# List of teams and cyclists in the 1997 Giro d'Italia

The 1997 Giro d'Italia was the 80th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 180 riders, and 110 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 | Pavel Tonkov | Russia | Mapei–GB | 2 |
| 2 | Gianni Bugno | Italy | Mapei–GB | 75 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Di Grande | Italy | Mapei–GB | 7 |
| 4 | Davide Bramati | Italy | Mapei–GB | 96 |
| 5 | Gianni Faresin | Italy | Mapei–GB | 28 |
| 6 | Paolo Lanfranchi | Italy | Mapei–GB | DNF |
| 7 | Gabriele Missaglia | Italy | Mapei–GB | 53 |
| 8 | Gianluca Pianegonda | Italy | Mapei–GB | 101 |
| 9 | Ján Svorada | Slovakia | Mapei–GB | DNF |
| 10 | Zbigniew Spruch | Poland | Mapei–GB | 100 |
| 11 | Stefano Faustini | Italy | Aki–Safi | DNF |
| 12 | Michelangelo Cauz [fr] | Italy | Aki–Safi | 109 |
| 13 | Leonardo Calzavara [fr] | Italy | Aki–Safi | 35 |
| 14 | Oscar Della Costa | Italy | Aki–Safi | 90 |
| 15 | Endrio Leoni | Italy | Aki–Safi | DNF |
| 16 | Mauro Radaelli | Italy | Aki–Safi | DNF |
| 17 | Emiliano Murtas | Italy | Aki–Safi | DNF |
| 18 | Serhiy Honchar | Ukraine | Aki–Safi | 5 |
| 19 | Nicola Miceli | Italy | Aki–Safi | 4 |
| 20 | Denis Zanette | Italy | Aki–Safi | 77 |
| 21 | Riccardo Forconi | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 21 |
| 22 | Glenn Magnusson | Sweden | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 85 |
| 23 | Nicolaj Bo Larsen | Denmark | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 24 | Filippo Meloni | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 25 | Gianpaolo Mondini | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 67 |
| 26 | Marco Vergnani [ca] | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 55 |
| 27 | Sandro Giacomelli [it] | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 108 |
| 28 | Dario Andriotto | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 29 | Michele Laddomada [it] | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 65 |
| 30 | Andrea Patuelli | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 49 |
| 31 | Alessandro Baronti | Italy | Asics–CGA | 70 |
| 32 | Enrico Zaina | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 33 | Mario Chiesa | Italy | Asics–CGA | 82 |
| 34 | Enrico Bonetti | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 35 | Filippo Simeoni | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 36 | Maurizio Molinari | Italy | Asics–CGA | 57 |
| 37 | Oscar Pozzi | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 38 | Alexandr Shefer | Kazakhstan | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 39 | Fabio Roscioli | Italy | Asics–CGA | 63 |
| 40 | Andrea Noè | Italy | Asics–CGA | 11 |
| 41 | Evgeni Berzin | Russia | Batik–Del Monte | 20 |
| 42 | Ermanno Brignoli | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | DNF |
| 43 | Andrea Brognara | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | DNF |
| 44 | Bruno Cenghialta | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | 40 |
| 45 | Gabriele Colombo | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | DNF |
| 46 | Francesco Frattini | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | 71 |
| 47 | Armin Meier | Switzerland | Batik–Del Monte | DNF |
| 48 | Nicola Minali | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | DNF |
| 49 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | DNF |
| 50 | Alberto Volpi | Italy | Batik–Del Monte | 16 |
| 51 | Wladimir Belli | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 6 |
| 52 | Fabrizio Bontempi | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 102 |
| 53 | Daniele Contrini | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | DNF |
| 54 | Marco Della Vedova | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 60 |
| 55 | Cristiano Frattini | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 86 |
| 56 | Marco Milesi | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | DNF |
| 57 | Mariano Piccoli | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 48 |
| 58 | Omar Pumar | Venezuela | Brescialat–Oyster | 73 |
| 59 | Roberto Sgambelluri | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 32 |
| 60 | Marco Velo | Italy | Brescialat–Oyster | 30 |
| 61 | Paolo Valoti | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | DNF |
| 62 | Alessandro Pozzi | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 74 |
