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22 teams will contest the 2023 La Vuelta, which starts on Saturday, August 26 with a team time trial in Barcelona and finishes on Sunday, September 17 in Madrid.
In accordance with UCI rules, 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to the race: AG2R Citroen, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Astana Qazaqstan, Bahrain Victorious, Bora–Hansgrohe, Cofidis, EF Education–Easypost, Groupama–FDJ, Ineos Grenadiers, Intermarché-Circus–Wanty, Jumbo-Visma, Movistar, Soudal Quick-Step, Team Arkea–Samsic, Team DSM, Jayco Alula, Trek–Segafredo and UAE Team Emirates.
Two UCI ProTeams gained selection. These are Lotto Dstny and TotalEnergies (FRA) by virtue of their position in the 2022 classification of UCI ProTeams.
Wildcard entries were awarded to Spanish squads Burgos-BH and Caja Rural-SegurosRGA.
Teams selected for the 2023 Vuelta.
Team owner raised a protest to the world governing body for cycling, the UCI, and they instituted a policy that gave a year's grace to teams relegated from the World Tour, that they would continue to gain automatic invites to World Tour races, but not to the exclusive Grand Tours. This didn't affect Lotto Dstiny, the other team to be relegated, as they finished sufficiently high enough on the Pro Tour standings to be guaranteed entries to all races.
Israel-Premier Tech have nonetheless secured entries to the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and will be racing a full calendar including all the other World Tour races in 2023 as they work to regain their World Tour ranking and the opportunities that come with it.
The team are currently winless in 2023, with Simon Clarke's 3rd place finish at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race their best result in terms of UCI points.
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