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The 2012 season for Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank 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 .
In February 2012, Alberto Contador was given a backdated two-year ban in relation to his doping case stemming from the 2010 Tour de France . As well as his results from that race, all of his results from 2011 and 2012 were disqualified,[ 1] including his victory in the 2011 Giro d'Italia .
Known simply as Team Saxo Bank for the first six months of 2012, the team acquired Tinkoff Bank as a secondary title sponsor shortly before the Tour de France.[ 2] [ 3]
Ages as of 1 January 2012.[ 4]
Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Date
Race
Competition
Rider
Country
Location
12 February
Tour Méditerranéen , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[ N 3]
France
13 March
Tour de Taiwan , Stage 4
UCI Asia Tour
Jonathan Cantwell (AUS )
Taiwan
Taichung
16 March
Tour de Taiwan , Stage 7
UCI Asia Tour
Jonathan Cantwell (AUS )
Taiwan
Kaohsiung
25 March
Volta a Catalunya , Mountains classification
UCI World Tour
Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN )
Spain
7 April
Tour of the Basque Country , Mountains classification
UCI World Tour
Mads Christensen (DEN )
Spain
12 April
Grand Prix de Denain
UCI Europe Tour
Juan José Haedo (ARG )
France
Denain
13 May
Post Cup Ringsted
National event
Michael Mørkøv (DEN )
Denmark
Ringsted
22 July
Tour de France , Super-combativity award
UCI World Tour
Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN )
France
2 August
Paris–Corrèze , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN )
France
2 August
Paris–Corrèze , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[ N 4]
France
9 August
Tour de l'Ain , Stage 3
UCI Europe Tour
Daniel Navarro (ESP )
France
Montréal-la-Cluse
11 August
Tour de l'Ain , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[ N 5]
France
12 August
Post Cup Roskilde
National event
Michael Mørkøv (DEN )
Denmark
Roskilde
5 September
Vuelta a España , Stage 17
UCI World Tour
Alberto Contador (ESP )
Spain
Fuente Dé
9 September
Vuelta a España , Overall
UCI World Tour
Alberto Contador (ESP )
Spain
9 September
Vuelta a España , Super-combativity award
UCI World Tour
Alberto Contador (ESP )
Spain
26 September
Milano–Torino
UCI Europe Tour
Alberto Contador (ESP )
Italy
Turin
7 October
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
UCI Europe Tour
Nicki Sørensen (DEN )
Italy
Monteveglio
13 October
Tour of Beijing , Young rider classification
UCI World Tour
Rafał Majka (POL )
China
Victories originally obtained by Contador but vacated [ edit ]
^ Two stage victories for Contador were expunged in February.
^ Contador's contract was annulled on 7 February, after receiving a backdated two-year ban in relation to a positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France .[ 5] He rejoined the team on 5 August, ahead of the Eneco Tour .[ 6]
^ The riders on the squad were Benjamín Noval , Daniel Navarro , David Tanner , Luke Roberts , Mads Christensen , Nicki Sørensen , Rafał Majka and Chris Anker Sørensen
^ The riders on the squad were David Tanner , Christopher Juul-Jensen , Jonas Aaen Jørgensen , Kasper Klostergaard , Luke Roberts , Manuele Boaro , Jonathan Cantwell and Troels Vinther
^ The riders on the squad were Juan José Haedo , Volodymir Gustov , Lucas Sebastián Haedo , Daniel Navarro , Jesús Hernández , Mads Christensen and Rafał Majka
^ "CAS 2011/A/2384 UCI v. Alberto Contador Velasco & RFEC; CAS 2011/A/2386 WADA v. Alberto Contador Velasco & RFEC: Arbitral Award" (PDF) . Tribunal Arbitral du Sport . Lausanne , Switzerland : Court of Arbitration for Sport . 6 February 2012. p. 98. Archived from the original (PDF ) on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 6 February 2012 .
^ Westemeyer, Susan (25 June 2012). "Tinkoff Bank announced as co-sponsor to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ Atkins, Ben (25 June 2012). "Tinkoff returns to cycling as Team Saxo Bank co-sponsor through 2013" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 25 June 2012 .
^ "Team Saxo Bank (SAX) - DEN" . UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Riis continues to support Contador despite ban" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012 .
^ Stokes, Shane (5 August 2012). "Contador eligible to race as suspension comes to an end" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 6 August 2012 .
^ "Saxo Bank SunGard Signs With Danish Talent" . Team Saxo Bank . Riis Cycling. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "GP Herning winner Troels Vinther signs one year deal with Saxo Bank SunGard" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Westemeyer, Susan (19 September 2011). "Pozzato joins Farnese Vini, Paulinho moves to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Saxo Bank signs three" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Kroon returns to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Pires from Leopard Trek to Saxo Bank-SunGard" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Lund returning to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Saxo Bank hires Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France-Presse . 21 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Cantwell joins Saxo Bank" . Yahoo! Eurosport . TF1 Group . 8 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Farrand, Stephen (27 August 2011). "Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to ride for GreenEdge in 2012" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Gallagher, Brendan (7 September 2011). "Team Sky sign Richie Porte from Saxo Bank-Sungard" . The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Vacansoleil snap up Larsson" . Yahoo! Eurosport . TF1 Group . 10 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Bull, Nick (24 November 2011). "Bellis signs for An Post-Sean Kelly" . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Transferts 2011-2012" [Transfers 2011-2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Vandborg joins Spidertech" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012 .