All 18 UCI ProTeams are invited automatically and obligated to attend, with nine cyclists per team. Two UCI Professional Continental were announced well ahead of time, Androni Giocattoli and Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli .[ 1] [ 2] UCI rules normally limit races to a peloton of 200 riders, but the Giro received special dispensation for a 207-rider peloton, allowing a 23rd team. The three additional invited teams are Acqua & Sapone , Colnago–CSF Inox , and Geox–TMC . Despite talk that ProTeam Vacansoleil–DCM might be excluded to the doping scandals involving team members Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera , they were included pursuant to UCI rules.[ 3]
The cyclists wore numbers from 1 to 229; the first team had numbers 1 to 9, the second team 11 to 19, etc. The exception to this rule was the Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli , who wore numbers 150 to 158 instead of 151 to 159, thus giving Italian champion Giovanni Visconti the number 150, as in 2011 it is 150 years after Italy was unified in the Kingdom of Italy .[ 4]
By rider
Legend
No.
Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro
Pos.
Position in the general classification
†
Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1986 eligible for the Young rider classification
Denotes the winner of the General classification
Denotes the winner of the Points classification
Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification (eligibility indicated by †)
DNS
Denotes a rider who did not start , followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF
Denotes a rider who did not finish , followed by the stage in which he withdrew
HD
Denotes a rider who failed to finish within the time limit, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 7 May 2011, the date on which the Giro began
‡ Died as a result of a collision
By nationality
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