List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia

The 2009 Giro d'Italia was the 92nd edition of Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours, and marked 100 years since the first race in 1909. The centenary Giro featured 198 riders from 30 countries on 22 cycling teams, starting in Venice on 9 May and finishing in Rome on 31 May.

Among the 22 teams who took part in the Giro, 15 were ProTour teams, and seven were Professional Continental teams. Three ProTeams did not wish to participate, and were thus not invited – these were , , and . , on the other hand, were declined an invitation at first, but on 23 April, they were invited as the Giro's 22nd and final team. The seven Professional Continental teams included were , , , , , , and . Each of the 22 teams invited to the race entered a squad of nine riders.

Twenty-nine riders abandoned the three-week race before reaching Rome. Denis Menchov of the team won the race; after taking the lead in a long individual time trial in stage 12, he did not let his closest challenger and second-place finisher Danilo Di Luca of escape during the mountain stages of the last week. It was announced on 22 July that Di Luca's A-sample tested positive for the erythropoietin (EPO) derivative, continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), on 20 May and 28 May. Franco Pellizotti of the team claimed the last spot on the podium, 1 minute and 47 seconds in front of fourth-place finisher and 2008 Tour de France winner, Carlos Sastre of . Di Luca also won the points classification, but because his B-sample confirmed the initial doping results, it is highly unlikely that he will keep the jersey and his second place in the general classification. The mountains classification was won by Stefano Garzelli of , and the young rider classification was won by Kevin Seeldraeyers of the team.

__NOTOC__ Teams Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo Ag2r-La Mondiale Astana Barloworld Bbox Bouygues Telecom Caisse d'Epargne Cervélo TestTeam Fuji–Servetto Garmin–Slipstream ISD Lampre-NGC Liquigas LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini Quick Step Rabobank Diquigiovanni–Androni Silence–Lotto Team Columbia–High Road Team Katusha Team Milram Team Saxo Bank Xacobeo–Galicia Cyclists References

Teams Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro Pos. Position in the general classification      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification      Denotes the winner of the Points classification      Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification DNS Denotes a rider who did not start,followed by the stage before which they withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish,followed by the stage in which they withdrew No. Rider Pos. 1 7 2 DNF-19 3 DNF-16 4 109 5 91 6 99 7 86 8 17 9 158Team manager: Franco Gini No. Rider Pos. 11 9 12 37 13 135 14 116 15 DNF-8 16 81 17 146 18 64 19 87Team manager: Laurent Biondi No. Rider Pos. 21 12 22 18 23 DNS-11 24 6 25 88 26 31 27 15 28 49 29 35General manager: Johan Bruyneel No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF-16 32 77 33 58 34 122 35 66 36 101 37 36 38 154 39 113General manager: Claudio Corti No. Rider Pos. 41 151 42 DNS-14 43 DNF-16 44 163 45 129 46 169 47 75 48 126 49 89Team manager: Jean-René Bernaudeau No. Rider Pos. 51 11 52 57 53 73 54 45 55 DNF-20 56 DNF-4 57 72 58 DNF-11 59 104General manager: Eusebio Unzué No. Rider Pos. 61 4 62 56 63 43 64 54 65 150 66 113 67 90 68 114 69 33Team manager: Thomas Campana No. Rider Pos. 71 39 72 DNS-15 73 156 74 80 75 DNF-7 76 103 77 165 78 50 79 DNF-15General manager: Álvaro Crespi No. Rider Pos. 81 78 82 136 83 DNS-15 84 DNS-14 85 DNF-15 86 144 87 DNF-3 88 71 89 152General manager: Jonathan Vaughters No. Rider Pos. 91 76 92 149 93 47 94 160 95 22 96 67 97 102 98 157 99 DNF-8Team manager: Mykola Myrza and Luca Scinto No. Rider Pos. 101 19 102 123 103 10 104 120 105 60 106 69 107 51 108 93 109 38General manager: Giuseppe Saronni No. Rider Pos. 111 5 112 61 113 62 114 53 115 3 116 106 117 96 118 44 119 107General manager: Roberto Amadio No. Rider Pos. 121 2 122 27 123 118 124 138 125 55 126 143 127 121 128 94 129 74Team manager: Davide Boifava No. Rider Pos. 131 119 132 59 133 95 134 112 135 108 136 139 137 98 138 14 139 DNF-18General manager: Patrick Lefevere No. Rider Pos. 141 1 142 41 143 28 144 166 145 153 146 DNF-8 147 79 148 134 149 100General manager: Erik Breukink No. Rider Pos. 151 24 152 46 153 32 154 92 155 13 156 68 157 84 158 30 159 26General manager: Ellena Giovanni No. Rider Pos. 161 70 162 21 163 168 164 97 165 130 166 128 167 159 168 DNF-14 169 105Team manager: Marc Sergeant No. Rider Pos. 171 127 172 82 173 DNS-14 174 25 175 40 176 83 177 DNS-14 178 8 179 16General manager: Bob Stapleton No. Rider Pos. 181 DNS-14 182 125 183 65 184 167 185 137 186 42 187 34 188 117 189 132Team manager: Andrei Tchmil No. Rider Pos. 191 141 192 162 193 110 194 133 195 161 196 29 197 DNF-2 198 DNF-10 199 140General manager: Gerry van Gerwen No. Rider Pos. 201 DNS-12 202 48 203 155 204 63 205 148 206 85 207 20 208 131 209 147General manager: Bjarne Riis No. Rider Pos. 211 142 212 145 213 DNF-5 214 164 215 115 216 124 217 DNF-15 218 52 219 23Team manager: Álvaro Pino

