Russian and Polish teams named as wildcards for Giro d'Italia

Russia's Gazprom-RusVelo and Poland's CCC Sprandi Polkowice edge out two Italian contenders

Polskat CCC on stage one of the 2015 Giro d'Italia

(Image credit: Watson)

Race organiser RCS Sport has looked abroad for its 2017 Giro d'Italia wildcard teams, naming Russia's Gazprom-RusVelo and Poland's CCC Sprandi Polkowice.

This May sees the 100th edition of the Italian Grand Tour, welcoming all 18 WorldTour teams and four wildcard teams from the professional continental ranks. RCS Sport selected home teams Bardiani CSF and Wilier Triestina to round out the wildcards.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.