Giro Rosa 2016: Riders

The Giro Rosa is the most important stage race for women on the cycling calendar. 25 teams race with six riders each. Title defender Anna van der Breggen goes head to head with two times winner Mara Abott and World Champion Elzabeth Armitstead. Cyclingstage .com brings you the start list of the 2016 Giro Rosa. (Slideshow route/profile)

Alé Cipollini
Marta Bastianelli, Małgorzata Jasinska, Dalia Muccioli, Ane Santesteban, Marta Tagliaferro, Anna Trevisi

Aromitalia – Vaiano
Nicole Nesti, Beatrice Bartelloni, Alessia Bulleri, Elena Franchi, Rasa Leleivyte, Alessia Martini

Astana Women’s Team
Sofia Beggin, Sofia Bertizzolo, Ingrid Drexel, Arianna Fidanza, Carolina Rodriguez, Natalya Saifutdinova

Bepink
Amber Neben, Lex Albrecht, Ilaria Sanguineti, Tereza Medvedova, Ksenyia Tuhai, Silvia Valsecchi

Bizkaia-Durango
Lise Olivier, Kimberley le Court, Roos Hoogeboom, Margarita Victoria Garcia, Lourdes Oyarbide, Lierni Lekuona

Boels – Dolmans Cycling Team
Elizabeth Armitstead, Megan Guarnier, Evelyn Stevens, Karol-Ann Canuel, Amalie Dideriksen, Christine Majerus

BTC City Ljubljana
Anna Plichta, Eugenia Bujak, Polona Batagelj, Urša Pintar, Spela Kern, Martina Ritter

Canyon SRAM Racing
Elena Cecchini, Alena Amialiusik, Alexis Ryan, Tiffany Cromwell, Barbara Guarischi, Trixi Worrack

Cylance Pro Cycling
Doris Schweizer, Valentina Scandolara, Rossella Ratto, Kristabel Doebel-Hickok, Sheyla Gutiérrez

Hagens Berman / Supermint Pro Cycling Team
Scotti Lechuga, Liza Rachetto, Jessica Uebelhart, Yevgenia Vysotska, Carmela Cipriani, Eri Yonamine

Hitec Products
Tatiana Guderzo, Simona Frapporti, Ingrid Lorvik, Charlotte Becker, Lauren Kitchen, Thea Thorsen

Inpa – Bianchi
Tetyana Riabchenko, Daiva Tuslaite, Anna Zita Maria Stricker, Lara Vieceli, Ana Covrig, Michela Pavin

Lensworld – Zannata
Alice Maria Arzuffi, Maria Giulia Confalonieri, Annelies Dom, Nina Kessler, Oxana Kozonchuk, Kim De Baat

Lointek
Anna Ramírez, Rocio Garcia, Eider Merino, Alicia González, Lucía González, Gloria Rodriguez

Lotto Soudal Ladies
Claudia Lichtenberg, Emma Pooley, Sofie De Vuyst, Anisha Vekemans, Susanna Zorzi, An-Li Kachelhoffer

Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
Aude Biannic, Amelie Rivat, Anabelle Dreville, Séverine Eraud, Roxane Fournier, Charlotte Bravard

Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
Anna van der Breggen, Shara Gillow, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Lucinda Brand, Roxane Knetemann, Thalita de Jong

S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
Federica Nicolai, Laura Camila Lozano, Mónika Király, Michela Balducci, Francesca Balducci, Nina Gulino

Servetto Footon
Katia Ragusa, Ting Ying Huang, Anna Potokina, Anna Ceoloni, Ana Paula Polegatch, Abby-Mae Parkinson

Team Liv-Plantur
Riejanne Markus, Leah Kirchmann, Molly Weaver, Carlee Taylor, Rozanne Slik, Julia Soek

Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
Irene Bitto, Nicole dal Santo, Elena Leonardi, Asja Paladin, Soraya Paladin, Nadia Quagliotto

Wiggle High5
Elisa Longo Borghini, Giorgia Bronzini, Mara Abbott, Audrey Cordon, Mayuko Hagiwara, Chloe Hosking

Xirayas de San Luis – OPW
Maria Carla Alvarez, Estefania Pilz, Valeria Pintos, Alicia Reynoso, Antonella Leonardi, Paola Munoz

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