# List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Giro d'Italia

As Giro d'Italia is part of UCI ProTour, 20 ProTour teams start the race. Wild cards were given to Ceramica Panaria–Navigare and Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni.

## Official start list
### Discovery Channel (DSC)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 1 | Paolo Savoldelli | Italy | 5 : Maglia blu |
| 2 | Tom Danielson | United States | Abandoned race after Stage 19 (Sinusitis and Fever) |
| 3 | Manuel Beltrán | Spain | 22 |
| 4 | Viatcheslav Ekimov | Russia | 89 |
| 5 | Benoît Joachim | Luxembourg | 83 |
| 6 | Jason McCartney | United States | 135 |
| 7 | Pavel Padrnos | Czech Republic | 67 |
| 8 | José Luis Rubiera | Spain | 13 |
| 9 | Matt White | Australia | 102 |

### AG2r Prévoyance (A2R)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 11 | Sylvain Calzati | France | 79 |
| 12 | Íñigo Chaurreau | Spain | 54 |
| 13 | Renaud Dion | France | 104 |
| 14 | Hubert Dupont | France | 32 |
| 15 | John Gadret | France | Abandoned race during Stage 18 (Broken collarbone) |
| 16 | Yuriy Krivtsov | Ukraine | 114 |
| 17 | Carl Naibo | France | 150 |
| 18 | Mark Scanlon | Ireland | Abandoned race during Stage 12 |
| 19 | Tomas Vaitkus | Lithuania | Abandoned race during Stage 13 |

### Bouygues Télécom (BTL)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 21 | Giovanni Bernaudeau | France | Abandoned race after Stage 13 |
| 22 | Sébastien Chavanel | France | Abandoned race during Stage 7 |
| 23 | Stef Clement | Netherlands | 64 |
| 24 | Olivier Bonnaire | France | 115 |
| 25 | Andy Flickinger | France | Abandoned race after Stage 11 |
| 26 | Yohann Gène | France | 149 |
| 27 | Arnaud Labbe | France | 116 |
| 28 | Yoann Le Boulanger | France | 119 |
| 29 | Laurent Lefèvre | France | 50 |

### Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears (CEI)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 31 | José Luis Carrasco | Spain | 68 |
| 32 | Vladimir Efimkin | Russia | 39 |
| 33 | Imanol Erviti | Spain | 81 |
| 34 | Marco Fertonani | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 18 |
| 35 | Iván Gutiérrez | Spain | 24 |
| 36 | Joan Horrach | Spain | 36 |
| 37 | José Cayetano Juliá | Spain | 118 |
| 38 | Mikel Pradera | Spain | 95 |
| 39 | Francisco Perez | Spain | 28 |

### Ceramica Panaria – Navigare (PAN)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 41 | Emanuele Sella | Italy | 26 |
| 42 | Luca Mazzanti | Italy | 20 |
| 43 | Moisés Aldape | Mexico | Abandoned race after Stage 13 |
| 44 | Fortunato Baliani | Italy | 46 |
| 45 | Miguel Ángel Rubiano | Colombia | 103 |
| 46 | Sergiy Matveyev | Ukraine | 142 |
| 47 | Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio | Mexico | 42 |
| 48 | Maximiliano Richeze | Argentina | 138 |
| 49 | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia | 49 |

### Cofidis (COF)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 51 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 4 |
| 52 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | 47 |
| 53 | Thierry Marichal | Belgium | Abandoned race during Stage 7 |
| 54 | Amaël Moinard | France | 112 |
| 55 | Maxime Monfort | Belgium | 33 |
| 56 | Cristian Moreni | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 7 |
| 57 | Iván Parra | Colombia | 16 |
| 58 | Staf Scheirlinckx | Belgium | Abandoned race during Stage 14 (Broken collarbone) |
| 59 | Rik Verbrugghe | Belgium | Abandoned race after Stage 15 |

### Crédit Agricole (C.A)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 61 | Francesco Bellotti | Italy | 41 |
| 62 | Alexander Bocharov | Russia | 27 |
| 63 | William Bonnet | France | 111 |
| 64 | Christophe Edaleine | France | 127 |
| 65 | Patrice Halgand | France | 14 |
| 66 | Rémi Pauriol | France | 122 |
| 67 | Benoît Poilvet | France | 99 |
| 68 | Yannick Talabardon | France | 100 |
| 69 | Nicolas Vogondy | France | 44 |

