Giro d'Italia 2006 / field of drivers
The following drivers and teams took part in the 2006 Giro d'Italia :
The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are marked in bold.
Discovery Channel (USA)
- 1 Paolo Savoldelli Italy
- 2 Tom Danielson United States - failed to run 20th stage, sinus infection and fever
- 3 Manuel Beltrán Spain
- 4 Vyacheslav Yekimov Russia
- 5 Benoît Joachim Luxembourg
- 6 Jason McCartney United States
- 7 Pavel Padrnos Czech Republic
- 8 José Luis Rubiera Spain
- 9 Matthew White Australia
ag2r Prévoyance (FRA)
- 11 Sylvain Calzati France
- 12 Íñigo Chaurreau Spain
- 13 Renaud Dion France
- 14 Hubert Dupont France
- 15 John Gadret France - retired during the 18th stage
- 16 Yuri Krivtsov Ukraine
- 17 Carl Naibo France
- 18 Mark Scanlon Ireland - retired during Stage 12
- 19 Tomas Vaitkus Lithuania - abandoned during the 13th stage
Bouygues Télécom (FRA)
- 21 Giovanni Bernaudeau France - did not start the 14th stage
- 22 Sébastien Chavanel France - abandoned during the 7th stage
- 23 Stef Clement Netherlands
- 24 Olivier Bonnaire France
- 25 Andy Flickinger France - did not start stage 12
- 26 Yohann Gène France
- 27 Arnaud Labbe France
- 28 Yoann Le Boulanger France
- 29 Laurent Lefèvre France
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears (ESP)
- 31 José Luis Carrasco Spain
- 32 Vladimir Yefimkin Russia
- 33 Imanol Erviti Spain
- 34 Marco Fertonani Italy - retired during the 18th stage
- 35 José Iván Gutiérrez Spain
- 36 Joan Horrach Spain
- 37 José Julia Spain
- 38 Mikel Pradera Spain
- 39 Francisco Pérez Spain
- 41 Emanuele Sella Italy
- 42 Luca Mazzanti Italy
- 43 Moisés Aldape Mexico - not started the 14th stage
- 44 Fortunato Baliani Italy
- 45 Miguel Ángel Rubiano Colombia
- 46 Serhiy Matvjeev Ukraine
- 47 Julio Pérez Cuapio Mexico
- 48 Maximiliano Richeze Argentina
- 49 Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia
Cofidis (FRA)
- 51 Leonardo Bertagnolli Italy - abandoned during the 4th stage, allergy
- 52 Leonardo Duque Colombia
- 53 Thierry Marichal Belgium - abandoned during the 7th stage
- 54 Amaël Moinard France
- 55 Maxime Monfort Belgium
- 56 Cristian Moreni Italy - abandoned during the 7th stage
- 57 Iván Parra Colombia
- 58 Staf Scheirlinckx Belgium - abandoned during the 14th stage, broken collarbone
- 59 Rik Verbrugghe Belgium - did not start the 16th stage
Crédit Agricole (FRA)
- 61 Francesco Bellotti Italy
- 62 Alexander Botscharow Russia
- 63 William Bonnet France
- 64 Christophe Edaleine France
- 65 Patrice Halgand France
- 66 Rémi Pauriol France
- 67 Benoît Poilvet France
- 68 Yannick Talabardon France
- 69 Nicolas Vogondy France
Davitamon Lotto (BEL)
- 71 Christophe Brandt Belgium - did not start the 4th stage, broken elbow
- 72 Nick Gates Australia
- 73 Josep Jufré Spain
- 74 Jan Kuyckx Belgium
- 75 Robbie McEwen Australia - did not start the 13th stage, stomach ache
- 76 Preben Van Hecke Belgium
- 77 Wim Van Huffel Belgium
- 78 Henk Vogel's Australia
- 79 Bert Roesems Belgium
Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)
- 81 Beñat Albizuri Spain
- 82 Andoni Aranaga Spain - abandoned during the 14th stage
- 83 Koldo Fernández Spain - abandoned during the 7th stage
- 84 Iker Flores Spain
- 85 Markel Irízar Spain
- 86 Roberto Laiseka Spain - retired during stage 12, fall injuries
- 87 David López García Spain
- 88 Antton Luengo Spain
- 89 Iban Mayoz Spain
La Française des Jeux (FRA)
- 91 Bradley McGee Australia - abandoned stage 10, back pain
- 92 Sandy Casar France
- 93 Carlos Da Cruz France
- 94 Mickaël Delage France
- 95 Arnaud Gérard France
- 96 Philippe Gilbert Belgium - did not start stage 12
- 97 Gustav Larsson Sweden
- 98 Cyrille Monnerais France
- 99 Jussi Veikkanen Finland
Gerolsteiner (GER)
- 101 Robert Förster Germany
- 102 Torsten Hiekmann Germany
- 103 Sven Krauss Germany
- 104 Andrea Moletta Italy
- 105 Volker Ordowski Germany - abandoned during the 19th stage
- 106 Davide Rebellin Italy - did not start the 11th stage, broken rib
- 107 Matthias Russ Germany
- 108 Ronny Scholz Germany - abandoned during the 14th stage
- 109 Stefan Schumacher Germany
Lampre-Fondital (ITA)
