# List of teams and cyclists in the 1981 Giro d'Italia

The 1981 Giro d'Italia was the 64th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 130 riders, and 104 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 |
| 1 | Gianbattista Baronchelli | Italy | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 2 | Gaetano Baronchelli | Italy | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 3 | Silvano Contini | Italy | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 4 | Aldo Donadello | Italy | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 5 | Serge Parsani | Italy | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 6 | Ennio Vanotti | Italy | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 7 | Knut Knudsen | Norway | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 8 | Tommy Prim | Sweden | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 9 | Alf Segersäll | Sweden | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 10 | Bruno Wolfer | Switzerland | Bianchi–Piaggio |
| 11 | Thierry Bolle | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 12 | Beat Breu | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 13 | Serge Demierre | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 14 | Josef Fuchs | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 15 | Daniel Gisiger | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 16 | Erwin Lienhard | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 17 | Stefan Mutter | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 18 | Gottfried Schmutz | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 19 | Ueli Sutter | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 20 | Josef Wehrli | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina |
| 21 | Francesco Moser | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 22 | Carmelo Barone | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 23 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 24 | Piero Ghibaudo | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 25 | Palmiro Masciarelli | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 26 | Leonardo Mazzantini | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 27 | Alberto Minetti | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 28 | Dante Morandi | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 29 | Glauco Santoni | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 30 | Claudio Torelli | Italy | Famcucine–Campagnolo |
| 31 | Faustino Rupérez | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 32 | Ángel Arroyo | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 33 | Miguel María Lasa | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 34 | Pedro Muñoz | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 35 | José Luis López Cerrón [es] | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 36 | José María González | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 37 | Eduardo Chozas | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 38 | Guillermo de la Peña | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 39 | Eugenio Herranz | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 40 | Carlos Machín Rodríguez [es] | Spain | Zor–Helios–Novostil |
| 41 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 42 | Leonardo Bevilacqua | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 43 | Roberto Ceruti | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 44 | Simone Fraccaro | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 45 | Gabriel Landoni | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 46 | Valerio Lualdi | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 47 | Wladimiro Panizza | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 48 | Giuseppe Passuello | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 49 | Maurizio Piovani | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 50 | Gianluigi Zuanel [it] | Italy | Gis Gelati–Campagnolo |
| 51 | Fiorenzo Aliverti | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 52 | Antonio Bevilacqua | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 53 | Emanuele Bombini | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 54 | Luciano Borgognoni | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 55 | Giuseppe Faraca | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 56 | Giovanni Mantovani | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 57 | Giovanni Moro | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 58 | Benedetto Patellaro | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 59 | Luciano Rui | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 60 | Flavio Zappi [it] | Italy | Hoonved–Bottecchia–Herdal |
| 61 | Giovanni Battaglin | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 62 | Per Bausager | Denmark | Inoxpran |
| 63 | Giuliano Biatta | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 64 | Guido Bontempi | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 65 | Alfredo Chinetti | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 66 | Alfonso Del Pian | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 67 | Bruno Leali | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 68 | Luciano Loro | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 69 | Jørgen Marcussen | Denmark | Inoxpran |
| 70 | Amilcare Sgalbazzi | Italy | Inoxpran |
| 71 | Dietrich Thurau | West Germany | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 72 | Heinz Betz | West Germany | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 73 | Hans-Peter Jakst | West Germany | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 74 | Peter Kehl [de] | West Germany | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 75 | Ludo Loos | Belgium | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 76 | Stefan Schropfer | West Germany | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 77 | Roy Schuiten | Netherlands | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 78 | Rudy Weber | West Germany | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 79 | Daniele Tinchella | Italy | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 80 | Sante Fossato | Italy | Kotter's–GBC [ca] |
| 81 | Marino Amadori | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 82 | Giancarlo Casiraghi [it] | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 83 | Mario Noris | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 84 | Pierino Gavazzi | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 85 | Bernt Johansson | Sweden | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 86 | Giuseppe Lanzoni | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 87 | Francesco Masi | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 88 | Leonardo Natale | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 89 | Giovanni Renosto | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 90 | Paolo Rosola | Italy | Magniflex–Olmo |
| 91 | Willem Peeters | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 92 | Benny Schepmans | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 93 | Willy Sprangers | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 94 | Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 95 | Henri Vandenbrande | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 96 | Marc Van Geel | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 97 | Ronny Van Holen | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 98 | Eddy Van Hoof | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 99 | Willy Vigouroux | Belgium | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 100 | John Trevorrow | Australia | Safir–Ludo–Galli |
| 101 | Roberto Visentini | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 102 | Moreno Argentin | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 103 | Fulvio Bertacco | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 104 | Maurizio Bertini | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 105 | Pierangelo Bincoletto | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 106 | Claudio Corti | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 107 | Salvatore Maccali [it] | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 108 | Raniero Gradi [it] | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 109 | George Mount | United States | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 110 | Alessandro Pozzi | Italy | Sammontana–Benotto |
| 111 | Mario Beccia | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 112 | Claudio Bortolotto | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 113 | Giuseppe Martinelli | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 114 | Tranquillo Andreetta | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 115 | Alessio Antonini | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 116 | Silvano Cervato | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 117 | Fiorenzo Favero | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 118 | Riccardo Magrini | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 119 | Luciano Rabottini | Italy | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 120 | Jean-Marie Wampers | Belgium | Santini–Selle Italia [ca] |
| 121 | Alfio Vandi | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 122 | Cesare Cipollini | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 123 | Walter Clivati | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 124 | Franco Conti | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 125 | Antonio D'alonzo | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 126 | Corrado Donadio [fr] | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 127 | Enrico Maestrelli | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 128 | Flavio Miozzo | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 129 | Sergio Santimaria | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |
| 130 | Claudio Savini | Italy | Selle San Marco–Gabrielli |