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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MILAN (AP) -- The Russian team Katusha featuring top-ranked Joaquin Rodriguez has been denied a wild-card entry into the Giro d'Italia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Organizers RCS announced four wild-card entries on Tuesday for the May 4-26 race: Italian teams Androni Giocattoli, Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox and Vini Fantini, plus South American squad Colombia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   The 18 UCI Pro Teams received automatic invites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Katusha has filed a suit in the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the UCI's refusal of its application for the 2013 World Tour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   RCS said Katusha was considered as a professional continental team. Rodriguez has said he will leave Katusha if it is not allowed to compete in the World Tour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Last year, Rodriguez was runner-up in the Giro to Ryder Hesjedal of Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   RCS did invite Katusha to the Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-San Remo and Il Lombardia.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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