2009 Giro D'Italia - Teams

Teams

For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia.

Twenty-two teams were announced for the Giro. These included fifteen ProTour teams, and seven Professional Continental teams. Three ProTour teams did not wish to participate, and were thus not invited: Cofidis, Euskaltel-Euskadi, and Française des Jeux. Conversely, the organizers of the race originally declined to invite Fuji-Servetto, but changed this decision on 23 April, inviting them as the Giro's 22nd and final team. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 198 cyclists.

The 22 teams that took part in the race were:

  • Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
  • Ag2r-La Mondiale
  • Astana
  • Barloworld
  • Bbox Bouygues Telecom
  • Caisse d'Epargne
  • Cervélo TestTeam
  • Diquigiovanni-Androni
  • Fuji-Servetto
  • Garmin-Slipstream
  • ISD
  • Lampre-NGC
  • Liquigas
  • LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini
  • Quick Step
  • Rabobank
  • Silence-Lotto
  • Team Columbia-High Road
  • Team Katusha
  • Team Milram
  • Team Saxo Bank
  • Xacobeo-Galicia

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