Organisers of the Italian Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia stage race have an unusual problem: too many teams want to contest this year's event from May 9-13. Event organisers received the first entry for this year's event from Dutch team Van Vliet-Ebh-Advocaten last August, and since then a massive 48 teams from around the world have applied for an entry in the UCI 2.2 race.
In addition to the local Italian squads, some 23 international teams have applied to compete, including America's BMC Racing Team and Japan's Nippo - Meitan Hompo - Hasada.
Organisers are now faced with the task of cutting the 49 entries back to a more desirable number for this year's event.
Full list of entries for this year's race:
Van Vliet-Ebh-Advocaten (Holland), Continental Cycling Team Differdange (Luxembourg), Unione Ciclisti Trevigiani (Italy), Team Fidibc.com (Switzerland), Federazione Ciclistica Ukraine (Ukraine), Permac Cardin Bibanese (Italy), Ac Sparta Praha (Czech Republic), Radenska Powerbar (Slovenia), Massi Team (Italy), Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Parolin (Italy), Nht Team (Belgium), Marchiol Ima Famila Liquigas (Italy), Kazakistan (Kazakistan), Bk Puris Kamen (Croatia), Eurobike Oliver Ogar (Italy), Uc Basso Piave Tms Spinazzè (Italy), Gc Feralpi (Italy), Sc Etruria Team Ciaponi Edilizia (Italy), Team Sc Spercenigo (Italy), Gs Podenzano (Italy), Team Aurora Named Tad (Italy), Team Gls Cycling (Denmark), Gs Concrete San Marco Caneva (Italy), Vc Mantovani Rovigo (Italy), Sc Fwr Bata (Italy), Cycling Team Friuli (Italy), Us Fracor (Italy), Uc Palazzago Saclà Maiet Ab Isolanti (Italy), Gs Zalf Desirée Fior (Italy), Team Pz Racing (Germany), Nippo - Meitan Hompo - Hasada (Japan), Asd Alba Ciclismo Team - Team Tata (Italy), Dinamo Bucuresti (Romania), Gs Ediltecnica Vc Eupilio (Italy), Team Cornix - Nazionale Ungherese (Hungary), Ck Cerveny Rak - Nazionale Slovacca (Slovakia), Cycling Team of Serbia (Serbia), Boyaca Marche Team (Colombia), Finauto Lucchini Neri (Italy), Fausto Coppi Gazzera (Italy), Amical Velo Club Aixois (France), Acs Gruppo Lupi (San Marino), Cyber Oleodinamica Panni (Italy), Bmc Racing Team (United States), Asc Dukla Praha (Czech Republic), Bk Loborika (Croatia), Team Bergstrasse (Germany), Team Bike Chiesa Nuova Rieti (Italy), and Promociclo Asd (Italy)
