As Giro d'Italia is part of UCI ProTour, 20 ProTour teams start the race. Wild cards were given to Ceramica Panaria–Navigare and Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni.
Official start list
Discovery Channel (DSC)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place1Paolo Savoldelli5 : Maglia blu2Tom DanielsonAbandoned race after Stage 19 (Sinusitis and Fever)3Manuel Beltrán224Viatcheslav Ekimov 895Benoît Joachim 836Jason McCartney 1357Pavel Padrnos 678José Luis Rubiera 139Matt White102
AG2r Prévoyance (A2R)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place11Sylvain Calzati 7912Íñigo Chaurreau5413Renaud Dion 10414Hubert Dupont 3215John Gadret Abandoned race during Stage 18 (Broken collarbone)16Yuriy Krivtsov 11417Carl Naibo 15018Mark ScanlonAbandoned race during Stage 1219Tomas VaitkusAbandoned race during Stage 13
Bouygues Télécom (BTL)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place21Giovanni Bernaudeau Abandoned race after Stage 1322Sébastien ChavanelAbandoned race during Stage 723Stef Clement6424Olivier Bonnaire 11525Andy FlickingerAbandoned race after Stage 1126Yohann Gène14927Arnaud Labbe 11628Yoann Le Boulanger 11929Laurent Lefèvre 50
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears (CEI)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place31José Luis Carrasco 6832Vladimir Efimkin 3933Imanol Erviti8134Marco Fertonani Abandoned race during Stage 1835Iván Gutiérrez 2436Joan Horrach 3637José Cayetano Juliá 11838Mikel Pradera9539Francisco Perez28
Ceramica Panaria – Navigare (PAN)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place41Emanuele Sella 2642Luca Mazzanti 2043Moisés AldapeAbandoned race after Stage 1344Fortunato Baliani 4645Miguel Ángel Rubiano 10346Sergiy Matveyev14247Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio 4248Maximiliano Richeze 13849Luis Felipe Laverde 49
Cofidis (COF)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place51Leonardo BertagnolliAbandoned race during Stage 452Leonardo Duque 4753Thierry Marichal Abandoned race during Stage 754Amaël Moinard 11255Maxime Monfort 3356Cristian MoreniAbandoned race during Stage 757Iván Parra 1658Staf ScheirlinckxAbandoned race during Stage 14 (Broken collarbone)59Rik Verbrugghe Abandoned race after Stage 15
Crédit Agricole (C.A)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place61Francesco Bellotti 4162Alexander Bocharov 2763William Bonnet 11164Christophe Edaleine 12765Patrice Halgand 1466Rémi Pauriol 12267Benoît Poilvet 9968Yannick Talabardon 10069Nicolas Vogondy 44
Davitamon–Lotto (DVL)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place71Christophe BrandtAbandoned race after Stage 3 (Cracked elbow)72Nick Gates 13173Josep Jufré 2974Jan Kuyckx 13375Robbie McEwenAbandoned race after Stage 12 (Stomach illness)76Preben Van Hecke 14077Wim Van Huffel 1778Henk Vogels 14579Bert Roesems 123
(EUL)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place81Beñat Albizuri 14482Andoni AranagaAbandoned race during Stage 1483Koldo FernándezAbandoned race during Stage 784Iker Flores Galarza 3585Markel Irizar 9086Roberto LaisekaAbandoned race during Stage 12 (Injuries due to crash)87David López 4088Anton Luengo 11089Ivan Mayoz 128
Française des Jeux (FDJ)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place91Bradley McGeeAbandoned race during Stage 10 (Back pain)92Sandy Casar693Carlos da Cruz 10194Mickaël Delage 12995Arnaud Gérard 14396Philippe GilbertAbandoned race after Stage 11 (Resigned)97Gustav Larsson 6698Cyrille Monnerais 12199Jussi Veikkanen 70
Gerolsteiner (GST)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place101Robert Förster 139102Torsten Hiekmann 85103Sven Krauss97104Andrea Moletta 78105Volker Ordowski Abandoned race during Stage 19106Davide RebellinAbandoned race after Stage 10 (Broken rib)107Matthias Russ 74108Ronny ScholzAbandoned race during Stage 14109Stefan Schumacher 76
