Tyler Hamilton will likely race the 2007 Giro d’Italia after Tinkoff Credit Systems was among 22 teams named Friday to start the corsa rosa in May.

Hamilton, who returned to racing last week following a two-year racing ban, said returning to the Giro was one of his top goals for the 2007 season. Hamilton won a stage and finished second overall in the 2002 Giro.

Giro organizers RCS Sport released its official start list Friday with some controversy. Left out was new ProTour team Unibet.com, which has been facing the scorn of Giro and Tour de France officials as part of the ever-widening battle with the UCI over the ProTour league.

Astana, another new ProTour team for the 2007 season, was given an invitation but on the caveat that it was among four wildcard bids. Also receiving wildcard berths were Tinkoff, Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo and Ceramica Panaria-Navigare.

Notable squads missing out were Barloworld, managed by former Saeco boss Claudio Corti, and Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, managed by the irrepressible Gianni Savio.

Gerolsteiner, Rabobank and Caisse d’Epargne, which earlier this week were being prompted by Giro officials to indicate their interest in being in the race, were included in the list.

RCS Sport also released the squads for Milan-Torino (March 10), Tirreno-Adriatico (March 14-20) and Milan-San Remo (March 24). Tinkoff, Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo and Ceramica Panaria-Navigare will also be racing those events.

Teams for the 90th Giro d’Italia (May 12 to June 3)
Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo (Ita)
AG2R Prevoyance (Fra)
Astana (Swi)
Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare (Irl)
Cofidis, le credit par telephone (Fra)
Credit Agricole (Fra)
Discovery Channel (USA)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
Française des Jeux (Fra)
Gerolsteiner (Ger)
Lampre-Fondital (Ita)
Liquigas (Ita)
Predictor-Lotto (Bel)
Quick Step-Innergetic (Bel)
Rabobank (Ola)
Saunier Duval-Prodir (Spa)
Team CSC (Dan)
Team Milram (Ita)
Tinkoff Credit System (Ita)
T-Mobile Team (Ger)
[22 nine-man teams] Teams for 92nd Milano-Torino (March 10)
 Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo (Ita)
AG2R Prevoyance (Fra)
Barloworld (GB)
Ceramica Flaminia (Ita)
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare (Irl)
Cofidis, le credit par telephone (Fra)
Lampre-Fondital (Ita)
Liquigas (Ita)
OTC Doors-Lauretana (Ita)
Quick Step-Innergetic (Bel)
Saunier Duval-Prodir (Spa)
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia (Ven)
Team CSC (Dan)
Team L.P.R. (Svi)
Team Milram (Ita)
T-Mobile Team (Ger)
Team Tenax (Irl)
Tinkoff Credit System (Ita)
[18 10-man teams] Teams for 42nd Tirreno-Adriatico (March 14-20)
 Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo (Ita)
AG2R Prevoyance (Fra)
Astana (Swi)
Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare (Irl)
Cofidis, le credit par telephone (Fra)
Credit Agricole (Fra)
Discovery Channel (USA)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
Française des Jeux (Fra)
Gerolsteiner (Ger)
Lampre-Fondital (Ita)
Liquigas (Ita)
Predictor-Lotto (Bel)
Quick Step-Innergetic (Bel)
Rabobank (Ola)
Saunier Duval-Prodir (Spa)
Team CSC (Dan)
Team Milram (Ita)
Tinkoff Credit System (Ita)
T-Mobile Team (Ger)
 [22 eight-man teams] Teams for 100th Milan-San Remo (March 24)
Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo (Ita)
AG2R Prevoyance (Fra)
Astana (Swi)
Barloworld (GB)
Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare (Irl)
Cofidis, le credit par telephone (Fra)
Credit Agricole (Fra)
Discovery Channel (USA)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
Française des Jeux (Fra)
Gerolsteiner (Ger)
Lampre-Fondital (Ita)
Liquigas (Ita)
Predictor-Lotto (Bel)
Quick Step-Innergetic (Bel)
Rabobank (Ola)
Saunier Duval-Prodir (Spa)
Team CSC (Dan)
Team L.P.R. (Svi)
Team Milram (Ita)
Tinkoff Credit System (Ita)
T-Mobile Team (Ger)
[24 eight-man teams]