Out of a maximum 22 teams, 20 are confirmed to line up at the start the 2009 Giro d’Italia in Venice.  Check out our prior post, if you haven’t seen it, for a course fly over. They 2009 Giro teams are:
- Acqua&Sapone – Caffe’ Mokambo (Ita)
- Ag2r La Mondiale (Fra)
- Astana (Kaz)
- Bbox Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
- Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
- Cervelo Test Team (Svi)*
- Fuji-Servetto*
- Garmin – Slipstream (USA)
- ISD (Ita)
- Lampre-NGC (Ita)*
- Liquigas (Ita)
- LPR Brakes – Farnese Vini (Irl)
- Quick Step (Bel)
- Rabobank (Ola)
- Silence/Lotto (Bel)
- Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni/Androni Giocattoli (Ven)*
- Team Columbia/High Road (USA)
- Team Katusha (Rus)
- Team Milram (Ger)
- Team Saxo Bank (Dan)
- Xacobeo Galicia (Spa)*
* These teams were wild cards but are now finalized to appear.
