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Monday, January 19, 2015

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2015 Giro d'Italia Team Invitations Issued

2015 BikeRaceInfo Giro d'Italia page

Announced January 19, 2015, the following teams were issued invitatons to the 2015 Giro d'Italia:

The 17 WorldTour teams have automatic invitations:

Ag2r-La Mondiale (France)
Astana (Kazakstan)
BMC (USA)
Etixx-Quick Step (Belgium)
FDJ (France)
IAM Cycling (Switzerland)
Lampre-Merida (Italy)
Lotto-Soudal (Belgium)
Movistar (Spain)
Orica-GreenEdge (Australia)
Cannondale-Garmin (USA)
Giant-Alpecin (Germany)
Katusha (Russia)
LottoNL-Jumbo (Netherlands)
Team Sky (Great Britain)
Tinkoff-Saxo (Russia)
Trek Factory Racing (USA)

Plus the following five UCI Professional teams received wild card invitations (four are Italian):

Androni Giocattoli (Italy)
Bardiani-CSF (Italy)
CCC Sprandi Polkowice (Poland)
Nippo-Vini Fantini (Italy)
Southeast Pro Cycling Team (Italy)

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