(known as from May onwards) was a new team, while regained ProTour status, which it lost for the previous season. These teams replaced , which folded after 21 years, and , which largely merged with to form . A change in sponsorship saw become , while 2011's became . Two teams each changed their names twice to reflect changes of sponsorship: reverting to its previous name, having been known as in 2011, before becoming in June; while the serial addition of new sponsors gave rise to the names and .
