UCI WorldTour 2012

The UCI WorldTour 2012 comprised 28 cycling races , including the three-week tours Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España ( Grand Tours ), as well as important cycling classics , including the five cycling monuments Milan – Sanremo , Tour of Flanders , Paris – Roubaix , Liège – Bastogne – Liège and Giro di Lombardia . The competitions took place from January to October 2012. In each race, the final placing ( one-day race) or the stage and overall placements ( stage races ) award points that have been added to world rankings for drivers, teams and nations.

Participants were the specially licensed ProTeams . In addition, Professional Continental Teams could be invited by the respective race organizer. A national team from the host country was also eligible to participate in certain competitions such as the Tour Down Under in Australia or the Tour of Poland .

Teams

UCI ProTeams

In a notification dated October 5, 2011, the UCI announced which teams already licensed for 2012 had applied for registration for this 2012 season and which teams were still applying for such a license and registration. The application process was completed on November 1st. The final decision on license distribution was made on December 10th. The Movistar team , which still has a valid license until 2013, and the Garmin-Cervélo team were not named in the notification , as both had submitted their documents after the deadline on October 1st. On October 25, the UCI published a ranking of license applicants based on the sporting criteria. These are calculated according to the results of the drivers of each team in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Accordingly, 15 teams meet the sporting requirements, while five teams fight for three places that are still free. The Argos-Shimano team did not meet the sporting criteria and therefore had no chance of a ProTeam license.

On November 1st, the UCI announced which eight teams with a valid license meet the sporting, financial, ethical and administrative requirements and have therefore already been selected as ProTeam for 2012. The remaining applicants for a ProTeam license were heard before the license commission of the World Cycling Association until November 20th.

The Argos-Shimano team was the 21st team to miss the athletic qualification for a license. For four other teams, which ranked 16th to 20th on this ranking list, the athletic qualification criterion was checked more closely by the licensing commission. Of these, three more received the WorldTour team license, while the applications from Geox-TMC and Team Europcar were rejected. The following teams were finally registered as UCI ProTeams for 2012:

Name (UCI Code)	operator	nationality	Wheel manufacturer	License until ...
Ag2r (ALM)	EUSRL France Cyclisme	France	Kuota	2012
Astana Pro Team (AST)	Olympus SARL	Kazakhstan	Specialized	2013
BMC Racing Team (BMC)	Continuum Sports LLC	United States	BMC	2014
Movistar (MOV)	Abarca Sports SL	Spain	Pinarello	2013
Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS)	Fundación Ciclista Euskadi	Spain	Orbea	2012
Garmin-Barracuda / Garmin-Sharp (GRM)	Slipstream Sports LLC	United States	Cervélo	2012
Lampre ISD (LAM)	Total Cycling Limited	Italy	Wilier Triestina	2013
Liquigas-Cannondale (LIQ)	Liquigas Sport Spa	Italy	Cannondale	2014
RadioShack Nissan (RNT)	Leopard SA	Luxembourg	Trek Bicycle Corporation	2012
Rabobank Cycling Team (RAB)	Rabo Wielerploegen	Netherlands	Giant	2012
Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ)	Esperanza bvba	Belgium	Specialized	2014
Katusha Team (KAT)	Katusha Management SA	Russia	Canyon	2015
Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (SBS)	Riis Cycling A / S	Denmark	Specialized	2012
Sky ProCycling (SKY)	Tour Racing Limited	United Kingdom	Pinarello	2013
Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD)	STL-Pro Cycling BV	Netherlands	Bianchi	2013
FDJ-Big Mat (FDJ)	Société de Gestion de L'Echappée	France	Lapierre	2014
Lotto Belisol Team (LTB)	Belgian Cycling Project	Belgium	Ridley	2015
Orica GreenEdge (OGE)	GreenEdge Cycling	Australia	Scott Sports	2013

The following formations did not apply for a license from the ProTeams of 2011:

• Team RadioShack (merger with Leopard Trek to form RadioShack-Nissan )
• HTC-Highroad (resolution)

UCI Professional Continental Teams

The UCI announced on December 12, 2011 that the following 22 teams have received a license as a Professional Continental Team for the 2012 season:

