The organisers of the Giro d’Italia have awarded wildcard invites to Q36.5 Pro Cycling and Tudor Professional Biking, alongside Italian groups Polti-VisitMalta and VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè, confirming a complete of 23 groups will compete on this yr’s Corsa Rosa.
Just like the the Tour de France and Vuelta a España organisers, RCS Sport requested an twenty third place for the 2025 Giro d’Italia after Q36.5, Tudor and different ProTeams pushed for a spot within the Grand Excursions.
The 2025 Giro d’Italia starts in Albania on Friday May 9 and ends in Rome on Sunday June 1 . Tadej Pogačar received final yr’s version of the Giro d’Italia however has opted to deal with the Spring Classics and Tour de France in 2025.
Total contenders for this yr’s occasion embody Primož Roglič and Jai Hindley (Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Juan Ayuso and Adam Yates (UAE Workforce Emirates), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Derek Gee (Israel-Pemier Tech) and Richard Carapaz (EF Training-EasyPost). Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mads Pedersen (Lild-Trek) are additionally on the entry checklist.
After the UCI accredited the invitation of an additional crew past the same old participation guidelines on Monday, the Tour de France instantly awarded their three wildcard locations to TotalEnergies, Tudor Professional Biking and Uno-X Mobility.
The Vuelta a España
The Giro d’Italia wildcard choices imply that Tom Pidcock can now put together to steer Q36.5 Professional Biking on the Giro d’Italia. It stays to be seen if Tudor bowed to strain from RCS Sport and can choose Julian Alaphilippe or Marc Hirshi of their line-up.
The 18 WorldTour groups routinely obtain invites to the three Grand Excursions, whereas the 2 best-ranked ProTeams from the earlier season additionally safe automated locations. Race organisers can then award the ultimate ‘wild card’ locations at their discretion.
Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto earned automated invitations to the 2025 Grand Excursions as the highest two ProTeams of 2024. After Lotto opted to forgo the Corsa Rosa, the Giro organisers had been in a position to invite 4 wildcard groups, with Tudor and Q36.5, Polti-VisitMalta and VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè securing the golden tickets to the Corsa Rosa.
