All 18 UCI ProTeams are invited automatically and obligated to attend, with nine cyclists per team. Two UCI Professional Continental were announced well ahead of time, and .Androni Giocattoli Team Wins The Italian Championship | Cyclingnews.comItalian champ Visconti and Farnese Vini team guaranteed a ride in 2011 Giro d’Italia UCI rules normally limit races to a peloton of 200 riders, but the Giro received special dispensation for a 207-rider peloton, allowing a 23rd team. The three additional invited teams are , , and . Despite talk that ProTeam might be excluded to the doping scandals involving team members Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera, they were included pursuant to UCI rules.Giro D’Italia: RCS Sport Invites 23 Teams | Cyclingnews.com

The cyclists wore numbers from 1 to 229; the first team had numbers 1 to 9, the second team 11 to 19, etc. The exception to this rule was the , who wore numbers 150 to 158 instead of 151 to 159, thus giving Italian champion Giovanni Visconti the number 150, as in 2011 it is 150 years after Italy was unified in the Kingdom of Italy.

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 1986 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 HD Denotes a rider who failed to finish within the time limit,followed by the stage in which this occurred Age correct as of 7 May 2011, the date on which the Giro began

No. Rider Nationality Team Age Pos. 1 Stefano Garzelli 37 26 2 Massimo Codol 38 32 3 Claudio Corioni 28 150 4 Carlos Betancur 21† 59 5 Ruggero Marzoli 35 118 6 Vladimir Miholjević 37 31 7 Danilo Napolitano 30 DNF-11 8 Cayetano Sarmiento 24† 33 9 Fabio Taborre 25 98 11 Rinaldo Nocentini 33 70 12 Julien Bérard 23† 132 13 Mikaël Cherel 25† 62 14 Cyril Dessel 36 99 15 Hubert Dupont 30 12 16 John Gadret 32 4 17 Ben Gastauer 23† 88 18 Yuriy Krivtsov 32 119 19 Matteo Montaguti 27 77 21 José Serpa 32 52 22 Emanuele Sella 30 35 23 José Rujano 29 7 24 Alessandro De Marchi 24† 109 25 Giairo Ermeti 30 104 26 Roberto Ferrari 28 143 27 Carlos José Ochoa 30 65 28 Jackson Rodríguez 26 DNF-9 29 Ángel Vicioso 34 71 31 Chris Barton 22† DNF-5 32 Chad Beyer 24† 152 33 Mathias Frank 24† 85 34 Martin Kohler 25 DNF-13 35 Alexander Kristoff 23† 157 36 Chris Butler 23† DNS-9 37 Johann Tschopp 28 16 38 Danilo Wyss 25 126 39 Simon Zahner 28 131 41 Domenico Pozzovivo 28 DNF-15 42 Manuel Belletti 25 DNS-13 43 Sacha Modolo 23† DNF-13 44 Stefano Pirazzi 24† 61 45 Filippo Savini 26 DNF-19 46 Federico Canuti 25 94 47 Simone Stortoni 25 80 48 Gianluca Brambilla 23† 95 49 Marco Frapporti 26 132 51 Igor Antón 28 18 52 Daniel Sesma 26 149 53 Miguel Minguez 22† 135 54 Iñaki Isasi 34 63 55 Pierre Cazaux 26 124 56 Javier Aramendia 24† 115 57 Jorge Azanza 28 68 58 Juan José Oroz 30 DNF-15 59 Mikel Nieve 26 11 61 Denis Menchov 33 8 62 Carlos Sastre 36 30 63 Marcel Wyss 24† 34 64 David Blanco 36 66 65 Giampaolo Cheula 31 97 66 Dmitry Kozonchuk 27 75 67 Fabio Duarte 24† DNF-8 68 Mauricio Ardila 31 122 69 Rafael Valls 23† DNF-14 71 Mark Cavendish 25 DNS-13 72 Marco Pinotti 35 DNF-19 73 Patrick Gretsch 24† 138 74 Craig Lewis 26 DNF-19 75 Lars Bak 31 127 76 František Raboň 27 DNF-15 77 Alex Rasmussen 26 154 78 Mark Renshaw 28 DNS-13 79 Kanstantsin Sivtsov 28 10 81 Joaquim Rodríguez 31 5 82 Danilo Di Luca 35 69 83 Pavel Brutt 29 128 84 Giampaolo Caruso 30 42 85 Daniel Moreno 29 29 86 Eduard Vorganov 28 37 87 Alberto Losada 29 55 88 Joan Horrach 37 53 89 Aleksandr Kuschynski 31 90 91 Michele Scarponi 31 2 92 Alessandro Petacchi 37 DNS-13 93 Marco Marzano 30 DNF-15 94 Diego Ulissi 21† 41 95 Danilo Hondo 37 DNS-13 96 Przemysław Niemiec 31 40 97 Alessandro Spezialetti 36 107 98 Daniele Righi 35 125 99 Simon Špilak 24† 117 101 Brice Feillu 25 DNS-5 102 Dominic