# 2012 Rabobank season

2012 Rabobank season :
| Manager | Erik Breukink |
| One-day victories | 5 |
| Stage race overall victories | 2 |
| Stage race stage victories | 15 |
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The 2012 season for the Rabobank 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 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Carlos Barredo (ESP) | Carlos Barredo (ESP) | (1981-06-05)5 June 1981 (aged 30) |
| Jetse Bol (NED) | Jetse Bol (NED) | (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 22) |
| Lars Boom (NED) | Lars Boom (NED) | (1985-12-30)30 December 1985 (aged 26) |
| Theo Bos (NED) | Theo Bos (NED) | (1983-08-22)22 August 1983 (aged 28) |
| Matti Breschel (DEN) | Matti Breschel (DEN) | (1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 27) |
| Graeme Brown (AUS) | Graeme Brown (AUS) | (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 32) |
| Stef Clement (NED) | Stef Clement (NED) | (1982-09-24)24 September 1982 (aged 29) |
| Rick Flens (NED) | Rick Flens (NED) | (1983-04-11)11 April 1983 (aged 28) |
| Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) | Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) | (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 (aged 35) |
| Robert Gesink (NED) | Robert Gesink (NED) | (1986-05-31)31 May 1986 (aged 25) |
| Marc Goos (NED) | Marc Goos (NED) | (1990-11-30)30 November 1990 (aged 21) |
| Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 20) |
| Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 24) |
| Tom Leezer (NED) | Tom Leezer (NED) | (1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 26) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Paul Martens (GER) | Paul Martens (GER) | (1983-10-26)26 October 1983 (aged 28) |
| Michael Matthews (AUS) | Michael Matthews (AUS) | (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (aged 21) |
| Bauke Mollema (NED) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | (1986-11-26)26 November 1986 (aged 25) |
| Grischa Niermann (GER) | Grischa Niermann (GER) | (1975-11-03)3 November 1975 (aged 36) |
| Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | (1982-10-22)22 October 1982 (aged 29) |
| Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 28) |
| Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) | (1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 22) |
| Bram Tankink (NED) | Bram Tankink (NED) | (1978-12-03)3 December 1978 (aged 33) |
| Laurens ten Dam (NED) | Laurens ten Dam (NED) | (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 31) |
| Maarten Tjallingii (NED) | Maarten Tjallingii (NED) | (1977-11-05)5 November 1977 (aged 34) |
| Jos van Emden (NED) | Jos van Emden (NED) | (1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 24) |
| Dennis van Winden (NED) | Dennis van Winden (NED) | (1987-12-02)2 December 1987 (aged 24) |
| Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) | Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) | (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 23) |
| Maarten Wynants (BEL) | Maarten Wynants (BEL) | (1982-05-13)13 May 1982 (aged 29) |
| Rider | 2011 team |
| Jetse Bol | stagiaire (Rabobank) |
| Wilco Kelderman | Rabobank continental team |
| Mark Renshaw | HTC–Highroad |
| Rider | 2012 team |
| Pieter Weening | GreenEDGE |
| Sebastian Langeveld | GreenEDGE |
| Óscar Freire | Team Katusha |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 26 February | Clásica de Almería | UCI Europe Tour | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Spain | Almería |
| 9 March | Paris–Nice, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | France | Sisteron |
| 9 March | Dwars door Drenthe | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Netherlands | Hoogeveen |
| 14 April | Vuelta a Castilla y León, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Ávila |
| 22 April | Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Turkey | Alanya |
| 25 April | Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Turkey | Marmaris |
| 27 April | Tour de Romandie, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Switzerland | Charmey |
| 28 April | Tour de Romandie, Stage 4 | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Switzerland | Sion |
| 29 April | Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 8 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Turkey | Istanbul |
| 19 May | Tour of California, Stage 7 | UCI America Tour | Robert Gesink (NED) | United States | Mount Baldy |
| 20 May | Tour of California, Overall | UCI America Tour | Robert Gesink (NED) | United States | |
| 20 May | Tour of California, Young rider classification | UCI America Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | United States | |
| 10 June | Critérium du Dauphiné, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | France | |
| 16 June | Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | Belgium | La Gileppe-Jalhay |
| 15 July | Tour de France, Stage 14 | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | France | Foix |
| 3 August | Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Matti Breschel (DEN) | Spain | Lerma |
| 4 August | Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Paul Martens (GER) | Spain | Clunia |
| 8 August | Eneco Tour, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Belgium | Genk |
| 9 August | Tour of Utah, Stage 3 | UCI America Tour | Michael Matthews (AUS) | United States | Salt Lake City |
| 12 August | Eneco Tour, Overall | UCI World Tour | Lars Boom (NED) | | |
| 12 August | Tour of Utah, Sprints classification | UCI America Tour | Michael Matthews (AUS) | United States | |
| 14 August | Clásica de San Sebastián | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | San Sebastián |
| 17 August | Dutch Food Valley Classic | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Netherlands | Veenendaal |
| 26 August | Danmark Rundt, Young rider classification | UCI Europe Tour | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Denmark | |
| 1 September | World Ports Classic, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Netherlands | Rotterdam |
| 5 September | Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen | UCI Europe Tour | Theo Bos (NED) | Belgium | Aartselaar |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Goos joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Rabobank Continental team.
* ↑ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.