Cycling:Following announcements that T-Mobile and Unibet squads will ride in the Tour of Ireland comes the news the Ceramica Panaria-Navigare team will also contest the world-ranked event, reports Shane Stokes.

Although the line-up will be confirmed closer to the August 22nd-26th race date, the Continental team are expected to impress in the 2.2 Irish tour.

They did well in the Giro d'Italia, Emanuel Sella finishing 11th overall and Luis Felipe Laverde taking stage six. Fortunato Baliani finished second in the mountains and was third "most combative rider". Team sprinter Maximiliano Richeze has been confirmed for the Irish race.

The Tour of Ireland is sponsored by Fáilte Ireland. More teams will be confirmed in the coming weeks.