The Tour de Alpes will kick off on April 18-22 this year, with 10 World Tour teams confirming their participation, including Ineos Grenadiers and Groupama-FDJ, with 2019 overall champion Pavel Sivakov and 2018 overall champion Thibaut Pinot in their preliminary driver roster.
At a press conference in Lienz on Thursday, the 19 teams involved in the race, eight of which are intercontinental professional teams, will compete in a five-day multi-day race. Australia's World Tour Team BikeExchange-Jayco, which competed last year, did not compete this year, and last year they raced under GC driver Simon Yates. Event organizer GS Alto Garda said it may bring in a 20th team later.
Maurizio Evangelista, Managing Director of the Tour de Alpes, said: "In our negotiations with the team in recent months, due to the pandemic and the fact that the 2022 calendar is not the same as in April of previous years, there may be conflicts with other races. For this reason, we have had some difficulties in developing long-term plans. If conditions permit, the quota for our last twentieth team will be reserved for the World Tour. "
The 45th Alps Will be held in Italy and northern Austria in Trento, South Tyrol and Tyrol for a total of 728 km over a period of five days. With the exception of the race in April, the race has many similarities in route to this year's first Grand Tour, so teams will use this schedule to train for ensemble adaptation before and after the race. Last year, Simon Yates took his good form in the Ring Alpine and achieved a third overall result in the Ring Ofe.
Bahrain's Victory Team is expected to be led by Pello Bilbao, who finished second overall in last year's race and a stage winner in the Pieve di Bono stage, while Astana Qazaqstan will add three climbers to the squad, Vincenzo Nibali, Joe Dombrowski and Miguel Angel Berger. Miguel ngel López. In addition, AG2R Citroen, Bora Hansgrohe, EF Education, Israel Entrepreneurship Nation, Mobile Star and DSM are also on the roster.
The Androni Team (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli), Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè and Eolo-Kometa are the three Italian intercontinental professional teams participating, in addition to the Caja Rural Seguros, Equipo Kern Pharma, The Basque Telecom Fleet (Euskaltel Euskadi), the Gazprom-Rusvelo fleet and the Uno-X Pro Cycling fleet.) The only intercontinental team is the Austrian Tirol KTM team, which represents the Tyrol region.
Previously named Giro del Trentino, the five-day race was renamed Tour of the Alps in 2017 due to an increase in route and coverage to the mountains of Italy and Europe, Austria. This year will be held in Cles in the Trento region. The penultimate Queen's Stage is set at Austria's highest peak, Groβglockner, where there will be a 12.5-kilometre climb, while the Grand Finals will take place in Lienz on 22 April.
List of Teams Participating in the 2022 Ring Alpine Race
AG2R Citron team
Astana Qazaqstan Team
Bahrain Victorious
Bora-Hansgrohe
EF Education-EasyPost
FDJ Team (Groupama - FDJ)
Ineos Grenadiers
Israel - Premier Tech
Movistar Team
Team DSM
Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
Eolo-Kometa
Equipo Kern Pharma
Basque Telecom Fleet (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
Gazprom-Rusvelo Fleet
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
Tirol KTM Cycling Team
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