Klemme 24† DNS-5 103 Thomas Rohregger 28 DNS-5 104 Tom Stamsnijder 25 DNS-5 105 Bruno Pires 29 DNS-5 106 Davide Viganò 26 DNS-5 107 Fabian Wegmann 30 DNS-5 108 Wouter Weylandt 26 †-3‡ 109 Oliver Zaugg 29 DNS-5 111 Vincenzo Nibali 26 3 112 Valerio Agnoli 26 83 113 Eros Capecchi 24† 60 114 Alan Marangoni 26 142 115 Tiziano Dall'Antonia 27 139 116 Fabio Sabatini 26 104 117 Cristiano Salerno 26 57 118 Sylwester Szmyd 33 82 119 Alessandro Vanotti 30 73 121 David Arroyo 31 14 122 Vasil Kiryienka 29 25 122 Ignatas Konovalovas 25 102 124 Carlos Oyarzún 24† 112 125 Pablo Lastras 35 38 126 Sergio Pardilla 27 48 127 Luis Pasamontes 31 51 128 Branislau Samoilau 25 46 129 Francisco Ventoso 28 DNS-13 131 Jan Bakelants 25† 23 132 Adam Blythe 21† DNF-10 133 Francis De Greef 26 24 134 Bart De Clercq 24† 27 135 Gert Dockx 22† 96 136 Olivier Kaisen 28 141 137 Sebastian Lang 31 56 138 Jussi Veikkanen 30 120 139 Klaas Lodewyck 23† 147 141 Roman Kreuziger 24† 6 142 Paolo Tiralongo 33 19 143 Francesco Masciarelli 24† DNS-17 144 Robert Kišerlovski 24† 43 145 Maxim Gourov 32 151 146 Josep Jufré 35 74 147 Alexsandr Dyachenko 27 111 148 Evgeni Petrov 32 39 149 Gorazd Štangelj 38 86 150 Giovanni Visconti 28 49 151 Francesco Failli 27 DNF-5 152 Leonardo Giordani 33 114 153 Oscar Gatto 26 105 154 Matteo Rabottini 23†113 155 Luca Mazzanti 37 103 156 Elia Favilli 22† 158 157 Andrea Noè 42 DNF-14 158 Davide Ricci Bitti 27 148 161 Francesco Chicchi 30 DNF-14 162 Dario Cataldo 26 13 163 Gerald Ciolek 24† DNF-13 164 Francesco Reda 28 134 165 Addy Engels 33 110 166 Davide Malacarne 23† 146 167 Jérôme Pineau 31 84 168 Kevin Seeldraeyers 24† 50 169 Kristof Vandewalle 26 93 171 Graeme Brown 32 HD-9 172 Rick Flens 28 155 173 Steven Kruijswijk 23† 9 174 Stef Clement 28 108 175 Tom-Jelte Slagter 21† DNF-5 176 Bram Tankink 32 36 177 Jos van Emden 23† 159 178 Dennis van Winden 23† 121 179 Pieter Weening 30 45 181 Alberto Contador 28 1 182 Laurent Didier 26 130 183 Volodymir Gustov 34 72 184 Jesús Hernández 29 28 185 Kasper Klostergaard 27 153 186 Richie Porte 26 81 187 Daniel Navarro 27 44 188 Matteo Tosatto 36 136 189 Michael Mørkøv 26 156 191 Thomas Löfkvist 27 21 192 Michael Barry 35 54 193 Kjell Carlström 34 133 194 Dario Cioni 36 76 195 Russell Downing 32 140 196 Davide Appollonio 21† DNF-13 197 Lars Petter Nordhaug 26 92 198 Peter Kennaugh 21†87 199 Morris Possoni 26 79 201 Tyler Farrar 26 DNS-5 202 Brett Lancaster 31 DNF-15 203 Thomas Peterson 24† 89 204 Murilo Fischer 31 DNF-17 205 Christophe Le Mével 30 15 206 Cameron Meyer 23† 137 207 David Millar 34 100 208 Peter Stetina 23† 22 209 Matt Wilson 33 DNF-17 211 Tiago Machado 25 20 212 Yaroslav Popovych 31 64 213 Robbie McEwen 38 HD-9 214 Fumiyuki Beppu 28 67 215 Manuel Cardoso 28 DNF-15 216 Philip Deignan 27 47 217 Robert Hunter 34 DNS-15 218 Ivan Rovny 23† 78 219 Bjørn Selander 23† 129 221 Matteo Carrara 32 17 222 Borut Božič 30 DNF-11 223 Maxim Belkov 26 101 224 Michał Gołaś 27 DNS-16 225 Johnny Hoogerland 27 58 226 Sergey Lagutin 30 91 227 Alberto Ongarato 35 145 228 Mirko Selvaggi 26 116 229 Frederik Veuchelen 32 106 ‡ Died as a result of a collision

By nationality Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 62 51 5 (Alessandro Petacchi, Oscar Gatto, Diego Ulissi, Eros Capecchi, Paolo Tiralongo) 25 23 6 (Ángel Vicioso, Francisco Ventoso, Alberto Contador x2, Igor Antón, Mikel Nieve) 11 9 1 (Pieter Weening) 10 9 1 (Bart De Clercq) 10 9 1 (John Gadret) 8 6 0 7 3 0 7 7 0 7 5 0 6 2 0 5 4 0 5 3 3 (Mark Cavendish x2, David Millar) 4 4 1 (Vasil Kiryienka) 4 4 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 3 2 1 (José Rujano) 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 TOTAL' 207 166 19

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