# List of teams and cyclists in the 1986 Giro d'Italia

The 1986 Giro d'Italia was the 69th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The field consisted of 171 riders, and 143 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 | Gianni Bugno | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 2 | Salvatore Cavallaro | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 3 | Per Christiansson | Sweden | Atala–Ofmega |
| 4 | Urs Freuler | Switzerland | Atala–Ofmega |
| 5 | Pierino Gavazzi | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 6 | Dante Morandi | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 7 | Ezio Moroni | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 8 | Mario Noris | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 9 | Emilio Ravasio [it] | Italy | Atala–Ofmega |
| 11 | Marino Amadori | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 12 | Daniele Caroli | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 13 | Franco Chioccioli | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 14 | Roberto Gaggioli | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 15 | Orlando Maini | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 16 | Filippo Piersanti | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 17 | Romano Randi | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 18 | Maurizio Rossi | Italy | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 19 | Michael Wilson | Australia | Ecoflam–Jollyscarpe–BFB Bruciatori–Alfa Lum |
| 21 | Stephen Roche | Ireland | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 22 | Roberto Visentini | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 23 | Guido Bontempi | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 24 | Bruno Leali | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 25 | Davide Cassani | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 26 | Eddy Schepers | Belgium | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 27 | Jørgen Pedersen | Denmark | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 28 | Fabio Bordonali | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 29 | Massimo Ghirotto | Italy | Carrera Jeans–Vagabond |
| 31 | Domenico Cavallo | Italy | Ariostea–Gres |
| 32 | Piero Ghibaudo | Italy | Ariostea–Gres |
| 33 | Kjell Nilsson | Sweden | Ariostea–Gres |
| 34 | Dag Erik Pedersen | Norway | Ariostea–Gres |
| 35 | Luca Rota [it] | Italy | Ariostea–Gres |
| 36 | Sergio Santimaria | Italy | Ariostea–Gres |
| 37 | Patrick Serra [sv] | Sweden | Ariostea–Gres |
| 38 | Maurizio Vandelli | Italy | Ariostea–Gres |
| 39 | Alfio Vandi | Italy | Ariostea–Gres |
| 41 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 42 | Flavio Giupponi | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 43 | Francesco Cesarini [it] | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 44 | Lech Piasecki | Poland | Del Tongo |
| 45 | Maurizio Piovani | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 46 | Luciano Loro | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 47 | Czesław Lang | Poland | Del Tongo |
| 48 | Roberto Ceruti | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 49 | Silvestro Milani | Italy | Del Tongo |
| 51 | Silvano Riccò [it] | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 52 | Stefano Colagè | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 53 | Marco Franceschini | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 54 | Enrico Pochini | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 55 | Claudio Vandelli | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 56 | Giuseppe Montella | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 57 | Giancarlo Montedori | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 58 | Fausto Terreni | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 59 | Giuseppe Faraca | Italy | Dromedario–Fibok–Laminox |
| 61 | Martín Ramírez | Colombia | Fagor |
| 62 | Argemiro Bohórquez | Colombia | Fagor |
| 63 | Pedro Muñoz | Spain | Fagor |
| 64 | Frank Hoste | Belgium | Fagor |
| 65 | Jean-René Bernaudeau | France | Fagor |
| 66 | Pol Verschuere | Belgium | Fagor |
| 67 | Pascal Chaubet | France | Fagor |
| 68 | Henri Abadie | France | Fagor |
| 69 | Martin Earley | Ireland | Fagor |
| 71 | Gottfried Schmutz | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 72 | Jean-Marie Grezet | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 73 | Heinz Imboden | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 74 | Rocco Cattaneo | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 75 | Serge Demierre | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 76 | Tony Rominger | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 77 | Daniel Gisiger | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 78 | Jürg Bruggmann | Switzerland | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 79 | Marco Vitali | Italy | Cilo–Aufina–Gemeaz Cusin |
| 81 | Adriano Baffi | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 82 | Silvano Contini | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 83 | Marco Giovannetti | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 84 | Palmiro Masciarelli | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 85 | Giuseppe Petito | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 86 | Alessandro Pozzi | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 87 | Marino Polini | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 88 | Ennio Salvador | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 89 | Ennio Vanotti | Italy | Gis Gelati |
| 91 | Greg LeMond | United States | La Vie Claire |
| 92 | Steve Bauer | Canada | La Vie Claire |
| 93 | Charly Bérard | France | La Vie Claire |
| 94 | Kim Eriksen | Denmark | La Vie Claire |
| 95 | Frédéric Garnier | France | La Vie Claire |
| 96 | Roy Knickman | United States | La Vie Claire |
| 97 | Niki Rüttimann | Switzerland | La Vie Claire |
| 98 | Alain Vigneron | France | La Vie Claire |
| 99 | Christian Jourdan | France | La Vie Claire |
