The 2010 Giro d'Italia began on May 8 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and ended on May 30 in Verona. Twenty-two professional cycling teams entered the race, who each entered a squad of nine riders. This group includes 15 UCI ProTour teams and seven UCI Professional Continental teams. Sixteen teams were guaranteed entry by a September 2008 contract between the UCI and the organizers of the season's three Grand Tours. Two from this group – and – declined to participate in the race, freeing up spots for two more teams. Two new teams joined the ProTour in 2010, but only one, , participated in the Giro, as opted instead to send their best riders to the 2010 Tour of California, which was partly concurrent to the Giro.

Of the seven Professional Continental teams in the race, two, and , were covered by the September 2008 contract, as they were members of the ProTour at that time. The other five Professional Continental teams had to be selected by race organizers. There was minor controversy in that although the Giro begins in the Netherlands, the only Dutch-registered team in the race was , which was guaranteed entry. and both sought places in the race, but did not receive them.

By team Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro Pos. Position in the general classification † Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 eligible for the Young rider classification 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 Age correct as of 8 May 2010, the date on which the Giro began

No. Rider Pos.1 52 953 † DNF-24 DNF-115 DNF-116 DNF-87 † 998 819 † 97General manager: John Lelangue No. Rider Pos.11 DNF-2012 14213 4314 7515 6516 DNF-817 † DNF-818 2519 † 47General manager: Franco Gini No. Rider Pos.21 † DNF-622 2023 1924 1325 10026 8327 DNF-1128 DNF-1329 67General manager: Vincent Lavenu No. Rider Pos.31 432 DNS-1633 11534 6635 DNF-1136 5237 † 5138 3039 77General manager: Gianni Savio No. Rider Pos.41 642 DNF-643 DNF-1144 7045 4246 † 8747 DNF-1148 9249 DNF-11Team manager: Lorenzo Lapage No. Rider Pos.51 2352 9353 DNF-2054 DNF-855 DNF-2056 † 13657 † 11058 2859 34Team manager: Didier Rous No. Rider Pos.61 DNS-762 † 4163 264 † DNF-1965 3766 11367 5368 † 3569 62Team manager: Neil Stephens No. Rider Pos.71 872 8573 6174 11475 † 10676 10377 † 3878 DNF-2079 DNF-20Team manager: Alex Sans Vega No. Rider Pos.81 6882 † DNF-1583 DNF-1684 † 8285 6386 † 11987 9888 10489 89General manager: Éric Boyer No. Rider Pos.91 DNF-1392 † DNF-1593 † DNF-894 † 7495 † DNF-1796 † 13897 10798 † 7399 † 120General manager: Roberto Reverberi No. Rider Pos.101 † DNF-16102 † 90103 † DNS-7104 DNF-15105 48106 22107 † 139108 DNF-6109 DNF-11General manager: Mauro Gianetti No. Rider Pos.111 DNF-13112 DNF-3113 DNS-15114 † DNS-13115 DNS-19116 112117 † 57118 † 137119 125General manager: Jonathan Vaughters No. Rider Pos.121 11122 DNF-8123 69124 86125 DNS-19126 80127 DNF-17128 49129 118General manager: Giuseppe Saronni No. Rider Pos.131 1132 3133 † 32134 † 127135 91136 † 10137 † 101138 60139 76General manager: Roberto Amadio No. Rider Pos.141 71142 † 36143 † DNF-11144 † 21145 111146 122147 50148 26149 29General manager: Marc Sergeant No. Rider Pos.151 † DNF-19152 126153 121154 58155 DNF-17156 † 39157 56158 108159 DNS-12General manager: Patrick Lefevere No. Rider Pos.161 † 18162 15163 130164 135165 DNF-8166 † 109167 † 12168 † 116169 24General manager: Erik Breukink No. Rider Pos.171 40172 44173 17174 55175 † DSQ-19176 105177 88178 DNF-13179 133General manager: Dave Brailsford No. Rider Pos.181 DNS-19182 9183 123184 † DNF-15185 DNF-11186 † 78187 134188 117189 DNF-19Team manager: Tristan Hoffman No. Rider Pos.191 45192 14193 DNS-15194 46195 54196 † 131197 79198 31199 94General manager: Andrei Tchmil No. Rider Pos.201 16202 96203 102204 124205 † DNS-12206 DNF-11207 84208 † DNF-15209 DNF-8General manager: Gerry van Gerwen No. Rider Pos.211 † 64212 DNS-9213 27214 72215 59216 33217 128218 † 129219 † 7Team manager: Bradley McGee