Lampre–Fondital (LAM)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place111Damiano Cunego 4112Marzio Bruseghin 25113Paolo Fornaciari 126114Evgeni Petrov 57115Gorazd Štangelj 59116Sylvester Szmyd 19117Paolo Tiralongo 15118Tadej Valjavec 34119Francisco J. Vila Errandonea 10
Liberty Seguros–Würth (LSW)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place121Dariusz BaranowskiAbandoned race during Stage 10 (Gastroenteritis)122Giampaolo Caruso 12123Koen de Kort 124124Daniel Navarro 91125Unai Osa 18126Javier Ramírez 82127Michele Scarponi Abandoned race after Stage 16128Marcos SerranoAbandoned race after Stage 12129Serguei Yakovlev Abandoned race during Stage 18
Liquigas (LIQ)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place131Danilo Di Luca 23132Patrick Calcagni107133Dario Cioni 86134Dario Andriotto 146135Vladimir MiholjevićAbandoned race after Stage 13136Andrea Noè 38137Franco Pellizotti 8138Alessandro Spezialetti 93139Charlie Wegelius 58
Phonak Hearing Systems (PHO)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place141Martin Elmiger80142Fabrizio GuidiAbandoned race during Stage 18143José Enrique Gutiérrez 2144Jonathan McCarty 113145Axel MerckxAbandoned race after Stage 14 (Stomach illness)146Víctor Hugo Peña 9147Grégory Rast 94148Johann Tschopp 45149Steve Zampieri 48
Quick-Step–Innergetic (QSI)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place151Serge Baguet Abandoned race during Stage 17152Paolo Bettini 56 : Maglia ciclamino153Davide Bramati 141154Addy Engels 84155Juan Manuel Gárate 7 : Maglia verde156José Antonio Garrido 134157Leonardo Scarselli 120158Jürgen van de Walle 75159Remmert WielingaAbandoned race after Stage 4 (Illness)
Rabobank (RAB)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place161Mauricio Ardila 98162Theo Eltink 53163Graeme BrownAbandoned race during Stage 7164Mathew Hayman 136165Alexandr Kolobnev 71166Grischa Niermann 55167Marc de Maar 125168Michael RasmussenAbandoned race after Stage 11 (Minor back injury)169Marc Wauters Abandoned race during Stage 17
Saunier Duval–Prodir (SDV)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place171Gilberto Simoni 3172Ángel Gómez 108173Rubén Lobato 87174Peter MazurAbandoned race during Stage 18175Manuele Mori 88176Aaron Olsen 148177Leonardo Piepoli 11178Marco Pinotti 60179Guido Trentin 30
Selle Italia–Serramenti Diquigiovanni (CLM)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place181José RujanoAbandoned race during Stage 13 (Cold)182José Serpa 31183Wladimir Belli Abandoned race during Stage 20184Sergio Barbero Abandoned race during Stage 18185Alessandro BertoliniAbandoned race during Stage 7186Gabriele Missaglia 106187Raffaele Illiano 61188Alberto Loddo Abandoned race during Stage 16189Santo Anzà 109
Team CSC (CSC)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place191Ivan Basso 1 : Maglia Rosa192Carlos Sastre 43193Nicki Sørensen 77194Michael Blaudzun 96195Bobby Julich 92196Jens Voigt 37197Giovanni Lombardi 117198Volodymyr Hustov 62199Íñigo Cuesta 52
Team Milram (MRM)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place201Alessandro PetacchiAbandoned race after Stage 3 (Fractured left kneecap)202Alessandro Cortinovis 105203Sergio Ghisalberti 21204Christian Knees 73205Mirco Lorenzetto Abandoned race during Stage 21 (Crash injuries)206Alberto Ongarato 130207Elia Rigotto 137208Fabio Sacchi 63209Alessandro Vanotti 69
T-Mobile Team (TMO)
NoNameNationalityFinal GC place211Scott Davis 65212Serhiy Honchar Abandoned race after Stage 16213Matthias Kessler 72214André KorffAbandoned race during Stage 7 (Crash)215Jörg Ludewig 51216Olaf Pollack 132217Michael RogersAbandoned race after Stage 12 (Teeth infection)218František Raboň 147219Jan Ullrich Abandoned race during Stage 19 (Back pain)
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