Friday, January 9, 2015

2015 Strade Bianche: 19 Teams Invited

Nineteen teams have been invited to the 9th edition of Strade Bianche, which will be held on Saturday, March 7th and organized by RCS Sport/La Gazzetta dello Sport – starting from San Gimignano and finishing in the Piazza Il Campo in Siena.

13 UCI WorldTeams and 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams will take to the start line, each with eight riders:

AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)
BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
ETIXX – QUICK STEP (BEL)
LAMPRE – MERIDA (ITA)
MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
ORICA GreenEDGE (AUS)
TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN (USA)
TEAM KATUSHA (RUS)
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO (NED)
TEAM SKY (GBR)
TINKOFF – SAXO (RUS)
TREK FACTORY RACING (USA)

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (ITA)
BARDIANI CSF (ITA)
NIPPO – VINI FANTINI (ITA)
RUSVELO (RUS)
SOUTHEAST PRO CYCLING TEAM (ITA)
TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)

RCS Sport also announced today that due to organizational problems the 2015 edition of Roma Maxima, scheduled for Sunday 8th March, will not be raced.

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