Cyclists 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 1984 eligible for the Young rider classification DNS Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which they withdrew DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which they withdrew Age correct as of 9 May 2009, the date on which the Giro began No. Rider Team Nationality Age Pos. 1 Garzelli, StefanoStefano Garzelli → 2009 Mountains classification champion 357 2 36172DNF-19 3 36176DNF-16 4 30109 5 2591 6 3399 7 2686 8 23†17 9 33158 11 339 12 2737 13 35135 14 30116 15 24†193DNF-8 16 3181 17 23†146 18 24†64 19 21†87 21 3712 22 2518 23 37189DNS-11 24 356 25 2688 26 2531 27 2915 28 3649 29 22†35 31 26176DNF-16 32 22†77 33 2958 34 27122 35 3666 36 29101 37 23†36 38 32154 39 28113 41 26151 42 25186DNS-14 43 27176DNF-16 44 26163 45 24†129 46 24†169 47 2775 48 26126 49 2989 51 2911 52 23†57 53 2773 54 3345 55 27171DNF-20 56 30196DNF-4 57 24†72 58 29188DNF-11 59 29104 61 344 62 2556 63 2843 64 3254 65 34150 66 26113 67 23†90 68 28114 69 2533 71 3039 72 22†181DNS-15 73 24†156 74 2780 75 27194DNF-7 76 23†103 77 24†165 78 2850 79 30179DNF-15 81 3178 82 34136 83 24†181DNS-15 84 21†186DNS-14 85 32179DNF-15 86 30144 87 32197DNF-3 88 2971 89 30152 91 2676 92 24†149 93 3447 94 21†160 95 2522 96 23†67 97 28102 98 34157 99 31193DNF-8 101 2719 102 25123 103 3410 104 28120 105 2760 106 24†69 107 2851 108 2893 109 3138 111 315 112 24†61 113 3262 114 3453 115 313 116 29106 117 3696 118 3144 119 28107 121 332 122 2827 123 25†118 124 28138 125 3155 126 25†143 127 35121 128 2894 129 3474 131 28119 132 24†59 133 2595 134 31112 135 26108 136 26139 137 3198 138 22†14 139 21173DNF-18 141 311 142 2941 143 2828 144 24†166 145 34153 146 34193DNF-8 147 25†79 148 23†134 149 31100 151 3724 152 3146 153 2932 154 3792 155 3013 156 3068 157 2784 158 2830 159 24†26 161 3270 162 24†21 163 27168 164 2697 165 22†130 166 30128 167 26159 168 24†182DNF-14 169 31105 171 33127 172 21†82 173 23†186DNS-14 174 25†25 175 3340 176 24†83 177 26186DNS-14 178 298 179 2616 181 27186DNS-14 182 27125 183 2665 184 24†167 185 28137 186 3542 187 3034 188 26117 189 21†132 191 21†141 192 31162 193 27110 194 26133 195 35161 196 2629 197 25198DNF-2 198 31190DNF-10 199 28140 201 28187DNS-12 202 3748 203 24†155 204 3563 205 28148 206 2885 207 2920 208 22†131 209 25147 211 25†142 212 29145 213 31195DNF-5 214 23†164 215 24†115 216 23†124 217 27179DNF-15 218 22†52 219 2623

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