Mark Cavendish at the Giro

Mark Cavendish, Astana’s star man, could participate in both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France.

General Manager Alexandre Vinokourov told Cyclingnews, while preceding a detail about the pink race, “If he goes, I don’t think he will do it to finish it, but to prepare. Winning stages is always a good motivation to get to the Tour. We will evaluate later but Mark is considering it. The more races we do the better.”

Below is the full list of teams that will take part, with eight riders each, in the most important stage cycling race run on Italian soil:

18 UCI WorldTeams:

AG2R CITROEN TEAM

ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK

ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM

BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS

BORA – HANSGROHE

COFIDIS

EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST

GROUPAMA – FDJ

INEOS GRENADIERS

INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY

JUMBO-VISMA

MOVISTAR TEAM

SOUDAL QUICK-STEP

TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC

TEAM DSM

TEAM JAYCO ALULA

TREK – SEGAFREDO

UAE TEAM EMIRATES

4 wild card:

EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM

GREEN PROJECT-BARDIANI CSF-FAIZANÉ

ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH

TEAM CORRATEC