The 2018 Giro d’Italia is less than a month away. The start of the first Grand Tour of the season will take place for the first time in history in non-European country. In facts, Israel is holding the three opening stages of the Corsa Rosa from the 4 to the 6, May. Eighteen stages will follow the ones held in the Middle-east. The race will last until the 27, May, in its entirety on Italian soil. Seven up-hill finishes are inserted into the 2018 Giro d’Italia route. In addiction to two individual time trials, seven flat stages and five hilly ones, for a total of 3562 kilometers. Twenty-two teams will take part to the 2018 Giro d’Italia. As well as the eighteen World Teams, four Professional teams will participate: those are Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia, Bardiani – CSF, Androni – Sidermec and Israel Cycling Academy.
Waiting for the official startlist, we have tried to draw up a list of participants. We have looked around counsulting press releases, interviews and announcements as far as possible. For the rest – everything that is put in Italics – consider it the product of a revision process of current rumors and last editions’ startlists in addiction to the analysis of the adjustment paths underpinned by the protagonists.
Giro d’Italia 2018 Provisional Startlist
SUN TEAM SUNWEB GER ✓
1 DUMOULIN Tom NED
2 CURVERS Roy NED
3 HAGA Chad USA
4 HAMILTON Chris AUS
5 HOFSTEDE Lennard GER
6 OOMEN Sam NED
7 TEN DAM Laurens NED
8 VERVAEKE Louis BEL
ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA ✓
11 GENIEZ Alexandre FRA
12 BIDARD François FRA
13 CHEREL Mikael FRA
14 DENZ Nico GER
15 DUPONT Hubert FRA
16 JAUREGUI Quentin FRA
17 MONTAGUTI Matteo ITA
18 VENTURINI Clement FRA
ANS ANDRONI – SIDERMEC ITA ✓
21 GAVAZZI Francesco ITA
22 BALLERINI Davide ITA
23 BELLETTI Manuel ITA
24 CATTANEO Mattia ITA
25 FRAPPORTI Marco ITA
26 MASNADA Fausto ITA
27 TORRES Rodolfo COL
28 VENDRAME Andrea ITA
AST ASTANA PRO TEAM KAZ ✓
31 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel COL
32 BILBAO Pello ESP
33 HIRT Jan CZE
34 KANGERT Tanel EST
35 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ
36 SANCHEZ Luis Leon ESP
37 VILLELLA Davide ITA
38 ZEITS Andrey KAZ
TBM BAHRAIN – MERIDA BRN ✓
41 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA
42 BOARO Manuele ITA
43 BONIFAZIO Niccolò ITA
44 MOHORIC Matej SLO
45 NIBALI Antonio ITA
46 NOVAK Domen SLO
47 SIUTSOU Kanstantin BLR
48 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA
BAR BARDIANI – CSF ITA ✓
51 CICCONE Giulio ITA
52 ANDREETTA Simone ITA
53 BARBIN Enrico ITA
54 GUARDINI Andrea ITA
55 MAESTRI Mirco ITA
56 SENNI Manuel ITA
57 SIMION Paolo ITA
58 TONELLI Alessandro ITA
BMC BMC RACING TEAM USA ✓
61 DENNIS Rohan AUS
62 DE MARCHI Alessandro ITA
63 DRUCKER Jempy NZL
64 FRANKINY Kilian SUI
65 ROCHE Nicolas IRL
66 ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL
67 VENTOSO Francisc ESP
68 VLIEGEN Loic BEL
BOH BORA – hansgrohe GER ✓
71 FORMOLO Davide ITA
72 BENEDETTI Cesare ITA
73 BENNETT Sam IRL
74 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT
75 KONRAD Patrick AUT
76 PFINGSTEN Christoph GER
77 SCHILLINGER Andreas GER
78 SELIG Rudiger GER
FDJ GROUPAMA-FDJ FRA ✓
