Tirreno-Adriatico 2014 Riders and teams

Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice run simultaneously, with riders preparing for classics and grand tours usually choosing one or the other .This year, the 'Race of the two Seas' seems to have won the battle for attracting star quality. It would appear the only really big name missing is Vincenzo Nibali, the reigning champion. Cyclingstage.com presents the list of riders.

Big absence in this 2014 edition: reigning champion Vincenzo Nibali is riding Paris-Nice this year.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Damien Gaudin, Patrick Gretsch, Blel Kadri, Lloyd Mondory, Matteo Montaguti, Rinaldo Nocentini, Jean-Christophe Péraud, Domenico Pozzovivo

Astana Pro Team 
Janez Brajkovič, Andriy Grivko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jacopo Guarnieri, Maxim Iglinskiy, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Michele Scarponi

Belkin Pro Cycling Team
Robert Gesink, Marc Goos, Tom Leezer, Bauke Mollema, Bram Tankink, Maarten Tjallingii, Sep Vanmarcke, Robert Wagner

BMC Racing Team
Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, Ben Hermans, Steve Morabito, Dominik Nerz, Manuel Quinziato, Michael Schär, Danilo Wyss

Cannondale
Ivan Basso, Maciej Bodnar, Oscar Gatto, Kristjan Koren, Paolo Longo Borghini, Alan Marangoni, Moreno Moser, Peter Sagan

Europcar
Yukiya Arashiro, Tony Hurel, Vincent Jérôme, Davide Malacarne, Alexandre Pichot, Pierre Rolland, Romain Sicard, Björn Thurau

FDJ.fr
William Bonnet, David Boucher, Mickaël Delage, Arnaud Démare, Murillo Antonio Fischer, Alexandre Geniez, Yoann Offredo, Thibaut Pinot

Garmin Sharp
Jack Bauer, Thomas Dekker, Ben King, Daniel Martin, David Millar, Nick Nuyens, Andrew Talansky, Johan Vansummeren

Giant – Shimano
Tom Dumoulin, Marcel Kittel, Tobias Ludvigsson, Tom Veelers, Tom Stamsnijder, Roy Curvers, Nikias Arndt, Simon Geschke

Lampre-Merida
Davide Cimolai, Damiano Cunego, Chris Horner, Sacha Modolo, Manuele Mori, Filippo Pozzato, Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, Diego Ulissi

Katusha
Maxim Belkov, Giampaolo Caruso, Vladimir Gusev, Alexander Kolobnev, Dmitriy Kozonchuk, Daniel Moreno, Luca Paolini, Angel Vicioso

Movistar Team
Andrey Amador, Igor Anton, Eros Capecchi, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Dowsett, Beñat Intxausti, Adriano Malori, Nairo Alexander Quintana

Lotto Belisol
Jurgen Van den Broeck, Bart De Clercq, Jens Debusschere, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Frederik Willems

Omega Pharma – Quick Step
Mark Cavendish, Michał Kwiatkowski, Tony Martin, Alessandro Petacchi, Wout Poels, Mark Renshaw, Matteo Trentin, Rigoberto Urán

Orica – GreenEDGE
Daryl Impey, Ivan Santaromita, Simon Clarke, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer, Jens Mouris, Svein Tuft

Team Sky
Dario Cataldo, Bernhard Eisel, Peter Kennaugh, Mikel Nieve, Richie Porte, Kanstantsin Siutsou, Ian Stannard, Bradley Wiggins

Tinkoff Saxo
Daniele Bennati, Manuele Boaro, Alberto Contador, Roman Kreuziger, Michael Mørkøv, Sergio Miguel Paulinho, Nicolas Roche, Matteo Tosatto

Trek Factory Racing
Julián Arredondo, Fabian Cancellara, Stijn Devolder, Markel Irizar, Robert Kišerlovski, Yaroslav Popovych, Hayden Roulston, Jesse Sergent

Wild Card Teams

Bardiani CSF
Enrico Battaglin, Nicola Boem, Marco Canola, Sonny Colbrelli, Marco Coledan, Filippo Fortin, Stefano Pirazzi, Nicola Ruffoni

IAM Cycling
Matthias Brändle, Martin Elmiger, Heinrich Haussler, Dominic Klemme, Roger Kluge, Thomas Löfkvist, Matteo Pelucchi, Marcel Wyss

MTN – Qhubeka
Gerald Ciolek, Ignatas Konovalovas, Sergio Pardilla, Kristian Sbaragli, Andreas Stauff, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jay Robert Thomson, Jaco Venter

Team NetApp – Endura
Cesare Benedetti, Sam Bennett, Iker Camaño, David De La Cruz, Zakkari Dempster, Bartosz Huzarski, Tiago Machado, Paul Voß


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