Movistar

- David Lopez Garcia (ESP, Euskaltel), Sébastien Portal (FRA, Credit Agricole), Alberto Losada (ESP, Kaiku)

- Antonio Colom Mas (ESP, Astana), Jose Carrasco Gamiz (ESP, Andalucia), Jose Julia Cegarra (ESP, -), Iker Leonet Iza (ESP, Fuerteventura-Canarias), Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (ESP, Benfica)

- The team traces its history back to the Banesto, the team of five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain. After the end of ibanesto.com's sponsorship in 2003, the Balearic Islands tourism board took over sponsorship. The team traditionally has a strong Basque element with general manager Jose Miguel Echavarri and directeurs sportif Usebio Unzue Labiano, Jose Luis Jaimerena and Alfonso Galilea Zurbano.

Italy's Giovanni Visconti took a second - and his Movistar team's fourth - win of the Giro after an audacious solo attack in stage 17.

Spain's Benat Intxausti won a three-way sprint to take stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia ahead of Tanel Kangert and Przemyslaw Niemiec in Ivrea.

Giovanni Visconti defied the snow to take a remarkable solo victory at the Marco Pantani monument on the Col du Galibier in stage 15.

Britain's Mark Cavendish won the longest stage of the Giro d'Italia after another thrilling bunch sprint in Cherasco.

Lithuania's Ramunas Navardauskas restored some pride to the Garmin-Sharp squad with a strong stage 11 solo win.

It was a mixed day for Team Sky as Bradley Wiggins lost more time to his rivals, while Rigoberto Uran soloed to victory.

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