81 PINOT Thibaut FRA
82 BONNET William FRA
83 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA
84 MORABITO Steve SUI
85 PREIDLER Georg AUT
86 REICHENBACH Sébastien SUI
87 ROUX Anthony FRA
88 ROY Jérémy FRA
ICA ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY ISR ✓
91 HERMANS Ben BEL
92 BOIVIN Guillaume CAN
93 DEMPSTER Zakkari AUS
94 NEILANDS Krists LAT
95 NIV Guy ISR
96 PLAZA Ruben ESP
97 SAGIV Guy ISR
98 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA
LTS LOTTO – FIXALL BEL ✓
101 WELLENS Tim BEL
102 ARMEE Sander BEL
103 BAK Lars Ytting DEN
104 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL
105 DEBUSSCHERE Jens BEL
106 FRISON Frederik BEL
107 HANSEN Adam AUS
109 VAN DER SANDE Tosh BEL
MTS MITCHELTON – SCOTT AUS ✓
111 CHAVES Esteban COL
112 BEWLEY Sam NZE
113 HAIG Jack AUS
114 JUUL-JENSEN Christopher DEN
115 KREUZIGER Roman CZE
116 NIEVE Mikel ESP
117 TUFT Sven CAN
118 YATES Simon GBR
MOV MOVISTAR TEAM ESP ✓
121 BETANCUR Carlos COL
122 CARAPAZ Richard ECU
123 DE LA PARTE Victor ESP
125 FERNANDEZ Ruben ESP
126 PEDRERO Antonio ESP
127 QUINTANA Dayer ESP
127 SEPULVEDA Edoardo ARG
128 VALLS FERRI Rafael ESP
QST QUICK-STEP FLOORS BEL ✓
131 VIVIANI Elia ITA
132 CAPECCHI Eros ITA
133 CAVAGNA Rémi FRA
134 MORKOV Michael DEN
135 SABATINI Fabio ITA
136 SCHACHMANN Michael GER
137 SENECHAL Florian FRA
138 STYBAR Zdenek CZE
DDD TEAM DIMENSION DATA RSA ✓
141 MEINTJES Louis RSA
142 ANTON Igor ESP
143 BEHRANE Natnael ERI
144 GIBBONS Ryan RSA
145 KING Ben USA
146 O’CONNOR Ben AUS
147 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques RSA
148 VENTER Jaco RSA
EFD EDUCARION FIRST – DRAPAC USA ✓
151 WOODS Michael CAN
152 SCULLY Tom NZE
153 CARTHY Hugh GBR
154 DOCKER Mitch AUS
155 DOMBROWSKI Joe USA
156 MODOLO Sacha ITA
157 VAN ASBROECK Tom BEL
158 BROWN Nate USA
TKA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN SUI ✓
161 BELKOV Maxim RUS
162 DOWSETT Alex GBR
163 GONCALVES José POR
164 KUZNETSOV Viacheslav RUS
165 LAMMERTINK Maurits NED
166 MARTIN Tony GER
167 PLANCKAERT Baptiste BEL
168 WURTZ SCHMIDT Mads DEN
TLJ TEAM LOTTONL – JUMBO NED ✓
171 BATTAGLIN Enrico ITA
172 BENNETT George NZL
173 BOUWMAN Koen NED
174 VAN EMDEN Jos NED
175 GESINK Robert NED
176 VAN HOECKE Gijs NED
177 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan NED
178 VAN POPPEL Danny NED
SKY TEAM SKY GBR ✓
181 FROOME Chris GBR
182 DE LA CRUZ David ESP
183 ELISSONDE Kenny FRA
184 HENAO Sergio COL
185 KIRIYENKA Vasil BLR
186 KNEES Kristian GER
187 POELS Wout NED
188 PUCCIO Salvatore ITA
TFS TREK – SEGAFREDO USA ✓
191 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA
192 DIDIER Laurent LUX
193 IRIZAR Markel ESP
194 EG Niklas DEN
195 MULLEN Ryan IRL
196 PANTANO Jarlinson COL
197 VAN POPPEL Boy NED
198 PEDERSEN Mads DEN
UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES UAE ✓
201 ARU Fabio ITA
202 ATAPUMA Darwin COL
203 CONTI Valerio ITA
204 LAENGEN Vegard Stake NOR
205 MARCATO Marco ITA
206 MORI Manuele ITA
207 POLANC Jan SLO
208 ULISSI Diego ITA
WIL WILIER – SELLE ITALIA ITA ✓
211 MARECZKO Jakub ITA
212 BERTAZZO Liam ITA
213 COLEDAN Marco ITA
214 FONZI Giuseppe ITA
215 MOSCA Jacopo ITA
216 TURRIN Alex ITA
217 ZARDINI Edoardo ITA
218 ZHUPA Eugert ALB