page_title: 1986 Giro d'Italia
section_title: Teams
hierarchical_section_title: 1986 Giro d'Italia / Teams
caption_attribution_description: Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo Renaissance wing
context_page_description: The 1986 Giro d'Italia was the 69th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Palermo, on 12 May, with a 1 km prologue and concluded in Merano, on 2 June, with a 108.6 km mass-start stage. A total of 171 riders from nineteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Italian Roberto Visentini of the Carrera Jeans–Vagabond team. The second and third places were taken by Italian riders Giuseppe Saronni and Francesco Moser, respectively.
  Swiss rider Urs Freuler was the first rider to wear the race leader's maglia rosa. The race lead was passed between five riders across the first five days of racing. Saronni gained the overall lead after the conclusion of the sixth stage and maintained an advantage through the fifteenth day of racing. As the race crossed several Alpine passes in the sixteenth stage, Visentini gained the race lead due to his strong performance on the stage. Visentini then defended the race lead until the race's conclusion on 2 June.
context_section_description: A total of nineteen teams were invited to participate in the 1986 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 171 cyclists. The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager are introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place at the Palazzo dei Normanni on 11 May. From the riders that began this edition, 143 made it to the finish in Merano.
  The teams entering the race were:
  Ariostea-Gres
  Atala-Ofmega
  Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
  Cilo-Aufina-Gemeaz Cusin
  Del Tongo-Colnago
  Dromedario-Laminox-Fibok
  Ecoflam-Jollyscarpe-BFB Bruc.
  Fagor
  Gis Gelati-Oece
  La Vie Claire
  Magniflex-Centroscarpa
  Malvor-Bottecchia-Vaporella
  Murella-Fanini
  Panasonic–Merckx–Agu
  Sammontana-Bianchi
  Santini-Cierre
  Skala-Skil
  Supermercati Brianzoli-Essebi
  Vini Ricordi-Pinarello
caption: The team presentation ceremony took place on 11 May at the Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo.
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