Teams
For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2006 Giro d'Italia.Twenty-two teams contested the 2006 Giro. Since it was a UCI ProTour event, the 20 ProTour teams were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad. Race officials also invited two other teams. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, giving the race a 198-man peloton at its outset.
The 22 teams in the race were:
- AG2R Prévoyance
- Bouygues Télécom
- Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
- Cofidis
- Crédit Agricole
- Davitamon-Lotto
- Discovery Channel
- Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Française des Jeux
- Gerolsteiner
- Lampre-Fondital
- Liberty Seguros-Würth
- Liquigas
- Phonak
- Quick Step-Innergetic
- Rabobank
- Saunier Duval-Prodir
- Selle Italia-Diquigiovanni
- T-Mobile Team
- Team CSC
- Team Milram
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