Wildcards announced for Roubaix, Flèche, and Liège

ASO has announced the lists of teams that are eligible to ride its three big classics: Paris-Roubaix, Flèche Wallonne, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Despite the ongoing conflict between ASO and the UCI over the ProTour, the 20 ProTour teams will be automatically given starting berths:

T-Mobile Team, Gerolsteiner, Lampre, Team Milram, Liquigas, Davitamon-Lotto, Quick Step-Innergetic, Rabobank, Team CSC, Phonak Hearing Systems, Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Liberty Seguros-Würth, Saunier Duval-Prodir, Discovery Channel, AG2R Prevoyance, Cofidis, crédit par téléphone, Crédit Agricole, Française des Jeux, and Bouygues Telecom.

Five Professional Continental teams will be given wildcard slots for each race as follows:

Paris-Roubaix: Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Unibet.com, Skil-Shimano, Agritubel, Team L.P.R.

Flèche Wallonne: Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Unibet.com, Barloworld, and Agritubel.

Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Unibet.com, Barloworld, and Agritubel.