By rider Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro Pos. Position in the general classification † Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1985 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 †) 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 Age correct as of 8 May 2010, the date on which the Giro began

No. Rider Nationality Team Age Pos.1 Cadel Evans 33 5 2Brent Bookwalter 26 95 3Martin Kohler 24† DNF-24Jeff Louder 32 DNF-115Mauro Santambrogio 25 DNF-116John Murphy 25 DNF-87Michael Schär 23† 998Florian Stalder 27 819Danilo Wyss 24† 9711Stefano Garzelli 36 DNF-2012Dario Andriotto 37 13213Massimo Codol 37 4314Alessandro Donati 31 7515Francesco Failli 26 6516Andrea Masciarelli 27 DNF-817Francesco Masciarelli 24† DNF-818Vladimir Miholjević 35 2519Cayetano Sarmiento 23† 4721Guillaume Bonnafond 22† DNF-622Hubert Dupont 29 2023Alexander Efimkin 28 1924John Gadret 31 1325Sébastien Hinault 36 10026Yuriy Krivtsov 31 8327Rene Mandri 26 DNF-1128Anthony Ravard 26 DNF-1329Ludovic Turpin 35 6731Michele Scarponi 30 4 32Leonardo Bertagnolli 32 DNS-1633Alessandro Bertolini 38 115 34Rubens Bertogliati 30 66 35Alberto Loddo 31 DNF-1136Carlos José Ochoa 29 5237Jackson Rodríguez 25† 51 38José Serpa 31 30 39Cameron Wurf 26 77 41Alexander Vinokourov 36 6 42Paolo Tiralongo 32 DNF-643Enrico Gasparotto 28 DNF-1144Andriy Hryvko 26 70 45Josep Jufré 34 42 46Roman Kireyev 23† 87 47Valentin Iglinsky 28 DNF-1148Gorazd Štangelj 37 92 49Alexsandr Dyachenko 26 DNF-1151Thomas Voeckler 30 23 52Yukiya Arashiro 25 93 53William Bonnet 27 DNF-2054Anthony Charteau 30 DNF-855Mathieu Claude 27 DNF-2056Damien Gaudin 23† 136 57Guillaume Le Floch 25† 110 58Yuri Trofimov 26 28 59Johann Tschopp 27 34 61Marzio Bruseghin 35 DNS-762Andrey Amador 23† 41 63David Arroyo 30 2 64Arnold Jeannesson 24† DNF-1965Vasil Kiryienka 28 37 66Pablo Lastras 34 113 67Alberto Losada 28 53 68Rigoberto Urán 23† 35 69Xabier Zandio 33 62 71Carlos Sastre 35 8 72Íñigo Cuesta 40 85 73Volodymir Gustov 33 61 74Ted King 27 114 75Ignatas Konovalovas 24† 106 76Daniel Lloyd 29 103 77Marcel Wyss 23† 38 78Gabriel Rasch 34 DNF-2079Xavier Tondó 31 DNF-2081David Moncoutié 35 68 82Guillaume Blot 25† DNF-1583Mickaël Buffaz 30 DNF-1684Rémi Cusin 24† 82 85Leonardo Duque 30 63 86Julien Fouchard 23† 119 87Kalle Kriit 26 98 88Nico Sijmens 31 104 89Damien Monier 27 89 91Domenico Pozzovivo 27 DNF-1392Manuel Belletti 24† DNF-1593Sacha Modolo 22† DNF-894Alessandro Bisolti 25† 74 95Federico Canuti 24† DNF-1796Marco Frapporti 25† 138 97Alan Marangoni 25 107 98Simone Stortoni 24† 73 99Stefano Pirazzi 23† 120 101Ermanno Capelli 24† DNF-16102Matthias Brändle 20† 90 103Eros Capecchi 23† DNS-7104Giampaolo Cheula 30 DNF-15105Markus Eibegger 25 48 106Iban Mayoz 28 22 107Marco Corti 24† 139 108Michele Merlo 25 DNF-6109Martin Pedersen 27 DNF-11111David Millar 33 DNF-13112Christian Vande Velde 33 DNF-3113Tyler Farrar 25 DNS-15114Jack Bobridge 20† DNS-13115Julian Dean 35 DNS-19116Murilo Fischer 30 112 117Dan Martin 23† 57118Cameron Meyer 22† 137119Svein Tuft 32 125 121Damiano Cunego 28 11 122Alessandro Petacchi 36 DNF-8123Gilberto Simoni 38 69 124Matteo Bono 26 86 125Danilo Hondo 36 DNS-19126Marco Marzano 29 80 127David Loosli 30 DNF-17128Daniele Righi 34 49 129Alessandro Spezialetti 35 118 131 Ivan Basso 32 1 132Vincenzo Nibali 25 3 133Valerio Agnoli 25† 32 134Maciej Bodnar 25† 127 135Tiziano Dall'Antonia 26 91 136Robert Kišerlovski 23† 10 137Fabio Sabatini 25† 101 138Sylwester Szmyd 32 60 139Alessandro Vanotti 29 76 141Sebastian Lang 30 71142Jan Bakelants 24† 36143Adam Blythe 20† DNF-11144Francis De Greef 25† 21145Michiel Elijzen 27 111146Olivier Kaisen 27 122147 Matthew Lloyd 26 50148Daniel Moreno 28 26149Charly Wegelius 32 29151Dario Cataldo 25† DNF-19152Addy Engels 32 126153Mauro Facci 27 121154Jérôme Pineau 30 58155Francesco Reda 27 DNF-17156Branislau Samoilau 24† 39157Matteo Tosatto 35 56158Marco Velo 36 108159Wouter Weylandt 25 DNS-12161Steven Kruijswijk 22† 18162Mauricio Ardila 30 15163Graeme Brown 31 130164Rick Flens 27 135165Dmitry Kozonchuk 26 DNF-8166Tom Stamsnijder 24† 109167Bauke Mollema 23† 12168Jos van Emden 25† 116169Pieter Weening 29 24171Bradley Wiggins 30 40172Michael Barry 35 44173Dario Cioni 35 17174Steve Cummings 29 55175Chris Froome 24† DSQ-19176Mathew Hayman 32 105177Greg Henderson 33 88178Morris Possoni 25 DNF-13179Christopher Sutton 25 133181André Greipel 27 DNS-19182Marco Pinotti 34 9183Michael Albasini 29 123184Matthew Goss 23† DNF-15185Adam Hansen 28 DNF-11186Craig Lewis 25† 78187František Raboň 26 134188Vicente Reynés 28 117189Marcel Sieberg 28 DNF-19191Filippo Pozzato 28 45192Vladimir Karpets 29 14193Robbie McEwen 37 DNS-15194Giampaolo Caruso 29 46195Joan Horrach 36 54196Mikhail Ignatiev 25† 131197Luca Mazzanti 36 79198Evgeni Petrov 31 31199Sergey Klimov 29 94201Linus Gerdemann 27 16202Robert Förster 32 96203Markus Fothen 28 102204Luke Roberts 33 124205Dominik Roels 23† DNS-12206Thomas Rohregger 27 DNF-11207Matthias Russ 26 84208Paul Voss 24† DNF-15209Fabian Wegmann 29 DNF-8211Anders Lund 25† 64212Baden Cooke 31 DNS-9213Chris Anker Sørensen 25 27214Nicki Sørensen 34 72215Gustav Larsson 29 59216Laurent Didier 25 33217Lucas Sebastián Haedo 27 128218Michael Mørkøv 25† 129219 Richie Porte 25† 7

