Giro d'Italia 2020: All teams and riders - The start list of the Giro d'Italia 2020

Giro in autumn - an adventurous scenario awaits the professional cyclists, because never before has the Giro crossed high Alpine passes in mid-October. The team presentation in Palermo on Thursday, 1 October, which was characterised by the obligation to wear masks and social distancing corridors, showed that the approaching second wave of coronavirus means that professional cycling is far from returning to normality. Nevertheless, organiser RCS and the participating 22 teams glad to be able to start at all. Only Eurosport is broadcasting on German-language TV - but the sports broadcaster is only showing the first nine stages on Eurosport 2 live. The free-to-air Eurosport 1 will not start live coverage until the 10th stage on 13 October.

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The starting field for the 103rd edition of the Giro includes some prominent names, not least Gerraint Thomas (Ineos), who surprisingly was not in the British team's Tour de France squad. His compatriot Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who was in the lead at the Giro two years ago until shortly before the finish, the Astana combo Fuglsang/López and Bora-Hansgrohe captain Rafal Majka will also be aiming for a top-five finish in the overall standings.

The sprinters' field is also strong with Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) and Elia Viviani (Cofidis). With Marco Mathis (Cofidis), Nico Denz (Team Sunweb), Tony Martin and Christopher Pfingesten (with Jumbo-Visma) and Rick Zabel (Israel Start Up Nation), there are only five German pros at the start in Palermo. They are bolded in the following start list to make them easier to recognise.

The start list of the Giro d'Italia 2020

Ag2r La Mondiale

• GALLOPIN Tony
• BIDARD François
• BOUCHARD Geoffrey
• GASTAUER Ben
• HÄNNINEN Jaakko
• PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
• VENDRAME Andrea
• WARBASSE Larry

Astana Pro Team

• FUGLSANG Jakob
• BOARO Manuele
• CONTRERAS Rodrigo
• FELLINE Fabio
• GREGAARD Jonas
• LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
• RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
• VLASOV Aleksandr

Bahrain-McLaren

• BATTAGLIN Enrico
• ARASHIRO Yukiya
• BILBAO Pello
• CAPECCHI Eros
• NOVAK Domen
• PADUN Mark
• PERNSTEINER Hermann
• TRATNIK Jan

Bora-Hansgrohe

• SAGAN Peter
• BENEDETTI Cesare
• BODNAR Maciej
• FABBRO Matteo
• GAMPER Patrick
• KONRAD Patrick
• MAJKA Rafał
• POLJANSKI Pawel

CCC Team

• ČERNÝ Josef
• DE LA PARTE Víctor
• GRADEK Kamil
• KOCHETKOV Pavel
• MAŁECKI Kamil
• ROSSKOPF Ilnur
• VALTER Attila
• ZAKARIN Ilnur

Cofidis

• VIVIANI Elia
• CONSONNI Simone
• EDET Nicolas
• HAAS Nathan
• HANSEN Jesper
• LE TURNIER Mathias
• ROSSETTO Stéphane
• MATHIS Marco

Deceuninck-Quick-Step

• ALMEIDA João
• BALLERINI Davide
• HODEG Alvaro
• HONORÉ Mikkel
• KEISSE Iljo
• KNOX James
• MASNADA Fausto
• SERRY Pieter

EF Pro Cycling

• BENNETT Sean
• CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
• CLARKE Simon
• CRADDOCK Lawson
• GUERREIRO Ruben
• KANGERT Tanel
• MORTON Lachlan
• WHELAN James

Groupama - FDJ

• DÉMARE Arnaud
• FRANKINY Kilian
• GUARNIERI Jacopo
• GUGLIELMI Simon
• KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
• SCOTSON Miles
• SINKELDAM Ramon
• THOMAS Benjamin

Israel Start-Up Nation

• BARBIER Rudy
• BRÄNDLE Matthias
• CATAFORD Alexander
• CIMOLAI Davide
• DOWSETT Alex
• NAVARRO Daniel
• SAGIV Guy
• ZABEL Rick

Lotto-Soudal

• DE GENDT Thomas
• HAGEN Carl Fredrik
• HANSEN Adam
• VANHOUCKE Harm
• HOLMES Matthew
• OLDANI Stefano
• DIBBEN Jonathan
• ARMEE Sander

Mitchelton-Scott

• YATES Simon
• AFFINI Edoardo
• BOOKWALTER Brent
• HAIG Jack
• HAMILTON Lucas
• HEPBURN Michael
• HOWSON Damien
• MEYER Cameron

Movistar Team

• CATALDO Dario
• VILLELLA Davide
• RUBIO One
• SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo
• CARRETERO Héctor
• PEDRERO Antonio
• SAMITIER Sergio
• TORRES Albert

NTT Pro Cycling

• MEINTJES Louis
• CAMPENAERTS Victor
• POZZOVIVO Domenico
• GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
• O'CONNOR Ben
• SOBRERO Matteo
• SUNDERLAND Dylan
• WYSS Danilo

Team Ineos

• THOMAS Geraint
• CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
• DENNIS Rohan
• GANNA Filippo
• GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
• NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
• PUCCIO Salvatore
• SWIFT Ben

Jumbo-Visma

• KRUIJSWIJK Steven
• BOUWMAN Koen
• FOSS Tobias
• HARPER Chris
• MARTIN Tony
• PFINGSTEN Christoph
• TOLHOEK Antwan
• VAN EMDEN Jos

Team Sunweb

• KELDERMAN Wilco
• DENZ Nico
• HAGA Chad
• HAMILTON Christopher
• HINDLEY Jai
• MATTHEWS Michael
• OOMEN Sam
• TUSVELD Martijn

Trek-Segafredo

• NIBALI Vincenzo
• BERNARD Julien
• BRAMBILLA Gianluca
• CICCONE Giulio
• CONCI Nicola
• MOSCA Jacopo
• NIBALI Antonio
• WEENING Pieter

UAE Team Emirates

• ULISSI Diego
• BJERG Mikkel
• CONTI Valerio
• DOMBROWSKI Joseph
• GAVIRIA Fernando
• MCNULTY Brandon
• MOLANO Juan Sebastian
• RICHEZE Maximiliano

Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec

• BAIS Mattia
• BISOLTI Alessandro
• CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander
• CHIRICO Luca
• PELLAUD Simon
• RAVANELLI Simone
• RESTREPO Jhonatan
• RUMAC Josip

Bardiani CSF Faizanè

• CARBONI Giovanni
• COVILI Luca
• FIORELLI Filippo
• LONARDI Giovanni
• MAZZUCCO Fabio
• ROMANO Francesco
• TONELLI Alessandro
• ZANA Filippo

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