update 8 May: riders' numbers have been added and some last minute changes
With only a few days to go before the start of the Giro d'Italia 2009, the 100-year edition of the Tour of Italy, from Venice, the selections of riders for the different teams are being announced one by one.In this article you'll find the full selections of all teams and as soon as they will be available their numbers will be added as well.
The participating riders are shown below per team in the full list of teams which are organised by country.
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Italy
Acqua e SaponeThis team will be at the start of the Italian race with a team which is fully composed of Italian riders. Their leader will be Stefano Garzelli, the rider who won the race in 2000 and who's seen as a serious candidate for a new victory.
The riders are:
> 1/ Stefano Garzelli
> 2/ Dario Andriotto
> 3/ Massimo Codol
> 4/ Alessandro Donati
> 5/ Francesco Failli
> 6/ Ruggero Marzoli
> 7/ Andrea Masciarelli
> 8/ Francesco Masciarelli
> 9/
ISD
The selection of this pro continental team is as follows:> 91/ Giovanni Visconti
> 92/ Oscar Gatto
> 93/ Dario David Cioni (photo)
> 94/ Ian Dexter Stannard
> 95/ Andrey Grivko
> 96/ Dmytro Grabovskyy
> 97/ Bartosz Huzarski
> 98/ Leonardo Scarselli
> 99/ Ruslan Pidgornyy
directeurs sportifs: Luca Scinto and Yuri Zayats
Lampre NGCFor the Giro d'Italia this Italian team has announced its selection of riders (exclusively Italians) in numbers: 9 riders, 2 directeurs sportifs, 3 mechanics, 5 masseurs, 2 doctors, 1 driver, 2 press officers and 1 manager.
And the list of numbers continues with:
- 34: the age of the oldest rider of the team (Bruseghin)
- 9: the number of participations of the rider who has the biggest number of participations in the Tour of Italy (Bruseghin as well)
- 25: the age of the youngest rider (Bono)
- 29: the average age of the team
- 1: there's only one rider who participates in the Giro for the first time: Da Dalto
- and concerning the physical aspects of the riders: the biggest rider of the team is Bruseghin with his 182 cm while the smallest rider is Tiralongo with 168 cm (for an average length of 173,6 cm); Bruseghin and Da Dalto are the heaviest riders (70 kg) and Tiralongo the lightest (56 kg) (for an average weight of 62,7 kg)
This is the list of selected riders:> 101/ Damiano Cunego (photo)
> 102/ Matteo Bono
> 103/ Marzio Bruseghin
> 104/ Mauro Da Dalto
> 105/ Enrico Gasparotto
> 106/
> 107/ Marco Marzano
> 108/ Manuele Mori
> 109/ Paolo Tiralongo
Il Piccolo Principe or the Little Prince, Damiano Cunego (photo), is one of the favorites for this Giro. He anwsered the question whether he can win the Giro by saying: I have no idea, I know that I'm one of the favorites but I'll only know what I'm capable of once the Giro has started.
directeurs sportifs: Brent Copeland and Fabrizio Bontempi
doctors: Guardascione and Andreazzoli
mechanics: Biron, Cambiè and Pengo
masseurs: Bertolone, Borgognoni, Capelli, Della Torre and Inselvini
driver: Bozzolo
press officers: Andrea Appiani and Carlo Saronni
Francesco Gavazzi and Massimiliano Mori are on the list of potential replacement riders.
LiquigasThis Italian team has a solid and balanced selection which can make the difference both in the flat and mountain stages according to manager Roberto Amadio.
The team has two leaders: Ivan Basso (who according to Lance Armstrong is the biggest favorite for the Giro 2009) and Franco Pellizotti.
The list of participants for Liquigas is as follows:the two leaders
> 111/ Ivan Basso
> 115/ Franco Pellizotti
the experienced riders
> 113/ Kjell Carlström
> 116/ Manuel Quinziato (photo)
> 117/ Gorazd Stangelj
> 119/ Alessandro Vanotti
the climbers
> 112/ Valerio Agnoli
> 114/ Vladimir Miholjevic
> 118/ Sylwester Szmyd
Daniele Bennati is not fully recovered of his fall in the Tirreno-Adriatico and can thus not participate in the Giro.
directeurs sportifs: next to Roberto Amadio we'll find Stefano Zanatta and Mario Chiesa
France
AG2R La MondialeIn its press release the French team said the AG2R La Mondiale team will be at the start of the Giro d'Italia with as its ambition to have a rider in the top ten and to win at least one stage. Vincent Lavenu's team will be led by Tadej Valjavec (photo) who really should be able to get a good position in the general ranking.
