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The 2012 season for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 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, Omega Pharma parted company with co-sponsors Lotto after seven seasons together, and later rejoined the former Quick Step team; announcing a deal prior to their split with Lotto, in August.[1]
2012 roster [ edit ]
Niki Terpstra (with Ellen van Dijk ), after winning the world title in the team time trial
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
23 January
Tour de San Luis , Stage 1
UCI America Tour
Francesco Chicchi (ITA )
Argentina
Villa Mercedes
24 January
Tour de San Luis , Stage 2
UCI America Tour
Francesco Chicchi (ITA )
Argentina
Juana Koslay
25 January
Tour de San Luis , Stage 3[N 1]
UCI America Tour
Levi Leipheimer (USA )
Argentina
Mirador del Portero
26 January
Tour de San Luis , Stage 4
UCI America Tour
Levi Leipheimer (USA )
Argentina
San Luis
29 January
Tour de San Luis , Stage 7
UCI America Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Argentina
San Luis
29 January
Tour de San Luis , Overall
UCI America Tour
Levi Leipheimer (USA )
Argentina
5 February
Tour of Qatar , Stage 1
UCI Asia Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Qatar
Doha
5 February
Trofeo Palma
UCI Europe Tour
Andrew Fenn (GBR )
Spain
Palma
6 February
Trofeo Migjorn
UCI Europe Tour
Andrew Fenn (GBR )
Spain
Campos
8 February
Tour of Qatar , Stage 4
UCI Asia Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Qatar
Madinat ash Shamal
10 February
Tour of Qatar , Overall
UCI Asia Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Qatar
10 February
Tour of Qatar , Points classification
UCI Asia Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Qatar
10 February
Tour of Qatar , Teams classification
UCI Asia Tour
[N 4]
Qatar
18 February
Volta ao Algarve , Stage 4
UCI Europe Tour
Gerald Ciolek (GER )
Portugal
Tavira
19 February
Tour of Oman , Overall
UCI Asia Tour
Peter Velits (SVK )
Oman
2 March
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen , Prologue
UCI Europe Tour
Michał Kwiatkowski (POL )
Belgium
Middelkerke
3 March
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen , Stage 1
UCI Europe Tour
Francesco Chicchi (ITA )
Belgium
Bellegem
4 March
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Julien Vermote (BEL )
Belgium
4 March
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Julien Vermote (BEL )
Belgium
5 March
Paris–Nice , Stage 2
UCI World Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
France
Orléans
14 March
Nokere Koerse
UCI Europe Tour
Francesco Chicchi (ITA )
Belgium
Nokere
16 March
Handzame Classic
UCI Europe Tour
Francesco Chicchi (ITA )
Belgium
Handzame
21 March
Dwars door Vlaanderen
UCI Europe Tour
Niki Terpstra (NED )
Belgium
Waregem
23 March
E3 Harelbeke
UCI World Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Belgium
Harelbeke
25 March
Gent–Wevelgem
UCI World Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Belgium
Wevelgem
29 March
Three Days of De Panne , Stage 3b
UCI Europe Tour
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA )
Belgium
De Panne
29 March
Three Days of De Panne , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA )
Belgium
29 March
Three Days of De Panne , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[N 5]
Belgium
1 April
Tour of Flanders
UCI World Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Belgium
Oudenaarde
8 April
Paris–Roubaix
UCI World Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
France
Roubaix
28 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Stage 7
UCI Europe Tour
Iljo Keisse (BEL )
Turkey
İzmir
29 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Mountains classification
UCI Europe Tour
Marco Bandiera (ITA )
Turkey
7 May
Four Days of Dunkirk , Stage 4
UCI Europe Tour
Zdeněk Štybar (CZE )
France
Cassel
26 May
Tour of Belgium , Stage 4
UCI Europe Tour
Tony Martin (GER )
Belgium
Arendonk
27 May
Giro d'Italia , Fair Play Teams classification
UCI World Tour
[N 6]
Italy
27 May
Tour of Belgium , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Tony Martin (GER )
Belgium
29 May
Gullegem Koerse
National event
Matteo Trentin (ITA )
Belgium
Gullegem
12 July
Tour de Pologne , Stage 3
UCI World Tour
Zdeněk Štybar (CZE )
Poland
Cieszyn
8 August
Tour de l'Ain , Stage 2b
UCI Europe Tour
Team time trial[N 7]
France
Saint-Vulbas
12 August
Eneco Tour , Teams classification
UCI World Tour
[N 8]
[N 9]
12 August
Tour of Utah , Stage 6
UCI America Tour
Levi Leipheimer (USA )
United States
Park City
31 August
World Ports Classic , Stage 1
UCI Europe Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Belgium
Antwerp
1 September
World Ports Classic , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
[N 9]
1 September
World Ports Classic , Points classification
UCI Europe Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
[N 9]
3 September
Vuelta a España , Stage 16
UCI World Tour
Dario Cataldo (ITA )
Spain
Valgrande-Pajares–Cuitu Negru
8 September
Paris–Brussels
UCI Europe Tour
Tom Boonen (BEL )
Belgium
Brussels
16 September
UCI Road World Championships , Team time trial
UCI World Tour
[N 10]
Netherlands
Valkenburg
30 September
Tour de l'Eurometropole , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL )
Belgium
10 October
Tour of Beijing , Stage 2
UCI World Tour
Tony Martin (GER )
China
MenTouGou
13 October
Tour of Beijing , Overall
UCI World Tour
Tony Martin (GER )
China
21 October
Chrono des Nations
UCI Europe Tour
Tony Martin (GER )
France
Les Herbiers
3 November
Amstel Curaçao Race
National event
Niki Terpstra (NED )
Curaçao
Willemstad
^ a b Levi Leipheimer gained a stage victory from the disqualification of Alberto Contador 's results from the Tour de San Luis .
