# 2012 Euskaltel–Euskadi season

2012 Euskaltel–Euskadi season :
| Manager | Miguel Madariaga |
| One-day victories | 1 |
| Stage race overall victories | 1 |
| Stage race stage victories | 6 |
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The 2012 season for Euskaltel–Euskadi 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.
The team experiences a managerial change, as Igor González de Galdeano left the post at the end of 2011 season, and was replaced by the man named, Miguel Madariaga. Madariaga has stated that he was taking the position only for 2012 and will leave before 2013, perhaps not coincidentally when the Basque government will remove or at least greatly reduce their financial commitment to the team.

## 2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Igor Antón (ESP) | Igor Antón (ESP) | (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 28) |
| Mikel Astarloza (ESP) | Mikel Astarloza (ESP) | (1979-11-17)17 November 1979 (aged 32) |
| Jorge Azanza (ESP) | Jorge Azanza (ESP) | (1982-06-16)16 June 1982 (aged 29) |
| Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 21) |
| Victor Cabedo (ESP) | Victor Cabedo (ESP) | (1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 22) |
| Pierre Cazaux (FRA) | Pierre Cazaux (FRA) | (1984-06-07)7 June 1984 (aged 27) |
| Ricardo Garcia (ESP) | Ricardo Garcia (ESP) | (1988-02-26)26 February 1988 (aged 23) |
| Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 24) |
| Jon Izagirre (ESP) | Jon Izagirre (ESP) | (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 22) |
| Mikel Landa (ESP) | Mikel Landa (ESP) | (1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 22) |
| Egoi Martínez (ESP) | Egoi Martínez (ESP) | (1978-05-15)15 May 1978 (aged 33) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Miguel Minguez (ESP) | Miguel Minguez (ESP) | (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 (aged 23) |
| Mikel Nieve (ESP) | Mikel Nieve (ESP) | (1984-05-26)26 May 1984 (aged 27) |
| Juan José Oroz (ESP) | Juan José Oroz (ESP) | (1980-11-07)7 November 1980 (aged 31) |
| Alan Pérez (ESP) | Alan Pérez (ESP) | (1982-07-15)15 July 1982 (aged 29) |
| Rubén Pérez (ESP) | Rubén Pérez (ESP) | (1981-10-30)30 October 1981 (aged 30) |
| Adrián Sáez (ESP) | Adrián Sáez (ESP) | (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 25) |
| Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | (1978-02-05)5 February 1978 (aged 33) |
| Romain Sicard (FRA) | Romain Sicard (FRA) | (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 24) |
| Amets Txurruka (ESP) | Amets Txurruka (ESP) | (1982-11-10)10 November 1982 (aged 29) |
| Pablo Urtasun (ESP) | Pablo Urtasun (ESP) | (1980-03-29)29 March 1980 (aged 31) |
| Iván Velasco (ESP) | Iván Velasco (ESP) | (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 (aged 31) |
| Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | Gorka Verdugo (ESP) | (1978-11-04)4 November 1978 (aged 33) |
| Rider | 2011 team |
| Mikel Astarloza | ex-pro (Euskaltel–Euskadi, 2009) |
| Ricardo Garcia | neo-pro (Orbea) |
| Victor Cabedo | neo-pro (Orbea) |
| Adrián Sáez | neo-pro (Orbea) |
| Rider | 2012 team |
| Koldo Fernández | Garmin–Barracuda |
| Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team |
| Iñaki Isasi | Retired |
| Javier Aramendia | Caja Rural |
| Daniel Sesma | Retired |
| Rider | reason |
| Victor Cabedo | Deceased |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 24 March | Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Badalona |
| 4 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Eibar |
| 7 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Oñati |
| 7 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Overall | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | |
| 7 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Points classification | UCI World Tour | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | |
| 28 April | Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2b | UCI Europe Tour | Jon Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | Piedras Blancas |
| 22 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 16 | UCI World Tour | Jon Izagirre (ESP) | Italy | Falzes-Pfalzen |
| 25 July | Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia | UCI Europe Tour | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | Ordizia |
| 15 September | Tour of Britain, Stage 7 | UCI Europe Tour | Pablo Urtasun (ESP) | Great Britain | Dartmouth |

## Death of Victor Cabedo

On September 19, 2012, squad member Victor Cabedo died in a training accident near his home of Onda, following a collision with a vehicle, subsequently falling into a ravine. He was 23.