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Milan - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador heads the list of 207 cyclists entered for next month's Giro d'Italia.
Organisers released the list of 23 teams on Thursday for the May 7-29 race.
Other contenders include Vincenzo Nibali and Michele Scarponi, plus former winners Denis Menchov, Danilo Di Luca and Stefano Garzelli.
Mark Cavendish and Alessandro Petacchi are the top sprinters.
Notable absences include defending champion Ivan Basso, who is focusing on the Tour de France this year, and 2004 winner Damiano Cunego.
Teams are allowed to change riders before the start.
The race will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, beginning in Turin, passing through Sicily and ending in Milan.
Contador tested positive for clenbuterol during his Tour victory last year but was cleared by Spanish cycling officials after arguing the result was because of contaminated beef.
The UCI has appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport but a ruling is not expected until after the Giro.
