# 2012 BMC Racing Team season

2012 BMC Racing Team season :
| Manager | John Lelangue |
| One-day victories | 2 |
| Stage race overall victories | 2 |
| Stage race stage victories | 15 |
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The 2012 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with 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 January 1, 2012.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | (1979-11-06)November 6, 1979 (aged 32) |
| Adam Blythe (GBR) | Adam Blythe (GBR) | (1989-10-01)October 1, 1989 (aged 22) |
| Brent Bookwalter (USA) | Brent Bookwalter (USA) | (1984-02-16)February 16, 1984 (aged 27) |
| Marcus Burghardt (GER) | Marcus Burghardt (GER) | (1983-06-30)June 30, 1983 (aged 28) |
| Steve Cummings (GBR) | Steve Cummings (GBR) | (1981-03-19)March 19, 1981 (aged 30) |
| Yannick Eijssen (BEL) | Yannick Eijssen (BEL) | (1989-06-26)June 26, 1989 (aged 22) |
| Cadel Evans (AUS) | Cadel Evans (AUS) | (1977-02-14)February 14, 1977 (aged 34) |
| Mathias Flückiger (SUI) | Mathias Flückiger (SUI) | (1988-09-27)September 27, 1988 (aged 23) |
| Mathias Frank (SUI) | Mathias Frank (SUI) | (1986-12-09)December 9, 1986 (aged 25) |
| Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | (1982-07-05)July 5, 1982 (aged 29) |
| George Hincapie (USA) | George Hincapie (USA) | (1973-06-29)June 29, 1973 (aged 38) |
| Thor Hushovd (NOR) | Thor Hushovd (NOR) | (1978-01-18)January 18, 1978 (aged 33) |
| Martin Kohler (SUI) | Martin Kohler (SUI) | (1985-07-17)July 17, 1985 (aged 26) |
| Klaas Lodewyck (BEL) | Klaas Lodewyck (BEL) | (1988-03-24)March 24, 1988 (aged 23) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Amaël Moinard (FRA) | Amaël Moinard (FRA) | (1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 29) |
| Steve Morabito (SUI) | Steve Morabito (SUI) | (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983 (aged 28) |
| Taylor Phinney (USA) | Taylor Phinney (USA) | (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 21) |
| Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | (1976-02-25)February 25, 1976 (aged 35) |
| Manuel Quinziato (ITA) | Manuel Quinziato (ITA) | (1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 (aged 32) |
| Timothy Roe (AUS) | Timothy Roe (AUS) | (1989-10-28)October 28, 1989 (aged 22) |
| Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) | Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) | (1984-10-07)October 7, 1984 (aged 27) |
| Ivan Santaromita (ITA) | Ivan Santaromita (ITA) | (1984-04-30)April 30, 1984 (aged 27) |
| Michael Schär (SUI) | Michael Schär (SUI) | (1986-09-29)September 29, 1986 (aged 25) |
| Johann Tschopp (SUI) | Johann Tschopp (SUI) | (1982-07-01)July 1, 1982 (aged 29) |
| Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | (1985-05-17)May 17, 1985 (aged 26) |
| Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 23) |
| Larry Warbasse (USA) | Larry Warbasse (USA) | (1990-06-28)June 28, 1990 (aged 21) |
| Danilo Wyss (SUI) | Danilo Wyss (SUI) | (1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 26) |
| Rider | 2011 team |
| Thor Hushovd | Garmin–Cervélo |
| Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| Marco Pinotti | HTC–Highroad |
| Tejay van Garderen | HTC–Highroad |
| Klaas Lodewyck | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| Adam Blythe | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| Steve Cummings | Team Sky |
| Rider | 2012 team |
| Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha |
| Jeff Louder | UnitedHealthcare |
| John Murphy | Kenda-5-hour Energy |
| Chad Beyer | Competitive Cyclist |
| Karsten Kroon | Team Saxo Bank |
| Chris Barton | Bissell |
| Simon Zahner | EKZ Racing Team |
| Chris Butler | Champion System |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| February 19 | Tour of Oman, Combative classification | UCI Asia Tour | Klaas Lodewyck (BEL) | Oman | |
| March 11 | Paris–Nice, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | France | |
| March 24 | Critérium International, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Cadel Evans (AUS) | France | Porto-Vecchio |
| March 25 | Critérium International, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Cadel Evans (AUS) | France | |
| March 25 | Critérium International, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Cadel Evans (AUS) | France | |
| April 7 | Tour of the Basque Country, Sprints classification | UCI World Tour | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Spain | |
| April 17 | Giro del Trentino, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Team time trial | Italy | Arco |
| April 29 | Giro di Toscana | UCI Europe Tour | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | Italy | Arezzo |
| May 5 | Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 | UCI World Tour | Taylor Phinney (USA) | Denmark | Herning |
| May 27 | Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 | UCI World Tour | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Italy | Milan |
| June 4 | Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 1 | UCI World Tour | Cadel Evans (AUS) | France | Saint-Vallier |
| June 10 | Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classification | UCI World Tour | Cadel Evans (AUS) | France | |
| June 17 | Tour de Suisse, Swiss rider classification | UCI World Tour | Mathias Frank (SUI) | Switzerland | |
| July 7 | Tour of Austria, Stage 7 | UCI Europe Tour | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Austria | Podersdorf am See |
| July 22 | Tour de France, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | France | |
| August 1 | Paris–Corrèze, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Adam Blythe (GBR) | France | Sassay |
| August 11 | Tour of Utah, Stage 5 | UCI America Tour | Johann Tschopp (SUI) | United States | Snowbird |
| August 12 | Eneco Tour, Stage 7 | UCI World Tour | Alessandro Ballan (ITA) | Belgium | Geraardsbergen |
| August 12 | Tour of Utah, Overall | UCI America Tour | Johann Tschopp (SUI) | United States | |
| August 21 | USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 2 | UCI America Tour | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | United States | Crested Butte |
| August 26 | Vuelta a España, Stage 9 | UCI World Tour | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Spain | Barcelona |
| August 26 | USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 7 | UCI America Tour | Taylor Phinney (USA) | United States | Denver |
| August 31 | Vuelta a España, Stage 13 | UCI World Tour | Steve Cummings (GBR) | Spain | Ferrol |
| September 7 | Vuelta a España, Stage 19 | UCI World Tour | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Spain | La Lastrilla |
| October 2 | Binche–Tournai–Binche | UCI Europe Tour | Adam Blythe (GBR) | Belgium | Binche |
| October 13 | Tour of Beijing, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Steve Cummings (GBR) | China | Ping Gu |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Flückiger joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from Trek World Racing.
* ↑ Warbasse joined the team on August 1, as a stagiaire, from BMC-Hincapie Sportswear.
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Alessandro Ballan, Mathias Frank, Taylor Phinney, Marco Pinotti, Yannick Eijssen, Ivan Santaromita, Tim Roe, and Danilo Wyss