Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nicknamed "The Gypsy" because he was born into a family of traveling clothiers, he is known for exploits in the cobbled classic Paris–Roubaix race, but his performances in other "Monument" races gave him a record that few can match. His record in Paris–Roubaix earned him another nickname, "Monsieur Paris–Roubaix".
Francesco Moser, nicknamed "Lo sceriffo", is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
Francesco Casagrande is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005.
Giuseppe Saronni, also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist. He had remarkable success riding in the Giro d'Italia. In 1980 he won 7 stages and finished 7th overall; in 1981 he won 3 stages and finished 3rd overall. In 1979 and 1983 he won the Giro d'Italia and all total for his career win 24 stages in this race.
Piotr Ugrumov is a former Russian-Latvian professional road racing cyclist who participated for Latvia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, though he was a part of the Russian delegation at the 1996 Summer Olympics. His career as a professional lasted from 1989 to 1999, he had ten victories. Ugrumov finished second at the 1994 Tour de France. Between 1990 and 1996 he came in the Top 10 of seven Grand Tours, four in the Giro, two in the Tour and one in the Vuelta.
Davide Rebellin was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2022 for twelve different teams, taking more than sixty professional wins. He was considered one of the finest classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top ten finishes in UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour classics.
Maurizio Fondriest is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.
Pascal Richard is a French-speaking Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989 and 1993.
Franco Pellizotti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Alessio, Liquigas–Doimo, Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec and Bahrain–Merida teams. Pellizotti now works as a directeur sportif for the Team Bahrain Victorious team.
Luca Paolini is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2015. He started his sports career in the early 2000s by joining Mapei–Quick-Step (2000–2002), UCI ProTeam directed by Patrick Lefevere. Within Mapei-Quick Step and then its successor team Quick-Step–Innergetic (2003–2005), Luca Paolini achieved several victories. Among them were first places at Gran Premio di Lugano, Giro del Piemonte and Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli. He has also won stages at Tour of Britain and Tour de Wallonie.
Giovanni Visconti is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè.
Franco Bitossi is an Italian former professional cyclist. He was born in Camaioni di Carmignano.
Michele Dancelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist. His main victories include one Milan–San Remo (1970), the 1966 Flèche Wallonne, three editions of the Giro dell'Appennino (1965–1967), two Trofeo Laigueglia. He also won 11 stages in total in the Giro d'Italia and one stage in the 1969 Tour de France.
Davide Cassani is a former road cyclist and cycling commentator on Italian television from Italy. He was manager for Italy national cycling team.
Rinaldo Nocentini is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1999 and 2019 for the Mapei–Quick-Step, Fassa Bortolo, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavé, Acqua & Sapone, AG2R La Mondiale and Sporting / Tavira teams.
Francesco Gavazzi is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2023.
Pierino Gavazzi is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who was professional from 1973 to 1993. He rode in the 1975 Tour de France and 1976 Tour de France, as well as in seventeen editions of the Giro d'Italia, winning four total stages. He also won the 1980 Milan–San Remo.
Miguel Ángel Rubiano Chávez is a Colombian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for Mexican amateur team Petrolike. Rubiano has also competed for the Ceramica Panaria–Navigare, Centri della Calzatura–Partizan, Meridiana–Kamen, D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela, Colombia, China Continental Team of Gansu Bank, Coldeportes–Zenú and Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas squads. During his career, he has competed in five Grand Tours, including four editions of the Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Simone Velasco is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.
Vincenzo Albanese is an Italian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.
