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.
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Season victories
+Single day and stage races 2012 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 racesDate#RaceBest riderPlace10 March1Ronde van Drenthe Kirsten Wild 2nd25 March2Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Emma Pooley 8th1 April3Tour of Flanders Kirsten Wild 4th18 April4La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Lucinda Brand 4th13 May5Tour of Chongming Island Shelley Olds 1st17 August6Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT AA Drink–leontien.nl 4th19 August7Open de Suède Vårgårda Shelley Olds 4th25 August8GP de Plouay Lucinda Brand 14thFinal individual classification Shelley Olds 5thFinal team classificationAA Drink–leontien.nl 4th
+Other major single day racesDateRaceRiderPlace29 July2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road race 2nd1 August2012 Summer Olympics – Women's time trial 6th3-4 August2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit (with Ellen van Dijk, Amy Pieters and Vera Koedooder) 6th16 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trialAA Drink–leontien.nl3rd18 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial 4th22 SeptemberUCI Road World Championships – Women's road race 15th
Grand Tours Results of the team in the grand tours Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile Rider (classification) Emma Pooley Victories1 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(with Ellen van Dijk and Vera Koedooder) 2012 Summer Olympics (first round) London 4 August 2012
UCI World Ranking
The team finished 4th in the UCI ranking for teams.
+ Individual UCI World Ranking Rank Rider Points 10 393.75 12 381.5 13 373.75 14 365 39 182.5 84 150 86 66.25 84 64.25 95 59 145 29 147 28 190 15 221 12
References