Hugh Carthy will also make his Giro debut, riding for Cannondale-Drapac having signed on as a pro at the start of the season. Carthy already has one Grand Tour under his belt, having ridden last year’s Vuelta with the US-based team as a stagiaire.

In total, one hundred and ninety seven riders from 22 teams will start the race in Sardinia on Friday (May 4). Astana will line-up with eight riders, instead of the usual nine, having left one space free following the tragic death of 2011 Giro winner Michele Scarponi, who was due to lead the team at the race.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will start the Giro as favourite, bidding to add a second title to his palmares having won the race in 2014, while Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), who will ride a custom bike made from gold, will seek to become only the eighth rider to win the Giro three times.

Here’s the full start list for the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia.

Bora-Hansgrohe

51 BARTA Jan CZE
52 BENEDETTI Cesare ITA
53 BENNETT Sam IRL
54 KONRAD Patrick AUT
55 MENDES José POR
56 MÜHLBERGER Gregor AUT
57 PELUCCHI Matteo ITA
58 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas AUT
59 SELIG Rü•diger GER

D.S. PÖMER Christian

Cannondale-Drapac

61 ROLLAND Pierre FRA
62 CARTHY Hugh GBR
63 DOMBROWSKI Joe USA
64 FORMOLO Davide ITA
65 HOWES Alex USA
66 KOREN Kristijan SLO
67 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte NED
68 VILLELLA Davide ITA
69 WOODS Michael CAN

D.S. GUIDI Fabrizio

CCC Sprandi Polkowice

71 HIRT Jan CZE
72 BIALOBLOCKI Marcin POL
73 GROSSCHARTNER Felix AUT
74 OWSIAN Lukasz POL
75 PATERSKI Maciej POL
76 PONZI Simone ITA
77 SAMOILAU Branislau BLR
78 SCHLEGEL Michal CZE
79 TRATNIK Jan SLO

D.S. WADECKI Piotr

FDJ

81 PINOT Thibaut FRA
82 BONNET William FRA
83 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA
84 LUDVIGSSON Tobias SWE
85 MOLARD Rudy FRA
86 MORABITO Steve SUI
87 REICHENBACH Sébastien SUI
88 ROY Jérémy FRA
89 VAUGRENARD Benoit FRA

D.S. GUESDON Frederic

Gazprom-Rusvelo

91 FIRSANOV Sergey RUS
92 BRUTT Pavel RUS
93 FOLIFOROV Alexander RUS
94 KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy RUS
95 LAGUTIN Sergey RUS
96 ROVNY Ivan RUS
97 SAVITCKII Ivan RUS
98 SHALUNOV Evgeny RUS
99 TCATEVICH Aleksei RUS

D.S. KHAMIDULIN Renat

Lotto-Soudal

100 GREIPEL André GER
101 BAK YTTING Lars DEN
102 DE BIE Sean BEL
103 DE BUYST Jasper BEL
104 DE CLERCQ Bart BEL
105 HANSEN Adam AUS
106 HOFLAND Moreno NED
107 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz POL
109 MONFORT Maxime BEL

D.S. LEYSEN Bart

Movistar

111 QUINTANA Nairo COL
112 AMADOR Andrey CRC
113 ANACONA Winner COL
114 BENNATI Daniele ITA
115 DE LA PARTE Victor ESP
116 HERRADA Jose ESP
117 IZAGUIRRE Gorka ESP
118 ROJAS Jose ESP
119 SUTHERLAND Rory AUS

D.S. ARRIETA Jose Luis

Orica-Scott

121 YATES Adam GBR
122 EDMONDSON Alexander AUS
123 EWAN Caleb AUS
124 HEPBURN Michael AUS
125 JUUL JENSEN Christopher DEN
126 MEZGEC Luka SLO
127 PLAZA Ruben ESP
128 TUFT Svein CAN
129 VERONA Carlos ESP

D.S. WHITE Matthew

QuickStep Floors

131 JUNGELS Bob LUX
132 CAPECCHI Eros ITA
133 DE PLUS Laurens BEL
134 DEVENYNS Dries BEL
135 GAVIRIA Fernando COL
136 KEISSE Iljo BEL
137 MARTINELLI Davide ITA
138 RICHEZE Maximiliano ARG
139 SERRY Pieter BEL

D.S. BRAMATI Davide

Team Dimension Data

141 HAAS Nathan AUS
142 ANTON Igor ESP
143 BERHANE Natnael ERI
144 FRAILE Omar ESP
145 GIBBONS Ryan RSA
146 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques RSA
147 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA
148 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel ERI
149 VAN ZYL Johann RSA

D.S. COOKSON Oli

UAE Team Emirates

201 COSTA Rui Alberto POR
202 CONTI Valerio ITA
203 FERRARI Roberto ITA
204 MARCATO Marco ITA
205 MODOLO Sacha ITA
206 MOHORIC Matej SLO
207 RAVASI Edward ITA
208 PETILLI Simone ITA
209 POLANC Jan SLO

D.S. MARZANO Marco

Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia

211 POZZATO Filippo 0 ITA
212 AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen Y ESP
213 BUSATO Matteo 0 ITA
214 FONZI Giuseppe 0 ITA
215 KOSHEVOY Ilia 0 BLR
216 MARECZKO Jakub Y ITA
217 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Y COL
218 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian Y ESP
219 ZHUPA Eugert 0 ALB

D.S. SCINTO Luca