# List of teams and cyclists in the 1988 Giro d'Italia

The 1988 Giro d'Italia was the 71st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 180 riders, and 125 riders finished the race.

## By rider

Legend :
| No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro |
| Pos. | Position in the general classification |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Pos. |
| 1 | Flavio Chesini | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | 104 |
| 2 | Stefano Colagè | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | DNF |
| 3 | Marco Franceschini | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | 25 |
| 4 | Enrico Galleschi [it] | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | 51 |
| 5 | Alessandro Giannelli | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | DNF |
| 6 | Enrico Grimani | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | 122 |
| 7 | Rodolfo Massi | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | DNF |
| 8 | Mauro Santaromita | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | 34 |
| 9 | Claudio Savini | Italy | Alba Cucine-Benotto | 28 |
| 11 | Marino Amadori | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | 26 |
| 12 | Luciano Boffo | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | 108 |
| 13 | Daniele Caroli | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | 116 |
| 14 | Orlando Maini | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | DNF |
| 15 | Camillo Passera | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | DNF |
| 16 | Maurizio Rossi | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | DNF |
| 17 | Federico Longo | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | DNF |
| 18 | Marco Zen | Italy | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | 83 |
| 19 | Jiří Škoda | Czechoslovakia | Alfa Lum–Legnano–Ecoflam | 60 |
| 21 | Gianbattista Bardelloni [it] | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | DNF |
| 22 | Tullio Cortinovis | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 87 |
| 23 | Giovanni Mantovani | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | DNF |
| 24 | Silvio Martinello | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 107 |
| 25 | Mario Noris | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 96 |
| 26 | Massimo Podenzana | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 41 |
| 27 | Claudio Vandelli | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 89 |
| 28 | Maurizio Vandelli | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 10 |
| 29 | Marco Vitali | Italy | Atala–Ofmega | 35 |
| 31 | Roberto Visentini | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 13 |
| 32 | Urs Zimmermann | Switzerland | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 3 |
| 33 | Guido Bontempi | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 91 |
| 34 | Massimo Ghirotto | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 18 |
| 35 | Erich Maechler | Switzerland | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | DNF |
| 36 | Primož Čerin | Yugoslavia | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | DNF |
| 37 | Claudio Chiappucci | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 24 |
| 38 | Fabio Bordonali | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 84 |
| 39 | Marco Votolo | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond | 78 |
| 41 | Francesco Cesarini [it] | Italy | Ariostea–Gres | 88 |
| 42 | Kjell Nilsson | Sweden | Ariostea–Gres | DNF |
| 43 | Stephan Joho | Switzerland | Ariostea–Gres | DNF |
| 44 | Valerio Piva | Italy | Ariostea–Gres | 100 |
| 45 | Luciano Rabottini | Italy | Ariostea–Gres | 53 |
| 46 | Fabio Roscioli | Italy | Ariostea–Gres | DNF |
| 47 | Marco Saligari | Italy | Ariostea–Gres | 93 |
| 48 | Marcello Siboni | Italy | Ariostea–Gres | 39 |
| 49 | Rolf Sørensen | Denmark | Ariostea–Gres | 42 |
| 51 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy | Del Tongo | 27 |
| 52 | Maurizio Piovani | Italy | Del Tongo | 70 |
| 53 | Franco Chioccioli | Italy | Del Tongo | 5 |
| 54 | Flavio Giupponi | Italy | Del Tongo | 4 |
| 55 | Angelo Lecchi | Italy | Del Tongo | 29 |
| 56 | Luciano Loro | Italy | Del Tongo | 36 |
| 57 | Czesław Lang | Poland | Del Tongo | 80 |
| 58 | Lech Piasecki | Poland | Del Tongo | 74 |
| 59 | Luca Rota [it] | Italy | Del Tongo | 52 |
| 61 | Stefano Tomasini | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | 9 |
| 62 | Paolo Cimini | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | DNF |
| 63 | Pierino Gavazzi | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | 67 |
| 64 | Alessio Di Basco | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | 109 |
