List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia

A cyclist popping a champagne bottle on a podium, flanked by two women holding flowers and wine.
Mark Cavendish on the podium in Arenzano after winning stage 11

The 2009 Giro d'Italia was the 92nd edition of Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours, and marked 100 years since the first race in 1909. The centenary Giro featured 198 riders from 30 countries on 22 cycling teams, starting in Venice on 9 May and finishing in Rome on 31 May.[1]

Among the 22 teams who took part in the Giro, 15 were ProTour teams, and seven were Professional Continental teams.[2][3] Three ProTeams did not wish to participate, and were thus not invited – these were Cofidis, Euskaltel–Euskadi, and Française des Jeux.[4] Fuji–Servetto, on the other hand, were declined an invitation at first,[5] but on 23 April, they were invited as the Giro's 22nd and final team.[6] The seven Professional Continental teams included were Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo, Barloworld, Cervélo TestTeam, Diquigiovanni–Androni, ISD, LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini, and Xacobeo–Galicia. Each of the 22 teams invited to the race entered a squad of nine riders.[2]

Twenty-nine riders abandoned the three-week race before reaching Rome.[7] Denis Menchov of the Rabobank team won the race; after taking the lead in a long individual time trial in stage 12, he did not let his closest challenger and second-place finisher Danilo Di Luca of LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini escape during the mountain stages of the last week.[8] It was announced on 22 July that Di Luca's A-sample tested positive for the erythropoietin (EPO) derivative, continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), on 20 May and 28 May.[9] Franco Pellizotti of the Liquigas team claimed the last spot on the podium, 1 minute and 47 seconds in front of fourth-place finisher and 2008 Tour de France winner, Carlos Sastre of Cervélo TestTeam.[10] Di Luca also won the points classification, but because his B-sample confirmed the initial doping results, it is highly unlikely that he will keep the jersey and his second place in the general classification.[11] The mountains classification was won by Stefano Garzelli of Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo, and the young rider classification was won by Kevin Seeldraeyers of the Quick-Step team.[12][13]

A map of the world in which countries are coloured indicating the number of cyclists in the race from that country. Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Russia and United States had more than ten riders each, and riders in smaller numbers came from other countries, mostly in western Europe, but also in South America, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
Teams and riders that participated in 2009 Giro d'Italia as shown in the map.


Teams
Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo Ag2r-La Mondiale Astana
Barloworld Bbox Bouygues Telecom Caisse d'Epargne
Cervélo TestTeam Fuji–Servetto Garmin–Slipstream
ISD Lampre-NGC Liquigas
LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini Quick Step Rabobank
Diquigiovanni–Androni Silence–Lotto Team Columbia–High Road
Team Katusha Team Milram Team Saxo Bank
Xacobeo–Galicia
Cyclists References
  1. ^ "Stages". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ a b "The teams". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  3. ^ "92nd Giro d'Italia Start list". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  4. ^ "Barloworld left off first Giro d'Italia team list". Cycling Weekly. 28 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  5. ^ "Fuji not invited to Giro d'Italia". Bike Radar. Future Publishing Limited. Agence France-Presse. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  6. ^ "The team Fuji–Servetto will take part in Giro d'Italia". Fuji–Servetto. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  7. ^ "Elenco ritirati – Abandoners". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  8. ^ Gallagher, Brendan (31 May 2009). "Denis Menchov wins Giro d'Italia". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  9. ^ "Di Luca positive for CERA in Giro". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  10. ^ "Classifica generale – General classification". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  11. ^ "Italian Di Luca's positive CERA test confirmed". Reuters. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  12. ^ "Classifica GPM Generale – Mountains classification". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  13. ^ "Classifica Generale Giovani – Young rider classification". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2009-08-28.