race stage victories 8
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For the 2012 season, the team was renamed from Leopard Trek to RadioShack–Nissan; in effect merging with the American Team RadioShack,[1] which ceased racing, and their former sponsors joined the Luxembourg-based squad. Johan Bruyneel along with twelve riders from the 2011 Team RadioShack squad moved to the team, joining eighteen riders from the Leopard Trek squad.[2][3]

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[4]

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Season victories

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Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    The riders on the squad were Daniele Bennati, Linus Gerdemann, Jan Bakelants, Tiago Machado, Hayden Roulston, Jesse Sergent and Jens Voigt
  2. [N 2]
    The riders on the squad were Andy Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Joost Posthuma, Jakob Fuglsang, Tony Gallopin, Yaroslav Popovych, Grégory Rast and Robert Wagner
  3. [N 3]
    The riders on the squad were Markel Irizar, Fränk Schleck, Jens Voigt, Haimar Zubeldia, Daniele Bennati, Linus Gerdemann and Maxime Monfort
  4. [N 4]
    The riders on the squad were George Bennett, Laurent Didier, Nelson Oliveira, Ben Hermans, Andy Schleck and Jan Bakelants
  5. [N 5]
    The riders on the squad were Ben King, Chris Horner, George Bennett, Grégory Rast, Jens Voigt, Markel Irizar, Matthew Busche and Tiago Machado
  6. [N 6]
    The riders on the squad were Linus Gerdemann, Laurent Didier, Jakob Fuglsang, Fränk Schleck, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Grégory Rast and Jens Voigt
  7. [N 7]
    The riders on the squad were George Bennett, Matthew Busche, Markel Irizar, Ben King, Laurent Didier, Jakob Fuglsang, Thomas Rohregger and Oliver Zaugg
  8. [N 8]
    The riders on the squad were Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Tony Gallopin, Chris Horner, Andreas Klöden, Maxime Monfort, Yaroslav Popovych, Jens Voigt and Haimar Zubeldia
  9. [N 9]
    Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
  10. [N 10]
    The riders on the squad were Chris Horner, George Bennett, Matthew Busche, Ben King, Joost Posthuma, Thomas Rohregger, Jens Voigt and Oliver Zaugg
  11. [N 11]
    The riders on the squad were Andreas Klöden, Ben King, Chris Horner, George Bennett, Jakob Fuglsang, Jens Voigt, Matthew Busche, Oliver Zaugg and Thomas Rohregger

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