List of teams and cyclists in the 2015 Vuelta a España explained

The 2015 Vuelta a España was the 70th edition of the race. It was the last of cycling's three Grand Tours to take place during the 2015 road cycling season. The race started in Marbella on 22 August and finished in Madrid on 13 September; three days were in Andorra, including the whole of stage 11 and the first of the race's two rest days.^[1]

All 17 UCI World Tour teams were automatically entitled to start the race. In March 2015, five UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places in the race by the organisers, Unipublic. As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton at the beginning of the first stage consisted of 198 riders. The riders came from 37 countries; France, Spain and Italy all had 20 or more riders in the race.^[2] The startlist included all of the top four riders from the 2015 Tour de France: Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde (both), and Vincenzo Nibali .^[3] The riders had an average age of 29.13 years: the oldest rider to start the race was 38-year-old Haimar Zubeldia and the youngest was 20-year-old Matej Mohorič .^[4]

At the end of the final stage, there were 158 riders left in the race, with 40 riders failing to finish.^[5] Froome and Nibali were both among the riders who left the race before it reached Madrid: Froome abandoned the race after breaking his foot on stage 11; Nibali was disqualified after receiving illegal assistance from his team car during stage 2.^{[6] [7]} The race was won by Fabio Aru (Astana). He first took the red jersey (indicating the lead of the general classification) following the mountainous stage 11.^[8] He lost it first to Joaquim Rodríguez on the uphill finish of stage 16,^[9] then to Tom Dumoulin in the individual time trial on stage 17.^[10] Aru was six seconds behind Dumoulin going into the penultimate stage of the race; an attack on the final climb of the Vuelta dropped Dumoulin and Aru was able to take the overall victory in the race.^[11] Rodríguez finished second, 57 seconds behind Aru, with Rafał Majka a further 12 seconds behind in third.^[5] Valverde won the points classification and Rodríguez the combination classification. The mountains classification was won by Omar Fraile . Movistar won the team classification.^[12]

Teams

The 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Vuelta. In addition, the race organisers, Unipublic, invited five wildcard teams.^[13] These included, the only Spanish-registered UCI Professional Continental team. Two French teams, and, also received entries. were invited for the second consecutive year after also securing their first ever entry into the Tour de France. The final team to be invited was . One prominent team that was not invited was .^[14]

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Cyclists

No.

Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta
Pos.	Position in the general classification
Time	Deficit to the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the combination classification
DNS	Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew
DSQ	Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 22 August 2015, the date on which the Vuelta began

