The Giro d’Italia organisers have announced the 23 squads for this year’s race, which starts on May 8 in Nessebar, Bulgaria and finishes in Rome on May 31, most notably granting a Grand Tour debut to Unibet Rose Rockets.
The 18 WorldTour squads automatically qualify for the event, but the five teams from the ProTeam league had yet to be revealed by the Giro, the last of the three Grand Tours to publish their full line-up for 2026.
The stand-out name amongst the Giro’s three wildcards is undoubtedly Unibet Rose Rockets. Despite having multiple Grand Tour stage winners in their line-up, Unibet were not selected by the Tour de France last month for the 2026 Grande Boucle – a decision which brought mixed reactions – with Spanish team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA getting the nod instead.
Giro d’Italia 2026 teams
- Alpecin-Premier Tech (WT)
- Bahrain Victorious (WT)
- Decathlon CMA CGM (WT)
- EF Education-EasyPost (WT)
- Groupama-FDJ United (WT)
- Ineos Grenadiers (WT)
- Lidl-Trek (WT)
- Lotto Intermarché (WT)
- Movistar (WT)
- NSN Cycling (WT)
- Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (WT)
- Soudal-QuickStep (WT)
- Jayco AlUla (WT)
- Picnic PostNL (WT)
- Visma-Lease a Bike (WT)
- UAE Team Emirates-XRG (WT)
- Uno-X Mobility (WT)
- XDS Astana (WT)
- Pinarello-Q36.5 (PRT) – automatic invitation
- Tudor Pro Cycling (PRT) – automatic invitation
- Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber (PRT) – wildcard invitation
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