| 63 | Germano Pierdomenico | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 36 |
| 64 | Uwe Peschel | Germany | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 104 |
| 65 | Martin Hvastija | Slovenia | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 59 |
| 66 | Massimiliano Gentili | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 23 |
| 67 | Andrea Dolci [nl] | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | DNF |
| 68 | Lorenzo Di Silvestro | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | DNF |
| 69 | Marco Antonio Di Renzo | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 110 |
| 70 | Andrea Paluan | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast | 42 |
| 71 | Gianluca Bortolami | Italy | Festina–Lotus | 34 |
| 72 | Bruno Boscardin | Italy | Festina–Lotus | 66 |
| 73 | Félix García Casas | Spain | Festina–Lotus | 12 |
| 74 | Patrice Halgand | France | Festina–Lotus | DNF |
| 75 | Jaime Hernández | Spain | Festina–Lotus | 64 |
| 76 | Fabian Jeker | Switzerland | Festina–Lotus | 31 |
| 77 | Thierry Laurent | France | Festina–Lotus | DNF |
| 78 | Lylian Lebreton | France | Festina–Lotus | 68 |
| 79 | Marcel Wüst | Germany | Festina–Lotus | 105 |
| 80 | Valerio Tebaldi | Italy | Festina–Lotus | 69 |
| 81 | Juan Carlos Domínguez | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 82 | Arsenio González | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 52 |
| 83 | Ángel Edo | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 84 | Marcos Serrano | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 8 |
| 85 | Hernán Buenahora | Colombia | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 86 | José Jaime González | Colombia | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 15 |
| 87 | José Luis Rubiera | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 10 |
| 88 | Francisco Cabello | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 81 |
| 89 | José Javier Gómez Gonzalo | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 22 |
| 90 | José Ángel Vidal | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 78 |
| 91 | Vladimir Poulnikov | Ukraine | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 92 | Celio Roncancio | Colombia | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 93 | Marco Gilli | Italy | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 94 | Álvaro Lozano | Colombia | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | 50 |
| 95 | Vassili Davidenko | Russia | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 96 | Simone Biasci | Italy | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 97 | Alessandro Calzolari | Italy | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 98 | Angelo Citracca [it] | Italy | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 99 | Roberto Moretti | Italy | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | DNF |
| 100 | Stefano Giraldi | Italy | Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia | 95 |
| 101 | Marco Pantani | Italy | Mercatone Uno | DNF |
| 102 | Massimo Podenzana | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 17 |
| 103 | Oscar Pelliccioli | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 39 |
| 104 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 9 |
| 105 | Mario Traversoni | Italy | Mercatone Uno | DNF |
| 106 | Dario Bottaro | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 99 |
| 107 | Simone Borgheresi | Italy | Mercatone Uno | DNF |
| 108 | Roberto Conti | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 18 |
| 109 | Sergio Barbero | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 43 |
| 110 | Marcello Siboni | Italy | Mercatone Uno | 26 |
| 111 | Fabio Baldato | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | DNF |
| 112 | Stefano Casagranda | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | DNF |
| 113 | Paolo Bettini | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | 25 |
| 114 | Michele Coppolillo | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | 33 |
| 115 | Fabiano Fontanelli | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | 92 |
| 116 | Angelo Lecchi | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | 56 |
| 117 | Roberto Pistore | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | DNF |
| 118 | Mauro-Antonio Santaromita | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | 107 |
| 119 | Nicola Loda | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | 44 |