Here's the list of riders:> 11/ Tadej Valjavec
> 12/ Alexander Efimkin (according to the Giro website this should be Vladimir Efimkin but AG2R La Mondiale's press release and press kit say it's Alexander)
> 13/ Sébastien Hinault
> 14/ Yuriy Krivtsov
> 15/ Julien Loubet
> 16/
> 17/ Jean-Charles Sénac
> 18/ Blaise Sonnery
> 19/
with Nicolas Rousseau as reserve
directeurs sportifs : Vincent Lavenu, Laurent Biondi and Arturas Kasputis
BBox Bouygues Telecom
The team from the French department Vendée will be led by Thomas Voeckler (photo), who's back after his double fracture of the collarbone (following a fall in the stage going to Montagne de Lure in Paris-Nice 2009) as he has already shown by winning the Trophée des Grimpeurs in Argenteuil last Sunday.> 41/ Julien Belgy
> 42/ Steve Chainel
> 43/ Yohann Gene
> 44/ Saïd Haddou
> 45/
> 46/ Evgeny Sokolov
> 47/ Matthieu Sprick
> 48/ Johann Tschopp
> 49/ Thomas Voeckler
directeurs sportifs : Christian Guiberteau and Jean-François Rodriguez
Kazakhstan
Astana
Lance Armstrong's initial goal was to win the Giro d'Italia, but after his fall in the Vuelta a Castilla y León and the fracture of his collarbone, his current goal is to win a stage. The leader of the team is his compatriot Levi Leipheimer (photo), winner of the Tour of California and the Vuelta a Castilla y León.> 21/ Lance Armstrong
> 22/ Janez Brajkovic
> 23/ Christopher Horner
> 24/ Levi Leipheimer
> 25/ Steve Morabito
> 26/ Daniel Navarro Garcia
> 27/ Yaroslav Popovych
> 28/ Jose Luis Rubiera
> 29/ Andrey Zeits
Grande-Bretagne
Barloworld
This English team with a South-African sponsor recently announced that from the start of the Giro, a new sponsor's logo will appear on the shirt and short of the riders: Caffitaly, an Italian provider of coffee machines.The two leaders of the team are Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez, the king of the mountains in the Tour de France 2007, for the mountain stages and Robert Hunter for the sprints. Christopher Froome (photo) and John-Lee Augustyn will be there to help Soler.
> 31/ Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez
> 32/ John Lee Augustyn
> 33/ Francesco Bellotti
> 34/ Diego Caccia
> 35/ Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo
> 36/ Giampaolo Cheula
> 37/ Christopher Froome (foto)
> 38/ Robert Hunter
> 39/ Paolo Longo Borghini
reserve: Geraint Thomas
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Espagne
Caisse d'Epargne3 French, 5 Spanish and one Belorussian rider for this Spanish team with a French sponsor:
> 51/ David Arroyo
> 52/ Arnold Jeannesson
> 53/ Vasil Kiryienka
> 54/ Pablo Lastras Garcia
> 55/ David Lopez Garcia
> 56/ Francisco Perez Sanchez
> 57/ Mathieu Perget
> 58/ Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (photo)
> 59/ Anthony Charteau
Fuji ServettoThis team was initially not invited to participate in the Giro because of its doping history when the team was still known as Saunier Duval-Scott, but it finally managed to get its invitation anyway. This team also recently announced a new logo will appear on the rider's shirts: Bauli Globo, an Italian provider of suitcases.
The team's leaders will be Eros Capecchi and the Swedish rider Fredrik Kessiakoff who recently showed his good shape in the Tour de Romandie where he took the 4th place in the mountain stage and the 9th place in the general ranking.> 71/ Iker Camaño Ortuzar
> 72/ Eros Capecchi
> 73/ Davide Vigano
> 74/ Ángel Gomez Gomez
> 75/ Jesús del Nero Montes (photo)
> 76/ Héctor González Baeza
> 77/ Alberto Fernández de la Puebla
> 78/ Fredrik Kessiakoff
> 79/ Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
reserve: Josep Jufre
directeurs sportifs: Stefano Zanini, Sabino Angoitia and Daniele Nardello
Xacobeo-GaliciaThis team's selection is as follows:
> 211/
> 212/ Gustavo César Veloso
> 213/ David García Dapena
> 214/ Vladimir Isaychev
> 215/ Gonzalo Rabuñal Ríos
> 216/ Delio Fernández Cruz
> 217/ Iban Mayoz Etxeberría
> 218/ Marcos García Fernández
> 219/ Eduard Vorganov
Suisse
Cervélo TestTeamJean-Paul van Poppel, the Dutch directeur sportif of this Swiss team with a Canadian sponsor declared on 28 April: We are going for a top result in the GC (General Classification) with the leader and Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre (photo). We will get support from the entire team to reach a top three place in the GC. Another target is a stage win during the 100 anniversary edition of the Giro. With Simon Gerrans, who won a stage last year in the Tour de France and who has shown great performances this spring, the team has a good candidate to win a stage, though we also have Philip Deignan
The Norvegian sprinter Thor Hushovd finally decided not to participate in the Giro and to focus on the Tour de France by saying: I had a hard classic season and need a good break. After that, I will start building up my shape slowly for my next big goal, the Tour de France. For the Giro, I would have had to be ready right from the beginning of the race, but I haven't had enough time to prepare.
