2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season
The 2012 season for the Orica–GreenEDGE 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 Garmin–Cervélo before being sacked.
Known simply as GreenEDGE 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
One-day races
The week after the Bay Classic Series,[ 33] 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 ,[ 34] and Durbridge won the time trial title ahead of team-mate Cameron Meyer.[ 35]
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.[ 36]
In January, Gerrans won the Tour Down Under , giving the team an overall victory in its first World Tour event.[ 37]
Season victories
Date
Race
Competition
Rider
Country
Location
22 January
Tour Down Under , Overall
UCI World Tour
Simon Gerrans (AUS )
Australia
7 March
Tirreno–Adriatico , Stage 1
UCI World Tour
Team time trial[ N 3]
Italy
Donoratico
17 March
Milan–San Remo
UCI World Tour
Simon Gerrans (AUS )
Italy
Sanremo
19 March
Volta a Catalunya , Stage 1
UCI World Tour
Michael Albasini (SUI )
Spain
Calella
20 March
Volta a Catalunya , Stage 2
UCI World Tour
Michael Albasini (SUI )
Spain
Girona
25 March
Volta a Catalunya , Overall
UCI World Tour
Michael Albasini (SUI )
Spain
3 April
Tour of the Basque Country , Stage 2
UCI World Tour
Daryl Impey (RSA )
Spain
Vitoria-Gasteiz
4 April
Circuit de la Sarthe , Stage 3
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
Angers
6 April
Circuit de la Sarthe , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
6 April
Circuit de la Sarthe , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
29 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Points classification
UCI Europe Tour
Matthew Goss (AUS )
Turkey
7 May
Giro d'Italia , Stage 3
UCI World Tour
Matthew Goss (AUS )
Denmark
Horsens
18 May
Glava Tour of Norway , Stage 3
UCI Europe Tour
Aidis Kruopis (LIT )
Norway
Elverum
3 June
Critérium du Dauphiné , Prologue
UCI World Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
Grenoble
15 June
Tour of Slovenia , Stage 2
UCI Europe Tour
Daryl Impey (RSA )
Slovenia
Metlika
16 June
Tour de Suisse , Stage 8
UCI World Tour
Michael Albasini (SUI )
Switzerland
Arosa
13 July
Tour de Pologne , Stage 4
UCI World Tour
Aidis Kruopis (LIT )
Poland
Katowice
7 August
Eneco Tour , Stage 2
UCI World Tour
Team time trial[ N 4]
Netherlands
Sittard
11 August
Eneco Tour , Stage 6
UCI World Tour
Svein Tuft (CAN )
Belgium
Ardooie
21 August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Stage 1
UCI Europe Tour
Aidis Kruopis (LTU )
France
Royan
21 August
Vuelta a España , Stage 4
UCI World Tour
Simon Clarke (AUS )
Spain
Valdezcaray
22 August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Stage 2
UCI Europe Tour
Aidis Kruopis (LTU )
France
Melle
23 August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Stage 4
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
La Roche-Posay
24 August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
24 August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Points classification
UCI Europe Tour
Aidis Kruopis (LTU )
France
24 August
Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS )
France
7 September
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
UCI World Tour
Simon Gerrans (AUS )
Canada
Quebec City
9 September
Vuelta a España , Mountains classification
UCI World Tour
Simon Clarke (AUS )
Spain
10 September
Tour of Britain , Stage 2
UCI Europe Tour
Leigh Howard (AUS )
Great Britain
Knowsley Safari Park
30 September
Duo Normand
UCI Europe Tour
Luke Durbridge (AUS ) Svein Tuft (CAN )
France
Marigny
^ Bewley joined the team on 22 May.[ 5]
^ McEwen retired from the competitive aspect of the sport on 20 May, at the conclusion of the Tour of California , and became a technical advisor for this team.[ 6]
^ The riders on the squad were Matthew Goss , Stuart O'Grady , Sebastian Langeveld , Jens Mouris , Baden Cooke , Tomas Vaitkus , Svein Tuft , and Cameron Meyer
^ 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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