2012 Team Sky season
Team Sky | |
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BSkyB | |
Based | United Kingdom |
Bicycles | Pinarello |
Groupset | Shimano |
Season victories | |
One-day races | 5 |
Stage race overall | 8 |
Stage race stages | 34 |
Most wins | Mark Cavendish (14 wins) |
Best ranked rider | Bradley Wiggins (2nd) |
The 2012 season for
2012 roster
At the end of the 2011 season Kurt Asle Arvesen, Kjell Carlström and Dario Cioni retired.[1][2][3] Following the disbanding of the cycling team HTC–Highroad Sky signed four riders from the team including World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish, Danny Pate, Kanstantsin Sivtsov and Bernhard Eisel.[4]
Ages as of 1 January 2012.[5]
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One-day races
Spring classics
Despite being sick en route during the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Mark Cavendish won his first race for Sky.[21]
Autumn races
Stage races
Mark Cavendish made his debut for the team at the Tour of Qatar; during the race he won his first stages for Sky as he took the third and fifth stage.[22][23][24] Cavendish won a stage in the Tirreno–Adriatico.[25] Cavendish won the overall title at the
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Tour de France
Stage 7 saw the first summit finish of the Tour, on La Planche des Belles Filles. After Boasson Hagen, Rogers and Porte successively drove a hard tempo on the climb, only Cadel Evans, Vincenzo Nibali and Rein Taaramäe remained with Wiggins and Froome on the climb. Froome outsprinted Evans to take victory on the Stage, whilst Wiggins came in third to take the race lead. Stage 9 was a 41.5 km individual time trial, which Wiggins won by 35 seconds over Froome, who came second. Wiggins now led the race by 1 minute, 53 seconds over Evans, with Froome now sitting third overall a further 14 seconds back, ahead of Nibali in fourth. On Stage 10, Nibali attacked on a descent with help from teammate Sagan, but was brought back by the efforts of Sky, and in particular Porte.
The second summit finish of the race came on Stage 11, to La Toussuire. On the stage, Evans and teammate
Boasson Hagen took third on Stage 13 after a surprising lead out by Wiggins. During stage 14, a mountain stage, a spectator threw carpet tacks onto the narrow road at the top of the Mur de Péguère climb.[156] Several riders suffered punctures, including Evans, who lost approximately two minutes while his team repaired his bicycle. Wiggins and his fellow members of Team Sky emerged without a puncture. Believing that a puncture resulting from an unfortunate incident should not determine the fate of a competitor, Wiggins then had his teammates and the rest of the peloton slow down to allow Evans and other affected cyclists to catch up. Once they had done so, the peloton remained together for the rest of the race, resulting in little change to the general classification. It was perceived as a generous act of sportsmanship and Wiggins was called "Le Gentleman" as a result. On Stage 16, Wiggins and Froome were the only riders able to respond to an attack by Nibali on the final climb, and the three stayed together on the descent to finish with the same time. On the final summit finish on Stage 19, Wiggins and Froome dropped all of their rivals and attempted to catch Valverde, who was out in front. Ultimately, they came up short due to Froome having to wait three times for Wiggins as the race leader was several metres behind his domestique on certain parts of the climb, although they took second and third to extend their advantage over Nibali. Sky made a late call to chase down the day's breakaway on Stage 18, in the hope of giving Cavendish a stage victory to repay his work as a domestique. However, a late attack by Luis León Sánchez and Nicolas Roche looked set to be the winning move, only for Cavendish to sprint past the pair in the final 200 metres to take his second stage win of the race.
The penultimate stage of the Tour was the final individual time trial into city of Chartres. Wiggins and Froome repeated the 1-2 of the Stage 9 time trial, all but sealing their 1st and 2nd places overall. The Tour concluded with the now-customary stage finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, where Sky chased down a late breakaway before Wiggins and Boasson Hagen led out Cavendish, winning the final stage for the fourth successive year, becoming the first incumbent world champion to win on the Champs-Élysées. His 23rd stage victory[109] allowed him to move into fourth place on the all-time Tour stage wins list. Wiggins finished safely alongside Rogers to secure his overall victory, becoming the first British rider to win the event, and the first person in history to win the Paris–Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France in a single season. He was joined on the podium by Froome, who finished second overall, and Nibali in third.
Vuelta a España
Juan Antonio Flecha, Chris Froome, Sergio Henao, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift, Rigoberto Urán and Xabier Zandio lined up to start the Vuelta a España. Froome was designated the team leader, while Swift was the squads sprinter.[33] Sky finished fifth in the time trial on the first stage.[34] Ben Swift finished in second place on stage 18 and third on the second stage.[35][36] Chris Froome finished second on stage six.[37] Richie Porte finished second on stage 20.[38]
Season victories
Footnotes
- ^ Martinelli joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Team Hopplà Wega Truck Italia Valdarno.[6]
- ^ The riders on the squad were Bradley Wiggins, Richie Porte, Mark Cavendish, Michael Rogers, Geraint Thomas, Chris Froome, Kanstantsin Sivtsov and Danny Pate
- ^ The riders on the squad were Edvald Boasson Hagen, Ben Swift, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Davide Appollonio, Michael Barry, Mathew Hayman, Salvatore Puccio and Luke Rowe
- ^ The riders on the squad were Christian Knees, Thomas Löfkvist, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers, Kanstantsin Sivtsov and Xabier Zandio
- ^ The riders on the squad were Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Christian Knees, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers and Kanstantsin Sivtsov
- ^ The riders on the squad were Alex Dowsett, Juan Antonio Flecha, Sergio Henao, Mathew Hayman, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Rigoberto Urán
- ^ The riders on the squad were Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Peter Kennaugh, Davide Martinelli, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Michael Rogers, Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas
- ^ This award is calculated by adding the points earned by a team's top five riders in the individual standings. Those five riders were Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Rigoberto Urán, and Michael Rogers
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- ^ "Mark Cavendish overcomes illness to win Kuurne–Bruxelles–Kuurne". The Guardian. London. 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Mark Cavendish shrugs off illness for Team Sky debut in Tour of Qatar". The Guardian. London. 5 February 2012.
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- ^ Fotheringham, William (8 March 2012). "Mark Cavendish turns on the power for stage win in Tirreno–Adriatico". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Mark Cavendish powers to first stage-race victory of career". The Guardian. London. 17 June 2012.
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- ^ Fotheringham, William (12 September 2012). "Mark Cavendish claims leader's gold jersey in the Tour of Britain". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Fotheringham, William (16 September 2012). "Tour of Britain 2012: Mark Cavendish enjoys happy return to Surrey". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish crashes as Luke Rowe wins". BBC Sport.
- ^ Brown, Gregor (7 May 2012). "Ferrari should be ashamed of Giro sprint, says Cavendish". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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- ^ "Olympic medallist Chris Froome leads Team Sky at Vuelta". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Chris Froome and Team Sky fifth in Vuelta after team time trial". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Vuelta a España: Ben Swift pipped for win as Contador retains lead". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Ben Swift third in Vuelta a España second stage after sprint finish". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Vuelta a España: Rodriguez beats Chris Froome in stage six". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Vuelta a España: Alberto Contador poised for victory". BBC Sport.
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- ^ "Mark Cavendish powers to 21st Tour stage win". BBC Sport. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
External links
Media related to Team Sky in 2012 at Wikimedia Commons