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TheHampir nearkeseluruhan totaltahap dearthrata ofdan flat,mesra sprinter-friendlypelari stagespecut didtidak notmenghentikan stoptiga thepelari threepecut arguablyterbaik bestyang sprintersboleh indibilang thedi worlddunia, [[Mark Cavendish]], [[Tyler Farrar]], anddan [[Alessandro Petacchi]], fromdari allsemua taking the startpermulaan. OneSalah sprinterseorang whopelari waspecut expectedyang todijangka startbermula, {{[ct | FAR | 2011 | nolink = yes}}'s [[Andrea Guardini]], wasbukan notsebahagian partdaripada ofsenarai the start listpermulaan. ThoughWalaupun hispengarah sportingsukannya director at thedi [[2011Lawatan TourTurki of Turkey2011|PresidentialLawatan CyclingBerbasikal TourPresiden of TurkeyTurki]] had promised him atelah placemenjanjikan intempat thedi Giro shouldjika hedia winmemenangi twodua stagesperingkat atdi thatacara eventitu (Guardini didmemang indeedmemenangi windua twoperingkat stagesdi in TurkeyTurki), thepasukan itu teampercaya believeddia heakan woulddilayan bedengan betterlebih servedbaik continuingterus tomengambil takebahagian partdalam inperlumbaan somewhatyang smallerlebih raceskecil.<ref>{{cite web
|author=VeloNation Press
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}}</ref> OtherPelari sprinterspecut inlain thedi Giro peloton mainlyterutama cameberasal fromdari muchpasukan smallerdan teamspasukan andyang teamsjauh withlebih littlekecil overalldengan ambitionsedikit cita-cita keseluruhan. {{ct|QST|2011}} anddan {{ct|RSH|2011}} sentmengirim twodua sprinterspelari apiecepecut—[[Gerald Ciolek]] anddan [[Francesco Chicchi]] foruntuk thepasukan BelgianBelgium team anddan [[Robbie Hunter (cyclistpenunggang basikal)|Robbie Hunter]] anddan [[Robbie McEwen]] ondalam theskuad American squadAmerika. GiroPemain debutantsdebut Giro {{ct|VCD|2011}} hadada amongdi theirantara squadskuad Slovenianpelari sprinterpecut Slovenia mereka [[Borut Božič]]. Pelari pecut {{ct|MOV|2011}}'s sprinter wasialah [[Francisco Ventoso]], onesalah ofsatu thepemenang season'spaling mostproduktif prolificmusim winners to dateini. The small {{ct|AND|2011}} anddan {{ct|COG|2011}} alsoyang sentkecil sprintersjuga menghantar pelari pecut, [[[Roberto Ferrari (cyclistpengendara basikal)|Roberto Ferrari]] anddan 2010pemenang pentas Giro stage winner2010 [[Manuel Belletti]], respectivelymasing-masing.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Andrew Hood
|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/news/few-opportunities-remain-for-sprinters-at-giro-ditalia_173796
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}}</ref> ThePasukan {{ct|LEO|2011}} teamberhasrat haduntuk intended to sendmenghantar [[Daniele Bennati]], a former winner ofbekas thepemenang [[pointsklasifikasi classificationmata in thedalam Giro d'Italia]] whoyang hadtelah hadmemperoleh greatkejayaan successbesar atpada thekebelakangan recently-runini [ [CircuitLitar de la Sarthe]]. AfterSelepas akemalangan crash at thedi [[2011 Tour de Romandie 2011|Tour de Romandie]] wheredi hemana sustaineddia multiplemengalami fracturesbanyak andpatah atulang lungdan contusiongangguan paru-paru, hedia wasdipaksa forcedkeluar out of thedari Giro. ThatOleh squaditu, thereforeskuad turneditu theirmengalihkan sprintingharapan hopesmereka tokepada thepelumba rideryang originallypada setasalnya toditetapkan besebagai Bennati'spemain leadoututama manBennati, Belgianpelari pecut sprinterBelgia [[Wouter Weylandt]].<ref>{{cite web
|author=Ben Atkins
|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8249/Daniele-Bennati-out-of-Romandie-after-crash-will-miss-Giro-dItalia.aspx
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|accessdate=30 JuneJun 2011
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