# List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Giro d'Italia

The 1998 Giro d'Italia was the 81st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 162 riders, and 94 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 | Ivan Gotti | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | DNF |
| 2 | Mario Cipollini | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | DNF |
| 3 | Gian Matteo Fagnini | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | 77 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Calcaterra | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | 93 |
| 5 | Dario Frigo | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | 42 |
| 6 | Pavel Padrnos | Czech Republic | Saeco–Cannondale | 36 |
| 7 | Leonardo Piepoli | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | 16 |
| 8 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | 9 |
| 9 | Mario Scirea | Italy | Saeco–Cannondale | 61 |
| 11 | Glenn Magnusson | Sweden | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 12 | Dario Andriotto | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 13 | Sandro Giacomelli [it] | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 14 | Andrea Patuelli | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 81 |
| 15 | Simone Zucchi [fr] | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 16 | Matthew White | Australia | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 17 | Maurizio De Pasquale | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 74 |
| 18 | Simone Leporatti | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | DNF |
| 19 | Federico Profeti [nl] | Italy | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore | 63 |
| 21 | Michele Bartoli | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 22 | Paolo Bettini | Italy | Asics–CGA | 7 |
| 23 | Andrea Noè | Italy | Asics–CGA | 15 |
| 24 | Alexandr Shefer | Kazakhstan | Asics–CGA | 44 |
| 25 | Luca Scinto | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 26 | Federico Colonna | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 27 | Michele Coppolillo | Italy | Asics–CGA | 75 |
| 28 | David Tani | Italy | Asics–CGA | 89 |
| 29 | Carlo Marino Bianchi | Italy | Asics–CGA | DNF |
| 31 | Stefano Cattai | Italy | Ballan | 67 |
| 32 | Gabriele Colombo | Italy | Ballan | 52 |
| 33 | Carlo Finco | Italy | Ballan | 65 |
| 34 | Alexander Gontchenkov | Russia | Ballan | DNF |
| 35 | Endrio Leoni | Italy | Ballan | DNF |
| 36 | Nicola Loda | Italy | Ballan | 46 |
| 37 | Angelo Canzonieri [it] | Italy | Ballan | 78 |
| 38 | Amilcare Tronca [nl] | Italy | Ballan | 33 |
| 39 | Piotr Ugrumov | Russia | Ballan | 40 |
| 41 | Enrico Zaina | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | DNF |
| 42 | Roberto Sgambelluri | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | 19 |
| 43 | Mariano Piccoli | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | 35 |
| 44 | Marco Serpellini | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | 70 |
| 45 | Marco Della Vedova | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | 83 |
| 46 | Oscar Mason | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | DNF |
| 47 | Ellis Rastelli | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | DNF |
| 48 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | 80 |
| 49 | Giancarlo Raimondi | Italy | Brescialat–Liquigas | DNF |
| 51 | Alessandro Baronti | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | DNF |
| 52 | Marco Antonio Di Renzo | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 94 |
| 53 | Gilberto Simoni | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 58 |
| 54 | Serhiy Honchar | Ukraine | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 10 |
| 55 | Martin Hvastija | Slovenia | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 88 |
| 56 | Marco Magnani | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 31 |
| 57 | Luca Mazzanti | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 73 |
| 58 | Germano Pierdomenico | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | DNF |
| 59 | Massimo Strazzer | Italy | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | 91 |
| 61 | Pascal Richard | Switzerland | Casino–Ag2r | DNF |
| 62 | Rolf Järmann | Switzerland | Casino–Ag2r | 85 |
| 63 | Marco Saligari | Italy | Casino–Ag2r | 92 |
| 64 | Marc Streel | Belgium | Casino–Ag2r | DNF |
| 65 | Artūras Kasputis | Lithuania | Casino–Ag2r | DNF |
| 66 | Frédéric Bessy | France | Casino–Ag2r | 79 |
| 67 | Fabrice Gougot | France | Casino–Ag2r | 26 |
| 68 | David Lefèvre | France | Casino–Ag2r | 84 |
| 69 | Vincent Cali | France | Casino–Ag2r | DNF |
| 71 | Wladimir Belli | Italy | Festina–Lotus | 25 |
| 72 | Andrey Kivilev | Kazakhstan | Festina–Lotus | 53 |
| 73 | Bruno Boscardin | Switzerland | Festina–Lotus | DNF |
| 74 | Félix García Casas | Spain | Festina–Lotus | 37 |
| 75 | Fabian Jeker | Switzerland | Festina–Lotus | 49 |
| 76 | Armin Meier | Switzerland | Festina–Lotus | 48 |
| 77 | Marcel Wüst | Germany | Festina–Lotus | DNF |
| 78 | Alex Zülle | Switzerland | Festina–Lotus | 14 |
| 79 | José Ramón Uriarte | Spain | Festina–Lotus | DNF |
| 81 | José Luis Rubiera | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 13 |
| 82 | José Jaime González | Colombia | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 12 |
| 83 | Santiago Botero | Colombia | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 54 |
| 84 | Arsenio González | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | 55 |
| 85 | Ángel Edo | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 86 | Javier Otxoa | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 87 | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 88 | José Enrique Gutiérrez | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 89 | Óscar Sevilla | Spain | Kelme–Costa Blanca | DNF |
