Cycling: The teams for the 2022 Tour de France are complete. Today, Friday, the ASO announced which four ProTeams, in addition to the 18 WorldTour teams, will be allowed to start the Grand Tour in France. Alpecin-Fenix and three French teams. The 109th edition of the Tour de France will start in Denmark on July 1, 2022. Besides the already confirmed 18… read more
Cycling: The sports and media company RCS Sport distributed wildcards for several Italian races yesterday. The allocation of wildcards for the 2018 Giro d'Italia was particularly anticipated. However, there were no surprises. The Giro will take place without Damiano Cunego (Nippo-Vini Fantini) and without Austrian Stefan Denifl (Aqua Blue Sport)... read more
The joy at Team NetApp-Endura today, when the organizers of the Tour de France handed out invitations for the 101st edition, running from July 5th to 27th, was likely as great as that of Czech rider Leopold König's victory on the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España. In addition to the 18 seeded WorldTour teams, the ProContinental teams Bretagne-Séché Environnement, Cofidis, and others received invitations.
