List of teams and cyclists in the 2014 Giro d'Italia explained

The 2014 Giro d'Italia was the 97th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro d'Italia featured 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams, and was held from 9 May to 1 June 2014.[1]

Teams

All eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. As the winners of the 2013 Coppa Italia rankings for Italian teams, were invited to the race in October 2013.[2] In January 2014, the three remaining wildcard places were decided by a vote on social media, from a shortlist of eight UCI Professional Continental teams.[3] The places were later awarded to the, and squads.[4]

The 22 teams that competed in the race were:

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*: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event.

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 1989 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 †)
DNSDenotes a rider who did not start,
followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNFDenotes a rider who did not finish,
followed by the stage in which he withdrew
HDDenotes a rider who failed to finish within the time limit,
followed by the stage in which this occurred
DSQDenotes a rider who was disqualified from the race,
followed by the stage during which this occurred
align=center colspan=2Age correct as of 9 May 2014, the date on which the Giro began
No.NameNationalityTeamAgedata-sort-type='number'Position
1Michele Scarponi34DNF-16[5]
2Valerio Agnoli2971
3Fabio Aru233
4Janez Brajkovič30DNF-6[6]
5Enrico Gasparotto3297
6Borut Božič33124
7Mikel Landa2434
8Paolo Tiralongo3645
9Andrey Zeits27102
11Domenico Pozzovivo315
12Davide Appollonio24HD-11[7]
13Julien Bérard2670
14Maxime Bouet2738
15Axel Domont2358
16Hubert Dupont3316
17Patrick Gretsch2795
18Matteo Montaguti3044
19Alexis Vuillermoz2511
21Franco Pellizotti3612
22Manuel Belletti28DNS-14[8]
23Marco Frapporti29108
24Yonder Godoy2176
25Johnny Hoogerland30105
26Marco Bandiera29142
27Jackson Rodríguez2986
28Diego Rosa25DNF-18[9]
29Emanuele Sella3363
31Stefano Pirazzi2785
32Enrico Battaglin2452
33Nicola Boem24128
34Francesco Manuel Bongiorno2359
35Marco Canola25122
36Sonny Colbrelli2394
37Enrico Barbin24119
38Nicola Ruffoni23HD-11
39Edoardo Zardini2453
41Wilco Kelderman237
42Jetse Bol24156
43Rick Flens31132
44Marc Goos2335
45Martijn Keizer2667
46Steven Kruijswijk26DNF-9[10]
47David Tanner29130
48Maarten Tjallingii3692
49Jos van Emden29107
51Cadel Evans378
52Brent Bookwalter3068
53Yannick Eijssen24DNF-10[11]
54Ben Hermans2772
55Steve Morabito3125
56Daniel Oss27103
57Manuel Quinziato34112
58Samuel Sánchez3624
59Danilo Wyss2884
61Ivan Basso3615
62Oscar Gatto29116
63Michel Koch22152
64Paolo Longo Borghini3399
65Alan Marangoni29137
66Moreno Moser23120
67Daniele Ratto24126
68Davide Villella22DNF-6
69Elia Viviani25145
71Fabio Duarte2728
72Rodolfo Torres2781
73Edwin Ávila24HD-9[12]
74Robinson Chalapud3075
75Leonardo Duque3478
76Jarlinson Pantano2532
77Carlos Quintero28117
78Jeffry Romero24149
79Miguel Ángel Rubiano29101
81 Nacer Bouhanni23140
