2012 Orica–GreenEDGE season Manager Shayne Bannan One-day victories 3 Stage race overall victories 4 Stage race stage victories 18 Next season
The 2012 season for the 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. 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. 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 before being sacked.
Known simply as for the first four months of 2012, the team acquired Orica as a title sponsor shortly before the Giro d'Italia.
2012 roster Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Riders' 2011 teams
Rider2011 teamMichael AlbasiniFumiyuki BeppuJack BobridgeSimon ClarkeBaden CookeAllan DavisJulian DeanMitchell DockerLuke Durbridgeneo-pro (Team Jayco-Skins)Simon GerransMatthew GossMichael Hepburnneo-pro (Team Jayco-Skins)Leigh HowardDaryl ImpeyJens Keukeleire
Rider2011 teamAidis KruopisBrett LancasterSebastian LangeveldRobbie McEwenChristian MeierCameron MeyerTravis MeyerJens MourisStuart O'GradyWesley SulzbergerDaniel Teklehaymanotneo-pro ( stagiaire, 2010)Svein TuftTomas VaitkusPieter WeeningMatt Wilson
One-day races The week after the Bay Classic Series, 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, and Durbridge won the time trial title ahead of team-mate Cameron Meyer.
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.
In January, Gerrans won the Tour Down Under, giving the team an overall victory in its first World Tour event.
Season victories Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Tour Down Under, Overall UCI World Tour Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Team time trialThe riders on the squad were Matthew Goss, Stuart O'Grady, Sebastian Langeveld, Jens Mouris, Baden Cooke, Tomas Vaitkus, Svein Tuft, and Cameron Meyer Donoratico Milan–San Remo UCI World Tour Sanremo Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Calella Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 UCI World Tour Girona Volta a Catalunya, Overall UCI World Tour Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 2 UCI World Tour Vitoria-Gasteiz Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Angers Circuit de la Sarthe, Overall UCI Europe Tour Circuit de la Sarthe, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Giro d'Italia, Stage 3 UCI World Tour Horsens Glava Tour of Norway, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Elverum Critérium du Dauphiné, Prologue UCI World Tour Grenoble Tour of Slovenia, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Metlika Tour de Suisse, Stage 8 UCI World Tour Arosa Tour de Pologne, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Katowice Eneco Tour, Stage 2 UCI World Tour Team time trialThe riders on the squad were Sebastian Langeveld, Leigh Howard, Jens Keukeleire, Aidis Kruopis, Luke Durbridge, Jens Mouris, Svein Tuft, and Fumiyuki Beppu Sittard Eneco Tour, Stage 6 UCI World Tour Ardooie Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Royan Vuelta a España, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Valdezcaray Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Melle Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour La Roche-Posay Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Overall UCI Europe Tour Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec UCI World Tour Quebec City Vuelta a España, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Tour of Britain, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Knowsley Safari Park Duo Normand UCI Europe Tour Marigny
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