2012 AA Drink–leontien.nl season

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.

2012 AA Drink–leontien.nl
UCI Team ranking4th
Season victories
One-day races
Stage race overall
Best ranked riderShelley Olds (10th)
← 2011

Roster

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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

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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

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Single day races

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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
 
Wild (centre) riding the team pursuit at the Summer Olympics together with Ellen van Dijk and Amy Pieters.
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
  1. ^ Riders are part of the national team[5]
  2. ^ Riders are part of the national team[6]
  3. ^ Together with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder as part of the national team
  4. ^ Riders are part of the national team[7]
  5. ^ Riders are part of the national team[8]

Grand Tours

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Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification) Emma Pooley[9]
Victories 1 stage win

Other achievements

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Dutch national record, team pursuit

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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]
  1. ^ As part of the national selection

UCI World Ranking

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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

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  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.
  3. ^ "2012  » AA Drink - Leontien.nl". procyclingstats. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "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.
  6. ^ "Olympic Games ITT (Olympics)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  7. ^ "2012  » World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  8. ^ "2012  » 79th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012 (2.1)". cycling fever. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  10. ^ "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.