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.

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

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

Grand Tours

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.

UCI World Ranking

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

References