List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Giro d'Italia

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)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
1	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	5 : Maglia blu
2	Tom Danielson	United States	Abandoned race after Stage 19 (Sinusitis and Fever)
3	Manuel Beltrán	Spain	22
4	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Russia	89
5	Benoît Joachim	Luxembourg	83
6	Jason McCartney	United States	135
7	Pavel Padrnos	Czech Republic	67
8	José Luis Rubiera	Spain	13
9	Matt White	Australia	102

AG2r Prévoyance (A2R)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
11	Sylvain Calzati	France	79
12	Íñigo Chaurreau	Spain	54
13	Renaud Dion	France	104
14	Hubert Dupont	France	32
15	John Gadret	France	Abandoned race during Stage 18 (Broken collarbone)
16	Yuriy Krivtsov	Ukraine	114
17	Carl Naibo	France	150
18	Mark Scanlon	Ireland	Abandoned race during Stage 12
19	Tomas Vaitkus	Lithuania	Abandoned race during Stage 13

Bouygues Télécom (BTL)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
21	Giovanni Bernaudeau	France	Abandoned race after Stage 13
22	Sébastien Chavanel	France	Abandoned race during Stage 7
23	Stef Clement	Netherlands	64
24	Olivier Bonnaire	France	115
25	Andy Flickinger	France	Abandoned race after Stage 11
26	Yohann Gène	France	149
27	Arnaud Labbe	France	116
28	Yoann Le Boulanger	France	119
29	Laurent Lefèvre	France	50

Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears (CEI)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
31	José Luis Carrasco	Spain	68
32	Vladimir Efimkin	Russia	39
33	Imanol Erviti	Spain	81
34	Marco Fertonani	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 18
35	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	24
36	Joan Horrach	Spain	36
37	José Cayetano Juliá	Spain	118
38	Mikel Pradera	Spain	95
39	Francisco Perez	Spain	28

Ceramica Panaria – Navigare (PAN)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
41	Emanuele Sella	Italy	26
42	Luca Mazzanti	Italy	20
43	Moisés Aldape	Mexico	Abandoned race after Stage 13
44	Fortunato Baliani	Italy	46
45	Miguel Ángel Rubiano	Colombia	103
46	Sergiy Matveyev	Ukraine	142
47	Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio	Mexico	42
48	Maximiliano Richeze	Argentina	138
49	Luis Felipe Laverde	Colombia	49

Cofidis (COF)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
51	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 4
52	Leonardo Duque	Colombia	47
53	Thierry Marichal	Belgium	Abandoned race during Stage 7
54	Amaël Moinard	France	112
55	Maxime Monfort	Belgium	33
56	Cristian Moreni	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 7
57	Iván Parra	Colombia	16
58	Staf Scheirlinckx	Belgium	Abandoned race during Stage 14 (Broken collarbone)
59	Rik Verbrugghe	Belgium	Abandoned race after Stage 15

Crédit Agricole (C.A)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
61	Francesco Bellotti	Italy	41
62	Alexander Bocharov	Russia	27
63	William Bonnet	France	111
64	Christophe Edaleine	France	127
65	Patrice Halgand	France	14
66	Rémi Pauriol	France	122
67	Benoît Poilvet	France	99
68	Yannick Talabardon	France	100
69	Nicolas Vogondy	France	44

Davitamon–Lotto (DVL)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
71	Christophe Brandt	Belgium	Abandoned race after Stage 3 (Cracked elbow)
72	Nick Gates	Australia	131
73	Josep Jufré	Spain	29
74	Jan Kuyckx	Belgium	133
75	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Abandoned race after Stage 12 (Stomach illness)
76	Preben Van Hecke	Belgium	140
77	Wim Van Huffel	Belgium	17
78	Henk Vogels	Australia	145
79	Bert Roesems	Belgium	123

Euskaltel–Euskadi (EUL)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
81	Beñat Albizuri	Spain	144
82	Andoni Aranaga	Spain	Abandoned race during Stage 14
83	Koldo Fernández	Spain	Abandoned race during Stage 7
84	Iker Flores Galarza	Spain	35
85	Markel Irizar	Spain	90
86	Roberto Laiseka	Spain	Abandoned race during Stage 12 (Injuries due to crash)
87	David López	Spain	40
88	Anton Luengo	Spain	110
89	Ivan Mayoz	Spain	128

Française des Jeux (FDJ)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
91	Bradley McGee	Australia	Abandoned race during Stage 10 (Back pain)
92	Sandy Casar	France	6
93	Carlos da Cruz	France	101
94	Mickaël Delage	France	129
95	Arnaud Gérard	France	143
96	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	Abandoned race after Stage 11 (Resigned)
97	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	66
98	Cyrille Monnerais	France	121
99	Jussi Veikkanen	Finland	70

Gerolsteiner (GST)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
101	Robert Förster	Germany	139
102	Torsten Hiekmann	Germany	85
103	Sven Krauss	Germany	97
104	Andrea Moletta	Italy	78
105	Volker Ordowski	Germany	Abandoned race during Stage 19
106	Davide Rebellin	Italy	Abandoned race after Stage 10 (Broken rib)
107	Matthias Russ	Germany	74
108	Ronny Scholz	Germany	Abandoned race during Stage 14
109	Stefan Schumacher	Germany	76

