The 2012 season for began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, the team were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
After a season at Professional Continental level in 2011, FDJ were promoted back to the top tier for the 2012 season, taking one of the two vacant licences that had been made available following the conclusion of the 2011 season. Also prior to the season, French building merchants BigMat joined the team as co-sponsors, contributing €2 million to the team.
2012 roster Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season Rider2011 teamArnaud Démareneo-pro (stagiaire: )Kenny Elissondeneo-pro (stagiaire: )David BoucherGabriel RaschJussi Veikkanen
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season Rider2012 teamGianni MeersmanWesley SulzbergerOlivier BonnaireNone
Season victories
Yauheni Hutarovich won the National Road Race Championship of Belarus, and Nacer Bouhanni won the French National Road Race Championships on 24 June.
Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Ref Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Bellegarde Tour of Qatar, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour Doha Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche UCI Europe Tour Ruoms Le Samyn UCI Europe Tour Dour Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Ichtegem Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Cholet-Pays de Loire UCI Europe Tour Cholet Critérium International, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Col de l'Ospedale Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Neuves-Maisons Circuit de Lorraine, Overall UCI Europe Tour Circuit de Lorraine, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Circuit de Lorraine, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5 UCI World Tour Rumilly Route du Sud, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Saint-Michel Halle–Ingooigem UCI Europe Tour Ingooigem Tour de France, Stage 8 UCI World Tour Porrentruy Tour de France, Stage 15 UCI World Tour Pau Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Lessines Paris–Corrèze, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Chaumeil Paris–Corrèze, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Tour de l'Ain, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Trévoux Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2a UCI Europe Tour Lagnieu Tour de l'Ain, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour Lélex–Monts Jura Tour du Limousin, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Limoges Tour du Limousin, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour The riders on the squad were Arnaud Gérard, Anthony Geslin, Francis Mourey, Jérémy Roy, Anthony Roux, Sébastien Bergeret and Eduardo Sepúlveda Vattenfall Cyclassics UCI World Tour Hamburg Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Tournai
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