The 2016 Giro d'Italia is the first of cycling's Grand Tours to take place in the 2016 road cycling season. It is the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia and takes place over 21 stages, beginning in the Netherlands on 6 May and finishing in Turin on 29 May. After the first three stages take place in the Netherlands, most of the rest of the race will take place in Italy; France hosts one stage start and one stage finish, while Switzerland also hosts a stage start.

The eighteen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to enter the race. In January 2016, four UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places in the race by RCS Sport, the organisers of the Giro, to complete the 22-team peloton. With nine riders on each team, the peloton consists of 198 riders. These riders came from 34 countries; more than a quarter of the peloton (53 riders) were Italian, while no other nation had more than 20 riders participating in the race.

Teams

All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. As the winner of the 2015 Coppa Italia competition, were automatically given a wildcard invitation. There were two surprises in the remaining three wildcard invitations: were not invited, nor were the Dutch , even though the race began in the Netherlands. Two of the remaining wildcards were given to Italian teams – and – and the last place was given to the Russian team . In the week before the race, Southeast–Venezuela changed its name to .

UCI WorldTeams

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Cyclists + Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro Pos. Position in the general classification Time Deficit to the winner of the general classification Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1991 eligible for the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ) HD Denotes a rider who failed to finish within the time limit, followed by the stage in which this occurred DNS Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew Ages correct as of 6 May 2016, the date on which the Giro began

