The French team Bbox will bring the Japanese rider Yukiya Arashiro to the 2010 Giro d’Italia, along with his teammate Thomas Voeckler,a former champion of France. The Giro starts on May 8 in Amsterdam.

Voeckler will race the Tour of Italy for the fourth time in his career.

The French team will also be represented with the road sprinter, William Bonnet, a stage winner at Paris-Nice in March.

The team at the Giro Bbox:
Yukiya Arashiro (JPN), William Bonnet (FRA), Anthony Charteau (FRA), Mathieu Claude (FRA), Guillaume Le Floch (FRA), Damien Gaudin (FRA), Johann Tschopp (SUI), Yuriy Trofimov (RUS), Thomas Voeckler (FRA)