Team Sky | |
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2012 season | |
UCI code | SKY |
Status | UCI ProTeam |
World Ranking | 1st (1767 points) |
Manager | Dave Brailsford |
Main sponsor(s) | BSkyB |
Based | United Kingdom |
Bicycles | Pinarello |
Groupset | Shimano |
Season victories | |
One-day races | 5 |
Stage race overall | 8 |
Stage race stages | 34 |
Most wins | Mark Cavendish (14 wins) |
Best ranked rider | Bradley Wiggins (2nd) |
The 2012 season for Team Sky began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Tour of Beijing. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour. The team took a total of 47 victories in the season with the most notable being Bradley Wiggins' overall victory in the Tour de France. Wiggins (2), Mark Cavendish (3) and Chris Froome also took stage victories in the event, with Froome finishing second to Wiggins in the overall standings.