- 111 Damiano Cunego Italy
- 112 Marzio Bruseghin Italy
- 113 Paolo Fornaciari Italy
- 114 Yevgeny Petrov Russia
- 115 Gorazd Štangelj Slovenia
- 116 Sylwester Szmyd Poland
- 117 Paolo Tiralongo Italy
- 118 Tadej Valjavec Slovenia
- 119 Francisco Vila Spain
Liberty Seguros-Würth (ESP)
- 121 Dariusz Baranowski Poland - abandoned stage 10, gastrointestinal flu
- 122 Giampaolo Caruso Italy
- 123 Koen de Kort Netherlands
- 124 Daniel Navarro Spain
- 125 Unai Osa Spain
- 126 Javier Ramírez Spain
- 127 Michele Scarponi Italy - did not start the 17th stage
- 128 Marcos Serrano Spain - did not start the 13th stage
- 129 Sergei Jakowlew Kazakhstan - abandoned during the 18th stage
Liquigas-Bianchi (ITA)
- 131 Danilo Di Luca Italy
- 132 Patrick Calcagni Switzerland
- 133 Dario Cioni Italy
- 134 Dario Andriotto Italy
- 135 Vladimir Miholjević Croatia - did not start the 14th stage
- 136 Andrea Noè Italy
- 137 Franco Pellizotti Italy
- 138 Alessandro Spezialetti Italy
- 139 Charles Wegelius United Kingdom
Phonak Hearing Systems (SUI)
- 141 Martin Elmiger Switzerland
- 142 Fabrizio Guidi Italy - abandoned during the 18th stage
- 143 José Enrique Gutiérrez Spain
- 144 Jonathan Patrick McCarty United States
- 145 Axel Merckx Belgium - did not start the 15th stage, stomach pain
- 146 Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia
- 147 Grégory Rast Switzerland
- 148 Johann Tschopp Switzerland
- 149 Steve Zampieri Switzerland
Quick Step Innergetic (BEL)
- 151 Serge Baguet Belgium - retired during the 17th stage
- 152 Paolo Bettini Italy
- 153 Davide Bramati Italy
- 154 Addy Engels Netherlands
- 155 Juan Manuel Gárate Spain
- 156 José Antonio Garrido Spain
- 157 Leonardo Scarselli Italy
- 158 Jurgen Van De Walle Belgium
- 159 Remmert Wielinga Netherlands - did not start the 5th stage, fever
Rabobank (NED)
- 161 Mauricio Ardila Colombia
- 162 Theo Eltink Netherlands
- 163 Graeme Brown Australia - abandoned during the 7th stage
- 164 Mathew Hayman Australia
- 165 Alexander Kolobnew Russia
- 166 Grischa Niermann Germany
- 167 Marc de Maar Netherlands
- 168 Michael Rasmussen Denmark - did not start the 12th stage, back pain
- 169 Marc Wauters Belgium - abandoned during the 17th stage
Saunier Duval-Prodir (ESP)
- 171 Gilberto Simoni Italy
- 172 José Ángel Gómez Marchante Spain
- 173 Rubén Lobato Spain
- 174 Piotr Mazur Poland - abandoned during the 18th stage
- 175 Manuele Mori Italy
- 176 Aaron Olsen United States
- 177 Leonardo Piepoli Italy
- 178 Marco Pinotti Italy
- 179 Guido Trentin Italy
Selle Italia-Diquigiovanni (COL)
- 181 José Rujano Venezuela - abandoned stage 13, hypothermia
- 182 José Serpa Colombia
- 183 Wladimir Belli Italy - abandoned during the 20th stage
- 184 Sergio Barbero Italy - retired during the 18th stage
- 185 Alessandro Bertolini Italy - abandonment during the 7th stage, stomach ache
- 186 Gabriele Missaglia Italy
- 187 Raffaele Illiano Italy
- 188 Alberto Loddo Italy - retired during the 16th stage
- 189 Santo Anzà Italy
Team CSC (DEN)
- 191 Ivan Basso Italy
- 192 Carlos Sastre Spain
- 193 Nicki Sørensen Denmark
- 194 Michael Blaudzun Denmark
- 195 Bobby Julich United States
- 196 Jens Voigt Germany
- 197 Giovanni Lombardi Italy
- 198 Volodymyr Hustov Ukraine
- 199 Iñigo Cuesta Spain
Team Milram (ITA)
- 201 Alessandro Petacchi Italy - did not start the 4th stage, kneecap broken
- 202 Alessandro Cortinovis Italy
- 203 Sergio Ghisalberti Italy
- 204 Christian Knees Germany
- 205 Mirco Lorenzetto Italy - retired during the 21st stage, injury from a fall
- 206 Alberto Ongarato Italy
- 207 Elia Rigotto Italy
- 208 Fabio Sacchi Italy
- 209 Alessandro Vanotti Italy
T-Mobile Team (GER)
- 211 Scott Davis Australia
- 212 Serhiy Honchar Ukraine - retirement before the 17th stage, injury from a fall
- 213 Matthias Kessler Germany
- 214 André Korff Germany - retired during the 7th stage, injury from a fall
- 215 Jörg Ludewig Germany
- 216 Olaf Pollack Germany
- 217 Michael Rogers Australia - did not start the 13th stage
- 218 František Raboň Czech Republic
- 219 Jan Ullrich Germany - got out in the 19th stage, officially back pain, unofficial: First mention in the Fuentes scandal