| 101 | Daniele Asti | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 102 | Bruno Bulić | Yugoslavia | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 103 | Bruno Cenghialta | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 104 | Flavio Chesini | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 105 | Cesare Cipollini | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 106 | Enrico Galleschi [it] | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 107 | Alessandro Giannelli | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 108 | Enrico Grimani | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 109 | Mauro-Antonio Santaromita | Italy | Magniflex–Centroscarpa |
| 111 | Stefano Allocchio | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 112 | Mario Beccia | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 113 | Pierangelo Bincoletto | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 114 | Mauro Longo | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 115 | Roberto Pagnin | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 116 | Renato Piccolo | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 117 | Stefano Zanatta | Italy | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 118 | Primož Čerin | Yugoslavia | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 119 | Acácio da Silva | Portugal | Malvor–Bottecchia–Vaporella |
| 121 | Stefano Bizzoni | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 122 | Gregor Braun | West Germany | Murella–Fanini |
| 123 | Daniele Del Ben | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 124 | Walter Delle Case | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 125 | Giuseppe Franzoni | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 126 | Raniero Gradi [it] | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 127 | Fabio Patuelli | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 128 | Rolf Sørensen | Denmark | Murella–Fanini |
| 129 | Marco Tabai | Italy | Murella–Fanini |
| 131 | Erik Breukink | Netherlands | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 132 | Ludo De Keulenaer | Belgium | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 133 | Eric Van Lancker | Belgium | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 134 | Henk Lubberding | Netherlands | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 135 | Allan Peiper | Australia | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 136 | Ludo Giesberts [fr] | Belgium | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 137 | Eric Vanderaerden | Belgium | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 138 | Johan van der Velde | Netherlands | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 139 | Teun van Vliet | Netherlands | Panasonic–Merckx–Agu |
| 141 | Fulvio Bertacco | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 142 | Tullio Cortinovis | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 143 | Dario Mariuzzo | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 144 | Alessandro Paganessi | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 145 | Valerio Piva | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 146 | Tommy Prim | Sweden | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 147 | Giovanni Renosto | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 148 | Paolo Rosola | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 149 | Alberto Volpi | Italy | Sammontana–Bianchi |
| 151 | Jesper Worre | Denmark | Santini |
| 152 | Brian Petersen | Denmark | Santini |
| 153 | Neil Stephens | Australia | Santini |
| 154 | Maurizio Conti [it] | Italy | Santini |
| 155 | Elio Festa | Italy | Santini |
| 156 | Fabrizio Vannucci | Italy | Santini |
| 157 | Benedetto Patellaro | Italy | Santini |
| 158 | Patrizio Gambirasio | Italy | Santini |
| 159 | Mauro Angelucci | Italy | Santini |
| 161 | Hennie Kuiper | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 162 | Alfons De Wolf | Belgium | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 163 | Jean-Paul van Poppel | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 164 | Nico Verhoeven | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 165 | Adri van Houwelingen | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 166 | Gert Jakobs | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 167 | Jean Habets [nl] | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 168 | Jacques van der Poel | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 169 | Jacques van Meer | Netherlands | Skala–Skil–Gazelle |
| 171 | Francesco Moser | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 172 | Gianbattista Baronchelli | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 173 | Claudio Corti | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 174 | Dietrich Thurau | West Germany | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 175 | Gerhard Zadrobilek | Austria | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 176 | Giovanni Bottoia | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 177 | Antonio Bevilacqua | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 178 | Stefano Giuliani | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 179 | Gianni Zola | Italy | Supermercati Brianzoli |
| 181 | Emanuele Bombini | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 182 | Federico Ghiotto [it] | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 183 | Johan Lammerts | Netherlands | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 184 | Riccardo Magrini | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 185 | Giovanni Mantovani | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 186 | Yuri Naldi | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 187 | Luciano Rabottini | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 188 | Claudio Savini | Italy | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |
| 189 | Jens Veggerby | Denmark | Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec |