Giro d'Italia 2012 / field of drivers

At the Giro d'Italia 2012 , a total of 198 professional cyclists competed in 22 teams.

Legend

• Suspension: exclusion by own team
• Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the race
• Disqualification: Exclusion by the race management after the start of the race
• Awards after the finish:
  • : Stage winner
  • : Pink jersey for the overall leader
  • : Blue jersey for the best in the mountains
  • : Red jersey for the best on points
  • : White jersey for the best young driver under 25 years of age
  • Traguardi Volante : intermediate sprint classification
  • Premio Fuga : Scoring in which the distance traveled by the drivers are added up
  • Premio Combattività : Rating for the most combative driver , which is made up of the placements of the drivers in the intermediate sprints and at the end of the stage
  • Azzurri d'Italia : points classification that only takes into account the first three of each stage
  • : The leading team in the team standings based on time
  • Premio Fair Play : team ranking for the fairest team
  • Super team : team ranking on points

Participants by nationality

No.	country	Attendees
01	Italy	58
02	Spain	19th
03	Belgium	15th
04th	France	13
05	Australia	7th
05	Netherlands	7th
05	Poland	7th
08th	Switzerland	6th
08th	Denmark	6th
10	Austria	5
10	United Kingdom	5
12	United States	4th
12	Canada	4th
12	Colombia	4th
15th	Germany	3
15th	Venezuela	3
15th	Russia	3
15th	Norway	3
19th	Luxembourg	2
19th	South Africa	2
19th	Kazakhstan	2
19th	New Zealand	2
19th	Lithuania	2
19th	Belarus	2
19th	Czech Republic	2
19th	Argentina	2
27	Slovenia	1
27	Estonia	1
27	Finland	1
27	Japan	1
27	Latvia	1
27	Costa Rica	1
27	Slovakia	1
27	Portugal	1
27	Ukraine	1
27	Uzbekistan	1
27	Sweden	1
total		198

Participants by team

Lampre-ISD (Italy)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
1	Michele Scarponi	Italy
2	Damiano Cunego	Italy
3	Diego Ulissi	Italy
4th	Matteo Bono	Italy
5	Adriano Malori	Italy	6th stage; 6th stage
6th	Przemysław Niemiec	Poland
7th	Daniele Pietropolli	Italy
8th	Daniele Righi	Italy
9	Alessandro Spezialetti	Italy
			Leading Premio Fair Play 6th stage

Ag2r La Mondiale (France)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
11	John Gadret	France
12	Manuel Belletti	Italy
13	Julien Bérard	France
14th	Guillaume Bonnafond	France
15th	Hubert Dupont	France
16	Ben Gastauer	Luxembourg
17th	Gregor Gazvoda	Slovenia
18th	Matteo Montaguti	Italy
19th	Mathieu Perget	France

Androni Giocattoli (ITA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
21st	José Rujano	Venezuela
22nd	José Serpa	Colombia
23	Emanuele Sella	Italy
24	Roberto Ferrari	Italy
25th	Fabio Felline	Italy
26th	Alessandro De Marchi	Italy
27	Miguel Ángel Rubiano	Colombia	6th stage; 6-7 Stage; Leading Traguardi Volante 2nd – 4th Stage; Leading Premio Fuga 2nd stage; Leading Premio Combattività 6. – 7. stage
28	Carlos Ochoa	Venezuela
29	Jackson Rodríguez	Venezuela

Astana Pro Team (Kazakhstan)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
31	Roman Kreuziger	Czech Republic
32	Enrico Gasparotto	Italy
33	Paolo Tiralongo	Italy	7th stage
34	Simone Ponzi	Italy
35	Alexander Dyachenko	Kazakhstan
36	Andrei Seiz	Kazakhstan
37	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Belgium
38	Yevgeny Petrov	Russia
39	Tanel Kangert	Estonia

