2012 Garmin–Sharp season

The 2012 season for the Garmin–Sharp cycling team 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.

2012 Garmin–Sharp season
Manager	Jonathan Vaughters
One-day victories	2
Stage race overall victories	3
Stage race stage victories	15
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Ahead of the season, the team again changed names – for the fifth time in as many years – from Garmin–Cervélo to Garmin-Barracuda, after Barracuda Networks joined the team as its co-sponsor. Despite giving up the team's second name, Cervélo remains with the team as its official bicycle supplier.^[1] Before the Tour de France, the team acquired Sharp as a secondary title sponsor, with the team's name becoming Garmin–Sharp for UCI designation, although retaining Barracuda for the team's own publications as Garmin–Sharp–Barracuda.^[2][3]

2012 roster

Ages as of January 1, 2012.^[4]

Rider Date of birth  Jack Bauer (NZL) (1985-04-07)April 7, 1985 (aged 26)  Tom Danielson (USA) (1978-03-13)March 13, 1978 (aged 33)  Thomas Dekker (NED) (1984-09-06)September 6, 1984 (aged 27)  Tyler Farrar (USA) (1984-06-02)June 2, 1984 (aged 27)  Koldo Fernández (ESP) (1981-09-13)September 13, 1981 (aged 30)  Murilo Fischer (BRA) (1979-06-17)June 17, 1979 (aged 32)  Nathan Haas (AUS) (1989-03-12)March 12, 1989 (aged 22)  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) (1984-02-25)February 25, 1984 (aged 27)  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) (1980-12-09)December 9, 1980 (aged 31)  Alex Howes (USA) (1988-01-01)January 1, 1988 (aged 24)  Robert Hunter (RSA) (1977-04-22)April 22, 1977 (aged 34)  Andreas Klier (GER) (1976-01-15)January 15, 1976 (aged 35)  Michel Kreder (NED) (1987-08-15)August 15, 1987 (aged 24)  Raymond Kreder (NED) (1989-11-26)November 26, 1989 (aged 22)  Christophe Le Mével (FRA) (1980-09-11)September 11, 1980 (aged 31)  Martijn Maaskant (NED) (1983-07-27)July 27, 1983 (aged 28)

Rider Date of birth  Dan Martin (IRE) (1986-08-20)August 20, 1986 (aged 25)  David Millar (GBR) (1977-01-04)January 4, 1977 (aged 34)  Lachlan Morton[N 1] (AUS) (1992-01-02)January 2, 1992 (aged 19)  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) (1988-01-30)January 30, 1988 (aged 23)  Thomas Peterson (USA) (1986-12-24)December 24, 1986 (aged 25)  Alex Rasmussen[N 2] (DEN) (1984-06-09)June 9, 1984 (aged 27)  Jacob Rathe (USA) (1991-03-13)March 13, 1991 (aged 20)  Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) (1981-07-15)July 15, 1981 (aged 30)  Tom Scully[N 3] (NZL) (1990-01-14)January 14, 1990 (aged 21)  Peter Stetina (USA) (1987-08-08)August 8, 1987 (aged 24)  Andrew Talansky (USA) (1988-11-23)November 23, 1988 (aged 23)  Christian Vande Velde (USA) (1976-05-22)May 22, 1976 (aged 35)  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (1988-07-27)July 27, 1988 (aged 23)  Johan Vansummeren (BEL) (1981-02-04)February 4, 1981 (aged 30)  Steele Von Hoff[N 4] (AUS) (1987-12-31)December 31, 1987 (aged 24)  Fabian Wegmann (GER) (1980-06-20)June 20, 1980 (aged 31)  David Zabriskie (USA) (1979-01-12)January 12, 1979 (aged 32)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season Rider 2011 team Sébastien Rosseler Team RadioShack[7] Raymond Kreder Chipotle developmental team[8] Jacob Rathe Chipotle developmental team[9] Koldo Fernández Euskaltel–Euskadi[10] Alex Howes Chipotle developmental team[9] Robert Hunter Team RadioShack[11] Fabian Wegmann Leopard Trek[12] Nathan Haas neo-pro (Genesys Wealth Advisers)[13] Jack Bauer Endura Racing[14] Thomas Dekker Chipotle developmental team[15] Alex Rasmussen HTC–Highroad[15]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season Rider 2012 team Jack Bobridge GreenEDGE[16] Travis Meyer GreenEDGE[16] Cameron Meyer GreenEDGE[16] Matt Wilson GreenEDGE[17] Thor Hushovd BMC Racing Team[18] Brett Lancaster GreenEDGE[19] Julian Dean GreenEDGE[20] Gabriel Rasch FDJ–BigMat[21] Roger Hammond None Daniel Lloyd Team IG–Sigma Sport[22]

