The organisers of the Giro d’Italia, RCS Sport, have named their wildcard invitations for the 2015 Giro d’Italia as well as for the 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-San Remo and Giro di Lombardia. Amongst the teams selected for Tirreno and Milan San Remo are Matt Brammeier’s MTN Qhubeka team and Sam Bennett’s Bora Argon 18 team.
Brian Smith of MTN Qhubeka said, “It’s important for our team to receive the best invitations to help promote our project and also to give our riders the best chances. Today is another great day with confirmation that we will ride both Tirreno Adriatico and Milan Sanremo. With 2 previous winners of MSR in the team, I think we can go there with confidence. We will be super motivated to perform well in both of these RCS Sport races.”
Former winner, Gerald Ciolek also of MTN Qhubeka, said, “I am very happy we have got wildcards for Tirreno and Milan Sanremo. The Tirreno is a race I really enjoy and it always gets me into good shape for the classics. I hope to be able to deliver a good result at San Remo like I have in previous years. It will be great to show off our stripes at both these races so look out for the big yellow flying Q in the finale.”
Ralph Denk, Team Manager of BORA – ARGON 18 was also happy with the news. “I am pleased that RCS has once again completely taken our wishes into consideration. We received wildcards for every race for which we applied. Tirreno-Adriatico is our most important tour in the spring. The race is suited to sprinters and climbers as well as rouleurs and time trial specialists. We will certainly use it to test the core of our possible Tour de France selection.”
Tirreno – Adriatico Wildcards
BARDIANI CSF (ITA)
BORA – ARGON 18 (GER)
COLOMBIA (COL)
MTN – QHUBEKA (RSA)
TEAM EUROPCAR (FRA)
Milano – San Remo Wildcards
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (ITA)
BARDIANI CSF (ITA)
BORA – ARGON 18 (GER)
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (POL)
COFIDIS – SOLUTIONS CREDITS (FRA)
COLOMBIA (COL)
MTN – QHUBEKA (RSA)
TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)
Il Lombardia Wildcards
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (ITA)
BARDIANI CSF (ITA)
BORA – ARGON 18 (GER)