BMC Racing Team (USA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
41	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Resignation due to health problems during the 6th stage
42	Alessandro Ballan	Italy
43	Mathias Frank	Switzerland
44	Taylor Phinney	United States	1st - 3rd Stage; 1st stage; 1st - 3rd Stage; 1st stage; Leading Azzurri d'Italia 1st – 2nd Stage; Leading Premio Combattività 1st stage
45	Marco Pinotti	Italy
46	Mauro Santambrogio	Italy
47	Ivan Santaromita	Italy
48	Johann Tschopp	Switzerland
49	Danilo Wyss	Switzerland
			Leading Premio Fair Play 1st stage

Colnago-CSF Inox (Italy)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
51	Domenico Pozzovivo	Italy
52	Sacha Modolo	Italy
53	Enrico Battaglin	Italy
54	Gianluca Brambilla	Italy
55	Stefano Pirazzi	Italy
56	Sonny Colbrelli	Italy
57	Paolo Locatelli	Italy
58	Marco Coledan	Italy
59	Angelo Pagani	Italy

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
61	Mikel Nieve	Spain
62	Adrián Sáez	Spain
63	Jon Izaguirre	Spain
64	Miguel Mínguez	Spain
65	Pierre Cazaux	France
66	Victor Cabedo	Spain
67	Iván Velasco	Spain
68	Amets Txurruka	Spain
69	Juan José Oroz	Spain

Farnese Vini-Selle Italia (Italy)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
71	Filippo Pozzato	Italy
72	Oscar Gatto	Italy
73	Francesco Failli	Italy
74	Matteo Rabottini	Italy
75	Andrea Guardini	Italy
76	Elia Favilli	Italy
77	Pierpaolo De Negri	Italy
78	Luca Mazzanti	Italy
79	Alfredo Balloni	Italy	2nd to 5th Stage; Leading Premio Fuga 3rd – 4th stage

FDJ-Big Mat (France)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
81	Sandy Casar	France
82	Mickael Delage	France
83	Arnaud Démare	France
84	William Bonnet	France
85	Francis Mourey	France
86	Geoffrey Soupe	France
87	Gabriel Rasch	Norway
88	Dominique Rollin	Canada
89	Jussi Veikkanen	Finland

Garmin-Barracuda (USA)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
91	Tyler Farrar	United States	Task during the 6th stage
92	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium
93	Jack Bauer	New Zealand
94	Ramūnas Navardauskas	Lithuania	4th to 5th Stage; 4th to 5th stage
95	Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	7th stage
96	Robert Hunter	South Africa
97	Alex Rasmussen	Denmark
98	Peter Stetina	United States	7th stage
99	Christian Vande Velde	United States
			4th stage ( team time trial ); 1-7 Stage; Leading Super Team 1. – 7. Stage; Leading Premio Fair Play 4. – 5. and 7th stage

Orica GreenEdge (Australia)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
100	Matthew Goss	Australia	3rd-7th Stage; 3rd stage; Leading Premio Combattività 3. – 5. Stage; Leading Azzurri d'Italia 3rd – 7th stage
101	Fumiyuki Beppu	Japan
102	Jack Bobridge	Australia
103	Jens Keukeleire	Belgium
104	Daryl Impey	South Africa
105	Brett Lancaster	Australia
106	Christian Meier	Canada
107	Svein Tuft	Canada
109	Tomas Vaitkus	Lithuania

The starting number 108 is no longer awarded at the Giro because Wouter Weylandt died in this race in 2011 with this starting number on the 3rd stage.

Katusha Team (Russia)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
111	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain
112	Pawel Gross	Russia
113	Mikhail Ignatiev	Russia
114	Alexander Kristoff	Norway
115	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	Belarus
116	Alberto Losada	Spain
117	Daniel Moreno	Spain
118	Gatis Smukulis	Latvia
119	Ángel Vicioso	Spain

Liquigas-Cannondale (Italy)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
121	Ivan Basso	Italy
122	Valerio Agnoli	Italy
123	Maciej Bodnar	Poland
124	Eros Capecchi	Italy
125	Damiano Caruso	Italy
126	Paolo Longo Borghini	Italy
127	Cristiano Salerno	Italy
128	Sylwester Szmyd	Poland
129	Fabio Sabatini	Italy

