For the 1955 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 106 riders; 63 finished the race.
| Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta | |
| Pos. | Position in the general classification | |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish | |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Pos. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federico Bahamontes | Spain A | 21 | [1] | ||
| 2 | Salvador Botella | Spain A | 11 | |||
| 3 | Jesús Loroño | Spain A | 4 | |||
| 4 | Francisco Masip | Spain A | 31 | |||
| 5 | Miguel Poblet | Spain A | DNF | |||
| 6 | Bernardo Ruiz | Spain A | 14 | |||
| 7 | Francisco Alomar | Spain B | 44 | |||
| 8 | Emilio Rodríguez | Spain B | 24 | |||
| 9 | José Gómez del Moral | Spain B | 16 | |||
| 10 | Manuel Rodríguez | Spain B | 22 | |||
| 11 | Andrés Trobat | Spain B | 15 | |||
| 12 | Spain B | 30 | ||||
| 13 | Germany | DNF | ||||
| 14 | Günter Otte | Germany | DNF | |||
| 16 | Günther Pankoke | Germany | 41 | |||
| 17 | Franz Reitz | Germany | DNF | |||
| 19 | Arsène Bauwens | Benelux | 17 | |||
| 20 | Theo Brunswyck | Benelux | 26 | |||
| 21 | Alfred Kain | Benelux | DNF | |||
| 22 | Jan Nolten | Benelux | DNF | |||
| 23 | Kurt Schneider | Benelux | 60 | |||
| 24 | Roger Wyckstandt | Benelux | DNF | |||
| 25 | Gilbert Bauvin | France | 36 | |||
| 26 | Louis Bergaud | France | DNF | |||
| 27 | Jean Dotto | France | 1 | |||
| 28 | Raphaël Géminiani | France | 3 | |||
| 29 | Nello Lauredi | France | 23 | |||
| 30 | Raoul Rémy | France | 42 | |||
| 31 | Ian Brown | Great Britain | DNF | |||
| 32 | Joe Christison | Great Britain | DNF | |||
| 33 | Ken Mitchell | Great Britain | DNF | |||
| 34 | John Pottier | Great Britain | DNF | |||
| 35 | Leslie Scales | Great Britain | DNF | |||
| 36 | Ian Steel | Great Britain | DNF | |||
| 37 | Pierino Baffi | Italy A | 27 | |||
| 38 | Mario Baroni | Italy A | 28 | |||
| 39 | Silvio Pedroni | Italy A | 29 | |||
| 40 | Fiorenzo Magni | Italy A | 13 | |||
| 41 | Alfredo Martini | Italy A | 46 | |||
| 42 | Donato Piazza | Italy A | 43 | |||
| 43 | Marcel Huber | Switzerland | DNF | |||
| 44 | Switzerland | 62 | ||||
| 45 | Hans Rudolf | Switzerland | 59 | |||
| 46 | Switzerland | 50 | ||||
| 47 | Eugene Schlegel | Switzerland | DNF | |||
| 48 | Oskar von Büren | Switzerland | 53 | |||
| 49 | Giuseppe Pintarelli | Italy B | 47 | |||
| 50 | Giuseppe Buratti | Italy B | 8 | |||
| 51 | Italy B | 40 | ||||
| 52 | Italy B | 49 | ||||
| 53 | Bruno Landi | Italy B | DNF | |||
| 54 | Gastone Nencini | Italy B | 18 | |||
| 55 | Philippe Agut | France South-east | 34 | |||
| 56 | Louis Caput | France South-east | 55 | |||
| 57 | Jean Carle | France South-east | DNF | |||
| 58 | Georges Gay | France South-east | 10 | |||
| 59 | Apo Lazaridès | France South-east | DNF | |||
| 60 | Jacques Vivier | France South-east | DNF | |||
| 61 | Miguel Alarcón | Balearics | DNF | |||
| 62 | Balearics | 32 | ||||
| 63 | Gabriel Company | Balearics | 6 | |||
| 64 | Antonio Gelabert | Balearics | 20 | |||
| 65 | Miguel Gual | Balearics | 25 | |||
| 66 | Miguel Bover | Balearics | DNF | |||
| 67 | Castile | 35 | ||||
| 68 | Juan Jose Gil | Castile | DNF | |||
| 69 | Raúl Motos | Castile | DNF | |||
| 70 | José Herrero Berrendero | Castile | DNF | |||
| 71 | Fernando Manzaneque | Castile | 57 | |||
| 72 | Amadeo Gil | Castile | 61 | |||
| 73 | Jaime Calucho | Catalonia | 38 | |||
| 74 | Mariano Corrales | Catalonia | DNF | |||
| 75 | Miguel Chacón | Catalonia | 33 | |||
| 76 | Vicente Iturat | Catalonia | 5 | |||
| 77 | Catalonia | 51 | ||||
| 78 | José Serra | Catalonia | 7 | |||
| 79 | Juan Calucho | Catalonia-Aragon | DNF | |||
| 80 | Ricardo Catalan | Catalonia-Aragon | 48 | |||
| 81 | Jose Gascon | Catalonia-Aragon | DNF | |||
| 82 | Joaquín Filba | Catalonia-Aragon | 45 | |||
| 83 | José Mateo | Catalonia-Aragon | DNF | |||
| 84 | Antonio Jiménez Quiles | Catalonia-Aragon | 2 | |||
| 85 | Pedro San Jose | Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid | DNF | |||
| 86 | Senen Blanco | Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid | 39 | |||
| 87 | Francisco Moreno | Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid | 19 | |||
| 88 | Domingo Piñeiro | Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid | DNF | |||
| 89 | Julio San Emeterio | Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid | 56 | |||
| 90 | José Luis Labrador | Galicia-Asturias-Leon-Valladolid | DNF | |||
| 91 | Vicente Aramburu | Guipuzkoa-Navarre | DNF | |||
| 92 | Guipuzkoa-Navarre | DNF | ||||
| 93 | Jesús Galdeano | Guipuzkoa-Navarre | DNF | |||
| 94 | Hortensio Vidaurreta | Guipuzkoa-Navarre | DNF | |||
| 95 | Julián Salaverría | Guipuzkoa-Navarre | DNF | |||
| 96 | Guipuzkoa-Navarre | 52 | ||||
| 97 | José Hernández | Levante | DNF | |||
| 98 | Levante | 58 | ||||
| 99 | René Marigil | Levante | DNF | |||
| 100 | José Perez de las Heras | Levante | 63 | |||
| 101 | José Pérez Llácer | Levante | DNF | |||
| 102 | Vicente Perez Perez | Levante | DNF | |||
| 103 | Cosme Barrutia | Biscay | 9 | |||
| 104 | Óscar Elguezabal | Biscay | DNF | |||
| 105 | Antonio Ferraz | Biscay | DNF | |||
| 106 | José Antonio Landa | Biscay | 54 | |||
| 107 | Carmelo Morales | Biscay | 12 | |||
| 108 | Tomás Oñaederra | Biscay | 37 |