### Davitamon–Lotto (DVL)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 71 | Christophe Brandt | Belgium | Abandoned race after Stage 3 (Cracked elbow) |
| 72 | Nick Gates | Australia | 131 |
| 73 | Josep Jufré | Spain | 29 |
| 74 | Jan Kuyckx | Belgium | 133 |
| 75 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | Abandoned race after Stage 12 (Stomach illness) |
| 76 | Preben Van Hecke | Belgium | 140 |
| 77 | Wim Van Huffel | Belgium | 17 |
| 78 | Henk Vogels | Australia | 145 |
| 79 | Bert Roesems | Belgium | 123 |

### Euskaltel–Euskadi (EUL)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 81 | Beñat Albizuri | Spain | 144 |
| 82 | Andoni Aranaga | Spain | Abandoned race during Stage 14 |
| 83 | Koldo Fernández | Spain | Abandoned race during Stage 7 |
| 84 | Iker Flores Galarza | Spain | 35 |
| 85 | Markel Irizar | Spain | 90 |
| 86 | Roberto Laiseka | Spain | Abandoned race during Stage 12 (Injuries due to crash) |
| 87 | David López | Spain | 40 |
| 88 | Anton Luengo | Spain | 110 |
| 89 | Ivan Mayoz | Spain | 128 |

### Française des Jeux (FDJ)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 91 | Bradley McGee | Australia | Abandoned race during Stage 10 (Back pain) |
| 92 | Sandy Casar | France | 6 |
| 93 | Carlos da Cruz | France | 101 |
| 94 | Mickaël Delage | France | 129 |
| 95 | Arnaud Gérard | France | 143 |
| 96 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | Abandoned race after Stage 11 (Resigned) |
| 97 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden | 66 |
| 98 | Cyrille Monnerais | France | 121 |
| 99 | Jussi Veikkanen | Finland | 70 |

### Gerolsteiner (GST)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 101 | Robert Förster | Germany | 139 |
| 102 | Torsten Hiekmann | Germany | 85 |
| 103 | Sven Krauss | Germany | 97 |
| 104 | Andrea Moletta | Italy | 78 |
| 105 | Volker Ordowski | Germany | Abandoned race during Stage 19 |
| 106 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | Abandoned race after Stage 10 (Broken rib) |
| 107 | Matthias Russ | Germany | 74 |
| 108 | Ronny Scholz | Germany | Abandoned race during Stage 14 |
| 109 | Stefan Schumacher | Germany | 76 |

### Lampre–Fondital (LAM)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 111 | Damiano Cunego | Italy | 4 |
| 112 | Marzio Bruseghin | Italy | 25 |
| 113 | Paolo Fornaciari | Italy | 126 |
| 114 | Evgeni Petrov | Russia | 57 |
| 115 | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia | 59 |
| 116 | Sylvester Szmyd | Poland | 19 |
| 117 | Paolo Tiralongo | Italy | 15 |
| 118 | Tadej Valjavec | Slovenia | 34 |
| 119 | Francisco J. Vila Errandonea | Spain | 10 |

### Liberty Seguros–Würth (LSW)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 121 | Dariusz Baranowski | Poland | Abandoned race during Stage 10 (Gastroenteritis) |
| 122 | Giampaolo Caruso | Italy | 12 |
| 123 | Koen de Kort | Netherlands | 124 |
| 124 | Daniel Navarro | Spain | 91 |
| 125 | Unai Osa | Spain | 18 |
| 126 | Javier Ramírez | Spain | 82 |
| 127 | Michele Scarponi | Italy | Abandoned race after Stage 16 |
| 128 | Marcos Serrano | Spain | Abandoned race after Stage 12 |
| 129 | Serguei Yakovlev | Kazakhstan | Abandoned race during Stage 18 |

### Liquigas (LIQ)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 131 | Danilo Di Luca | Italy | 23 |
| 132 | Patrick Calcagni | Switzerland | 107 |
| 133 | Dario Cioni | Italy | 86 |
| 134 | Dario Andriotto | Italy | 146 |
| 135 | Vladimir Miholjević | Croatia | Abandoned race after Stage 13 |
| 136 | Andrea Noè | Italy | 38 |
| 137 | Franco Pellizotti | Italy | 8 |
| 138 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Italy | 93 |
| 139 | Charlie Wegelius | Great Britain | 58 |

### Phonak Hearing Systems (PHO)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 141 | Martin Elmiger | Switzerland | 80 |
| 142 | Fabrizio Guidi | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 18 |
| 143 | José Enrique Gutiérrez | Spain | 2 |
| 144 | Jonathan McCarty | United States | 113 |
| 145 | Axel Merckx | Belgium | Abandoned race after Stage 14 (Stomach illness) |
| 146 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia | 9 |
| 147 | Grégory Rast | Switzerland | 94 |
| 148 | Johann Tschopp | Switzerland | 45 |
| 149 | Steve Zampieri | Switzerland | 48 |