82Sébastien Chavanel31150
83Arnaud Courteille25DNF-16[13]
84Murilo Fischer34135
85Alexandre Geniez2613
86Johan Le Bon2389
87Francis Mourey3333
88Laurent Pichon27129
89Jussi Veikkanen33109
91Ryder Hesjedal339
92André Cardoso2920
93Thomas Dekker29DNF-16
94Tyler Farrar29147
95Koldo Fernández32HD-1[14]
96Nathan Haas25104
97Dan Martin27DNF-1[15]
98Dylan van Baarle21DNS-15[16]
99Fabian Wegmann33DNF-11[17]
100Damiano Cunego3219
101Winner Anacona2562
102Matteo Bono3077
103Mattia Cattaneo2364
104Roberto Ferrari31144
105Manuele Mori33118
106Przemysław Niemiec3449
107Jan Polanc2242
109Diego Ulissi24DNS-18[18]
111Maxime Monfort3114
112Lars Bak3456
113Kenny Dehaes29HD-19[19]
114Gert Dockx25115
115Adam Hansen3273
116Sander Armée2847
117Tosh Van der Sande2393
118Tim Wellens2254
119Dennis Vanendert25DNS-14[20]
121 Nairo Quintana241
122Andrey Amador27110
123Igor Antón3137
124Eros Capecchi2779
125Jonathan Castroviejo2757
126José Herrada2823
127Gorka Izagirre2683
128Francisco Ventoso32125
129Adriano Malori26121
131Matteo Rabottini2617
132Giorgio Cecchinel24DNS-6[21]
133Ramón Carretero23DNF-7[22]
134Francesco Chicchi33DNS-9[23]
135Daniele Colli32DNF-16
136Andrea Fedi22148
137Mauro Finetto28DNF-16
138Jonathan Monsalve2466
139Simone Ponzi27106
141Rigoberto Urán272
142Gianluca Brambilla2629
143Thomas De Gendt2765
144Iljo Keisse31139
145Serge Pauwels3031
146Alessandro Petacchi40DNF-16
147Wout Poels2621
148Pieter Serry2574
149Julien Vermote2488
151Ivan Santaromita30DNS-18[24]
152Luke Durbridge23DNF-11[25]
153Michael Hepburn22154
154Brett Lancaster34DNS-7[26]
155Michael Matthews23DNS-11[27]
156Cameron Meyer26DNS-8[28]
157Mitchell Docker27DNF-15[29]
158Svein Tuft37155
159Pieter Weening33DNF-14[30]
161Pierre Rolland274
162Yukiya Arashiro29127
163Angelo Tulik23123
164Tony Hurel26134
165Davide Malacarne2639
166Maxime Méderel33DNF-7[31]
167Perrig Quémeneur3080
168Romain Sicard2651
169Björn Thurau25DNF-16[32]
171Marcel Kittel25DNS-4[33]
172Bert De Backer30133
173Simon Geschke2869
174Tobias Ludvigsson23DNF-12[34]
175Luka Mezgec25136
176Georg Preidler2327
177Tom Stamsnijder28143
178Albert Timmer2887
179Tom Veelers29146
181Joaquim Rodríguez34DNS-7
182Maxim Belkov2990
183Giampaolo Caruso33DNF-6[35]
184Vladimir Gusev3160
185Alberto Losada3236
186Daniel Moreno3241
187Luca Paolini37111
188Ángel Vicioso37DNF-6
189Eduard Vorganov3155
191Dario Cataldo2926
192Edvald Boasson Hagen26DNS-16[36]
193Philip Deignan3043
194Bernhard Eisel33138
195Sebastián Henao2022
196Christopher Sutton29153
197Salvatore Puccio2498
198Kanstantsin Sivtsov31DNF-14[37]
199Ben Swift26113
201Nicolas Roche2930
202Christopher Juul-Jensen24100
203Rafał Majka246
204Evgeni Petrov3548
205Paweł Poljański2350
206Ivan Rovny2646
207Chris Anker Sørensen29DNS-12[38]
208Jay McCarthy2391
209Michael Rogers3418
211Robert Kišerlovski2710
212Eugenio Alafaci23151
213 Julián Arredondo2561
214Fabio Felline2496
215Danilo Hondo40114
216Giacomo Nizzolo25141
217Boy van Poppel26131
218Fumiyuki Beppu3182
219Riccardo Zoidl2640

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2014 Giro d'Italia represented 30 different countries.

