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  "description": "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.\n\nThese 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.\n\nWhile Bardiani ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T12:33:50.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "a snub from the Tour"
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  "textContent": "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.\n\nThese 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.\n\nWhile 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.",
  "title": "Rockets confirmed among Giro wildcards, along with Bardiani and Polti-VisitMalta",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-20T12:33:50.000Z"
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