| 65 | Sergio Finazzi | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | DNF |
| 66 | Alberto Elli | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | 86 |
| 67 | Luigi Botteon | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | 77 |
| 68 | Maurizio Spreafico | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | DNF |
| 69 | Walter Brugna | Italy | Fanini–Seven Up | DNF |
| 71 | Luigi Furlan | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 97 |
| 72 | Emanuele Bombini | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 20 |
| 73 | Davide Cassani | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | DNF |
| 74 | Roberto Pagnin | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 49 |
| 75 | Renato Piccolo | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 63 |
| 76 | Paolo Rosola | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 102 |
| 77 | Ennio Salvador | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 73 |
| 78 | Alberto Volpi | Italy | Gewiss–Bianchi | 19 |
| 79 | Jesper Worre | Denmark | Gewiss–Bianchi | 68 |
| 81 | Adriano Baffi | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | DNF |
| 82 | Salvatore Cavallaro | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | DNF |
| 83 | Cesare Cipollini | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | DNF |
| 84 | Daniele Del Ben | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | 113 |
| 85 | Federico Ghiotto [it] | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | 90 |
| 86 | Marco Giovannetti | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | 6 |
| 87 | Palmiro Masciarelli | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | DNF |
| 88 | Giuseppe Petito | Italy | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | 106 |
| 89 | Johan van der Velde | Netherlands | GIS–Ecoflam–Jolly | 65 |
| 91 | Beat Breu | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | 11 |
| 92 | Fabian Fuchs | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | DNF |
| 93 | Daniel Gisiger | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | 92 |
| 94 | Bruno Hürlimann | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | 72 |
| 95 | Rolf Järmann | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | 48 |
| 96 | Omar Pedretti | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | DNF |
| 97 | Pius Schwarzentruber [de] | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | DNF |
| 98 | Kurt Steinmann | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | 71 |
| 99 | Werner Stutz | Switzerland | Magniflex-Cyndarella | 43 |
| 101 | Silvano Contini | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 22 |
| 102 | Gianni Faresin | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 50 |
| 103 | Gianpaolo Fregonese | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 64 |
| 104 | Silvano Lorenzon | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 85 |
| 105 | Daniele Pizzol | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 81 |
| 106 | Giovanni Strazzer | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 110 |
| 107 | Helmut Wechselberger | Austria | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 23 |
| 108 | Arno Wohlfahrter | Austria | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 99 |
| 109 | Paul Popp | Austria | Malvor–Bottecchia–Sidi | 115 |
| 111 | Alfio Vandi | Italy | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 31 |
| 112 | Hendrik Redant | Belgium | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 124 |
| 113 | Luc Ronsse | Belgium | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 117 |
| 114 | Dirk Clarysse | Belgium | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | DNF |
| 115 | Geert Van de Walle | Belgium | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 123 |
| 116 | Domenico Cavallo | Italy | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | DNF |
| 117 | Antonio Ferretti | Switzerland | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 112 |
| 118 | Daniel Wyder | Switzerland | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 58 |
| 119 | Jan Østergaard | Denmark | Mosoca-Isoglass-Galli | 119 |
| 121 | Erik Breukink | Netherlands | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 2 |
| 122 | Urs Freuler | Switzerland | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 82 |
| 123 | Henk Lubberding | Netherlands | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 69 |
| 124 | Guy Nulens | Belgium | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 17 |
| 125 | Allan Peiper | Australia | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 103 |
| 126 | Theo de Rooij | Netherlands | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 79 |
