Strade Bianche 2020 startlist — full provisional details of teams and riders
Unlike some WorldTour races, not all teams from the top tier of men's cycling are automatically contracted to race Strade Bianche and so Cofidis Solutions Crédits will not travel to Tuscany, though the remaining 18 squads will send seven-man teams.
However, five Professional Continental teams will race. Circus-Wanty Gobert qualified as a result of their place in the UCI rankings, while five further teams — Alpecin-Fenix, Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec, Arkéa-Samsic, Bardiani-CSF-Faizane and B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM — were handed wildcard entries by race organisers RCS.
You can find below the provisional line-ups that will contest one of the most evocative races on the WorldTour calendar, the 184 kilometre race along the white Tuscan roads that both starts and finishes in the beautiful old city of Siena.
Final line-ups may change. Telegraph Sport will update accordingly. When entire squads show, riders that are expected to start or are named in a longlist announced by the squad, will appear in bold.
UCI WorldTour teams
Ag2r-La Mondiale (Fra): Silvan Dillier (Swi), Julien Duval (Fra), Dorian Godon (Fra), Lawrence Naesen (Bel), Oliver Naesen (Bel), Andrea Vendrame (Ita), Larry Warbasse (US).
Astana (Kaz): Manuele Boaro (Ita), Fabio Felline (Ita), Jakob Fuglsang (Den), Hugo Houle (Can), Ion Izagirre (Spa), Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz), Davide Martinelli (Ita).
Bahrain-McLaren (Brn): Enrico Battaglin (Ita), Grega Bole (Slo), Iván García (Spa), Domen Novak (Slo), Dylan Teuns (Bel), Jan Tratnik (Slo), Fred Wright (GB).
Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger): Pascal Ackermann (Ger), Erik Baska (Svk), Cesare Benedetti (Ita), Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Emanuel Buchmann (Ger), Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Jempy Drucker (Lux), Matteo Fabbro (Ita), Patrick Gamper (Aut), Oscar Gatto (Ita), Felix Grosschartner (Aut), Lennard Kämna (Ger), Patrick Konrad (Aut), Martin Laas (Est), Rafal Majka (Pol), Jay McCarthy (Aus), Gregor Mühlberger (Aut), Daniel Oss (Ita), Pawel Poljanski (Pol), Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut), Juraj Sagan (Svk), Peter Sagan (Svk), Maximilian Schachmann (Ger), Ide Schelling (Hol), Andreas Schillinger (Ger), Michael Schwarzmann (Ger), Rudiger Selig (Ger).
CCC Team (Pol): Alessandro De Marchi (Ita), Simon Geschke (Ger), Jonas Koch (Ger), Michael Schär (Swi), Greg Van Avermaet (Bel), Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel), Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel).
Deceuninck-Quick Step (Bel): Julian Alaphilippe (Fra), Kasper Asgreen (Den), Davide Ballerini (Ita), Mikkel Honore (Den), Bob Jungels (Lux), Pieter Serry (Bel), Zdenek Stybar (Cze).
EF Education First (US): Sean Bennett (US), Alberto Bettiol (Ita), Stefan Bissegger (Swi), Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu), Hugh Carthy (GB), Simon Clarke (Aus), Magnus Cort (Den), Lawson Craddock (US), Mitchell Docker (Aus), Ruben Guerreiro (Por), Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor), Sergio Higuita (Col), Moreno Hofland (Hol), Alex Howes (US), Tanel Kangert (Est), Jens Keukeleire (Bel), Sebastian Langeveld (Hol), Daniel Martínez (Col), Lachlan Morton (Aus), Logan Owen (US), Neilson Powless (US), Jonas Rutsch (Ger), Tom Scully (NZ), Rigoberto Urán (Col), Julius van den Berg (Hol), Tejay van Garderen (US), Sep Vanmarcke (Bel), Luis Villalobos (Mex), James Whelan (Aus), Michael Woods (Can).
Groupama-FDJ (Fra): Mickaël Delage (Fra), Kevin Geniets (Hol), Simon Guglielmi (Fra), Stefan Küng (Swi), Olivier Le Gac (Fra), Marc Sarreau (Fra), Léo Vincent (Fra).
Ineos (GB) — confirmed seven-man team: Owain Doull (GB), Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol), Gianni Moscon (Ita), Jhonatan Narváez (Col), Salvatore Puccio (Ita), Ben Swift (Team Sky).
