Tour de Suisse announces 2022 wildcard teams

The Tour de Suisse 2022 is set to take place just before the Tour de France, as usual, between the 12th and 19th of June where it frequently hosts a some of the best stage-racers and sprinters in the peloton. It has announced today which teams will be competing in it.

This morning the Swiss race has announced Alpecin-Fenix and Team Arkéa Samsic will be on the event, as expected due to their place at last season's UCI points ranking, and two additional wildcards were given to TotalEnergies and Human Powered Health, both teams have been invited to the race for the past two editions in 2019 and 2021. Additionally, a Swiss national team will also be in the race, set to provide local talents with valuable experience in World Tour racing.

The women's Tour de Suisse also announced it's wildcards for the race which come at a bigger number since only eleven of the fourteen World Tour teams will be at the start. Hence, Continental teams Andy Schleck - CP NVST - Immo Losch, Cofidis Womens' Team, Team Coop - Hitec Products, Lotto Soudal Ladies, Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime, Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling and Valcar - Travel & Service will be at the event should it take place.

Two additional national teams will be at the start, one being 'Swiss Cycling National Team' and the other 'Swiss Cycling 2 - Regional Team'. The race will take place from the 18th to 21st of June over the course of four stages.