By starting number No. Name Nationality Team Age Time 1 Domenico Pozzovivo 20 + 51' 49" 2 Guillaume Bonnafond 54 + 2h 32' 28" 3 Axel Domont 50 + 2h 21' 03" 4 Hubert Dupont 11 + 24' 33" 5 Patrick Gretsch DNF-13 – 6 Hugo Houle 72 + 3h 20' 38" 7 Blel Kadri 147 + 4h 43' 48" 8 Matteo Montaguti 19 + 43' 49" 9 Jean-Christophe Péraud DNF-3 – 11 Vincenzo Nibali 1 86h 32' 49" 12 Valerio Agnoli DNS-12 – 13 Eros Capecchi 82 + 3h 29' 48" 14 Jakob Fuglsang 12 + 24' 59" 15 Tanel Kangert 23 + 59' 30" 16 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev 65 + 3h 08' 06" 17 Davide Malacarne 47 + 2h 13' 24" 18 Michele Scarponi 16 + 38' 09" 19 Andrey Zeits 33 + 1h 32' 53" 21 Stefano Pirazzi 18 + 41' 00" 22 Simone Andreetta 141 + 4h 36' 25" 23 Paolo Simion 131 + 4h 23' 26" 24 Nicola Boem 139 + 4h 35' 56" 25 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno 109 + 3h 59' 07" 26 Giulio Ciccone DNS-19 – 27 Sonny Colbrelli 95 + 3h 48' 07" 28 Mirco Maestri 119 + 4h 14' 10" 29 Nicola Ruffoni DNS-13 – 31 Manuel Senni 76 + 3h 22' 42" 32 Darwin Atapuma 9 + 14' 09" 33 Alessandro De Marchi 94 + 3h 44' 56" 34 Silvan Dillier DNF-3- 35 Stefan Küng 60 + 2h 52' 25" 36 Daniel Oss 111 + 4h 06' 35" 37 Manuel Quinziato 117 + 4h 11' 33" 38 Joey Rosskopf 85 + 3h 31' 50" 39 Rick Zabel 140 + 4h 36' 19" 41 Rigoberto Urán 7 + 11' 47" 42 André Cardoso 14 + 34' 12" 43 Simon Clarke 67 + 3h 13' 04" 44 Joe Dombrowski 34 + 1h 32' 56" 45 Davide Formolo 31 + 1h 27' 19" 46 Moreno Moser 41 + 2h 01' 27" 47 Ramūnas Navardauskas 122 + 4h 16' 34" 48 Alberto Bettiol 86 + 3h 33' 33" 49 Nate Brown 48 + 2h 15' 18" 51 Igor Antón 28 + 1h 22' 43" 52 Omar Fraile DNF-5 – 53 Songezo Jim 144 + 4h 40' 38" 54 Merhawi Kudus 37 + 1h 54' 34" 55 Kristian Sbaragli 93 + 3h 44' 49" 56 Kanstantsin Sivtsov 10 + 16' 20" 57 Jay Thomson 149 + 4h 47' 03" 58 Johann van Zyl 79 + 3h 28' 27" 59 Jaco Venter 101 + 3h 51' 01" 61 Marcel Kittel DNS-9 – 62 Gianluca Brambilla 22 + 57' 07" 63 David de la Cruz DNS-16 – 64 Bob Jungels 6 + 8' 31" 65 Fabio Sabatini DNS-15 – 66 Pieter Serry 70 + 3h 19' 25" 67 Matteo Trentin 74 + 3h 21' 00" 68 Carlos Verona 43 + 2h 05' 57" 69 Łukasz Wiśniowski 138 + 4h 35' 16" 71 Arnaud Démare DNF-14 – 72 Arnaud Courteille 136 + 4h 33' 09" 73 Mickaël Delage 148 + 4h 45' 40" 74 Murilo Fischer 152 + 4h 49' 59" 75 Alexandre Geniez DNF-4 – 76 Ignatas Konovalovas 134 + 4h 31' 38" 77 Olivier Le Gac 133 + 4h 29' 26" 78 Marc Sarreau DNF-13 – 79 Benoît Vaugrenard 91 + 3h 40' 01" 81 Alexandr Kolobnev 73 + 3h 20' 39" 82 Aleksey Rybalkin 106 + 3h 58' 12" 83 Artur Ershov HD-15 – 84 Sergey Firsanov 30 + 1h 24' 38" 85 Alexander Foliforov 45 + 2h 06' 37" 86 Artem Ovechkin 142 + 4h 36' 45" 87 Ivan Savitskiy 104 + 3h 54' 08" 88 Alexander Serov 128 + 4h 21' 37" 89 Andrey Solomennikov 127 + 4h 20' 08" 91 Heinrich Haussler 99 + 3h 49' 24" 92 Matthias Brändle DNF-14 – 93 Leigh Howard DNS-15 – 94 Roger Kluge 137 + 4h 33' 28" 95 Matteo Pelucchi HD-6 – 96 Stefan Denifl 52 + 2h 21' 34" 97 Larry Warbasse DNS-7 – 98 Marcel Wyss 40 + 2h 00' 13" 99 Vegard Stake Laengen 83 + 3h 30' 44" 100 Diego Ulissi 21 + 56' 59" 101 Valerio Conti 27 + 1h 18' 38" 102 Roberto Ferrari 132 + 4h 28' 08" 103 Ilia Koshevoy 97 + 3h 48' 40" 104 Sacha Modolo 84 + 3h 31' 30" 105 Matej Mohorič 98 + 3h 49' 14" 106 Manuele Mori 63 + 3h 03' 47" 107 Przemysław Niemiec DNF-14 – 109 