Israel Start-up Nation (Isr): Matteo Badilatti (Swi), Rudy Barbier (Fra), Jenthe Biermans (Bel), Matthias Brändle (Aut), Alexander Cataford (Can), Davide Cimolai (Ita), Alex Dowsett (GB), Itamar Einhorn (Isr), André Greipel (Ger), Ben Hermans (Bel), Hugo Hofstetter (Fra), Reto Hollenstein (Swi), Dan Martin (Irl), Travis McCabe (US), Daniel Navarro (Spa), Krists Neilands (Lat), Guy Niv (Isr), James Piccoli (Can), Nils Politt (Ger), Mihkel Raim (Est), Alexis Renard (Fra), Guy Sagiv (Isr), Patrick Schelling (Swi), Rory Sutherland (Aus), Norman Vahtra (Est), Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel), Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Den), Rick Zabel (Ger).
Jumbo-Visma (Hol): Koen Bouwman (Hol), Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor), Bert-Jan Lindeman (Hol), Paul Martens (Ger), Antwan Tolhoek (Hol), Wout Van Aert (Bel), Maarten Wynants (Bel).
Lotto-Soudal (Bel): Jasper De Buyst (Bel), Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Kobe Goossens (Bel), Matthew Holmes (GB), Stefano Oldani (Ita), Tosh Van der Sande (Bel), Florian Vermeersch (Bel).
Mitchelton-Scott (Aus): Edoardo Affini (Ita), Jack Bauer (NZ), Sam Bewley (NZ), Brent Bookwalter (US), Luke Durbridge (Aus), Alexander Konychev (Ita), Robert Stannard (Aus).
Movistar (Spa): Héctor Carretero (Spa), Dario Cataldo (Spa), Johan Jacobs (Swi), Matteo Jorgenson (US), Einer Rubio (Col), Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg), Davide Villella (Ita).
NTT Pro Cycling (SA): Samuele Battistella (Ita), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Michael Gogl (Aut), Roman Kreuziger (Cze), Matteo Sobrero (Ita), Rasmus Tiller (Nor), Michael Valgren (Den).
Sunweb (Ger): Soren Kragh Andersen (Den), Nikias Arndt (Ger), Tiesj Benoot (Bel), Marc Hirschi (Swi), Joris Nieuwenhuis (Hol), Nicholas Roche (Irl), Jasha Sütterlin (Ger).
Trek-Segafredo (US): Gianluca Brambilla (Ita), Giulio Ciccone (Ita), Nicola Conci (Ita), Koen de Kort (Hol), Antonio Nibali (Ita), Vincenzo Nibali (Ita), Toms Skujins (Lat), Pieter Weening (Hol).
UAE Team Emirates (UAE): Valerio Conti (Ita), Rui Costa (Por), Davide Formolo (Ita), Sergio Henao (Col), Tadej Pogacar (Slo), Jan Polanc (Slo), Diego Ulissi (Ita).
UCI Professional Continental teams
Alpecin-Fenix (Bel) — confirmed team: Floris De Tier (Bel), Kristian Sbaragli (Ita), Scott Thwaites (GB), Petr Vakoc (Cze), Mathieu van der Poel (Hol), Gianni Vermeersch (Bel), Philipp Walsleben (Ger).
Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec (Ita) — confirmed team: Nicola Bagioli (Ita), Mattia Frapporti (Ita), Davide Gabburo (Ita), Simon Pellaud (Swi), Simone Ravanelli (Ita), Josip Rumac (Cro), Mattia Viel (Ita).
Arkéa-Samsic (Fra) — confirmed team: Franck Bonnamour (Fra), Benjamin Declercq (Bel), Anthony Delaplace (Fra), Romain Hardy (Fra), Diego Rosa (Ita), Clément Russo (Fra), Florian Vachon (Fra).
Bardiani-CSF-Faizane (Ita) — confirmed team: Vincenzo Albanese (Ita), Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita), Iuri Filosi (Ita), Filippo Fiorelli (Ita), Fabio Mazzucco (Ita), Alessandro Pessot (Ita), Alessandro Tonelli (Ita).
B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM (Fra) — confirmed team: Maxime Chevalier (Fra), Arnaud Courteille (Fra), Cyril Gautier (Fra), Johan Le Bon (Fra), Quentin Pacher (Fra), Sebastian Schönberger (Aut), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Hol).
Circus-Wanty Gobert (Bel) — confirmed team: Fabien Doubey (Fra), Timothy Dupont (Bel), Quinten Hermans (Bel), Maurits Lammertink (Hol), Xandro Meurisse (Bel), Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel), Loïc Vliegen (Bel).
