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The 2012 season for
Saxo BankâTinkoff Bank 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 .
In February 2012,
Alberto Contador was given a backdated two-year ban in relation to his
doping case stemming from the 2010 Tour de France . As well as his results from that race, all of his results from 2011 and 2012 were disqualified,
[1] including his victory in the
2011 Giro d'Italia .
Known simply as Team Saxo Bank for the first six months of 2012, the team acquired Tinkoff Bank as a secondary title sponsor shortly before the Tour de France.
[2]
[3]
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
[4]
Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Date
Race
Competition
Rider
Country
Location
12 February
Tour MĂŠditerranĂŠen , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[N 3]
France
13 March
Tour de Taiwan , Stage 4
UCI Asia Tour
Jonathan Cantwell (
AUS )
Taiwan
Taichung
16 March
Tour de Taiwan , Stage 7
UCI Asia Tour
Jonathan Cantwell (
AUS )
Taiwan
Kaohsiung
25 March
Volta a Catalunya , Mountains classification
UCI World Tour
Chris Anker Sørensen (
DEN )
Spain
7 April
Tour of the Basque Country , Mountains classification
UCI World Tour
Mads Christensen (
DEN )
Spain
12 April
Grand Prix de Denain
UCI Europe Tour
Juan JosĂŠ Haedo (
ARG )
France
Denain
13 May
Post Cup Ringsted
National event
Michael Mørkøv (
DEN )
Denmark
Ringsted
22 July
Tour de France , Super-combativity award
UCI World Tour
Chris Anker Sørensen (
DEN )
France
2 August
ParisâCorrèze , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Christopher Juul-Jensen (
DEN )
France
2 August
ParisâCorrèze , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[N 4]
France
9 August
Tour de l'Ain , Stage 3
UCI Europe Tour
Daniel Navarro (
ESP )
France
MontrĂŠal-la-Cluse
11 August
Tour de l'Ain , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[N 5]
France
12 August
Post Cup Roskilde
National event
Michael Mørkøv (
DEN )
Denmark
Roskilde
5 September
Vuelta a EspaĂąa , Stage 17
UCI World Tour
Alberto Contador (
ESP )
Spain
Fuente DĂŠ
9 September
Vuelta a EspaĂąa , Overall
UCI World Tour
Alberto Contador (
ESP )
Spain
9 September
Vuelta a EspaĂąa , Super-combativity award
UCI World Tour
Alberto Contador (
ESP )
Spain
26 September
MilanoâTorino
UCI Europe Tour
Alberto Contador (
ESP )
Italy
Turin
7 October
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
UCI Europe Tour
Nicki Sørensen (
DEN )
Italy
Monteveglio
13 October
Tour of Beijing , Young rider classification
UCI World Tour
RafaĹ Majka (
POL )
China
Victories originally obtained by Contador but vacated
^ Two stage victories for Contador were expunged in February.
^ Contador's contract was annulled on 7 February, after receiving a backdated two-year ban in relation to a positive test for
clenbuterol at the
2010 Tour de France .
[5] He rejoined the team on 5 August, ahead of the
Eneco Tour .
[6]
^ The riders on the squad were
BenjamĂn Noval ,
Daniel Navarro ,
David Tanner ,
Luke Roberts ,
Mads Christensen ,
Nicki Sørensen ,
RafaĹ Majka and
Chris Anker Sørensen
^ The riders on the squad were
David Tanner ,
Christopher Juul-Jensen ,
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen ,
Kasper Klostergaard ,
Luke Roberts ,
Manuele Boaro ,
Jonathan Cantwell and
Troels Vinther
^ The riders on the squad were
Juan JosĂŠ Haedo ,
Volodymir Gustov ,
Lucas SebastiĂĄn Haedo ,
Daniel Navarro ,
JesĂşs HernĂĄndez ,
Mads Christensen and
RafaĹ Majka
^
"CAS 2011/A/2384 UCI v. Alberto Contador Velasco & RFEC; CAS 2011/A/2386 WADA v. Alberto Contador Velasco & RFEC: Arbitral Award" (PDF) . Tribunal Arbitral du Sport .
Lausanne ,
Switzerland :
Court of Arbitration for Sport . 6 February 2012. p. 98. Archived from
the original (
PDF ) on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 6 February 2012 .
^ Westemeyer, Susan (25 June 2012).
"Tinkoff Bank announced as co-sponsor to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ Atkins, Ben (25 June 2012).
"Tinkoff returns to cycling as Team Saxo Bank co-sponsor through 2013" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^
"Team Saxo Bank (SAX) - DEN" .
UCI World Tour .
Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Riis continues to support Contador despite ban" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012 .
^ Stokes, Shane (5 August 2012).
"Contador eligible to race as suspension comes to an end" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^
"Saxo Bank SunGard Signs With Danish Talent" .
Team Saxo Bank . Riis Cycling. 4 August 2011. Archived from
the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"GP Herning winner Troels Vinther signs one year deal with Saxo Bank SunGard" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Westemeyer, Susan (19 September 2011).
"Pozzato joins Farnese Vini, Paulinho moves to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Saxo Bank signs three" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Kroon returns to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Pires from Leopard Trek to Saxo Bank-SunGard" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Lund returning to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Saxo Bank hires Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc.
Agence France-Presse . 21 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Cantwell joins Saxo Bank" .
Yahoo!
Eurosport .
TF1 Group . 8 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Farrand, Stephen (27 August 2011).
"Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to ride for GreenEdge in 2012" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Gallagher, Brendan (7 September 2011).
"Team Sky sign Richie Porte from Saxo Bank-Sungard" .
The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Vacansoleil snap up Larsson" .
Yahoo!
Eurosport .
TF1 Group . 10 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Bull, Nick (24 November 2011).
"Bellis signs for An Post-Sean Kelly" . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Transferts 2011-2012" [Transfers 2011-2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^
"Vandborg joins Spidertech" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012 .