Name (UCI Code)	operator	nationality	Wheel manufacturer
Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda’s (ACC)	Belgian Pro Cycling Team NV	Belgium	Zannata
Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela (AND)	Teamgalli srl	Italy	Bianchi
Acqua & Sapone (ASA)	Abruzzo Team srl	Italy	Focus
Brittany-Schuller (BSC)		France	KTM
Caja Rural (CJR)	Club Deportivo Preventia	Spain	Vivelo
Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne (COF)	Cofidis Compétition EUSRL	France	LOOK
Colnago-CSF Inox (COG)	Aster Sport Limited	Ireland	Colnago
Colombia-Coldeportes (COL)	Instituto Colombiano del Deportes	Colombia	Bianchi
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (LAN)		Belgium	Colnago
Team Argos-Shimano (ARG)	SMS Cycling BV	Netherlands	Felt
Saur Soy Sun (SAU)	Breizh Cyclisme Compétition	France	Time
Team SpiderTech-C10 (SPI)	Cycle Sport Management Inc.	Canada	Argon 18
Team NetApp (APP)	Ralph Denk pro cycling GmbH	Germany	Simplon
Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (TSV)	Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw	Belgium	Eddy Merckx Cycles
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UHC)	Momentum Sports Group, LLC	United States	Neil Pryde
Team Europcar (EUC)	SA Vendée Cyclisme	France	Colnago
Andalucía (ACG)	E-bici	Spain	Bottecchia
Champion System (CSS)	Typhoon Sports	People's Republic of China	Fuji bikes
Farnese Vini-Selle Italia (FAR)	Croft Sport Ltd	United Kingdom	MCipollini
RusVelo (RVL)	PROvelo AG	Russia	Cervélo
Utensilnord Named (UNA)	California Sport Ltd	Ireland	De Rosa
Team Type 1-Sanofi (TT1)		United States	Colnago

run

On October 11, 2011, the Union Cycliste Internationale published the racing calendar for 2012. With the E3 Flanders Prize , a new competition was added to the program. On June 26, 2012, the licensing commission announced that the Tour of Hangzhou was another Chinese race that was to be added to the calendar and should mark the end of the 2012 season, but was canceled by the UCI because the standards of a WorldTour race in 2012 had not yet been met could become. The following races are therefore part of the UCI WorldTour 2012:

date	run	winner	Result	Leading individual ranking	Leading team classification	Leading nation ranking
17.-22. January	Tour down under	Simon Gerrans	Details	Simon Gerrans	RadioShack Nissan	Australia
4th-11th March	Paris – Nice	Bradley Wiggins	Details	Alejandro Valverde	Sky ProCycling	Spain
7-13 March	Tirreno-Adriatico	Vincenzo Nibali	Details		RadioShack Nissan
17. March	Milan – Sanremo	Simon Gerrans	Details	Simon Gerrans		Italy
March 23	Flanders E3 Prize	Tom Boonen	Details			Spain
19.-25. March	Tour of Catalonia	Michael Albasini	Details		GreenEdge Cycling Team
25th March	Gent – ​​Wevelgem	Tom Boonen	Details		Sky ProCycling
April 1st	Tour of Flanders	Tom Boonen	Details	Tom Boonen	Liquigas-Cannondale	Belgium
2nd-7th April	Basque Country Tour	Samuel Sánchez	Details		Omega Pharma-Quick Step	Spain
April 8th	Paris – Roubaix	Tom Boonen	Details
April 15th	Amstel Gold Race	Enrico Gasparotto	Details
April 18	La Flèche Wallonne	Joaquim Rodríguez	Details
April 22	Liège – Bastogne – Liège	Maxim Iglinski	Details
24.-29. April	Tour de Romandie	Bradley Wiggins	Details
5th - 27th May	Giro d'Italia	Ryder Hesjedal	Details	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha team
3rd - 10th June	Critérium du Dauphiné	Bradley Wiggins	Details		Sky ProCycling
9-17 June	Tour de Suisse	Rui Costa	Details
10-16 July	Tour of Poland	Moreno Moser	Details
June 30-22 July	Tour de France	Bradley Wiggins	Details	Bradley Wiggins
6-12 August	/ Eneco Tour	Lars Boom	Details
August 14th	Clásica San Sebastián	Luis León Sánchez	Details
August 19th	Vattenfall Cyclassics	Arnaud Démare	Details
26th of August	Grand Prix Ouest France-Plouay	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Details
7th of September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	Simon Gerrans	Details
the 9th of September	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Details
August 18–9. September	Vuelta a España	Alberto Contador	Details
16th September	UCI Road World Championships ( MZF )	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	Details
September 29th	Il Lombardia	Joaquim Rodríguez	Details	Joaquim Rodríguez
10-14 October	Tour of Beijing	Tony Martin	Details

The most important changes in dates compared to 2011 concern the Clásica San Sebastián and the Tour of Poland as well as the Tour of Lombardy . Due to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Clásica will not be held at the end of July, but in mid-August, while the Poland Tour moves from August to July. The Lombardy Tour will no longer take place in mid-October as the final race of the World Tour, but rather at the end of September.

