Eighteen cycling teams have been selected to take part inthe 2nd edition of the Tour de Yorkshire which will take place from April 29 to May 1. The race will be dominated by British teams as 8 of the 18 teams will be home squads.

Last year’s winner Lars Petter Nordhaug has the opportunity to defend his title as his Team Sky will be one of seven WorldTour teams competing in the race; joined by Orica-GreenEDGE, Giant-Alpecin, Katusha, LottoNL-Jumbo, Dimension Data and BMC Racing Team.

In fact this also means that all teams represented in the top 10 of the 2015 edition will return to the race in 2016. Only IAM Racing Team and the defunct Cult Energy Pro Cycling Team are not participants this year. They will be replaced by Katusha and Orica-GreenEDGE.

Full list:

Orica-GreeeEDGE
Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Direct Energie
Team Giant – Alpecin
JLT Condor
Madison Genesis
NFTO
One Pro Cycling
Team GB
Team Raleigh GAC
Team Sky
Team Wiggins
Team Katusha
Roompot – Oranje Peloton
Team Lotto NL – Jumbo
Team Dimension Data
BMC Racing Team