There are only 15 days before the 2016 Giro d'Italia Big Start takes place in Apeldoorn, Netherlands – just the 12th time in the Corsa Rosa's history that the race has begun outside of the Italian border. The race, organised by RCS Sport/La Gazzetta dello Sport, will begin with an Individual Time Trial on Friday 6 May in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, and finish in Turin, Italy on Sunday 29 May. 

Today the organizers revealed the provisional start list for the race. These are the 22 teams at the start, each made of nine riders, with their main entries:

 
AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA) – Pozzovivo, Péraud
ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ) – Nibali, Scarponi
BARDIANI CSF (ITA) – Colbrelli, Boem
BMC RACING TEAM (USA) – Gilbert, Atapuma
CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM (USA) – Uran, Formolo
ETIXX - QUICK STEP (BEL) – Kittel, Brambilla
FDJ (FRA) – Démare, Fischer
GAZPROM-RUSVELO (RUS) – Firsanov, Kolobnev
IAM CYCLING (SUI) – Haussler, Pelucchi
LAMPRE - MERIDA (ITA) – Ulissi, Modolo
LOTTO SOUDAL (BEL) – Greipel, Wellens
MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP) – Valverde, Visconti
NIPPO - VINI FANTINI (ITA) – Cunego, Bole
ORICA GREENEDGE (AUS) – Chaves, Ewan
SOUTHEAST - VENEZUELA (ITA) – Pozzato, Belletti
TEAM DIMENSION DATA (RSA) – Anton, Sbaragli
TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN (GER) – Dumoulin, De Backer
TEAM KATUSHA (RUS) – Zakarin, Porsev
TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (NED) – Battaglin, Kruijswijk
TEAM SKY (GBR) – Landa, Viviani
TINKOFF (RUS) – Majka, Tosatto
TREK - SEGAFREDO (USA) – Cancellara, Hesjedal