March 22/10 10:23 am - Giro Announces Teams for 2010 Edition

Posted by Editoress on 03/22/10
 

Giro d'Italia organizers La Gazzetta dello Sport – RCS Sport announced today the 22 teams that have been invited to participate in the 2010 edition of the race.  The 2010 Giro runs from May 8th to 30th, starting in Amsterdam and finishing in Verona.  By March 29th, each team must submit a list of 15 riders, from which 9 will be chosen for the May 8th start.

Selected teams:

Acqua & Sapone (Ita)
AG2R la Mondiale (Fra)
Androni Giocattoli-Diquigiovanni (Ita)
Astana (Kaz)
Bbox Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
BMC Racing Team (Usa)
Caisse d’Epargne (Esp)
Cervelo Test Team (Sui)
Colnago-CSF Inox (Irl)
Cofidis-le Credit en ligne (Fra)
Footon-Servetto (Esp)
Garmin-Transitions (USA)
Lampre-Farnese Vini (Ita)
Liquigas-Doimo (Ita)
Omega Pharma-Lotto (Bel)
Quick Step (Bel)
Rabobank (Ned)
Sky Professional CT (GBr)
Team HTC-Columbia (USA)
Team Katusha (Rus)
Team Milram (Ger)
Team Saxo Bank (Den)

Six 'Reserve Teams' Were Also Announced:

Carmiooro-Ngc (GBr)
Ceramica Flaminia (Irl)
De Rosa-Stac Plastic (Irl)
ISD-Neri (Ita)
Skil-Shimano (Ned)
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team (Ned)