Ratings

The final results of the individual, team and nation standings of the UCI World Rankings, for which only the positions of ProTeam drivers count:

Individual evaluation

space	Surname	team	Points
001.	Joaquim Rodríguez	Katusha team	692
002.	Bradley Wiggins	Sky ProCycling	601
003.	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	410
004th	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas-Cannondale	400
005.	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	394
006th	Simon Gerrans	Orica GreenEdge	390
007th	Chris Froome	Sky ProCycling	376
008th.	Peter Sagan	Liquigas-Cannondale	351
009.	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	332
010.	Rui Costa	Movistar	320
023.	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEdge	183
028.	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	171
029	André Greipel	Lotto Belisol team	162
037.	Fabian Cancellara	RadioShack Nissan	134
058.	Frank Schleck	RadioShack Nissan	89
082.	Linus Gerdemann	RadioShack Nissan	51
083.	Bernhard Eisel	Sky ProCycling	50
094.	Andreas Klöden	RadioShack Nissan	40

248 drivers scored at least one point.

Team evaluation

The team ranking is determined by adding the points of the 5 best drivers from each team. Teams that place in the top ten in the team time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships will receive additional points according to the following scheme:

1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
200	170	140	130	120	110	100	90	80	70

space	team	Points	Top 5 drivers	WM
001.	Sky ProCycling	1,767	Wiggins (601), Froome (376), Boasson Hagen (317), Urán (199), Rogers (194)	80
002.	Katusha team	1,273	Rodríguez (692), Freire (181), Kolobnew (110), Moreno (104), Špilak (86)	100
003.	Liquigas-Cannondale	1,197	Nibali (400), Sagan (351), Moser (175), Basso (88), Capecchi (53)	130
004th	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	1,162	Boonen (410), Tony Martin (171), Terpstra (160), Chavanel (113), Kwiatkowski (108)	200
005.	Movistar	952	Valverde (394), Costa (320), Intxausti (47), Kiryjenka (41), Castroviejo (40)	110
006th	Orica GreenEdge	920	Gerrans (390), Albasini (183), Goss (114), Durbridge (56), Tuft (37)	140
007th	BMC Racing Team	917	Evans (182), Ballan (172), van Garderen (160), Van Avermaet (121), Gilbert (112)	170
008th.	Rabobank Cycling Team	799	Mollema (194), Boom (148), Sánchez (143), Gesink (134), Breschel (60)	120
009.	Garmin-Barracuda / Garmin-Sharp	762	Hesjedal (241), D. Martin (196), Talansky (145), Haussler (70), Le Mével (40)	70
010.	Astana Pro Team	645	Kreuziger (189), Gasparotto (150), Brajkovič (106), Iglinski (100), Gavazzi (100)	0
011.	Lotto Belisol team	625	Van Den Broeck (237), Greipel (162), Vanendert (104), Meersman (70), Roelandts (52)	0
012.	RadioShack Nissan	619	Cancellara (134), Horner (120), Zubeldia (94), Machado (92), F. Schleck (89)	90
013.	Euskaltel-Euskadi	555	S. Sánchez (332), Nieve (98), Izagirre (46), Antón (44), Verdugo (35)	0
014th	Lampre ISD	435	Cunego (184), Scarponi (184), Ulissi (30), Petacchi (22), Niemiec (15)	0
015th	Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank	401	Contador (290), Majka (30), Tosatto (30), Sørensen (30), J. Haedo (21)	0
016.	Vacansoleil DCM	364	De Gendt (134), Westra (97), Hoogerland (51), Marczyński (45), Marcato (37)	0
017th	Ag2r	315	Nocentini (162), Roche (63), Péraud (42), Gadret (33), Belletti (15)	0
018th	FDJ-Big Mat	246	Démare (87), Pinot (85), Jeannesson (40), Fédrigo (20), Ladagnous (14)	0

All 18 ProTeams have scored at least one point.