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
February 6	Tour of Qatar, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Team time trial[N 5]	Qatar	Losail
February 10	Tour of Qatar, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)	Qatar
February 10	Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Michel Kreder (NED)	France	Martigues
February 11	Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Michel Kreder (NED)	France	La Londe-les-Maures
February 12	Tour Méditerranéen, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Michel Kreder (NED)	France
February 24	Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	David Zabriskie (USA)	Malaysia	Putrajaya
February 25	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	UCI Europe Tour	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	Belgium	Ghent
March 4	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 6]	Belgium
March 25	Volta a Catalunya, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 7]	Spain
April 4	Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Michel Kreder (NED)	France	Angers
April 6	Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Thomas Dekker (NED)	France	Sablé-sur-Sarthe
April 29	Tour de Romandie, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Andrew Talansky (USA)	Switzerland
May 9	Giro d'Italia, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Team time trial[N 8]	Italy	Verona
May 17	Glava Tour of Norway, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Raymond Kreder (NED)	Norway	Drammen
May 17	Tour of California, Stage 5	UCI America Tour	David Zabriskie (USA)	United States	Bakersfield
May 27	Giro d'Italia, Overall	UCI World Tour	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Italy
May 27	Giro d'Italia, Trofeo Super Team	UCI World Tour	[N 8]	Italy
July 13	Tour de France, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	David Millar (GBR)	France	Annonay–Davézieux
August 8	Tour of Utah, Stage 2	UCI America Tour	Team time trial[N 9]	United States	Tooele
August 10	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Andrew Talansky (USA)	France	Septmoncel
August 11	Tour de l'Ain, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Andrew Talansky (USA)	France
August 11	Tour de l'Ain, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Andrew Talansky (USA)	France
August 20	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Tyler Farrar (USA)	United States	Telluride
August 22	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 3	UCI America Tour	Tom Danielson (USA)	United States	Aspen
August 24	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 5	UCI America Tour	Tyler Farrar (USA)	United States	Colorado Springs
August 26	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Overall	UCI America Tour	Christian Vande Velde (USA)	United States
August 26	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Points classification	UCI America Tour	Tyler Farrar (USA)	United States
September 10	Zwevegem Koerse	National event	Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)	Belgium	Zwevegem
October 13	Tour of Beijing, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Daniel Martin (IRL)	China

Footnotes

1. Morton joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Chipotle-First Solar.^[5]
2. Rasmussen was fired by the team on July 4, following his backdated 18-month ban for violating the whereabouts system for anti-doping.^[6]
3. Scully joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Chipotle-First Solar.^[5]
4. Von Hoff joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Chipotle-First Solar.^[5]
5. The riders on the squad were Tyler Farrar, Jack Bauer, Thomas Dekker, Murilo Fischer, Robert Hunter, Ramūnas Navardauskas, Jacob Rathe, and Johan Vansummeren
6. The riders on the squad were Tyler Farrar, Jack Bauer, Michel Kreder, Alex Rasmussen, Jacob Rathe and Sébastien Rosseler
7. The riders on the squad were Dan Martin, Alex Howes, Christian Vande Velde, Ryder Hesjedal, Sébastien Rosseler, Tom Danielson, Thomas Peterson and Peter Stetina
8. The riders on the squad were Tyler Farrar, Sébastien Rosseler, Jack Bauer, Ramūnas Navardauskas, Ryder Hesjedal, Robert Hunter, Alex Rasmussen, Peter Stetina, and Christian Vande Velde
9. The riders on the squad were Tom Danielson, Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas, Jacob Rathe, Peter Stetina, Christian Vande Velde, David Zabriskie, and Alex Howes