| 91 | Pavel Tonkov | Russia | Mapei–Bricobi | 2 |
| 92 | Gianni Bugno | Italy | Mapei–Bricobi | 50 |
| 93 | Davide Bramati | Italy | Mapei–Bricobi | 68 |
| 94 | Oscar Camenzind | Switzerland | Mapei–Bricobi | 4 |
| 95 | Massimo Codol | Italy | Mapei–Bricobi | 32 |
| 96 | Gianni Faresin | Italy | Mapei–Bricobi | 6 |
| 97 | Paolo Lanfranchi | Italy | Mapei–Bricobi | 18 |
| 98 | Gabriele Missaglia | Italy | Mapei–Bricobi | 41 |
| 99 | Zbigniew Spruch | Poland | Mapei–Bricobi | 72 |
| 101 | Marco Pantani | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 1 |
| 102 | Stefano Garzelli | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 21 |
| 103 | Roberto Conti | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 29 |
| 104 | Dimitri Konyshev | Russia | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 51 |
| 105 | Massimo Podenzana | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 11 |
| 106 | Fabiano Fontanelli | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | DNF |
| 107 | Riccardo Forconi | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | DNF |
| 108 | Marco Velo | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 20 |
| 109 | Marcello Siboni | Italy | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | 43 |
| 111 | Nicola Minali | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | DNF |
| 112 | Fabio Baldato | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | DNF |
| 113 | Nicola Miceli | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | DNF |
| 114 | Bruno Cenghialta | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | 57 |
| 115 | Andrea Brognara | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | 86 |
| 116 | Ermanno Brignoli | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | 69 |
| 117 | Vladislav Bobrik | Russia | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | 23 |
| 118 | Stefano Casagranda | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | DNF |
| 119 | Giuseppe Palumbo | Italy | Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio | DNF |
| 121 | Francesco Arazzi [it] | Italy | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | DNF |
| 122 | Claudio Chiappucci | Italy | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | 60 |
| 123 | Daniele De Paoli | Italy | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | 8 |
| 124 | Stefano Finesso | Italy | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | 82 |
| 125 | Luca Gelfi | Italy | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | 76 |
| 126 | Maurizio Molinari | Italy | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | DNF |
| 127 | Felice Puttini | Switzerland | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | 39 |
| 128 | Antonio Tauler | Spain | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | DNF |
| 129 | José Manuel Uría | Spain | Ros Mary–Amica Chips | DNF |
| 131 | Biagio Conte | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 132 | Davide Casarotto | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 133 | Mirko Rossato [fr] | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 134 | Alessandro Petacchi | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | DNF |
| 135 | Filippo Casagrande | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | 71 |
| 136 | Andrea Vatteroni [nl] | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | 87 |
| 137 | Niklas Axelsson | Sweden | Scrigno–Gaerne | 38 |
| 138 | Vladimir Duma | Ukraine | Scrigno–Gaerne | 90 |
| 139 | Francesco Secchiari | Italy | Scrigno–Gaerne | 24 |
| 141 | Giuseppe Guerini | Italy | Team Polti | 3 |
| 142 | Enrico Cassani | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |
| 143 | Gianluca Valoti | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |
| 144 | Mirco Gualdi | Italy | Team Polti | 66 |
| 145 | Fabrizio Guidi | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |
| 146 | Luc Leblanc | France | Team Polti | 34 |
| 147 | Silvio Martinello | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |
| 148 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Team Polti | 30 |
| 149 | Cristian Salvato | Italy | Team Polti | DNF |
| 151 | Michael Andersson | Sweden | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 152 | Jeroen Blijlevens | Netherlands | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 153 | Geert Van Bondt | Belgium | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 154 | Tristan Hoffman | Netherlands | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 155 | Michel Lafis | Sweden | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 156 | Nicolaj Bo Larsen | Denmark | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 157 | Claus Michael Møller | Denmark | TVM–Farm Frites | 17 |
| 158 | Serguei Outschakov | Ukraine | TVM–Farm Frites | DNF |
| 159 | Laurent Roux | France | TVM–Farm Frites | 28 |
| 161 | Stefano Faustini | Italy | Vini Caldirola | 22 |
| 162 | Giorgio Furlan | Italy | Vini Caldirola | 62 |
| 163 | Massimo Apollonio | Italy | Vini Caldirola | DNF |
| 164 | Leonardo Calzavara [fr] | Italy | Vini Caldirola | 47 |
| 165 | Mauro Radaelli | Italy | Vini Caldirola | DNF |
| 166 | Gianluca Sironi | Italy | Vini Caldirola | DNF |
| 167 | Denis Zanette | Italy | Vini Caldirola | DNF |
| 168 | Mauro Zanetti | Italy | Vini Caldirola | 56 |
| 169 | Marco Zanotti | Italy | Vini Caldirola | DNF |
| 171 | Daniel Clavero | Spain | Vitalicio Seguros | 5 |
| 172 | Juan Carlos Domínguez | Spain | Vitalicio Seguros | 45 |
| 173 | Vicente Aparicio | Spain | Vitalicio Seguros | 59 |
| 174 | Elio Aggiano | Italy | Vitalicio Seguros | DNF |
| 175 | Andrea Ferrigato | Italy | Vitalicio Seguros | 64 |
| 176 | Pedro Horrillo | Spain | Vitalicio Seguros | DNF |
| 177 | Hernán Buenahora | Colombia | Vitalicio Seguros | 27 |
| 178 | Andrei Zintchenko | Russia | Vitalicio Seguros | DNF |
| 179 | Serguei Smetanine | Russia | Vitalicio Seguros | DNF |