2018 Strade Bianche: extra wild card team added to the men’s race

The Men’s and Women’s provisional entry lists are announced – 21 men’s teams will start, with the addition of Belgium’s Veranda’s Willems – Crelan.

Wout Van Aert of Veranda’s Willems – Crelan has been recently crowned UCI Cyclocross World Champion for the third consecutive time, the same number of consecutive victories as the UCI Road World Champion, Peter Sagan. A great duel is expected between them on the course of Strade Bianche, on Saturday 3 March, with many other champions also announced at the start, including last year’s winner, Michał Kwiatkowski. Race organiser RCS Sport has added an extra wild card for the race, increasing the number of teams at the start to 21, each with seven riders for a total of 147. In the women’s race there will be 24 teams at the start, each with six, totalling riders 144 riders. Dossard nr 1 will be worn by last year’s winner, Elisa Longo Borghini.

UCI WORLDTEAMS – 18 (eligible) – total of 21 teams of 7 riders each

AG2R LA MONDIALE – Bardet, Latour

ASTANA PRO TEAM – Moser, Grivko

BAHRAIN – MERIDA – Nibali, Colbrelli

BMC RACING TEAM – Van Avermaet, Küng

BORA – HANSGROHE – Sagan, Oss

FDJ – Roux, Roy

LOTTO SOUDAL – Benoot, Marczynski

MITCHELTON – SCOTT – Durbridge, Juul Jensen

MOVISTAR TEAM – Amador, Bennati

QUICK – STEP FLOORS – Gilbert, Stybar

TEAM DIMENSION DATA – Boasson Hagen, Eisel

TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE – Vanmarcke, Phinney

TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN – Belkov, Haas

TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO – Kruijswijk, Roglic

TEAM SKY – Kwiatkowski, Moscon

TEAM SUNWEB – Dumoulin, Matthews

TREK – SEGAFREDO – Brambilla, Stuyven

UAE TEAM EMIRATES – Ulissi, Mori

UCI Professional Continental Teams – 3 wild cards

ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI – SIDERMEC – Bisolti, Ballerini

NIPPO – VINI FANTINI – EUROPA OVINI – Canola, Grosu

VERANDA’S WILLEMS – CRELAN – Van Aert, Devolder

Download the provisional entry list men here.

UCI Women’s Teams – 24 teams of 6 riders each

ALÉ CIPOLLINI – Bastianelli, Hosking

AROMITALIA VAIANO – Leleivyte, Balducci

ASTANA WOMEN’S TEAM – Beggin, Sierra

BEPINK – Borghesi, Nosková

BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM – Deignan, Blaak

BTC CITY LJUBLJANA – Bujak, Nilsson

CANYON // SRAM RACING – Ferrand Prevot, Niewiadoma

CERVELO – BIGLA PRO CYCLING TEAM – Lepistö, Ludwig

CYLANCE PRO CYCLING – Bronzini, Ratto

EUROTARGET – BIANCHI – VITASANA – Fidanza, Covrig

FDJ NOUVELLE – AQUITAINE FUTUROSCOPE – Gillow, Duval

HITEC PRODUCTS – BIRK SPORT – Guderzo, Heine

LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES – De Jong, Demey

MITCHELTON SCOTT – Spratt, Kennedy

MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN – Biannic, Neylan

C. MICHELA FANINI – Balducci, Chacon Garcia

SERVETTO – STRADALLI CYCLE – ALURECYCLING – Dobrynina, Potokina

TEAM SUNWEB – Brand, Rivera

TEAM VIRTU CYCLING – Aalerud, Schweizer

TOP GIRLS FASSA BORTOLO – Cauz, Canvelli

TREK – DROPS – Buurman, Wiles

VALCAR PBM – Persico, Sanguineti

WAOWDEALS PRO CYCLING TEAM – Markus, Koster

WIGGLE HIGH5 – Longo Borghini, Ritter

Download the provisional entry list women here.