ASO have announced the teams that will participate in Paris-Tours.
This year's edition of the sprint classic is likely to be the big dress rehearsal for the Worlds as it will be held on October 9, exactly one week before the battle for the rainbow jersey. As Marcel Kittel's Etixx-QuickStep, André Greipel's Lotto Soudal, Ncer Bouhanni's Cofidis, Mark Cavendish's Dimension Data, Arnaud Demare's FDJ, Bryan Coquard's Direct Energie, Dylan Groenewegen's LottoNL-Jumbo, Elia Viviani's Sky and John Degenkolb's Giant-Alpecin have all been invited, the scene is set for a huge clash between the fastmen.
In total, 12 WorldTour teams, 8 pro continental teams and 3 continental teams have received an invitation.
Last year's race was won by Matteo Trentin.
Teams for Paris-Tours
12 UCI World Teams
AG2R LA MONDIALE (France)
ASTANA PRO TEAM (Kazakhstan)
BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
TEAM DIMENSION DATA (Republic of South Africa)
ETIXX - QUICK STEP (Belgium)
FDJ (France)
IAM CYCLING (Switzerland)
LOTTO SOUDAL (Belgium)
ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE (Australia)
TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN (Germany)
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO (Netherlands)
TEAM SKY (Great-Britain)
8 UCI Professional Continental Teams
BORA-ARGON 18 (Germany)
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS (France)
DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM (France)
DIRECT ENERGIE (France)
FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT (France)
ROOMPOT - ORANJE PELOTON (Netherlands)
TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE (Belgium)
WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT (Belgium)
3 UCI Continental Teams
ARMEE DE TERRE (France)
HP-BTP AUBER 93 (France)
ROUBAIX METROPOLE EUROPEENNE DE LILLE (France)
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