| 120 | Gilberto Simoni | Italy | MG Maglificio–Technogym | DNF |
| 121 | Leonardo Piepoli | Italy | Refin–Mobilvetta | DNF |
| 122 | Felice Puttini | Switzerland | Refin–Mobilvetta | 27 |
| 123 | Luca Mazzanti | Italy | Refin–Mobilvetta | 41 |
| 124 | Elio Aggiano | Italy | Refin–Mobilvetta | DNF |
| 125 | Gabriele Balducci | Italy | Refin–Mobilvetta | DNF |
| 126 | Sergei Uslamin | Russia | Refin–Mobilvetta | 51 |
| 127 | Tobias Steinhauser | Germany | Refin–Mobilvetta | DNF |
| 128 | Jürgen Werner | Germany | Refin–Mobilvetta | DNF |
| 129 | Marco Lietti | Italy | Refin–Mobilvetta | DNF |
| 130 | Mauro Bettin | Italy | Refin–Mobilvetta | 88 |
| 131 | Andrea Ferrigato | Italy | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | DNF |
| 132 | Marco Fincato | Italy | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 46 |
| 133 | Piotr Ugrumov | Russia | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | DNF |
| 134 | Dimitri Konyshev | Russia | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 37 |
| 135 | Viatcheslav Djavanian | Russia | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 80 |
| 136 | Torsten Schmidt | Germany | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 87 |
| 137 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 13 |
| 138 | Pavel Padrnos | Czech Republic | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 45 |
| 139 | Mario Manzoni | Italy | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | DNF |
| 140 | Alexei Sivakov | Russia | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | 47 |
| 141 | Vladislav Bobrik | Russia | Ros Mary–Minotti | DNF |
| 142 | Roberto Caruso | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | 76 |
| 143 | Daniele De Paoli | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | 29 |
| 144 | Fausto Dotti | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | 54 |
| 145 | Alessio Galletti | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | DNF |
| 146 | Stefano Finesso | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | 58 |
| 147 | Michele Poser | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | 61 |
| 148 | David Tani | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | 84 |
| 149 | Maurizio Tomi | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | DNF |
| 150 | Manuele Scopsi | Italy | Ros Mary–Minotti | DNF |
| 151 | Ivan Gotti | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 1 |
| 152 | Mario Cipollini | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 89 |
| 153 | Giuseppe Calcaterra | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 103 |
| 154 | Massimo Donati | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 38 |
| 155 | Gian Matteo Fagnini | Italy | Saeco–Estro | DNF |
| 156 | Paolo Fornaciari | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 98 |
| 157 | Dario Frigo | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 14 |
| 158 | Alexandre Moos | Switzerland | Saeco–Estro | 72 |
| 159 | Roberto Petito | Italy | Saeco–Estro | 24 |
| 160 | Mario Scirea | Italy | Saeco–Estro | DNF |
| 161 | Filippo Casagrande | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 162 | Stefano Casagrande [nl] | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 163 | Francesco Secchiari | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 164 | Alessio Barbagli [it] | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 165 | Massimo Apollonio | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | 83 |
| 166 | Andrea Vatteroni [nl] | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 167 | Cristian Gasperoni | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 168 | Mirko Rossato [fr] | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 169 | Sauro Gallorini | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | 97 |
| 170 | Paolo Alberati | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | 93 |
| 171 | Luc Leblanc | France | Team Polti | DNF |
| 172 | Axel Merckx | Belgium | Team Polti | 19 |
| 173 | Rossano Brasi | Italy | Team Polti | 91 |
| 174 | Enrico Cassani | Italy | Team Polti | 106 |
| 175 | Mirko Celestino | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |
| 176 | Mirko Crepaldi | Italy | Team Polti | 79 |
| 177 | Mirco Gualdi | Italy | Team Polti | 62 |
| 178 | Giuseppe Guerini | Italy | Team Polti | 3 |
| 179 | Serguei Outschakov | Ukraine | Team Polti | 94 |
| 180 | Fabio Sacchi | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |