2011 Giro d'Italia Start List

The Giro d'Italia has announced the start list of 207 riders on 23 teams. In honor of the Italian national championship jersey and the celebration of the 150th year of Italian unification, the Italian national champion Giovanni Visconti will be wearing number 150.

Acqua & Sapone
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita)
2 Massimo Codol (Ita)
3 Claudio Corioni (Ita)
4 Alessandro Donati (Ita)
5 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita)
6 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro)
7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita)
8 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col)
9 Fabio Taborre (Ita)
D.S. CENGHIALTA Bruno

AG2R La Mondiale
11 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)
12 Julien Berard (Fra)
13 Mikael Cherel (Fra)
14 Cyril Dessel (Fra)
15 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
16 John Gadret (Fra)
17 Ben Gastauer (Lux)
18 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra)
19 Matteo Montaguti (Ita)
D.S. BIONDI Laurent

Androni Giocattoli
21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col)
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita)
23 José Rujano Guillen (Ven)
24 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita)
25 Giairo Ermeti (Ita)
26 Roberto Ferrari (Ita)
27 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven)
28 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven)
29 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa)
D.S. SAVIO Gianni

BMC Racing Team
31 Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
32 Chad Beyer (USA)
33 Mathias Frank (Swi)
34 Martin Kohler (Swi)
35 Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
36 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita)
37 Johann Tschopp (Swi)
38 Danilo Wyss (Swi)
39 Simon Zahner (Swi)
D.S. BALDATO Fabio

Colnago - CSF Inox
41 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita)
42 Manuel Belletti (Ita)
43 Sacha Modolo (Ita)
44 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita)
45 Filippo Savini (Ita)
46 Federico Canuti (Ita)
47 Simone Stortoni (Ita)
48 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita)
49 Manuele Caddeo (Ita)
D.S. REVERBERI Roberto

Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa)
52 Daniel Sesma (Spa)
53 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa)
54 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa)
55 Pierre Cazaux (Fra)
56 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa)
57 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa)
58 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa)
59 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa)
D.S. GLEZ DE GALDEANO Alvaro

Geox-TMC
61 Denis Menchov (Rus)
62 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa)
63 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa)
64 David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa)
65 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita)
66 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus)
67 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col)
68 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col)
69 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa)
D.S. ZANINI Stefano

HTC-Highroad
71 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
72 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
73 Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
74 Craig Lewis (USA)
75 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)
76 Frantisek Rabon (Cze)
77 Alex Rasmussen (Den)
78 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
79 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr)
D.S. PIVA Valerio

Katusha Team
81 Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
82 Joaquím Rodríguez Oliver (Spa)
83 Danilo Di Luca (Ita)
84 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)
85 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa)
86 Luca Paolini (Ita)
87 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa)
88 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa)
89 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
D.S. PARSANI Serge

Lampre - ISD
91 Michele Scarponi (Ita)
92 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
93 Marco Marzano (Ita)
94 Diego Ulissi (Ita)
95 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
96 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol)
97 Adriano Malori (Ita)
98 Daniele Righi (Ita)
99 Simon Spilak (Slo)
D.S. MAINI Orlando

Leopard Trek
101 Daniele Bennati (Ita)
102 Dominic Klemme (Ger)
103 Thomas Rohregger (Aut)
104 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
105 Bruno Pires (Por)
106 Davide Vigano (Ita)
107 Fabian Wegmann (Ger)
108 Wouter Weylandt (Bel)
109 Oliver Zaugg (Swi)
D.S. GUERCILENA Luca

Liquigas-Cannondale
111 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
112 Valerio Agnoli (Ita)
113 Eros Capecchi (Ita)
114 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita)
115 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita)
116 Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
117 Cristiano Salerno (Ita)
118 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
119 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
D.S. VOLPI Alberto

Movistar Team
121 David Arroyo Duran (Spa)
122 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)
123 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc)
124 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr)
125 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa)
126 Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa)
127 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa)
128 Branislau Samoilau (Blr)
129 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa)
D.S. ARRIETA Jose Luis

Omega Pharma-Lotto
131 Jan Bakelandts (Bel)
132 Adam Blythe (GBr)
133 Francis De Greef (Bel)
134 Bart De Clercq (Bel)
135 Gert Dockx (Bel)
136 Olivier Kaisen (Bel)
137 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
138 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
139 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel)
D.S. DAMIANI Roberto

Pro Team Astana
141 Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
142 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)
143 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita)
144 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro)
145 Maxim Gourov (Kaz)
146 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa)
147 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe)
148 Evgeny Petrov (Rus)
149 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
D.S. MARTINELLI Giuseppe

Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli
150 Giovanni Visconti (Ita)
151 Francesco Failli (Ita)
152 Leonardo Giordani (Ita)
153 Oscar Gatto (Ita)
154 Matteo Rabottini (Ita)
155 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
156 Diego Caccia (Ita)
157 Andrea Noe (Ita)
158 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita)
D.S. SCINTO Luca

Quickstep Cycling Team
161 Marco Bandiera (Ita)
162 Dario Cataldo (Ita)
163 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
164 Marc De Maar (AHo)
165 Addy Engels (Ned)
166 Davide Malacarne (Ita)
167 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)
168 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel)
169 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel)
D.S. BRAMATI Davide

Rabobank Cycling Team
171 Theo Bos (Ned)
172 Rick Flens (Ned)
173 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned)
174 Thomas Leezer (Ned)
175 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned)
176 Bram Tankink (Ned)
177 Jos Van Emden (Ned)
178 Dennis Van Winden (Ned)
179 Pieter Weening (Ned)
D.S. VERHOEVEN Nico

Saxo Bank Sungard
181 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa)
182 Laurent Didier (Lux)
183 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr)
184 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa)
185 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den)
186 Gustav Larsson (Swe)
187 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa)
188 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
189 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa)
D.S. MAUDUIT Philippe

Sky Procycling
191 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe)
192 Michael Barry (Can)
193 Kjell Carlström (Fin)
194 Dario David Cioni (Ita)
195 Russell Downing (GBr)
196 Davide Appollonio (Ita)
197 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor)
198 Serge Pauwels (Bel)
199 Morris Possoni (Ita)
D.S. YATES Sean

Team Garmin-Cervelo
201 Tyler Farrar (USA)
202 Julian Dean (NZl)
203 Jack Bobridge (Aus)
204 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra)
205 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)
206 Cameron Meyer (Aus)
207 David Millar (GBr)
208 Peter Stetina (USA)
209 Matthew Wilson (Aus)
D.S. MARIE Lionel

Team RadioShack
211 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
212 Robbie McEwen (Aus)
213 Tiago Machado (Por)
214 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)
215 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por)
216 Philip Deignan (Irl)
217 Ben Hermans (Bel)
218 Robert Hunter (RSA)
219 Ivan Rovny (Rus)
D.S. GALLOPIN Alain

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
221 Matteo Carrara (Ita)
222 Borut Bozic (Slo)
223 Maxim Belkov (Rus)
224 Michal Golas (Pol)
225 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
226 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb)
227 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)
228 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita)
229 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel)
D.S. VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire


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