Here's the list of selected riders:
> 61/ Carlos Sastre (photo)
> 62/ Philip Deignan
> 63/ Simon Gerrans
> 64/ Volodymir Gustov
> 65/ Jeremy Hunt
> 66/ Edward - Ted - King
> 67/ Ignatas Konovalovas
> 68/
> 69/ Serge Pauwels
directeurs sportifs : Jean-Paul van Poppel, Jens Zemke and Marcello Albasini
United States
Garmin SlipstreamChristian Vande Velde (photo), who was last year (after the team time trial) the first American rider since 1988 to wear the pink jersey, will of course be at the start to defend with his team mates the victory in the team time trial they got last year.
Matt White, director of the team said about his Giro selection: we have put together an impressive selection of riders for the Giro d'Italia and we have some important goals. The team has trained a lot for this race and we would of course like to get the pink jersey again, even though our main goal is simply to have some good results.
The selection of riders was very difficult, as usual for the Grand Tours: when you see a rider like Ryder Hesjedal who had a perfect start of the season, we of course wanted him to be on the team but we have to keep in mind our number one goal to help Christian in the Tour de France and thus make sure Ryder is fresh in July because he will be an important element at that time.
Here's the selection:
> 81/ Tom Danielson
> 82/ Julian Dean
> 83/ Tyler Farrar
> 84/ Cameron Meyer
> 85/ David Millar
> 86/ Danny Pate
> 87/ Christian Vande Velde (photo)
> 88/ Bradley Wiggins
> 89/ David Zabriskie
Columbia HighroadMark Cavendish (photo), winner of two stages in the Giro d'Italia last year, will again be this team's leader. To be able to win one or more stages in a sprint Cavendish can count on Mark Renshaw and Edvald Boasson Hagen to put him in a perfect spot for the sprint.
Two riders will try to get a good position in the general ranking: the time trial specialist who wore the pink jersey for four days in 2007, Marco Pinotti, and the Swedish rider Thomas Lökvist.> 171/ Michael Barry
> 172/ Edvald Boasson Hagen
> 173/ Mark Cavendish (photo)
> 174/ Thomas Lövkvist
> 175/ Marco Pinotti
> 176/ Morris Possoni
> 177/ Mark Renshaw
> 178/ Michael Rogers
> 179/ Kanstantsin Siutsou
Irlande
LPR Brakes - Farnese ViniThis team's leaders for the Italian race will be Italian: the sprinter Alessandro Petacchi and the Giro 2007 winner Danilo di Luca.
> 121/ Danilo di Luca
> 122/ Gabriele Bosisio
> 123/ Riccardo Chiarini
> 124/ Giairo Ermeti
> 125/ Jure Golcer
> 126/ Matteo Montaguti
> 127/ Alessandro Petacchi
> 128/ Daniele Pietropolli
> 129/ Alessandro Spezialetti
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Belgium
Quick StepThe Belgian team will go to the start of the Giro with three Belgian riders: Kevin Seeldraeyers (2nd participation) who wants to get some good results in the mountains, Dries Devenyns and Kevin Hulsmans (1st participation).
A Dutch rider, Addy Engels, will also be at the start and thus break the record of the highest number of participations for a Dutch rider: 7 since the start of his career.
The Italian race will also see four Italian riders in this Belgian team: Dario Cataldo who won the Baby Giro in 2006, Mauro Facci, Francesco Reda (1st participation) and the neo-pro Davide Malacarne.
The Australian Allan Davis (photo), winner of the Tour Down Under, completes the team.
Luca Guercilena, the team's directeur sportif together with Davide Bramati, said: we have a young team in this Giro, ready to attack. The average age of our team is 26. It's a good selection with some high potential riders such as Kevin Seeldraeyers, white jersey winner in Paris-Nice. Our goal is to attack as often as possible.
