With just two weeks to go until the start of the 26th Giro Rosa, the organizers have announced the 19 teams that will participate in the race.
This year’s team selection includes 3 squads from the Netherlands (Rabo –Liv, Boels – Dolmans and Liv – Plantur) while Orica-AIS will be the sole representative for Australia. Other teams include Wiggle Honda (Great Britain), Velocio – SRAM (Germany),Bigla Pro Cycling (Switzerland),BTC City Ljubljana (Slovenia), Lotto Soudal (Belgium), Astana-Acca Due O (Kazakhstan).
Representing Italy are Alè – Cipollini – Galassia, Servetto – Footon, BePink – LaClassica, Tre Colli – Forno d’Asolo, Top Girls – Fassa Bortolo, Michela Fanini – Rox, Aromitalia – Vaiano – Fondriest and Inpa Sottoli – Giusfredi – Bianchi.
The Mexican National Team is the only team from Latin America.
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