2012 Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank season

This article lists the team cycling team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff race participation, achievements and bank on in the 2012 season.

  • 4.1 Achievements in the UCI Europe Tour

Course of the season

January

Tour Down Under ( January 17 to 22 )

Nominated:

Sport Director:

The first race for Team Saxo Bank in the 2012 season was the Tour Down Under in South Australia, the first race of the UCI World Tour. In the squad for the tour were sprinter Jonathan Cantwell, Anders Lund, Jarosław Marycz, Takashi Miyazawa, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen and the team captains Luke Roberts and Sergio Paulinho, who wanted to achieve a leading position in the overall standings. Recommitment Cantwell provided with a seventh place on the first and eighth on the final stage - each in mass sprints - for the first top - ten finishes for the team in the new season. Cantwells compatriot Luke Roberts reached on the second and the fourth part of the day also an eighth and a seventh place and was finally 34th overall best-placed riders of Team Saxo Bank. Despite a crash on the first day and Takashi Miyazawa could draw attention to himself when he takes on fifth day with five other riders the breakaway group of the day was on the " queen stage ", but in the first of two driveway to the rise of day again from field was provided. On this hill the captains Luke Roberts and Sergio Paulinho lost the connection to the front of the race and had to give up all hopes of a rank in the top ten in the overall standings.

Tour de San Luis ( January 23 to 29 )

Nominated:

Sport Director:

  • Bjarne Riis
  • Philippe Mauduit

Six other professionals rose a little later with the goal of a stage victory at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina to racing a: The two local sprinter Juan Jose and Lucas Sebastian Haedo, the debutant Troels Vinther and Christopher Juul and the " Capitaine de route ", Matteo Tosatto. Also team captain Alberto Contador was at the start. On the first and sixth stage, which always ended in a bunch sprint, the team of Juan José Haedo, which only a few centimeters missed a home victory over Francesco Chicchi ( Omega Pharma- Quickstep ) and Elia Viviani (Liquigas -Cannondale ) and twice worked the second place went to days. Juan José's brother Lucas Sebastian was allowed in the sprints the second and seventh stage perceive his chances of reaching a sixth and a seventh. On the third day a mountain top finish on the program, where the Team Saxo Bank achieved the first victory of the season: It was Alberto Contador, of the final climb started an attack, which ultimately could only follow Levi Leipheimer ( Omega Pharma- Quick Step). Contador took with it the yellow jersey of the overall leader. However, his lead of four seconds Leipheimer he was unable to defend the following individual time trial over 19 kilometers and finished with 1:01 minutes behind the Americans in sixth place. But on the next stage, another mountain top finish, Contador was not beat again; his attack five kilometers from the finish could follow that of the Spaniards finally also could shake off Leipheimer and Daniel Díaz ( San Luis Somos Todos ). With his second stage win to Contador also secured the final second place in the overall standings behind Leipheimer.

February

Mallorca Challenge ( February 5 to 8 )

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Sport Director:

In early February, fifteen driver for the Mallorca Challenge, the first race of the teams in Europe nominated. Aaen, Cantwell, debutant Margaliot, Kroon, Boaro, Klostergaard and Miyazawa and Contador made ​​the team for the first of the four -day race on the Spanish island, the Trofeo Palma. In the bunch sprint but could intervene in the decision for the win no Saxo Bank Member, Aaen was the best-placed rider in 19th. At the same time was the Trofeo Palma until then the last competition for Alberto Contador, who has been banned by the CAS on the following day to August 5. Cantwell, Aaen, Marycz, Klostergaard Lund, Boaro, Nuyens, Kroon and Pires came on this day at the Trofeo Migjorn in Majorca, in which sprinters Cantwell was able to place seventh. In the Trofeo Deia Pires, Paulinho, Nuyens, Lund, Margaliot, Vinther, Juul, Cantwell and Miyazawa competed. On the hilly section, but no driver could place up front again. Due to weather-related troubles eventually had to be canceled on February 8, the last Trofeo.

Mediterranean Tour ( February 9 to 12 )

Nominated:

Sports director:

  • Philippe Mauduit

In the Mediterranean tour in France, in which the stages had to be shortened due to difficult weather conditions, respectively, representing eight riders Team Saxo Bank. The short-term ill Volodymir Gustov was represented by Chris Anker Sørensen, so his season debut in 2012 after a fall injury was in December 2011. Since the team had no sprinter in their ranks, the hopes were mainly on the mountain top finish on Mont Faron in Toulon on the last day of the race. However, this fell out due to weather -related problems, the stage instead ended after 77 kilometers at the Col du Corps de Garde. Here Saxo Bank worked for the Spanish climber Daniel Navarro, although it could not follow the attack eventual champion Jonathan Tiernan - Locke, but later a counter-attack started, who gave him 17 seconds Tiernan - Locke and the third in front of Stefano Garzelli still the second stage rank secured place in the final standings of the tour. From the large chase group out Nicki Sørensen 22 seconds behind the winner ersprintete still the fifth stage space.

Algarve Tour ( February 15 to 19 )

Nominated:

  • Jesús Hernández
  • Kasper Klostergaard
  • Karsten Kroon
  • Michael Mørkøv
  • Nick Nuyens
  • Sergio Paulinho
  • Bruno Pires
  • Matteo Tosatto

Sports director:

The Algarve Tour in Portugal in mid-February was not only a home race for Bruno Pires and Sergio Paulinho, who went as a protected rider at the start, but also the first competition of the season for Michael Mørkøv. The seven other professionals had already gained some race kilometers. At the first stage Karsten Kroon was represented in the run group of the day and the sprint and the mountain jersey was able to secure which he defended the next day. The Dane Kasper Klostergaard represented the Team Saxo Bank then in the breakaway group of the third stage, which was, however, caught up again before the final climb to Alto do Malhão. Finally, Pires and Jesús Hernández were the top finishers of the day when 12 or 13, they lost 44 seconds to stage winner Richie Porte (Team Sky). Hernández made ​​it to the following fourth stage in the escape group and was at times virtually the leader's jersey before the group but was overtaken and it came to a bunch sprint. The tour ended with a nearly 26 -kilometer individual time trial in which Paulinho than 24 with 1:16 minutes was behind the best-placed team Saxo Bank that finished in the final standings rank 16.

Successes in the UCI World Tour

Successes in the UCI America Tour

Successes in the UCI Asia Tour

Successes in the UCI Europe Tour

Departures - Arrivals

Team

2012 Tour Down Under 2012 UCI World Tour Lucas Sebastián Haedo Sérgio Paulinho Mads Christensen (cyclist) Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Volta ao Algarve 2011–12 UCI America Tour 2011–12 UCI Asia Tour 2012 UCI Europe Tour Italy BMC Racing Team Baden Cooke Laurent Didier Team RadioShack Gustav Larsson Brian Vandborg SpiderTech-C10 Jonathan Bellis An Post–Chain Reaction Israel
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