The 2016 Giro d'Italia is the first of cycling's Grand Tours to take place in the 2016 road cycling season. It is the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia and takes place over 21 stages, beginning in the Netherlands on 6 May and finishing in Turin on 29 May. After the first three stages take place in the Netherlands, most of the rest of the race will take place in Italy; France hosts one stage start and one stage finish, while Switzerland also hosts a stage start. [1]
The eighteen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and obliged to enter the race. In January 2016, four UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places in the race by RCS Sport, the organisers of the Giro, to complete the 22-team peloton. [2] With nine riders on each team, the peloton consists of 198 riders. [3] These riders came from 34 countries; more than a quarter of the peloton (53 riders) were Italian, while no other nation had more than 20 riders participating in the race. [4]
All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. [5] As the winner of the 2015 Coppa Italia competition, Southeast–Venezuela were automatically given a wildcard invitation. There were two surprises in the remaining three wildcard invitations: Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec were not invited, nor were the Dutch Roompot–Oranje Peloton, even though the race began in the Netherlands. Two of the remaining wildcards were given to Italian teams – Nippo–Vini Fantini and Bardiani–CSF – and the last place was given to the Russian team Gazprom–RusVelo. [2] In the week before the race, Southeast–Venezuela changed its name to Wilier Triestina–Southeast. [6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro |
---|---|
Pos. | Position in the general classification |
Time | Deficit to the winner of the general classification |
† | Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1991 eligible for the young rider classification |
Denotes the winner of the general classification | |
Denotes the winner of the points classification | |
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | |
Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by †) | |
HD | Denotes a rider who failed to finish within the time limit, followed by the stage in which this occurred |
DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew |
DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew |
Ages correct as of 6 May 2016, the date on which the Giro began |
The 198 riders that are competing in the 2016 Giro d'Italia originated from 34 different countries. [4]
Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
---|---|---|---|
Albania | 1 | 1 | |
Australia | 10 | 8 | |
Austria | 4 | 3 | |
Belarus | 2 | 2 | |
Belgium | 7 | 5 | 1 (Tim Wellens) |
Brazil | 1 | 1 | |
Canada | 3 | 2 | |
China | 1 | 1 | |
Colombia | 6 | 5 | 1 (Esteban Chaves) |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark | 2 | 1 | |
Eritrea | 1 | 1 | |
Estonia | 2 | 2 | 1 (Rein Taaramäe) |
France | 12 | 8 | |
Germany | 8 | 5 | 7 (André Greipel x3, Marcel Kittel x2, Roger Kluge, Nikias Arndt) |
Ireland | 2 | 1 | |
Italy | 53 | 42 | 6 (Diego Ulissi x2, Gianluca Brambilla, Giulio Ciccone, Vincenzo Nibali, Matteo Trentin) |
Japan | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | |
Lithuania | 2 | 2 | |
Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | |
Netherlands | 12 | 9 | 1 (Tom Dumoulin) |
New Zealand | 1 | 1 | |
Norway | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 4 | 3 | |
Portugal | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 1 | 1 | |
Russia | 20 | 17 | 1 (Alexander Foliforov) |
Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 1 (Primož Roglič) |
South Africa | 4 | 4 | |
Spain | 16 | 12 | 2 (Mikel Nieve, Alejandro Valverde) |
Sweden | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 4 | 2 | |
United States | 6 | 5 | |
Total | 198 | 156 | 21 |
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