The amount of live coverage was also affected by Olympic Broadcasting Services, who did not send cameras to every event; sports such as cycling, the marathon, and shooting were left without official television coverage.

As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the ProTour.

As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour; Vacansoleil-DCM became a ProTeam for the first time ahead of the 2011 season.