Simone Petilli 77 + 3h 23' 08" 111 Tim Wellens 96 + 3h 48' 24" 112 Lars Bak DNF-21 – 113 Sean De Bie 108 + 3h 58' 53" 114 André Greipel DNS-13 – 115 Adam Hansen 68 + 3h 13' 19" 116 Pim Ligthart 126 + 4h 19' 46" 117 Maxime Monfort 15 + 34' 34" 118 Jürgen Roelandts DNS-13 – 119 Jelle Vanendert 92 + 3h 42' 29" 121 Alejandro Valverde 3 + 1' 17" 122 Andrey Amador 8 + 13' 21" 123 Carlos Betancur DNF-19 – 124 José Herrada 62 + 3h 03' 04" 125 Javier Moreno DNF-7 – 126 José Joaquín Rojas 49 + 2h 17' 44" 127 Rory Sutherland 80 + 3h 28' 47" 128 Jasha Sütterlin 113 + 4h 07' 36" 129 Giovanni Visconti 13 + 31' 38" 131 Damiano Cunego 44 + 2h 06' 37" 132 Giacomo Berlato DNF-14 – 133 Alessandro Bisolti 81 + 3h 29' 23" 134 Grega Bole 135 + 4h 32' 04" 135 Riccardo Stacchiotti 155 + 5h 08' 00" 136 Iuri Filosi HD-8 – 137 Eduard-Michael Grosu 153 + 4h 53' 53" 138 Genki Yamamoto 151 + 4h 49' 05" 139 Gianfranco Zilioli 118 + 4h 12' 52" 141 Esteban Chaves 2 + 52" 142 Sam Bewley 125 + 4h 19' 37" 143 Caleb Ewan DNS-13 – 144 Michael Hepburn 150 + 4h 47' 59" 145 Damien Howson 53 + 2h 25' 44" 146 Luka Mezgec DNS-17 – 147 Rubén Plaza 56 + 2h 40' 39" 148 Svein Tuft 146 + 4h 43' 04" 149 Amets Txurruka 55 + 2h 39' 42" 151 Tom Dumoulin DNF-11 – 152 Nikias Arndt 87 + 3h 34' 14" 153 Bert De Backer DNF-14 – 154 Chad Haga 78 + 3h 25' 49" 155 Ji Cheng 154 + 5h 03' 42" 156 Tobias Ludvigsson 51 + 2h 21' 13" 157 Georg Preidler 26 + 1h 08' 05" 158 Tom Stamsnijder 143 + 4h 38' 30" 159 Albert Timmer 121 + 4h 16' 19" 161 Ilnur Zakarin DNF-19 – 162 Maxim Belkov 116 + 4h 10' 44" 163 Pavel Kochetkov 32 + 1h 28' 35" 164 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov 123 + 4h 18' 19" 165 Anton Vorobyev 100 + 3h 50' 10" 166 Alexander Porsev 145 + 4h 41' 38" 167 Egor Silin 38 + 1h 56' 08" 168 Rein Taaramäe 29 + 1h 23' 22" 169 Alexey Tsatevich DNS-10 – 171 Steven Kruijswijk 4 +1' 50" 172 Enrico Battaglin 42 + 2h 02' 23" 173 Moreno Hofland DNF-13 – 174 Twan Castelijns 114 + 4h 08' 24" 175 Martijn Keizer 102 + 3h 52' 57" 176 Primož Roglič 58 + 2h 43' 25" 177 Bram Tankink 61 + 2h 55' 43" 178 Maarten Tjallingii 124 + 4h 18' 22" 179 Jos van Emden 120 + 4h 15' 26" 181 Mikel Landa DNF-10 – 182 Ian Boswell 71 + 3h 19' 42" 183 Philip Deignan DNF-19 – 184 Sebastián Henao 17 + 38' 09" 185 Mikel Nieve 25 + 1h 05' 22" 186 David López 69 + 3h 18' 34" 187 Christian Knees 66 + 3h 09' 06" 188 Nicolas Roche 24 + 1h 04' 44" 189 Elia Viviani HD-8 – 191 Rafał Majka 5 + 4' 37" 192 Manuele Boaro 46 + 2h 11' 15" 193 Pavel Brutt 90 + 3h 38' 02" 194 Jesús Hernández 59 + 2h 44' 44" 195 Jay McCarthy 88 + 3h 35' 37" 196 Paweł Poljański 35 + 1h 50' 37" 197 Ivan Rovny 36 + 1h 51' 10" 198 Evgeni Petrov 75 + 3h 21' 36" 199 Matteo Tosatto 107 + 3h 58' 47" 201 Ryder Hesjedal DNF-14 – 202 Eugenio Alafaci 105 + 3h 56' 18" 203 Jack Bobridge 156 + 5h 08' 51" 204 Fabian Cancellara DNS-10 – 205 Marco Coledan 129 + 4h 22' 05" 206 Laurent Didier 64 + 3h 07' 17" 207 Giacomo Nizzolo 110 + 4h 03' 51" 208 Boy van Poppel HD-8 – 209 Riccardo Zoidl 39 + 1h 57' 12" 211 Filippo Pozzato 115 + 4h 08' 54" 212 Julen Amezqueta 112 + 4h 07' 22" 213 Manuel Belletti DNS-18 – 214 Liam Bertazzo DNF-14 – 215 Matteo Busato 57 + 2h 43' 03" 216 Cristián Rodríguez 103 + 3h 53' 15" 217 Jakub Mareczko DNF-5 – 218 Daniel Martínez 89 + 3h 36' 41" 219 Eugert Zhupa 130 + 4h 23' 15"