### Quick-Step–Innergetic (QSI)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 151 | Serge Baguet | Belgium | Abandoned race during Stage 17 |
| 152 | Paolo Bettini | Italy | 56 : Maglia ciclamino |
| 153 | Davide Bramati | Italy | 141 |
| 154 | Addy Engels | Netherlands | 84 |
| 155 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Spain | 7 : Maglia verde |
| 156 | José Antonio Garrido | Spain | 134 |
| 157 | Leonardo Scarselli | Italy | 120 |
| 158 | Jürgen van de Walle | Belgium | 75 |
| 159 | Remmert Wielinga | Netherlands | Abandoned race after Stage 4 (Illness) |

### Rabobank (RAB)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 161 | Mauricio Ardila | Colombia | 98 |
| 162 | Theo Eltink | Netherlands | 53 |
| 163 | Graeme Brown | Australia | Abandoned race during Stage 7 |
| 164 | Mathew Hayman | Australia | 136 |
| 165 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Russia | 71 |
| 166 | Grischa Niermann | Germany | 55 |
| 167 | Marc de Maar | Netherlands | 125 |
| 168 | Michael Rasmussen | Denmark | Abandoned race after Stage 11 (Minor back injury) |
| 169 | Marc Wauters | Belgium | Abandoned race during Stage 17 |

### Saunier Duval–Prodir (SDV)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 171 | Gilberto Simoni | Italy | 3 |
| 172 | Ángel Gómez | Spain | 108 |
| 173 | Rubén Lobato | Spain | 87 |
| 174 | Peter Mazur | Poland | Abandoned race during Stage 18 |
| 175 | Manuele Mori | Italy | 88 |
| 176 | Aaron Olsen | United States | 148 |
| 177 | Leonardo Piepoli | Italy | 11 |
| 178 | Marco Pinotti | Italy | 60 |
| 179 | Guido Trentin | Italy | 30 |

### Selle Italia–Serramenti Diquigiovanni (CLM)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 181 | José Rujano | Venezuela | Abandoned race during Stage 13 (Cold) |
| 182 | José Serpa | Colombia | 31 |
| 183 | Wladimir Belli | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 20 |
| 184 | Sergio Barbero | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 18 |
| 185 | Alessandro Bertolini | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 7 |
| 186 | Gabriele Missaglia | Italy | 106 |
| 187 | Raffaele Illiano | Italy | 61 |
| 188 | Alberto Loddo | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 16 |
| 189 | Santo Anzà | Italy | 109 |

### Team CSC (CSC)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 191 | Ivan Basso | Italy | 1 : Maglia Rosa |
| 192 | Carlos Sastre | Spain | 43 |
| 193 | Nicki Sørensen | Denmark | 77 |
| 194 | Michael Blaudzun | Denmark | 96 |
| 195 | Bobby Julich | United States | 92 |
| 196 | Jens Voigt | Germany | 37 |
| 197 | Giovanni Lombardi | Italy | 117 |
| 198 | Volodymyr Hustov | Ukraine | 62 |
| 199 | Íñigo Cuesta | Spain | 52 |

### Team Milram (MRM)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 201 | Alessandro Petacchi | Italy | Abandoned race after Stage 3 (Fractured left kneecap) |
| 202 | Alessandro Cortinovis | Italy | 105 |
| 203 | Sergio Ghisalberti | Italy | 21 |
| 204 | Christian Knees | Germany | 73 |
| 205 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Italy | Abandoned race during Stage 21 (Crash injuries) |
| 206 | Alberto Ongarato | Italy | 130 |
| 207 | Elia Rigotto | Italy | 137 |
| 208 | Fabio Sacchi | Italy | 63 |
| 209 | Alessandro Vanotti | Italy | 69 |

### T-Mobile Team (TMO)

| No | Name | Nationality | Final GC place |
| 211 | Scott Davis | Australia | 65 |
| 212 | Serhiy Honchar | Ukraine | Abandoned race after Stage 16 |
| 213 | Matthias Kessler | Germany | 72 |
| 214 | André Korff | Germany | Abandoned race during Stage 7 (Crash) |
| 215 | Jörg Ludewig | Germany | 51 |
| 216 | Olaf Pollack | Germany | 132 |
| 217 | Michael Rogers | Australia | Abandoned race after Stage 12 (Teeth infection) |
| 218 | František Raboň | Czech Republic | 147 |
| 219 | Jan Ullrich | Germany | Abandoned race during Stage 19 (Back pain) |