^ Hoorne joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the EFC-Omega Pharma-Quick Step team.[3]
^ Sénéchal joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the EFC-Omega Pharma-Quick Step team.[4]
^ The riders on the squad were Tom Boonen , Matt Brammeier , Francesco Chicchi , Nikolas Maes , František Raboň , Gert Steegmans , Guillaume Van Keirsbulck and Stijn Vandenbergh
^ The riders on the squad were Sylvain Chavanel , Francesco Chicchi , Niki Terpstra , Guillaume Van Keirsbulck , Michał Kwiatkowski , Dries Devenyns , Andrew Fenn and Iljo Keisse
^ The riders on the squad were Dario Cataldo , Marco Bandiera , Francesco Chicchi , Michał Gołaś , Nikolas Maes , Serge Pauwels , Michał Kwiatkowski , Martin Velits and Julien Vermote
^ The riders on the squad were Dario Cataldo , Gerald Ciolek , Andrew Fenn , Serge Pauwels , František Raboň , Kristof Vandewalle , and Nikolas Maes
^ The riders on the squad were Tom Boonen , Michał Kwiatkowski , Sylvain Chavanel , Gert Steegmans , Niki Terpstra , Guillaume Van Keirsbulck , Stijn Vandenbergh and Dries Devenyns
^ a b c Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
^ The riders on the squad were Tom Boonen , Sylvain Chavanel , Tony Martin , Niki Terpstra , Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits
References [ edit ]
^ "Quick Step and Omega Pharma set to join forces for 2012" . Cycling News . 1 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ) – BEL" . UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2012 .
^ Collette, Renaud (16 July 2012). "Jeroen Hoorne stagiaire chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [Jeroen Hoorne intern at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 1 August 2012 .
^ Gachet, Nicolas (21 June 2012). "Florian Sénéchal stagiaire chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [Florian Sénéchal intern at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 1 August 2012 .
^ a b c "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF . 2 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Haake, Bjorn (25 June 2011). "Italian U23 champion Matteo Trentin gets stagiaire contract with Quick Step" . VeloNation . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Hood, Ed (13 September 2011). "Andy Fenn Interview: Big opportunity beckons with Omega Pharma – Quick Step" . VeloNation . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ a b Philippon, Alexandre (5 August 2011). "Omega Pharma – Quick Step recrute Golas" [Omega Pharma – Quick Step recruits Golas]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 17 January 2012 . Ce vendredi, la future équipe Omega Pharma – Quick Step a officialisé la venue de Michal Kwiatkowski pour 2012, mais aussi celle d'un autre Polonais, Michal Golas. [This Friday, the future Omega Pharma - Quick Step has formalized the arrival of Michal Kwiatkowski for 2012, but also that of another Pole, Michal Golas]
^ Benson, Daniel (21 September 2011). "Lefevere confirms that Leipheimer will ride for Omega Pharma-Quickstep" . Cycling News . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ a b Atkins, Ben (19 September 2011). "Fabian Cancellara tips Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch for time trial gold" . VeloNation . Retrieved 17 January 2012 . Among his challengers, Cancellara himself has picked out two Germans as the main competition, according to Sporza; both of whom currently ride for HTC–Highroad, and both of whom will be transferring to Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2012.
^ "Rabon signs for Omega Pharma-Quick Step" . Cycling News . 6 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Brammeier joins Omega Pharma-Quickstep for 2012, Seeldraeyers to Astana" . Cycling News . 19 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Benson, Daniel (20 November 2011). "Serge Pauwels back to Belgium with Omega Pharma-Quick Step" . Cycling News . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "De Maar returns to UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling" . Cycling News . 6 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Malacarne leaves Quick Step for Europcar" . Cycling News . 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Engels and Reef to Project 1T4i as sport directors" . Cycling News . 9 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Lotto-Belisol reveals 2012 kit" . Cycling News . 22 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Se Jan Tratnik vrača v Radensko?" [Jan Tratnik is back in Radensko?]. Siol (in Slovenian). TSmedia. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Atkins, Ben (3 January 2012). "Vacansoleil-DCM presented with twelve new riders for 2012" . VeloNation . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Di Luca in talks with Acqua & Sapone" . Cycling News . 31 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 . While Di Luca is yet to sign on the dotted line, Acqua & Sapone have confirmed the signings of Francesco Ginanni and Francesco Reda, from Androni Giocattoli and Quick Step, respectively.
^ "Cappelle and Ista join Accent.jobs-Verandas Willems" . Cycling News . 24 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Andreas Stauff back with Team Eddy Merckx Indeland" . EddyMerckx.com . 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2012 .