The 2012 season for Lotto–Belisol 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 .
At the end of the 2011 season, Lotto parted company with co-sponsors Omega Pharma after seven seasons together, before window manufacturer Belisol joined the team as co-sponsor for three seasons.[1]
2012 roster [ edit ] Ages as of 1 January 2012.[2]
Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Season victories [ edit ] Date Race Competition Rider Country Location 15 January Cancer Council Helpline Classic National event André Greipel (GER ) Australia Adelaide 17 January Tour Down Under , Stage 1 UCI World Tour André Greipel (GER ) Australia Clare 19 January Tour Down Under , Stage 3 UCI World Tour André Greipel (GER ) Australia Victor Harbor 22 January Tour Down Under , Stage 6 UCI World Tour André Greipel (GER ) Australia Adelaide 14 February Tour of Oman , Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour André Greipel (GER ) Oman Al Hauqain 15 February Volta ao Algarve , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Gianni Meersman (BEL ) Portugal Albufeira 17 February Tour of Oman , Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour André Greipel (GER ) Oman Al Wadi al Kabir 7 March Paris–Nice , Stage 4 UCI World Tour Gianni Meersman (BEL ) France Rodez 29 March Three Days of De Panne , Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Tosh van der Sande (BEL ) Belgium 5 April Grand Prix Pino Cerami UCI Europe Tour Gaëtan Bille (BEL ) Belgium Frameries 23 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Turkey Antalya 17 May Giro d'Italia , Stage 12 UCI World Tour Lars Bak (DEN ) Italy Sestri Levante 23 May Tour of Belgium , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Belgium Buggenhout 24 May Tour of Belgium , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Belgium Knokke-Heist 25 May Tour of Belgium , Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Belgium Beveren 27 May Giro d'Italia , Premio della Fuga UCI World Tour Olivier Kaisen (BEL ) Italy 27 May Tour of Belgium , Points classification UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Belgium 31 May Tour de Luxembourg , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Luxembourg Hesperange 1 June Tour de Luxembourg , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Luxembourg Leudelange 3 June Tour de Luxembourg , Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Jürgen Roelandts (BEL ) Luxembourg Luxembourg City 3 June Tour de Luxembourg , Points classification UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Luxembourg 10 June ProRace Berlin UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Germany Berlin 15 June Ster ZLM Toer , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Netherlands Nuth -Schimmert 17 June Ster ZLM Toer , Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4] [N 5] 4 July Tour de France , Stage 4 UCI World Tour André Greipel (GER ) France Rouen 5 July Tour de France , Stage 5 UCI World Tour André Greipel (GER ) France Saint-Quentin 14 July Tour de France , Stage 13 UCI World Tour André Greipel (GER ) France Cap d'Agde 22 August Danmark Rundt , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Denmark Randers 23 August Danmark Rundt , Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Denmark Aarhus 9 September Grand Prix de Fourmies UCI Europe Tour Lars Bak (DEN ) France Fourmies 15 September GP Impanis-Van Petegem UCI Europe Tour André Greipel (GER ) Belgium Haacht 27 September Tour de l'Eurometropole , Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Jürgen Roelandts (BEL ) Belgium Menen 30 September Tour de l'Eurometropole , Overall UCI Europe Tour Jürgen Roelandts (BEL ) Belgium 30 September Tour de l'Eurometropole , Points classification UCI Europe Tour Jürgen Roelandts (BEL ) Belgium 30 September Tour de l'Eurometropole , Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 6] Belgium
^ Sprengers joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Lotto-Belisol under-23 team.[3] ^ Wellens joined the team on 1 July.[4] ^ Wippert joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Lotto-Belisol under-23 team.[3] ^ The riders on the squad were Lars Bak , Jens Debusschere , André Greipel , Adam Hansen , Greg Henderson , Jürgen Roelandts , Marcel Sieberg and Joost van Leijen ^ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands. ^ The riders on the squad were André Greipel , Kenny Dehaes , Brian Bulgaç , Mehdi Sohrabi , Maarten Neyens , Jürgen Roelandts , Wouter Wippert and Jens Debusschere References [ edit ]