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Team 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will ride the Il Lombardia in October. The first African Professional Continental team received the wildcard invitation after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vini Fantini-Sella Italia withdrew from the race. Race organizers also announce💎d that the race will once again start in Bergamo and fi𝓰nish in Lecco.

MTN-Qhubeka will be the 25th team in the race, with organisers noting that the team was the winner of this year's Milan-San Remo with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gerald Ciolek. Vini Fantini had earlier been awarded one of the wildcards, but returned the invitation after tw𝕴o of its riders tested positive for EPO around the Giro d'Italia.

"Giro di Lombardia is a race I watched live last year and it goes over such beautiful and tough terrain and has a similar type of finish to Milan-Sanremo with hard climbs near the end,” team principal Doug Ryder told Cyclingnews. “It will be a great event for our team and fantastic to end our first Pro Continental racing season with a World Tour event. We have had 7 UCI victories th🔜is season and we are looking forward to a successful autumn."

The race, to be held October 6, will start in Bergamo and early on will feature the Valcava climb (9.6km,  9% and 1336m). Coming later, the Muro di Sormano will be a real challenge. 💃It is only 2km but has a 15% average gradient, narrow roads, and 25-30% grade hairpins. There are two more major climbs before the finish, the Ghisallo with a maximum gradient of 14% and the Vila Vergano, which kicks up to 15%.

The 25 participating teams i📖nclude all 19 WorldTour teams plus Androni Giacattoli-Vene𝓀zuela, Colombia, IAM Cycling, MTN-Qhubeka, Europcar and NetApp-Endura.