2012 AA Drink–leontien.nl season

2012 AA Drink–leontien.nl
2012 AA Drink–leontien.nl
	Lizzie Armitstead in 2012
UCI Team ranking	4th
Season victories
One-day races
Stage race overall
Best ranked rider	Shelley Olds (10th)
	← 2011

The 2012 women's road cycling season was the eighth (and last) year for AA Drink–leontien.nl (UCI code: LNL), which began as Van Bemmelen–AA Drink in 2005.

Roster

The 2012 women's road racing team included six riders who were formerly members of the disbanded Garmin–Cervélo women's team: British cyclists Emma Pooley, Lizzie Armitstead, Sharon Laws and Lucy Martin, Belgian Jessie Daams and Australian Carla Ryan.^[1]^[2]

Ages as of 1 January 2012.

	Rider	Date of birth
Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)		(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 23)
Chantal Blaak (NED)		(1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 22)
Lucinda Brand (NED)		(1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 22)
Jessie Daams (BEL)		(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 21)
Marijn de Vries (NED)		(1978-11-19)19 November 1978 (aged 33)
Sharon Laws (GBR)		(1974-07-07)7 July 1974 (aged 37)
Lucy Martin (GBR)		(1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 21)
Shelley Olds (USA)		(1980-09-30)30 September 1980 (aged 31)

	Rider	Date of birth
Madelene Olsson (SWE)		(1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 29)
Emma Pooley (GBR)		(1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 29)
Carla Ryan (AUS)		(1985-09-21)21 September 1985 (aged 26)
Isabelle Söderberg (SWE)		(1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 22)
Marieke van Nek (NED)		(1988-11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 23)
Marieke van Wanroij (NED)		(1979-07-05)5 July 1979 (aged 32)
Kirsten Wild (NED)		(1982-10-15)15 October 1982 (aged 29)

Season victories

Single day and stage races 2012^[3]
Date	Nation	Race	Cat.	Winner

Ladies Tour of Qatar Stages 1 & 3, Kirsten Wild

Omloop van het Hageland – Tielt-Winge, Lizzie Armitstead

Gent – Wevelgem WE, Lizzie Armitstead

Stage 4a Energiewacht Tour, Kirsten Wild

Tour of Chongming Island World Cup, Shelley Olds-Evans

Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, Emma Pooley

Overall Rabobank Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden, Kirsten Wild

Stage 3, Kirsten Wild

Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Shelley Olds-Evans

Stage 2 Tour de Feminin – Krasna Lipa, Kirsten Wild

Stage 3 Tour de Feminin – Krasna Lipa, Lucinda Brand

Stage 3 Tour Féminin en Limousin, Lucinda Brand

Stage 6 International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Jessie Daams

Stage 2 Route de France Féminine, Lucinda Brand

Stages 1 & 2 Lotto–Decca Tour, Kirsten Wild

Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche, Emma Pooley

Stages 3 & 5, Emma Pooley

Stage 6, Carla Ryan

Stage 3 BrainWash Ladies Tour, Kirsten Wild

Results in major races

Single day races

Results at the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup races^[4]
Date	#	Race	Best rider	Place
10 March	1	Ronde van Drenthe	Kirsten Wild	2nd
25 March	2	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	Emma Pooley	8th
1 April	3	Tour of Flanders	Kirsten Wild	4th
18 April	4	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Lucinda Brand	4th
13 May	5	Tour of Chongming Island	Shelley Olds	1st
17 August	6	Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT	AA Drink–leontien.nl	4th
19 August	7	Open de Suède Vårgårda	Shelley Olds	4th
25 August	8	GP de Plouay	Lucinda Brand	14th
Final individual classification			Shelley Olds	5th
Final team classification			AA Drink–leontien.nl	4th

Other major single day races
Date	Race	Rider	Place
29 July	2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race^{[M 1]}	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	2nd
1 August	2012 Summer Olympics – Women's time trial^{[M 2]}	Emma Pooley (GBR)	6th
3-4 August	2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit^{[M 3]}	Kirsten Wild (NED) (with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder)	6th
16 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial	AA Drink–leontien.nl	3rd
18 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial^{[M 4]}	Emma Pooley (GBR)	4th
22 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race^{[M 5]}	Emma Pooley (GBR)	15th

^ Riders are part of the national team^[5]
^ Riders are part of the national team^[6]
^ Together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder as part of the national team
^ Riders are part of the national team^[7]
^ Riders are part of the national team^[8]

Grand Tours

Results of the team in the grand tours
Grand tour	Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification)	Emma Pooley^[9]
Victories	1 stage win

Other achievements

Dutch national record, team pursuit

Kirsten Wild, as part of the national team, broke together with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder the Dutch team pursuit record at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Time	Speed (km/h)	Cyclists	Event	Location of race	Date	Ref
3:20.013	53.996	Kirsten Wild^{[N 1]} (with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder)	2012 Summer Olympics (first round)	London	4 August 2012	^[10]

^ As part of the national selection

UCI World Ranking

The team finished 4th in the UCI ranking for teams.^[4]

Individual UCI World Ranking^[4]
Rank	Rider	Points
10	Shelley Olds (USA)	393.75
12	Emma Pooley (GBR)	381.5
13	Kirsten Wild (NED)	373.75
14	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	365
39	Sharon Laws (NED)	182.5
84	Lucinda Brand (NED)	150
86	Chantal Blaak (NED)	66.25
84	Jessie Daams (BEL)	64.25
95	Carla Ryan (AUS)	59
145	Isabelle Söderberg (SWE)	29
147	Marijn de Vries (NED)	28
190	Lucy Martin (NED)	15
221	Marieke van Wanroij (NED)	12

References

^ "AA Drink neemt zes rensters Garmin–Cervélo over". wielerland.nl (in Dutch). 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.
^ "35 women's professional teams registered with UCI". cyclingnews.com. 17 January 2012.
^ "2012 » AA Drink - Leontien.nl". procyclingstats. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "World Cup - Results - Cycling - Road 2012". UCI. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ "2012 » Olympic Games Road Race WE (Olympics)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Olympic Games ITT (Olympics)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "2012 » World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "2012 » 79th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012 (2.1)". cycling fever. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^ "Women's Team Pursuit 1st Round Results". www.london2012.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

[6] Riders are part of the national team^[5]

[8] Riders are part of the national team^[6]

[9] Together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder as part of the national team

[11] Riders are part of the national team^[7]

[13] Riders are part of the national team^[8]

[15] As part of the national selection

[1] "AA Drink neemt zes rensters Garmin–Cervélo over". wielerland.nl (in Dutch). 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.

[2] "35 women's professional teams registered with UCI". cyclingnews.com. 17 January 2012.

[ca2012-3] "2012 » AA Drink - Leontien.nl". procyclingstats. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

[uci-4] "World Cup - Results - Cycling - Road 2012". UCI. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

[5] "2012 » Olympic Games Road Race WE (Olympics)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[7] "Olympic Games ITT (Olympics)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[10] "2012 » World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[12] "2012 » 79th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[14] "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012 (2.1)". cycling fever. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

[16] "Women's Team Pursuit 1st Round Results". www.london2012.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

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