Lampre–Fondital (LAM)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
111	Damiano Cunego	Italy	4
112	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy	25
113	Paolo Fornaciari	Italy	126
114	Evgeni Petrov	Russia	57
115	Gorazd Štangelj	Slovenia	59
116	Sylvester Szmyd	Poland	19
117	Paolo Tiralongo	Italy	15
118	Tadej Valjavec	Slovenia	34
119	Francisco J. Vila Errandonea	Spain	10

Liberty Seguros–Würth (LSW)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
121	Dariusz Baranowski	Poland	Abandoned race during Stage 10 (Gastroenteritis)
122	Giampaolo Caruso	Italy	12
123	Koen de Kort	Netherlands	124
124	Daniel Navarro	Spain	91
125	Unai Osa	Spain	18
126	Javier Ramírez	Spain	82
127	Michele Scarponi	Italy	Abandoned race after Stage 16
128	Marcos Serrano	Spain	Abandoned race after Stage 12
129	Serguei Yakovlev	Kazakhstan	Abandoned race during Stage 18

Liquigas (LIQ)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
131	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	23
132	Patrick Calcagni	Switzerland	107
133	Dario Cioni	Italy	86
134	Dario Andriotto	Italy	146
135	Vladimir Miholjević	Croatia	Abandoned race after Stage 13
136	Andrea Noè	Italy	38
137	Franco Pellizotti	Italy	8
138	Alessandro Spezialetti	Italy	93
139	Charlie Wegelius	Great Britain	58

Phonak Hearing Systems (PHO)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
141	Martin Elmiger	Switzerland	80
142	Fabrizio Guidi	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 18
143	José Enrique Gutiérrez	Spain	2
144	Jonathan McCarty	United States	113
145	Axel Merckx	Belgium	Abandoned race after Stage 14 (Stomach illness)
146	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	9
147	Grégory Rast	Switzerland	94
148	Johann Tschopp	Switzerland	45
149	Steve Zampieri	Switzerland	48

Quick-Step–Innergetic (QSI)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
151	Serge Baguet	Belgium	Abandoned race during Stage 17
152	Paolo Bettini	Italy	56 : Maglia ciclamino
153	Davide Bramati	Italy	141
154	Addy Engels	Netherlands	84
155	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	7 : Maglia verde
156	José Antonio Garrido	Spain	134
157	Leonardo Scarselli	Italy	120
158	Jürgen van de Walle	Belgium	75
159	Remmert Wielinga	Netherlands	Abandoned race after Stage 4 (Illness)

Rabobank (RAB)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
161	Mauricio Ardila	Colombia	98
162	Theo Eltink	Netherlands	53
163	Graeme Brown	Australia	Abandoned race during Stage 7
164	Mathew Hayman	Australia	136
165	Alexandr Kolobnev	Russia	71
166	Grischa Niermann	Germany	55
167	Marc de Maar	Netherlands	125
168	Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	Abandoned race after Stage 11 (Minor back injury)
169	Marc Wauters	Belgium	Abandoned race during Stage 17

Saunier Duval–Prodir (SDV)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
171	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	3
172	Ángel Gómez	Spain	108
173	Rubén Lobato	Spain	87
174	Peter Mazur	Poland	Abandoned race during Stage 18
175	Manuele Mori	Italy	88
176	Aaron Olsen	United States	148
177	Leonardo Piepoli	Italy	11
178	Marco Pinotti	Italy	60
179	Guido Trentin	Italy	30

Selle Italia–Serramenti Diquigiovanni (CLM)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
181	José Rujano	Venezuela	Abandoned race during Stage 13 (Cold)
182	José Serpa	Colombia	31
183	Wladimir Belli	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 20
184	Sergio Barbero	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 18
185	Alessandro Bertolini	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 7
186	Gabriele Missaglia	Italy	106
187	Raffaele Illiano	Italy	61
188	Alberto Loddo	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 16
189	Santo Anzà	Italy	109

Team CSC (CSC)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
191	Ivan Basso	Italy	1 : Maglia Rosa
192	Carlos Sastre	Spain	43
193	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	77
194	Michael Blaudzun	Denmark	96
195	Bobby Julich	United States	92
196	Jens Voigt	Germany	37
197	Giovanni Lombardi	Italy	117
198	Volodymyr Hustov	Ukraine	62
199	Íñigo Cuesta	Spain	52

Team Milram (MRM)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
201	Alessandro Petacchi	Italy	Abandoned race after Stage 3 (Fractured left kneecap)
202	Alessandro Cortinovis	Italy	105
203	Sergio Ghisalberti	Italy	21
204	Christian Knees	Germany	73
205	Mirco Lorenzetto	Italy	Abandoned race during Stage 21 (Crash injuries)
206	Alberto Ongarato	Italy	130
207	Elia Rigotto	Italy	137
208	Fabio Sacchi	Italy	63
209	Alessandro Vanotti	Italy	69

T-Mobile Team (TMO)

No	Name	Nationality	Final GC place
211	Scott Davis	Australia	65
212	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	Abandoned race after Stage 16
213	Matthias Kessler	Germany	72
214	André Korff	Germany	Abandoned race during Stage 7 (Crash)
215	Jörg Ludewig	Germany	51
216	Olaf Pollack	Germany	132
217	Michael Rogers	Australia	Abandoned race after Stage 12 (Teeth infection)
218	František Raboň	Czech Republic	147
219	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Abandoned race during Stage 19 (Back pain)

External links

• Official website
• cyclingnews.com