The wild cards that will participate in the 105th Giro d’Italia – scheduled from 6 to 29 May – have been announced, starting from Hungary and arriving in Verona. In addition to the 18 UCI WorldTeams and the Alpecin-Fenix (best UCI ProTeam 2021) – 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 could have chosen whether or not to participate in the Corsa Rosa (second best UCI ProTeam 2021), declined the invitation, leaving room for a third wild card chosen at the discretion of the organizer.
THE TEAMS
Giro d’Italia, from 6 to 29 May, 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 MATERIALS
ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH
JUMBO-VISMA
LOTTO SOUDAL
MOVISTAR TEAM
QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE – JAYCO
TEAM DSM
TREK – SEGAFREDO
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
1 entitled
ALPECIN-FENIX
3 wild card
BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE’
DRONE HOPPER – ANDRONI TOYS
EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