Nations ranking

The nation ranking is determined by adding up the points of the 5 best drivers in each country.

space	nation	Points	Top 5 drivers
001.	Spain	1,889	Rodríguez (692), Valverde (394), Sánchez (332), Contador (290), Freire (181)
002.	United Kingdom	1,163	Wiggins (601), Froome (376), Cavendish (128), Swift (36), Thomas (22)
003.	Italy	1,115	Nibali (400), Cunego (184), Scarponi (184), Moser (175), Ballan (172)
004th	Belgium	1.014	Boonen (410), Van Den Broeck (237), De Gendt (134), Van Avermaet (121), Gilbert (112)
005.	Australia	962	Gerrans (390), Rogers (194), Evans (182), Goss (114), Porte (82)
006th	Netherlands	733	Mollema (194), Terpstra (160), Boom (148), Gesink (134), Westra (97)
007th	United States	530	van Garderen (160), Talansky (145), Horner (120), Leipheimer (75), Danielson (30)
008th.	Norway	449	Boasson Hagen (317), Nordhaug (122), Kristoff (9), Hushovd (1)
009.	Germany	447	T. Martin (171), Greipel (162), Gerdemann (51), Klöden (40), Wegmann (23)
010.	Portugal	412	Costa (320), Machado (92)
014th	Switzerland	357	Albasini (183), Cancellara (134), Zaugg (20), Tschopp (18), Frank (2)
023.	Luxembourg	90	F. Schleck (89), Gastauer (1)
025th	Austria	57	Eisel (50), Haller (6), Rohrgger (1)

Drivers from 35 nations scored at least one point.

Distribution of points

In the UCI WorldTour , points are awarded for the UCI World Ranking as follows:

• Category 1 : Tour de France
• Category 2 : Giro d'Italia , Vuelta a España
• Category 3 : Monuments of cycling , remaining stage races
• Category 4 : Remaining one-day races

placement	Cat. 1	Cat. 2	Cat. 3	Cat. 4
1.	200	170	100	80
2.	150	130	80	60
3.	120	100	70	50
4th	110	90	60	40
5.	100	80	50	30th
6th	90	70	40	22nd
7th	80	60	30th	14th
8th.	70	52	20th	10
9.	60	44	10	6th
10.	50	38	4th	2
11.	40	32
12.	30th	26th
13.	24	22nd
14th	20th	18th
15th	16	14th
16.	12	10
17th	10	8th
18th	8th	6th
19th	6th	4th
20th	4th	2

Distribution of points at stage arrivals

placement	Cat. 1	Cat. 2	Cat. 3
1.	20th	16	6th
2.	10	8th	4th
3.	6th	4th	2
4th	4th	2	1
5.	2	1	1

See also

• List of German cyclists in the UCI WorldTour 2012

Web links

• Official website of the UCI WorldTour (English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCI regulations for road cycling, there: 2.1.005 International races and participation ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 11, 2011. 
2. ↑ Press release: Publication of the list of teams that have applied for registration with the UCI
3. ↑ For the procedure and criteria of licensing and registration, see here .
4. ↑ Press release: Registration of 2012 Teams - evaluation of sporting criterion
5. ↑ Press release: Registration of UCI ProTeams and UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2012 season
6. ↑ cf. Press release: Registration of 2012 Teams - evaluation of sporting criterion on uci.ch from October 25, 2011
7. ↑ Press Release: Registration of UCI ProTeams for the 2012 season on uci.ch from November 21, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Press release: Registration of UCI ProTeams for the 2012 season on uci.ch from December 5, 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ The operator of the RadioShak team, Capital Sports and Entertainment , withdraws from the organization of the ProTeam and the sponsors support the joint team, which will continue to be managed by Leopard SA , but will take on the name of the new sponsors, cf. Isabel Best in Procycling December 2011 (German edition): Flavio Becca, p. 58.
10. ↑ In 2012, the operating company Leopard SA also manages a Luxembourg Continental Team which takes the name of the ProTeam from 2011, see.radsportnews.com of December 6, 2011: "Pliuschin and Jungels lead Leopard-Trek-Continental-Team" , see also Leopard -Trek Continental Team .
11. ↑ UCI press release of December 12, 2011: Registration of UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2012 season ( Memento of the original of January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ radsport-news.com of October 11, 2011: WorldTour calendar 2012 includes 28 races
13. ↑ uci.ch of June 26, 2012: UCI WorldTour license for the Tour of Hangzhou and five other events renew their license ( memento of the original of August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English France) 
14. ↑ radsport-news.com from August 28, 2012: UCI cancels the premiere of the Tour of Hangzhou
15. ↑ UCI regulations for road cycling, there: 2.10.001 UCI World Ranking ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 11, 2011. 
16. ↑ UCI Technical Guide pdf 3.37 MB (English) accessed on July 19, 2012.