Wild Cards Strade Bianche | 06/03/2021
RCS Sport has today announced the list of teams that will participate in Strade Bianche, in its spring UCI WorldTour races and in the 104th Giro d’Italia for the 2021 season.
ALPECIN-FENIX (BEL) – the no.1 ranked team in the 2020 UCI ProTeam classification – is invited to take part in all four of the UCI WorldTour spring races by right. Following their invitation, the team has confirmed its participation in all four races.
STRADE BIANCHE (6 March) – 19 UCI WorldTeams, 2 qualified by ranking and 4 wild cards (25 teams of 7 riders each).
UCI WORLDTEAMS – 19
- AG2R CITROEN TEAM (FRA)
- ASTANA – PREMIER TECH (KAZ)
- BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS (BRN)
- BORA – HANSGROHE (GER)
- COFIDIS (FRA)
- DECEUNINCK – QUICK-STEP (BEL)
- EF EDUCATION – NIPPO (USA)
- GROUPAMA – FDJ (FRA)
- INEOS GRENADIERS (GBR)
- INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX (BEL)
- ISRAEL START-UP NATION (ISR)
- JUMBO-VISMA (NED)
- LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL)
- MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
- TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE (AUS)
- TEAM DSM (GER)
- TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS (RSA)
- TREK – SEGAFREDO (USA)
- UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAE)
QUALIFIED BY RANKING – 2
- ALPECIN-FENIX (BEL),
- TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC (FRA), runner-up of the 2020 UCI ProTeam ranking
WILD CARDS – 4
- ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI – SIDERMEC (ITA)
- BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE’ (ITA)
- EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM (ITA)
- VINI ZABU’ (ITA)