RCS Sport has today announced the list of teams that will participate in the 104th Giro d’Italia and in its spring UCI WorldTour races 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.
19 UCI WorldTeams, 1 qualified by ranking and 3 wild cards (23 teams of 8 riders each).
UCI WORLDTEAMS – 19
QUALIFIED BY RANKING – 1
Following the decision of the Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) directors’ committee to increase the maximum number of riders allowed at the start of Grand Tours from 176 to 184, the organisers of the Giro d’Italia have extended invitations to the following three teams:
WILD CARDS – 3
19 UCI WorldTeams, 2 qualified by ranking and 4 wild cards (25 teams of 7 riders each).
QUALIFIED BY RANKING – 2
WILD CARDS – 4
19 UCI WorldTeams, 1 qualified by ranking and 5 wild cards (25 teams of 7 riders each).
QUALIFIED BY RANKING – 1
WILD CARDS – 5
19 UCI WorldTeams, 2 qualified by ranking and 4 wild cards (25 teams of 7 riders each).
QUALIFIED BY RANKING – 2
WILD CARDS – 4
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