By team

+ (ALM) No. Rider Pos. 1 20 2 54 3 50 4 11 5 DNF–13 6 72 7 147 8 19 9 DNF–3+ (AST) No. Rider Pos. 11 1 12 DNS-12 13 62 14 12 15 23 16 65 17 47 18 16 19 33+ (CSF) No. Rider Pos. 21 18 22 141 23 131 24 139 25 109 26 DNS-19 27 95 28 119 29 DNS–13+ (BMC) No. Rider Pos. 31 76 32 9 33 94 34 DNF–3 35 60 36 111 37 117 38 85 39 140+ (CAN) No. Rider Pos. 41 7 42 14 43 67 44 34 45 31 46 41 47 122 48 86 49 48+ (DDD) No. Rider Pos. 51 28 52 DNF–5 53 144 54 37 55 93 56 10 57 149 58 79 59 101+ (EQS) No. Rider Pos. 61 DNS-9 62 22 63 DNS-16 64 6 65 DNS-15 66 70 67 74 68 43 69 138+ (FDJ) No. Rider Pos. 71 DNF–14 72 136 73 148 74 152 75 DNF–4 76 134 77 133 78 DNF–13 79 91+ (GAZ) No. Rider Pos. 81 73 82 106 83 HD-15 84 30 85 45 86 142 87 104 88 128 89 127+ (IAM) No. Rider Pos. 91 99 92 DNF–14 93 DNS-15 94 137 95 HD-6 96 52 97 DNS–7 98 40 99 83+ (LAM) No. Rider Pos. 100 21 101 27 102 132 103 97 104 84 105 98 106 63 107 DNF–14 109 77+ (LTS) No. Rider Pos. 111 96 112 DNF-21 113 108 114 DNS–13 115 68 116 126 117 15 118 DNS–13 119 92+ (MOV) No. Rider Pos. 121 3 122 8 123 DNF-19 124 62 125 DNF–7 126 49 127 80 128 113 129 13+ (NIP) No. Rider Pos. 131 44 132 DNF–14 133 81 134 135 135 155 136 HD-8 137 153 138 151 139 118+ (OGE) No. Rider Pos. 141 2 142 125 143 DNS–13 144 150 145 53 146 DNS-17 147 56 148 146 149 55+ (TGA) No. Rider Pos. 151 DNF-11 152 87 153 DNF–14 154 78 155 154 156 51 157 26 158 143 159 121+ (KAT) No. Rider Pos. 161 DNF-19 162 116 163 32 164 123 165 100 166 145 167 38 168 29 169 DNS-10+ (TLJ) No. Rider Pos. 171 4 172 42 173 DNF–13 174 114 175 102 176 58 177 61 178 124 179 120+ (SKY) No. Rider Pos. 181 DNF-10 182 71 183 DNF-19 184 17 185 25 186 69 187 66 188 24 189 HD-8+ (TNK) No. Rider Pos. 191 5 192 46 193 90 194 59 195 88 196 35 197 36 198 75 199 107+ (TFR) No. Rider Pos. 201 DNF–14 202 105 203 156 204 DNS-10 205 129 206 64 207 110 208 HD-8 209 39+ (STH) No. Rider Pos. 211 115 212 112 213 DNS–18 214 DNF–14 215 57 216 103 217 DNF–5 218 89 219 130

By nationality The 198 riders that are competing in the 2016 Giro d'Italia originated from 34 different countries.

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 1 1 10 8 4 3 2 2 7 5 1 (Tim Wellens) 1 1 3 2 1 1 6 5 1 (Esteban Chaves) 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 (Rein Taaramäe) 12 8 8 5 7 (André Greipel x3, Marcel Kittel x2, Roger Kluge, Nikias Arndt) 2 1 53 42 6 (Diego Ulissi x2, Gianluca Brambilla, Giulio Ciccone, Vincenzo Nibali, Matteo Trentin) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 9 1 (Tom Dumoulin) 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 20 17 1 (Alexander Foliforov) 4 3 1 (Primož Roglič) 4 4 16 12 2 (Mikel Nieve, Alejandro Valverde) 1 1 4 2 6 5 Total 198 156 21

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