2012 Vacansoleil–DCM season

The 2012 season for Vacansoleil–DCM 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 Vacansoleil–DCM season
Manager	Daan Luijkx
One-day victories	6
Stage race overall victories	1
Stage race stage victories	8
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2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) (1987-02-13)13 February 1987 (aged 24)  Matteo Carrara (ITA) (1979-03-25)25 March 1979 (aged 32)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 25)  Stefan Denifl (AUT) (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 24)  Stijn Devolder (BEL) (1979-08-29)29 August 1979 (aged 32)  Romain Feillu (FRA) (1984-04-16)16 April 1984 (aged 27)  Jasper Hamelink[N 1] (NED) (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 (aged 21)  Johnny Hoogerland (NED) (1983-05-13)13 May 1983 (aged 28)  Martijn Keizer (NED) (1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 23)  Wesley Kreder[N 2] (NED) (1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 21)  Sergey Lagutin (UZB) (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 30)  Maurits Lammertink[N 3] (NED) (1990-08-31)31 August 1990 (aged 21)  Gustav Larsson (SWE) (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 31)  Björn Leukemans (BEL) (1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 34)  Pim Ligthart (NED) (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 23)  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) (1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 22)

Rider Date of birth  Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 27)  Tomasz Marczyński (POL) (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 27)  Barry Markus (NED) (1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 20)  Wouter Mol (NED) (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 29)  Jacek Morajko (POL) (1981-04-26)26 April 1981 (aged 30)  Martin Mortensen (DEN) (1984-11-05)5 November 1984 (aged 27)  Nikita Novikov (RUS) (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 (aged 22)  Marcello Pavarin (ITA) (1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 25)  Wout Poels (NED) (1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 24)  Rob Ruijgh (NED) (1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 25)  Mirko Selvaggi (ITA) (1985-02-11)11 February 1985 (aged 26)  Rafael Valls (ESP) (1987-06-25)25 June 1987 (aged 24)  Kenny van Hummel (NED) (1982-09-30)30 September 1982 (aged 29)  Kevin van Impe[N 4] (BEL) (1981-04-19)19 April 1981 (aged 30)  Frederik Veuchelen (BEL) (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33)  Willem Wauters[N 5] (BEL) (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 (aged 22)  Lieuwe Westra (NED) (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 29)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season Rider 2011 team Kenny van Hummel Skil–Shimano[5] Kris Boeckmans Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator[6] Bert-Jan Lindeman stagiaire (Vacansoleil–DCM; Jo Piels)[7] Barry Markus stagiaire (Vacansoleil–DCM; Rabobank continental team)[7] Gustav Larsson Saxo Bank–SunGard[8] Stefan Denifl Leopard Trek[9] Martin Mortensen Leopard Trek[9] Kevin van Impe Quick-Step[10] Rafael Valls Geox–TMC[11] Tomasz Marczyński CCC–Polsat–Polkowice[10] Jacek Morajko CCC–Polsat–Polkowice[10] Nikita Novikov Itera–Katusha[12]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season Rider 2012 team Michał Gołaś Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[13] Jens Mouris GreenEDGE[14] Borut Božič Astana[15] Maxim Belkov Team Katusha[16] Joost van Leijen Lotto–Belisol[17] Gorik Gardeyn Champion System[18] Santo Anzà None Ezequiel Mosquera Sacked following doping suspension[19] Alberto Ongarato None Ruslan Pidgornyy None

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
4 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Marco Marcato (ITA)	France	Bagnols-sur-Cèze
5 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED)	France
4 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Gustav Larsson (SWE)	France	Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
4 March	Vuelta a Murcia, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Tomasz Marczyński (POL)	Spain
8 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	France	Mende
10 March	Ronde van Drenthe	UCI Europe Tour	Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED)	Netherlands	Coevorden
10 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	France	Nice
11 March	Paris–Nice, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Frederik Veuchelen (BEL)	France
11 March	Paris–Nice, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 6]	France
13 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	Italy
25 March	Volta a Catalunya, Sprints classification	UCI World Tour	Tomasz Marczyński (POL)	Spain
12 May	Tour de Picardie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Kenny van Hummel (NED)	France	Villers-Bocage
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 20	UCI World Tour	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Italy	Passo dello Stelvio
27 May	Giro d'Italia, TV classification	UCI World Tour	Martijn Keizer (NED)	Italy
2 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	Luxembourg	Differdange
3 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Wout Poels (NED)	Luxembourg
7 June	Grand Prix of Aargau Canton	UCI Europe Tour	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Switzerland	Gippingen
16 July	Tour de Pologne, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Tomasz Marczyński (POL)	Poland
22 August	Druivenkoers Overijse	UCI Europe Tour	Björn Leukemans (BEL)	Belgium	Overijse
25 August	Danmark Rundt, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	Denmark	Kerteminde
26 August	Danmark Rundt, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	Denmark
29 August	Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen	National event	Björn Leukemans (BEL)	Belgium	Geraardsbergen
7 October	Paris–Tours	UCI Europe Tour	Marco Marcato (ITA)	France	Tours
14 October	Tour de Vendée	UCI Europe Tour	Wesley Kreder (NED)[N 7]	France	La Roche-sur-Yon

Footnotes

1. Hamelink joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Cycling Team Jo Piels.^[2]
2. Kreder joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Rabobank Continental team.^[2]
3. Lammertink joined the team on 25 June.^[3]
4. Van Impe announced his retirement from the sport on 23 March.^[4]
5. Wauters joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Lotto-Belisol under-23 team.^[2]
6. The riders on the squad were Romain Feillu, Kris Boeckmans, Thomas De Gendt, Sergey Lagutin, Gustav Larsson, Björn Leukemans, Frederik Veuchelen and Lieuwe Westra
7. Kreder won the race as a stagiaire.