Lotto Belisol Team (Belgium)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
131	Bart De Clercq	Belgium
132	Brian Bulgaç	Netherlands
133	Francis De Greef	Belgium
134	Lars Bak	Denmark
135	Gaëtan Bille	Belgium
136	Adam Hansen	Australia
137	Olivier Kaisen	Belgium	Leading Traguardi Volante 5. – 7. Stage; Leading Premio Fuga 5. – 6. stage
138	Gianni Meersman	Belgium	Retired during the 7th stage due to the consequences of a fall
139	Dennis Vanendert	Belgium

Movistar Team (Spain)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
141	Giovanni Visconti	Italy
142	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy
143	Jesús Herrada	Spain
144	Beñat Intxausti	Spain
145	Pablo Lastras	Spain	Retired after a fall during the 6th stage
146	Andrey Amador	Costa Rica
147	Sergio Pardilla	Spain
148	Branislau Samojlau	Belarus
149	Francisco José Ventoso	Spain

Omega Pharma-Quickstep (Belgium)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
151	Dario Cataldo	Italy
152	Marco Bandiera	Italy
153	Francesco Chicchi	Italy
154	Michał Gołaś	Poland
155	Nikolas Maes	Belgium
156	Serge Pauwels	Belgium
157	Michał Kwiatkowski	Poland
158	Martin Velits	Slovakia
159	Julien Vermote	Belgium

Rabobank Cycling Team (Netherlands)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
161	Mark Renshaw	Australia
162	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain
163	Theo Bos	Netherlands
164	Tom Leezer	Netherlands
165	Stef Clement	Netherlands
166	Grischa Niermann	Germany
167	Tom Slagter	Netherlands
168	Graeme Brown	Australia
169	Dennis van Winden	Netherlands

RadioShack-Nissan (Luxembourg)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
171	Frank Schleck	Luxembourg	Abandoned during the 15th stage due to the consequences of a fall from the 11th stage
172	Jan Bakelants	Belgium
173	Daniele Bennati	Italy
174	Ben Hermans	Belgium
175	Giacomo Nizzolo	Italy
176	Nélson Oliveira	Portugal
177	Thomas Rohrgger	Austria
178	Jesse Sergent	New Zealand
179	Oliver Zaugg	Switzerland

Sky ProCycling (UK)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
181	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	2nd and 5th stage; 2nd stage; Leading Premio Combattività 2nd stage
182	Bernhard Eisel	Austria
183	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain
184	Sergio Henao	Colombia
185	Peter Kennaugh	United Kingdom
186	Ian Stannard	United Kingdom
187	Jeremy Hunt	United Kingdom
188	Geraint Thomas	United Kingdom
189	Rigoberto Urán	Colombia
			Leading Premio Fair Play 2nd stage

Team NetApp (Germany)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
191	Cesare Benedetti	Italy
192	Jan Bárta	Czech Republic
193	Timon Seubert	Germany
194	Andreas Schillinger	Germany
195	Bartosz Huzarski	Poland
196	Reto Hollenstein	Switzerland	Leading Premio Fuga 7th stage
197	Andreas Dietziker	Switzerland
198	Matthias Brändle	Austria
199	Daniel Schorn	Austria

Team Saxo Bank (Denmark)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
201	Matteo Tosatto	Italy
202	Lund is different	Denmark
203	Volodymyr Hustov	Ukraine
204	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	Denmark
205	Juan José Haedo	Argentina
206	Luke Roberts	Australia
207	Mads Christensen	Denmark
208	Manuele Boaro	Italy
209	Lucas Sebastián Haedo	Argentina

Vacansoleil-DCM (Netherlands)

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks
211	Matteo Carrara	Italy
212	Thomas De Gendt	Netherlands
213	Romain Feillu	France	Retired after a fall during the 6th stage
214	Sergey Lagutin	Uzbekistan
215	Gustav Larsson	Sweden
216	Tomasz Marczyński	Poland
217	Martijn Keizer	Netherlands
218	Stefan Denifl	Austria
219	Mirko Selvaggi	Italy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Start list Giro d´Italia 2012. Accessed on May 6, 2012 .