> 131/ Allan Davis (photo)
> 132/ Dario Cataldo
> 133/ Dries Devenyns
> 134/ Addy Engels
> 135/ Mauro Facci
> 136/ Francesco Reda
> 137/ Kevin Hulsmans
> 138/ Kevin Seeldrayers
> 139/ Davide Malacarne
Silence LottoThis second Belgian team, with Marc Sergeant as its manager, has selected the following riders:
> 161/ Christophe Brandt (foto)> 162/ Francis de Greef
> 163/ Bart Dockx
> 164/ Philippe Gilbert
> 165/ Pieter Jacobs
> 166/ Jonas Ljungblad
> 167/ Olivier Kaisen
> 168/ Jelle Vanendert
> 169/ Charles Wegelius
directeurs sportifs: Dirk De Wolf and Roberto Damiani
The Netherlands
RabobankThe only Dutch team at the start of the Giro d'Italia 2009 will go to Italy with the Russian Denis Menchov (photo) as its leader.
Adri van Houwelingen, directeur sportif, said: we have never before won a stage in the Giro. A stage win thus is one of our goals but the main goal is to get Denis Menchov a good ranking.
Next to Menchov, the team is composed of five Dutch riders, a second Russian rider, one Spanish and one Columbian rider. In the mountain stage Denis Menchov can count on Laurens ten Dam but also on Mauricio Ardila,
> 141/ Denis Menchov (photo)
> 142/ Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
> 143/ Laurens ten Dam
> 144/ Jos van Emden
> 145/ Bram de Groot
> 146/ Pedro Horrillo Munoz
> 147/ Dmitriy Kozontchuk
> 148/ Tom Stamsnijder
> 149/
directeurs sportifs: Adri van Houwelingen and Jan Boven for the first nine days, before Erik Breukink takes over from Jan Boven
Venezuela
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni
This team will start the Giro with its double winner (2001 and 2003), Gilberto Simoni as its leader. The Venezuelan team has hired Leonardo Bertagnolli for the Giro period. This is a temporary transfer from his original team Amica Chips.Here's the team as a whole:
> 151/ Gilberto Simoni
> 156/ Rubens Bertogliati (photo)
> 154/ Alessandro Bertolini
> 157/ Francesco De Bonis
> 158/ Carlos José Ochoa
> 159/ Jackson Rodriguez
> 153/ Michele Scarponi
> 152/ Leonardo Bertagnolli
> 155/ José Rodolfo Serpa Perez
Russia
Katusha
The Russian team will have to miss its sprinter Robbie McEwen who's not completely recovered from his fall at the Grand Prix de l'Escaut/Grote Scheldeprijs.> 181/ Filippo Pozzato (photo)
> 182/ Pavel Brutt
> 183/ Nikita Eskov
> 184/ Mikhail Ignatyev
> 185/ Sergey Klimov
> 186/ Luca Mazzanti
> 187/ Evgeny Petrov
> 188/
> 189/ Ben Swift
directeurs sportifs: Serge Parsani and Claudio Cozzi
When the team's selection was announced, Serge Parsani said: we waited the end of the Tour de Romandie before choosing our riders for the Giro d'Italia because we wanted to know Robbie McEwen's situation. After a rest period Robbie will get back and prepare for the Tour de France. Concerning our team for the Giro d'Italia, I think we can do some interesting things in the first part of the Tour. We will try to win some stages and if possible wear the pink jersey for a few days.
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Germany
MilramThe only German team announced its preselection of riders for the Tour de France 2009 a few days before its selection for the Giro d'Italia.
This selection is now publicly known as well: the team will not come to Italy with high ambitions for a place on the podium at the finish but will more focus on trying to win stages, especially with its sprinter Robert Förster and Markus Fothen (photo) for the flat stages and the climber Thomas Rohregger for the mountain stages.Here's the full selection:
> 191/ Luca Barla
> 192/ Robert Förster
> 193/ Markus Fothen (photo)
> 194/ Thomas Fothen
> 195/ Martin Müller
> 196/ Thomas Rohregger
> 197/ Matthias Russ
> 198/ Ronny Scholz
> 199/ Björn Schröder
Denmark
Saxo Bank
The Danish champion Nicki Sørensen will not participate in the Giro d'Italia because he prefers to focus on the Tour de France where Bjarne Riis counts on him especially for the team time trial in Montpellier and for the mountain stages.In the Giro his place will be taken over by Kasper Klostergaard.
> 201/ Fabian Cancellara (photo)
> 202/ Jens Voigt
> 203/ Anders Lund
> 204/ Jason McCartney
> 205/ Juan Jose Haedo
> 206/ Jurgen van Goolen
> 207/ Lars Ytting Bak
> 208/ Matthew Harley Goss
> 209/ Kasper Klostergaard
The incredible story of Filippo Simeoni
The Italian champion Filippo Simeoni, not happy that his team Ceramica Flaminia did not get selected for this 100-year Giro, has handed in his champion shirt as a protest by saying: it's unacceptable that the Italian champion can not take part in the most important cycling event of his country.The Giro organiser, RCS, is not really impressed by this move and qualified it as a publicity stunt. door Thomas Vergouwen
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