CountryNo. of ridersFinishersStage wins
1383 (Michael Rogers x2, Michael Matthews)
33
10
1512
11
22
14134 (Nairo Quintana x2, Julián Arredondo, Rigoberto Urán)
11
11
32
11
18163 (Nacer Bouhanni x3)
742 (Marcel Kittel x2)
11
32
59456 (Diego Ulissi x2, Fabio Aru, Enrico Battaglin, Marco Canola, Stefano Pirazzi)
22
11
17131 (Pieter Weening)
10
10
33
11
55
431 (Luka Mezgec)
129
10
22
22
33
Total198156

Notes and References

  1. News: Giro d'Italia 2014 start list. Cycling Weekly. Nigel. Wynn. 8 May 2014. 7 June 2014.
  2. News: Androni Giocattoli secures 2014 Giro d'Italia wild card. Stephen. Farrand. Cyclingnews.com. 14 October 2013. 9 May 2014.
  3. News: Giro d'Italia asks fans to vote for wildcard teams. Gregor. Brown. Cycling Weekly. 10 January 2014. 9 May 2014.
  4. News: Bardiani–CSF, Colombia and YellowFluo handed Giro d'Italia wildcard invitations. Barry. Ryan. Cyclingnews.com. 16 January 2014. 9 May 2014.
  5. News: Nairo Quintana takes control on stage 16 of Giro d'Italia. Cycling Weekly. 27 May 2014. 27 May 2014. Alessandro Petacchi (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Michele Scarponi (Astana) and Thomas Dekker (Garmin–Sharp) were among those who did not finish the stage..
  6. News: GC contender Rodriguez abandons Giro after stage 6 crash. Gregor. Brown. 15 May 2014. 15 May 2014. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc..
  7. News: Ruffoni et Appollonio hors délai. fr. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 21 May 2014. 21 May 2014. Ruffoni and Appollonio out of time.
  8. News: Si ritira Belletti. it. La Repubblica. Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso. 24 May 2014. 24 May 2014. Withdrawal of Belletti.
  9. News: Stage 18: Belluno – Rif. Panarotta (Valsugana) – Withdrawn. La Gazzetta dello Sport. RCS MediaGroup. 30 May 2014. 30 May 2014.
  10. News: Kruijswijk geeft op in Giro. nl. NOS.nl. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 18 May 2014. 18 May 2014. Kruijswijk gives up in Giro.
  11. News: Eijssen Lost To Crash. . BMC Trading. 20 May 2014. 20 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032403/http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index.php?id=115&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2014&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=05&tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=20&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2717&cHash=fc88f2c1941124c28dbcf68ca1240833. 21 May 2014. dead.
  12. News: Edwin Ávila eliminado del Giro de Italia por llegar fuera de tiempo. es. El País. Diario El País S.A.. 18 May 2014. 18 May 2014. Edwin Avila eliminated from the Giro d'Italia for being out of time. https://web.archive.org/web/20140519003707/http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/deportes/noticias/edwin-avila-eliminado-giro-italia-por-llegar-fuera-tiempo. 19 May 2014. dead.
  13. News: Quintana z etapno zmago do rožnate majice vodilnega. sl. Quintana stage win to a leader's pink jersey. Siol. 27 May 2014. 27 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531062452/http://www.siol.net/sportal/kolesarstvo/2014/05/dirka_po_italiji_16_etapa.aspx. 31 May 2014. dead.
  14. News: Stage 01: Belfast – Belfast (TTT) – Withdrawn. La Gazzetta dello Sport. RCS MediaGroup. 9 May 2014. 17 May 2014.
  15. News: Dan Martin crashes out in stage one. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014. 10 May 2014. Peter. Scrivener.
  16. News: Dylan van Baarle stapt uit de Giro. nl. De Gelderlander. Koninklijke Wegener NV. 25 May 2014. 25 May 2014. Dylan van Baarle leaves the Giro.
  17. News: Wegmann suffers hamstring tear in Giro d'Italia crash. Cyclingnews.com. 21 May 2014. 21 May 2014.
  18. News: Ulissi abandons the Giro d'Italia with sore throat and fever. Cyclingnews.com. 29 May 2014. 29 May 2014.
  19. News: Jury kent geen genade: Dehaes moet naar huis na kettingbreuk in tijdrit. nl. Jury has no mercy: Dehaes got to go home after chain breakage in individual time trial. De Morgen. De Persgroep Nederland. 30 May 2014. 31 May 2014. Belga.
