17 teams confirmed for 2018 Tour of Utah

Organisers of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah confirmed the 17 teams that will participate in the UCI 2.HC race from August 6-12. The teams list includes five WorldTour teams, seven Pro Continental teams and five Continental teams.

The five WorldTour, which were announced in March, include BMC Racing, EF Education First-Drapac, Mitchelton-Scott, Trek-Segafredo and LottoNL-Jumbo.

Those teams are joined by the second tier squads UnitedHealthcare  – who have raced every edition of the Tour of Utah since 2008 – with Rally Cycling, Hagens Berman Axeon and Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources, all making repeating appearances.

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Pro Continental teams also include Bardiani CSF, Israel Cycling Academy and Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini.

"There's no question, winning last year's Tour of Utah was the biggest result of my career, and one of the best days of my life. The race really does mean a lot to me," said Rob Britton, who plans to return with his Rally Cycling squad to defend his 2017 Tour of Utah general classification title.

Among the first-time entries in Utah are two Continental squads, 303 Project and Aevolo Cycling. They will be joined in the field by Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling, making a second appearance, Jelly Belly Cycling Team presented by Maxxis, racing for a sixth year, and Silber Pro Cycling.

2018 Tour of Utah teams

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