"Strade Bianche" Invitees

The fourteen teams invited to the "Strade Bianche" road race on March 5th are:
ACQUA E SAPONE
ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
BMC RACING TEAM
COLNAGO – CSF INOX
DE ROSA – CERAMICA FLAMINIA
FARNESE VINI – NERI SOTTOLI
GEOX - TMC
HTC - HIGHROAD
LAMPRE - ISD
LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE
OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO
TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO
TEAM LEOPARD - TREK
TEAM TYPE 1

The race will be 190 km in length, beginning Gaiole in Chianti and finishing at the Piazza del Campo in Siena. The route will have 8 sections of "white roads" totaling 57 km of the 190 km route; the longest white road section is 13.5km. The "Strade Bianchi" road race was created by RCS Sports in 2007 to establish a one day "classic" type of pro race in Italy in the early season.

Past winners:
2010 Maxim Iglinskiy
2009 Thomas Lovquist
2008 Fabian Cancellara
2007 Alexandr Kolobnev


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