  20. News: Giro-peloton verliest opnieuw een Belg. nl. SportWereld–Het Nieuwsblad. Corelio. 24 May 2014. 24 May 2014. Giro peloton loses another Belgian.
  21. News: Neri-Alè, ritiro per Cecchinel . it . Neri-Alè, withdrawal for Cecchinel . Riccardo . Zucchi . 15 May 2014 . 15 May 2014 . Spazio Ciclismo . Tutto Mercato . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517023328/http://www.spaziociclismo.it/giro-2014/neri-ale-ritiro-per-cecchinel-37806 . 17 May 2014 .
  22. News: Ramón Carretero abandonó el Giro de Italia en la etapa 7. es. La Estrella de Panamá. La Estrella y El Siglo. 16 May 2014. 16 May 2014. Ramón Carretero left the Giro d'Italia in stage 7.
  23. News: Si ritira Francesco Chicchi. it. La Repubblica. Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso. 18 May 2014. 18 May 2014. Withdrawal of Francesco Chicchi.
  24. News: Orica heeft nog twee renners over na opgave Santaromita. nl. Orica has two riders after Santaromita gives up. De Volkskrant. De Persgroep Nederland. Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. 29 May 2014. 29 May 2014.
  25. News: Michael Rogers solos to win stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia. Cycling Weekly. 21 May 2014. 21 May 2014. Orica-GreenEdge's Luke Durbridge abandoned with a suspected broken collarbone..
  26. News: Rain, Italian roads are a dangerous mix at the Giro. Andrew. Hood. VeloNews. 16 May 2014. 16 May 2014. Orica-GreenEdge placed three riders into the winning, eight-man move, with Michael Matthews taking the stage victory, but day-one pink jersey holder Svein Tuft went down hard, and Aussie veteran Brett Lancaster did not start Friday..
  27. News: Michael Matthews out of Giro d'Italia, into Tour de France frame. The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2014. 21 May 2014. Rupert. Guinness.
  28. News: Matthews verder zonder Meyer in Giro. nl. RTL Nieuws. RTL Nederland. 17 May 2014. 17 May 2014. Matthews continues without Meyer in Giro.
  29. News: Stage 15: Valdengo – Plan di Montecampione – Withdrawn. La Gazzetta dello Sport. RCS MediaGroup. 25 May 2014. 25 May 2014.
  30. News: Weening uit Giro met maagklachten. nl. NOS.nl. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 24 May 2014. 24 May 2014. Weening out of Giro with gastric problems.
  31. News: Maxime Médérel abandonne le tour d'Italie. fr. Emmanuel. Braud. France 3. France Télévisions. 16 May 2014. 16 May 2014. Maxime Médérel abandons the Giro d'Italia.
  32. News: Quintana ist der neue Mann in Rosa. de. Quintana is the new man in pink. Spox.com. Perform Media Deutschland GmbH. 27 May 2014. 27 May 2014. Der Frankfurter Björn Thurau (Europcar) kam nicht innerhalb des Zeitlimits ins Ziel und schied aus. [The Frankfurt rider Björn Thurau (Europcar) did not finish within the time limit and retired]..
  33. News: Giant-Shimano sprinter Marcel Kittel forced to abandon following German's two stage wins. The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2014. 13 May 2014.
  34. News: Tobias Ludvigsson crashes out, Georg Preidler 22nd on Giro on Stage 12 time trial. . SMS Cycling B.V.. 22 May 2014. 22 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140522233926/http://www.teamgiantshimano.com/2014/05/tobias-ludvigsson-crashes-georg-preidler-22nd-giro-stage-12-time-trial/. 22 May 2014. dead.
  35. News: Black day for Katusha in Giro d'Italia. Alasdair. Fotheringham. Alasdair Fotheringham. 15 May 2014. 15 May 2014. Cyclingnews.com.
  36. News: Team Sky rider Edvald Boasson Hagen forced to withdraw through injury. Sky Sports. BSkyB. 27 May 2014. 27 May 2014.
  37. Web site: Klimmen naar Oropa. nl. NOS.nl. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 24 May 2014. 24 May 2014. Climb to Oropa.
  38. News: Sorensen a abandonné. fr. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 22 May 2014. 22 May 2014. Sorensen abandoned.