Rockets confirmed among Giro wildcards, along with Bardiani and Polti-VisitMalta

The final round of Grand Tour wildcards has been announced, with the Giro d'Italia confirming the allocation to Italian ProTeams Bardiani CSF-7 Saber and Polti-VisitMalta, along with Grand Tour debutant, the Unibet Rose Rockets.

These teams will join all 18 WorldTeams and two of the top-three-ranked ProTeams, Tudor and Pinarello-Q36.5, for the Grande Partenza in Bulgaria on Friday 8th May. The Giro was able to award three wildcards thanks to the voluntary withdrawal of Cofidis.

While Bardiani CSF and Polti-VisitMalta are tentpole features of the Giro startlist, each with a number of stage wins, the Rockets will make its Grand Tour debut a little earlier than expected after what was perceived by many as a snub from the Tour de France.