| 127 | Eric Vanderaerden | Belgium | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 75 |
| 128 | Teun van Vliet | Netherlands | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 57 |
| 129 | Peter Winnen | Netherlands | Panasonic–Isostar–Colnago–Agu | 8 |
| 131 | Greg LeMond | United States | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 132 | Vincent Barteau | France | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 133 | Rudy Dhaenens | Belgium | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 134 | Jörg Müller | Switzerland | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | 55 |
| 135 | Dag Erik Pedersen | Norway | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 136 | Steven Rooks | Netherlands | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 137 | Peter Stevenhaagen | Netherlands | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 138 | Gert-Jan Theunisse | Netherlands | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | DNF |
| 139 | Marc van Orsouw | Netherlands | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | 66 |
| 141 | Pedro Delgado | Spain | Reynolds | 7 |
| 142 | Javier Lukin | Spain | Reynolds | 32 |
| 143 | José Luis Laguía | Spain | Reynolds | 30 |
| 144 | Omar Hernández | Colombia | Reynolds | 47 |
| 145 | Dominique Arnaud | France | Reynolds | 38 |
| 146 | William Palacio | Colombia | Reynolds | DNF |
| 147 | Kari Myyryläinen | Finland | Reynolds | DNF |
| 148 | Jesús Rodríguez Magro | Spain | Reynolds | 45 |
| 149 | Melcior Mauri | Spain | Reynolds | 98 |
| 151 | Gianni Bugno | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | DNF |
| 152 | Tony Rominger | Switzerland | Chateau d'Ax | 44 |
| 153 | Claudio Corti | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 54 |
| 154 | Stefano Allocchio | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 114 |
| 155 | Giovanni Bottoia | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 121 |
| 156 | Stefano Giuliani | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 56 |
| 157 | Alessandro Pozzi | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 76 |
| 158 | Ennio Vanotti | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 21 |
| 159 | Franco Vona | Italy | Chateau d'Ax | 15 |
| 161 | Daniele Asti | Italy | Selca | DNF |
| 162 | Roberto Conti | Italy | Selca | 33 |
| 163 | Michele Moro [it] | Italy | Selca | 59 |
| 164 | Dante Morandi | Italy | Selca | 125 |
| 165 | Moreno Musetti [it] | Italy | Selca | DNF |
| 166 | Patrizio Gambirasio | Italy | Selca | 120 |
| 167 | Eduardo Rocchi | Italy | Selca | 111 |
| 168 | Gianluca Brugnami | Italy | Selca | DNF |
| 169 | Fabrizio Vannucci | Italy | Selca | 95 |
| 171 | Raúl Alcalá | Mexico | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | 14 |
| 172 | Andrew Hampsten | United States | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | 1 |
| 173 | Ron Kiefel | United States | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | 62 |
| 174 | Roy Knickman | United States | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | DNF |
| 175 | Dag Otto Lauritzen | Norway | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | DNF |
| 176 | Davis Phinney | United States | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | 118 |
| 177 | Jeff Pierce | United States | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | 46 |
| 178 | Bob Roll | United States | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | 61 |
| 179 | Jens Veggerby | Denmark | 7-Eleven–Hoonved | DNF |
| 181 | Jean-François Bernard | France | Toshiba–Look | DNF |
| 182 | Pierangelo Bincoletto | Italy | Toshiba–Look | 101 |
| 183 | Andreas Kappes | West Germany | Toshiba–Look | DNF |
| 184 | Johan Lammerts | Netherlands | Toshiba–Look | 105 |
| 185 | Marc Madiot | France | Toshiba–Look | 12 |
| 186 | Pascal Poisson | France | Toshiba–Look | DNF |
| 187 | Fabrice Philipot | France | Toshiba–Look | 37 |
| 188 | Dominique Gaigne | France | Toshiba–Look | DNF |
| 189 | Bjarne Riis | Denmark | Toshiba–Look | DNF |
| 191 | Juan Fernández | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | DNF |
| 192 | Cyrille Fancello | France | Zahor Chocolates | DNF |
| 193 | Benny Van Brabant | Belgium | Zahor Chocolates | DNF |
| 194 | Ángel Ocaña | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | DNF |
| 195 | Juan Tomás Martínez | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | 16 |
| 196 | Jesús Suárez Cueva | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | 94 |
| 197 | Jesús Ibáñez Loyo | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | DNF |
| 198 | Santiago Portillo | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | 40 |
| 199 | Juan Martin Zapatero | Spain | Zahor Chocolates | DNF |