The wild card teams that will participate in the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia – scheduled from May, 6-29 – have been announced.
In addition to the 18 UCI WorldTeams and Alpecin-Fenix (best 2021 UCI ProTeam) – which accepted the invitation as an eligible team – the other three teams invited will be Bardiani CSF Faizanè, Drone Hopper – Androni Giocattoli and Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team.
Team Arkea-Samsic, which had the right to chose whether or not to participate in the Corsa Rosa (second best UCI ProTeam in 2021), declined their invitation, leaving room for a third wild card chosen at the discretion of the organisers.
22 teams (18 UCI WorldTeams and 4 UCI ProTeams) of 8 riders each
18 UCI WorldTeams
AG2R CITROEN TEAM
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
BORA – HANSGROHE
COFIDIS
EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST
GROUPAMA – FDJ
INEOS GRENADIERS
INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY – GOBERT MATÉRIAUX
ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH
JUMBO-VISMA
LOTTO SOUDAL
MOVISTAR TEAM
QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO
TEAM DSM
TREK – SEGAFREDO
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
One qualified by ranking
ALPECIN-FENIX
Three wild cards
BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE’
DRONE HOPPER – ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