By nationality Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 53 32 (60.38%) 7 (Filippo Pozzato, Manuel Belletti, Vincenzo Nibali, Ivan Basso, Stefano Garzelli, Michele Scarponi + ) 20 12 (60.00%) 2 (Jérôme Pineau, Damien Monier) 15 10 (66.67%) 3 (Matthew Lloyd, Cadel Evans, Matthew Goss) 12 11 (91.67%) 0 11 5 (45.45%) 1 ˙(André Greipel) 9 7 (77.78%) 1 (Johann Tschopp) 8 8 (100.00%) 0 7 4 (57.14%) 1 (Bradley Wiggins) 7 6 (85.71%) 1 (Evgeni Petrov) 7 3 (42.86%) 2 (Tyler Farrar x2) 5 4 (80.00%) 1 (Wouter Weylandt) 5 5 (100.00%) 0 5 4 (80.00%) 1 (Chris Anker Sørensen) 4 2 (50.00%) 0 3 2 (66.67%) 0 3 3 (100.00%) 0 2 2 (100.00%) 0 2 2 (100.00%) 0 2 1 (50.00%) 0 2 1 (50.00%) 0 2 2 (100.00%) 0 2 2 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 0 (00.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 0 1 1 (100.00%) 1 (Gustav Larsson) TOTAL' 198 139 (70.20%) 21

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