2012 Liquigas–Cannondale season

2012 Liquigas–Cannondale season
2012 Liquigas–Cannondale season
Manager Roberto Amadio
One-day victories 5
Stage race overall victories 4
Stage race stage victories 26
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The 2012 season for Liquigas–Cannondale 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.

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[1]

Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 26)
 Stefano Agostini (ITA) (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 22)
 Daniele Aldegheri[N 1] (ITA) (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 21)
 Ivan Basso (ITA) (1977-11-26)26 November 1977 (aged 34)
 Marco Benfatto[N 2] (ITA) (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 23)
 Maciej Bodnar (POL) (1985-03-07)7 March 1985 (aged 26)
 Federico Canuti (ITA) (1985-08-30)30 August 1985 (aged 26)
 Eros Capecchi (ITA) (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 25)
 Damiano Caruso (ITA) (1987-10-12)12 October 1987 (aged 24)
 Mauro Da Dalto (ITA) (1981-04-08)8 April 1981 (aged 30)
 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (ITA) (1983-07-26)26 July 1983 (aged 28)
 Timothy Duggan (USA) (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 29)
 Ted King (USA) (1983-01-31)31 January 1983 (aged 28)
 Kristjan Koren (SLO) (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 25)
 Matthias Krizek[N 3] (AUT) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 23)
Rider Date of birth
 Paolo Longo Borghini (ITA) (1980-12-10)10 December 1980 (aged 31)
 Alan Marangoni (ITA) (1984-07-16)16 July 1984 (aged 27)
 Moreno Moser (ITA) (1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 21)
 Dominik Nerz (GER) (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 22)
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 27)
 Daniel Oss (ITA) (1987-01-13)13 January 1987 (aged 24)
 Maciej Paterski (POL) (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)
 Daniele Ratto (ITA) (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 22)
 Fabio Sabatini (ITA) (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 26)
 Juraj Sagan (SVK) (1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 23)
 Peter Sagan (SVK) (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 21)
 Cristiano Salerno (ITA) (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 26)
 Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 24)
 Sylwester Szmyd (POL) (1978-03-02)2 March 1978 (aged 33)
 Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 31)
 Elia Viviani (ITA) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 22)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
28 January Tour de San Luis, Stage 6 UCI America Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Argentina Quines
4 February Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Italy Donoratico
11 February Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Italy Chiaravalle Centrale
12 February Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Italy Reggio Calabria
12 February Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Italy
12 February Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Italy
15 February Tour of Oman, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Oman Wadi Dhaiqah
18 February Tour of Oman, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Oman Jabal al Akhdar
18 February Trofeo Laigueglia UCI Europe Tour  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Italy Laigueglia
19 February Tour of Oman, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Oman
26 February Gran Premio di Lugano UCI Europe Tour  Eros Capecchi (ITA)  Switzerland Lugano
10 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Italy Chieti
11 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy Prati di Tivo
13 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
13 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Points classification UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
21 March Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 2a UCI Europe Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  Italy Gatteo
27 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Belgium Oudenaarde
1 May Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop UCI Europe Tour  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Germany Frankfurt
13 May Tour of California, Stage 1 UCI America Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  United States Santa Rosa
14 May Tour of California, Stage 2 UCI America Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  United States Santa Cruz County
15 May Tour of California, Stage 3 UCI America Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  United States Livermore
16 May Tour of California, Stage 4 UCI America Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  United States Clovis
20 May Tour of California, Stage 8 UCI America Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  United States Los Angeles
20 May Tour of California, Sprints classification UCI America Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  United States
9 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Switzerland Lugano
10 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Cayetano Sarmiento (COL)  France
11 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Switzerland Aarberg
12 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Switzerland Trimbach-Olten
14 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Switzerland Bischofszell
17 June Tour de Suisse, Points classification UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Switzerland
17 June Tour of Slovenia, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Kristijan Koren (SLO)  Slovenia Ljubljana
17 June Tour of Slovenia, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Kristijan Koren (SLO)  Slovenia
17 June Tour of Slovenia, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4]  Slovenia
1 July Tour de France, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Belgium Seraing
3 July Tour de France, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  France Boulogne-sur-Mer
6 July Tour de France, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  France Metz
10 July Tour de Pologne, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Poland Jelenia Góra
15 July Tour de Pologne, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Poland Bukowina Tatrzańska
16 July Tour de Pologne, Overall UCI World Tour  Moreno Moser (ITA)  Poland
22 July Tour de France, Points classification UCI World Tour  Peter Sagan (SVK)  France
6 September Giro di Padania, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy Passo della Bocchetta
7 September Giro di Padania, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
7 September Giro di Padania, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
7 September Giro di Padania, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
9 October Tour of Beijing, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Elia Viviani (ITA)  China Bird's Nest
13 October Tour of Beijing, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 5]  China
21 October Japan Cup UCI Asia Tour  Ivan Basso (ITA)  Japan Utsunomiya

Footnotes

  1. ^ Aldegheri joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon–Bottoli.[2]
  2. ^ Benfatto joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Team Idea.[2]
  3. ^ Krizek joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Team Marchiol-Emisfero-Site.[2]
  4. ^ The riders on the squad were Valerio Agnoli, Maciej Bodnar, Damiano Caruso, Kristijan Koren, Alan Marangoni, Dominik Nerz, Daniele Ratto and Juraj Sagan
  5. ^ The riders on the squad were Moreno Moser, Eros Capecchi, Mauro Da Dalto, Tiziano Dall'Antonia, Maciej Paterski, Daniele Ratto, Cristiano Salerno and Elia Viviani

References

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