Usually, race numbers the riders wear in Grand Tours have their last digit starting at 1 and ending at 9. The team with last year's winner is given single digits, with their designated leader given the number 1. The other teams are randomly assigned team numbers starting with 11, then 21, etc. In the Giro, however, the team starting with the 100's is given the number 100 for their designated leader because there is no 108. That number has been retired after the death of Wouter Weylandt in 2011 on a dangerous descent. Wearing number 100 this year is Lampre-Merida rider, and former Giro winner, Damiano Cunego.
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