2012 BMC Racing Team season

The 2012 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with 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 BMC Racing Team season
Manager John Lelangue
One-day victories 2
Stage race overall victories 2
Stage race stage victories 15
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2012 roster

Ages as of January 1, 2012.[1]

Rider Date of birth
 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) (1979-11-06)November 6, 1979 (aged 32)
 Adam Blythe (GBR) (1989-10-01)October 1, 1989 (aged 22)
 Brent Bookwalter (USA) (1984-02-16)February 16, 1984 (aged 27)
 Marcus Burghardt (GER) (1983-06-30)June 30, 1983 (aged 28)
 Steve Cummings (GBR) (1981-03-19)March 19, 1981 (aged 30)
 Yannick Eijssen (BEL) (1989-06-26)June 26, 1989 (aged 22)
 Cadel Evans (AUS) (1977-02-14)February 14, 1977 (aged 34)
 Mathias Flückiger[N 1] (SUI) (1988-09-27)September 27, 1988 (aged 23)
 Mathias Frank (SUI) (1986-12-09)December 9, 1986 (aged 25)
 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (1982-07-05)July 5, 1982 (aged 29)
 George Hincapie (USA) (1973-06-29)June 29, 1973 (aged 38)
 Thor Hushovd (NOR) (1978-01-18)January 18, 1978 (aged 33)
 Martin Kohler (SUI) (1985-07-17)July 17, 1985 (aged 26)
 Klaas Lodewyck (BEL) (1988-03-24)March 24, 1988 (aged 23)
Rider Date of birth
 Amaël Moinard (FRA) (1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 29)
 Steve Morabito (SUI) (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983 (aged 28)
 Taylor Phinney (USA) (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 21)
 Marco Pinotti (ITA) (1976-02-25)February 25, 1976 (aged 35)
 Manuel Quinziato (ITA) (1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 (aged 32)
 Timothy Roe (AUS) (1989-10-28)October 28, 1989 (aged 22)
 Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) (1984-10-07)October 7, 1984 (aged 27)
 Ivan Santaromita (ITA) (1984-04-30)April 30, 1984 (aged 27)
 Michael Schär (SUI) (1986-09-29)September 29, 1986 (aged 25)
 Johann Tschopp (SUI) (1982-07-01)July 1, 1982 (aged 29)
 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (1985-05-17)May 17, 1985 (aged 26)
 Tejay van Garderen (USA) (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 23)
 Larry Warbasse[N 2] (USA) (1990-06-28)June 28, 1990 (aged 21)
 Danilo Wyss (SUI) (1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 26)

Season victories
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
February 19Tour of Oman, Combative classificationUCI Asia Tour Klaas Lodewyck (BEL) Oman
March 11Paris–Nice, Young rider classificationUCI World Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) France
March 24Critérium International, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) FrancePorto-Vecchio
March 25Critérium International, OverallUCI Europe Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) France
March 25Critérium International, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) France
April 7Tour of the Basque Country, Sprints classificationUCI World Tour Marco Pinotti (ITA) Spain
April 17Giro del Trentino, Stage 1UCI Europe TourTeam time trial[N 3] ItalyArco
April 29Giro di ToscanaUCI Europe Tour Alessandro Ballan (ITA) ItalyArezzo
May 5Giro d'Italia, Stage 1UCI World Tour Taylor Phinney (USA) DenmarkHerning
May 27Giro d'Italia, Stage 21UCI World Tour Marco Pinotti (ITA) ItalyMilan
June 4Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 1UCI World Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) FranceSaint-Vallier
June 10Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classificationUCI World Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) France
June 17Tour de Suisse, Swiss rider classificationUCI World Tour Mathias Frank (SUI)  Switzerland
July 7Tour of Austria, Stage 7UCI Europe Tour Marco Pinotti (ITA) AustriaPodersdorf am See
July 22Tour de France, Young rider classificationUCI World Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) France
August 1Paris–Corrèze, Stage 1UCI Europe Tour Adam Blythe (GBR) FranceSassay
August 11Tour of Utah, Stage 5UCI America Tour Johann Tschopp (SUI) United StatesSnowbird
August 12Eneco Tour, Stage 7UCI World Tour Alessandro Ballan (ITA) BelgiumGeraardsbergen
August 12Tour of Utah, OverallUCI America Tour Johann Tschopp (SUI) United States
August 21USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 2UCI America Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) United StatesCrested Butte
August 26Vuelta a España, Stage 9UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) SpainBarcelona
August 26USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 7UCI America Tour Taylor Phinney (USA) United StatesDenver
August 31Vuelta a España, Stage 13UCI World Tour Steve Cummings (GBR) SpainFerrol
September 7Vuelta a España, Stage 19UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) SpainLa Lastrilla
October 2Binche–Tournai–BincheUCI Europe Tour Adam Blythe (GBR) BelgiumBinche
October 13Tour of Beijing, Stage 5UCI World Tour Steve Cummings (GBR) ChinaPing Gu

Footnotes
  1. Flückiger joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Trek World Racing.[1]
  2. Warbasse joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from BMC-Hincapie Sportswear.[1]
  3. The riders on the squad were Alessandro Ballan, Mathias Frank, Taylor Phinney, Marco Pinotti, Yannick Eijssen, Ivan Santaromita, Tim Roe, and Danilo Wyss

References
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