List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Giro d'Italia

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This is the list of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Giro d'Italia .

Key: DNS = Did Not Start stage; DNF = Did Not Finish stage; DSQ = Disqualified from stage; HD = Hors Delai: outside time limit for stage.

#RiderFinal placingNotes
LPR Brakes–Ballan
1Flag of Italy.svg  Danilo Di Luca  (ITA)8
2Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bailetti  (ITA)89
3Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Bosisio  (ITA)221st, Stage 7
4Flag of Italy.svg  Riccardo Chiarini  (ITA)125
5Flag of Italy.svg  Giairo Ermeti  (ITA)83
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jure Golčer  (SLO)32
7Flag of Italy.svg  Daniele Pietropolli  (ITA)57
8Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Savoldelli  (ITA)15
9Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Spezialetti  (ITA)41
Ag2r–La Mondiale
11Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Valjavec  (SLO)13
12Flag of Ireland.svg  Philip Deignan  (IRL)79
13Flag of Estonia.svg  Rene Mandri  (EST)DNF 6Withdrew because of injuries sustained in crash
14Flag of France.svg  Laurent Mangel  (FRA)93
15Flag of Italy.svg  Rinaldo Nocentini  (ITA)56
16Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Rousseau  (FRA)122
17Flag of France.svg  Blaise Sonnery  (FRA)91
18Flag of Belarus.svg  Alexandre Usov  (BLR)119
19Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Krivtsov  (UKR)107
Astana
21Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Leipheimer  (USA)18
22Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador Velasco  (ESP)1
23Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Gusev  (RUS)45
24Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Colom  (ESP)25
25Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maxim Iglinsky  (KAZ)55
26Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Steve Morabito  (SUI)DNF 8Withdrew because of dislocated shoulder sustained in crash
27Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Mizurov  (KAZ)66
28Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Klöden  (GER)DNF 20Withdrew because of respiratory infection
29Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assan Bazayev  (KAZ)97
Barloworld
31Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Bellotti  (ITA)DNS 11Withdrew because of fractured elbow
32Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Patrick Calcagni  (SUI)DNF 7Withdrew because of food poisoning and tendinitis.
33Flag of Colombia.svg  Félix Cárdenas  (COL)16
34Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Cummings  (GBR)96
35Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA)92
36Flag of Austria.svg  Christian Pfannberger  (AUT)DNF 15Withdrew because of unknown reason
37Flag of Italy.svg  Carlo Scognamiglio  (ITA)126
38Flag of Colombia.svg  Mauricio Soler  (COL)DNF 11Withdrew because of cold
39Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)118
Caisse d'Epargne
41Flag of Colombia.svg  Marlon Alirio Pérez  (COL)90
42Flag of Spain.svg  Joan Horrach  (ESP)81
43Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Karpets  (RUS)31
44Flag of Spain.svg  Pablo Lastras  (ESP)64
45Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Pérez  (ESP)67
46Flag of France.svg  Mathieu Perget  (FRA)112
47Flag of Spain.svg  Joaquim Rodríguez  (ESP)17
48Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Rujano  (VEN)49
49Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Pasamontes  (ESP)36
Cofidis
51Flag of France.svg  Mickaël Buffaz  (FRA)121
52Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kevin De Weert  (BEL)DNF 6Withdrew for unknown reason
53Flag of Spain.svg  Bingen Fernández  (ESP)DNF 9Withdrew because of crash
54Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Hartmann  (FRA)127
55Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Steve Zampieri  (SUI)DNS 10Withdrew for unknown reason
56Flag of France.svg  Yann Huguet  (FRA)135
57Flag of France.svg  Damien Monier  (FRA)111
58Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nick Nuyens  (BEL)DNS 5Withdrew because of fractured collarbone sustained in crash
59Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Rik Verbrugghe  (BEL)DNF 11Withdrew because of exhaustion
CSF Group–Navigare
61Flag of Italy.svg  Emanuele Sella  (ITA)61st, Stages 14, 15 and 20
62Flag of Italy.svg  Fortunato Baliani  (ITA)12
63Flag of Argentina.svg  Maximiliano Richeze  (ARG)DNS 1Failed drugs test
64Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Felipe Laverde  (COL)24
65Flag of Mexico.svg  Julio Alberto Pérez  (MEX)76
66Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Savini  (ITA)DNF 9Withdrew because of knee injuring sustained in crash
67Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Priamo  (ITA)DNS 131st, Stage 6
Withdrew for unknown reason
68Flag of Italy.svg  Tiziano dall'Antonia  (ITA)98
69Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Pozzovivo  (ITA)9
Euskaltel–Euskadi
71Flag of Spain.svg  Josu Agirre  (ESP)138
72Flag of Spain.svg  Lander Aperribay  (ESP)HD 16
73Flag of Spain.svg  Koldo Fernández  (ESP)DNS 14Planned withdrawal
74Flag of Spain.svg  Aitor Galdós  (ESP)DNF 7Withdrew because of exhaustion
75Flag of Spain.svg  Dionisio Galparsoro  (ESP)DNF 19Withdrew because of leg pain
76Flag of Spain.svg  Markel Irizar  (ESP)74
77Flag of Spain.svg  Iñigo Landaluze  (ESP)DNF 15Withdrew because of stomach illness
78Flag of Spain.svg  Alan Pérez  (ESP)72
79Flag of Spain.svg  Iván Velasco  (ESP)54
Française des Jeux
81Flag of France.svg  Mikaël Cherel  (FRA)DNF 19Withdrew for unknown reason
82Flag of New Zealand.svg  Timothy Gudsell  (NZL)136
83Flag of Belarus.svg  Yauheni Hutarovich  (BLR)DNF 7Withdrew for unknown reason
84Flag of France.svg  Lilian Jégou  (FRA)85
85Flag of France.svg  Yoann Le Boulanger  (FRA)27
86Flag of France.svg  Guillaume Levarlet  (FRA)113
87Flag of France.svg  Jérémy Roy  (FRA)82
88Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Stubbe  (BEL)DNF 4Withdrew for unknown reason
89Flag of Finland.svg  Jussi Veikkanen  (FIN)50
Gerolsteiner
91Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Förster  (GER)DNS 14Planned withdrawal
92Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Fothen  (GER)HD 16
93Flag of Germany.svg  Johannes Fröhlinger  (GER)51
94Flag of Italy.svg  Oscar Gatto  (ITA)DNF 14Withdrew for unknown reason
95Flag of Germany.svg  Sven Krauss  (GER)131
96Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Moletta  (ITA)DNS 11Withdrew for personal reasons
97Flag of Germany.svg  Volker Ordowski  (GER)DNF 11Withdrew for unknown reason
98Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Rebellin  (ITA)DNS 14Withdrew because of exhaustion
99Flag of Germany.svg  Matthias Russ  (GER)DNF 15Withdrew because of stomach illness
Team High Road
101Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Cavendish  (GBR)1321st, Stages 4 and 13
102Flag of Germany.svg  André Greipel  (GER)1331st, Stage 17
103Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Adam Hansen  (AUS)108
104Flag of Germany.svg  Tony Martin  (GER)128
105Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Pinotti  (ITA)651st, Stage 21
106Flag of Italy.svg  Morris Possoni  (ITA)44
107Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  František Raboň  (CZE)101
108Flag of Belarus.svg  Kanstantsin Sivtsov  (BLR)DNF 20Withdrew for unknown reason
109Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bradley Wiggins  (GBR)134
Lampre
111Flag of Italy.svg  Marzio Bruseghin  (ITA)31st, Stage 10
112Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bossoni  (ITA)HD 16
113Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Baldato  (ITA)109
114Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  David Loosli  (SUI)63
115Flag of Poland.svg  Sylvester Szmyd  (POL)23
116Flag of Slovenia.svg  Simon Špilak  (SLO)48
117Flag of Italy.svg  Mirco Lorenzetto  (ITA)DNF 14Withdrew for unknown reason
118Flag of Italy.svg  Mauro Santambrogio  (ITA)DNF 11Withdrew for unknown reason
119Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Gavazzi  (ITA)84
Liquigas
121Flag of Italy.svg  Daniele Bennati  (ITA)701st, Stages 3, 9 and 12
122Flag of Finland.svg  Kjell Carlström  (FIN)123
123Flag of Italy.svg  Dario Cataldo  (ITA)DNF 15Withdrew for unknown reason
124Flag of Croatia.svg  Vladimir Miholjević  (CRO)21
125Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA)11
126Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Noè  (ITA)39
127Flag of Italy.svg  Franco Pellizotti  (ITA)41st, Stage 16
128Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Vanotti  (ITA)86
129Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charly Wegelius  (GBR)69
Quick-Step
131Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Bettini  (ITA)19
132Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Efimkin  (RUS)68
133Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Addy Engels  (NED)105
134Flag of Italy.svg  Mauro Facci  (ITA)115
135Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Manuel Gárate  (ESP)37
136Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Hubert Schwab  (SUI)100
137Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kevin Seeldraeyers  (BEL)73
138Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Tonti  (ITA)33
139Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Visconti  (ITA)42
Rabobank
141Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Menchov  (RUS)5
142Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Graeme Brown  (AUS)DNF 14Withdrew for unknown reason
143Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bram de Groot  (NED)120
144Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Theo Eltink  (NED)77
145Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Mathew Hayman  (AUS)HD 16
146Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitry Kozontchuk  (RUS)59
147Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gerben Löwik  (NED)116
148Flag of Germany.svg  Paul Martens  (GER)78
149Flag of Colombia.svg  Mauricio Ardila  (COL)20
Saunier Duval–Scott
151Flag of Italy.svg  Riccardo Riccò  (ITA)21st, Stage 2 and 8
152Flag of Spain.svg  José Alberto Benítez  (ESP)106
153Flag of Latvia.svg  Raivis Belohvoščiks  (LAT)HD 16
154Flag of Italy.svg  Eros Capecchi  (ITA)99
155Flag of Spain.svg  David Cañada  (ESP)58
156Flag of Italy.svg  Ermanno Capelli  (ITA)DNF 15Withdrew for unknown reason
157Flag of Spain.svg  Iker Camaño  (ESP)75
158Flag of Brazil.svg  Luciano Pagliarini  (BRA)DNF 14Withdrew for unknown reason
159Flag of Italy.svg  Leonardo Piepoli  (ITA)DNF 15Withdrew because of crash
Diquigiovanni–Androni
161Flag of Italy.svg  Gilberto Simoni  (ITA)10
162Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Bertolini  (ITA)891st, Stage 11
163Flag of Germany.svg  Danilo Hondo  (GER)104
164Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Illiano  (ITA)103
165Flag of Moldova.svg  Ruslan Ivanov  (MDA)43
166Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Missaglia  (ITA)71
167Flag of Italy.svg  Daniele Nardello  (ITA)46
168Flag of Venezuela.svg  Carlos José Ochoa  (VEN)61
169Flag of Colombia.svg  José Serpa  (COL)26
Silence–Lotto
171Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Geert Steurs  (BEL)DNS 11Withdrew because of cysts
172Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dominique Cornu  (BEL)DNF 4Withdrew because of injuries sustained in crash
173Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Francis De Greef  (BEL)40
174Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dries Devenyns  (BEL)117
175Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nick Gates  (AUS)139
176Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matthew Lloyd  (AUS)30
177Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robbie McEwen  (AUS)DNS 14Planned withdrawal
178Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jurgen Van den Broeck  (BEL)7
179Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wim Van Huffel  (BEL)38
Slipstream–Chipotle
181Flag of Sweden.svg  Magnus Bäckstedt  (SWE)DNS 10Withdrew because of fever
182Flag of New Zealand.svg  Julian Dean  (NZL)DNS 19Withdrew because of injury
183Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryder Hesjedal  (CAN)60
184Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Millar  (GBR)94
185Flag of the United States.svg  Pat McCarty  (USA)DNF 14Withdrew because of bronchitis
186Flag of the United States.svg  Danny Pate  (USA)137
187Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Christopher Sutton  (AUS)HD 16
188Flag of the United States.svg  Christian Vande Velde  (USA)52
189Flag of the United States.svg  David Zabriskie  (USA)DNF 2Withdrew becauwse of injuries sustained in crash
Team CSC
191Flag of Denmark.svg  Anders Lund  (DEN)102
192Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Bradley McGee  (AUS)DNF 3Withdrew because of fractured collarbone sustained in crash
193Flag of Denmark.svg  Chris Anker Sørensen  (DEN)28
194Flag of Sweden.svg  Gustav Larsson  (SWE)14
195Flag of the United States.svg  Jason McCartney  (USA)95
196Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Voigt  (GER)531st, Stage 18
197Flag of Denmark.svg  Michael Blaudzun  (DEN)62
198Flag of Denmark.svg  Nicki Sørensen  (DEN)34
199Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stuart O'Grady  (AUS)DNS 4Withdrew because of fractured collarbone sustained in crash
Team Milram
201Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Zabel  (GER)80
202Flag of Spain.svg  Igor Astarloa  (ESP)DNS 2Withdrew because of fever and stomach illness
203Flag of Germany.svg  Markus Eichler  (GER)141
204Flag of Italy.svg  Sergio Ghisalberti  (ITA)DNF 8Withdrew because of torn muscle fiber in right thigh
205Flag of Slovakia.svg  Matej Jurčo  (SVK)129
206Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Ongarato  (ITA)130
207Flag of Germany.svg  Enrico Poitschke  (GER)DNF 6Withdrew for unknown reason
208Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Sabatini  (ITA)DNS 13Withdrew for unknown reason
209Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Velo  (ITA)87
Tinkoff Credit Systems
211Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeni Petrov  (RUS)29
212Flag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR)351st, Stage 19
213Flag of Italy.svg  Luca Mazzanti  (ITA)47
214Flag of Italy.svg  Alberto Loddo  (ITA)DNF 7Withdrew for unknown reason
215Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Ignatiev  (RUS)140
216Flag of Russia.svg  Nikolay Trusov  (RUS)114
217Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Brutt  (RUS)DNS 101st, Stage 5
Withdrew for unknown reason
218Flag of Russia.svg  Serguei Klimov  (RUS)110
219Flag of Russia.svg  Alexander Serov  (RUS)124

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