By starting number

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Age	Pos.	Time
1	Chris Froome				DNS-12	—	^[15] ^[16]
2	Ian Boswell				71	+ 2h 36' 59"
3	Sergio Henao				22	+ 44' 30"
4	Vasil Kiryienka				83	+ 2h 49' 18"
5	Christian Knees				91	+ 3h 00' 10"
6	Mikel Nieve				8	+ 7' 06"
7	Salvatore Puccio				77	+ 2h 41' 05"
8	Nicolas Roche				26	+ 53' 38"
9	Geraint Thomas				69	+ 2h 32' 24"
11	Domenico Pozzovivo				11	+ 11' 10"	^[17]
12	Gediminas Bagdonas				154	+ 4h 16' 22"
13	Mikaël Cherel				51	+ 1h 59' 28"
14	Alexis Gougeard				112	+ 3h 30' 45"
15	Blel Kadri				150	+ 4h 10' 04"
16	Sébastien Minard				96	+ 3h 09' 11"
17	Matteo Montaguti				41	+ 1h 47' 20"
18	Rinaldo Nocentini				85	+ 2h 51' 47"
19	Johan Vansummeren				121	+ 3h 39' 07"
21					1	85h 36' 13"	^[18]
22	Dario Cataldo				57	+ 2h 18' 30"
23	Mikel Landa				25	+ 51' 30"
24	Vincenzo Nibali				DSQ-2	—	^[19]
25	Diego Rosa				20	+ 43' 27"
26	Luis León Sánchez				33	+ 1h 15' 05"
27	Paolo Tiralongo				DNF-3	—	^[20]
28	Alessandro Vanotti				135	+ 3h 53' 40"
29	Andrey Zeits				68	+ 2h 32' 07"
31	Samuel Sánchez				DNF-14	—	^[21] ^[22]
32	Darwin Atapuma				56	+ 2h 12' 42"
33	Marcus Burghardt				DNS-3	—	^[23]
34	Alessandro De Marchi				78	+ 2h 41' 16"
35	Jempy Drucker				118	+ 3h 37' 37"
36	Amaël Moinard				59	+ 2h 18' 51"
37	Joey Rosskopf				124	+ 3h 43' 08"
38	Tejay van Garderen				DNF-8	—	^[24]
39	Peter Velits				DNS-18	—
41	David Arroyo				12	+ 13' 29"	^[25]
42	Carlos Barbero				149	+ 4h 07' 22"
43	Pello Bilbao				97	+ 3h 09' 51"
44					88	+ 2h 57' 47"
45	José Gonçalves				34	+ 1h 15' 39"
46	Ángel Madrazo				44	+ 1h 52' 44"
47	Lluís Mas				DNF-14	—	^[26]
48	Amets Txurruka				DNF-11	—	^[27]
49	Ricardo Vilela				48	+ 1h 55' 18"
51	Nacer Bouhanni				DNF-8	—	^[28]
52	Yoann Bagot				98	+ 3h 12' 17"
53	Romain Hardy				DNF-11	—
54	Cyril Lemoine				61	+ 2h 21' 39"
55	Daniel Navarro				30	+ 1h 06' 08"
56	Dominique Rollin				116	+ 3h 35' 35"
57	Stéphane Rossetto				DNF-19	—	^[29]
58	Julien Simon				74	+ 2h 39' 01"
59	Geoffrey Soupe				DNS-14	—
61	Alex Cano				53	+ 2h 03' 58"	^[30]
62	Fabio Duarte				67	+ 2h 31' 14"
63	Leonardo Duque				60	+ 2h 19' 38"
64	Walter Pedraza				136	+ 3h 55' 04"
65	Carlos Quintero				92	+ 3h 02' 35"
66	Brayan Ramírez				127	+ 3h 44' 21"
67	Miguel Ángel Rubiano				70	+ 2h 36' 54"
68	Rodolfo Torres				32	+ 1h 12' 17"
69	Juan Pablo Valencia				87	+ 2h 56' 07"
71	Niki Terpstra				DNS-18	—	^[31]
72	Maxime Bouet				28	+ 1h 00' 14"
73	Gianluca Brambilla				13	+ 15' 26"
74	David de la Cruz				DNS-6	—	^[32]
75	Iljo Keisse				148	+ 4h 07' 06"
76	Nikolas Maes				107	+ 3h 25' 03"
77	Pieter Serry				62	+ 2h 26' 30"
78	Martin Velits				117	+ 3h 37' 35"
79	Carlos Verona				29	+ 1h 02' 49"
81	Kenny Elissonde				16	+ 17' 07"	^[33]
82	Arnaud Courteille				DNF-19	—
83	Mickaël Delage				109	+ 3h 28' 04"
84	Murilo Fischer				156	+ 4h 21' 19"
85	Olivier Le Gac				120	+ 3h 38' 53"
86	Lorrenzo Manzin				DNF-10	—	^[34]
87	Laurent Pichon				111	+ 3h 30' 07"
88	Kévin Reza				113	+ 3h 31' 50"
89	Jussi Veikkanen				DNF-11	—
91	Sylvain Chavanel				47	+ 1h 55' 16"	^[35]
92	Marcel Aregger				106	+ 3h 23' 32"
93	Jérôme Coppel				DNS-20	—
94	Thomas Degand				DNF-9	—	^[36]
95	Simon Pellaud				119	+ 3h 38' 39"
96	Matteo Pelucchi				DNF-2	—	^[37]
97	Vicente Reynés				86	+ 2h 53' 34"
98	David Tanner				DNF-2	—	^[38]
99	Larry Warbasse				38	+ 1h 31' 24"
101	Rubén Plaza				45	+ 1h 53' 41"	^[39]
102	Mattia Cattaneo				DNF-13	—	^[40]
103	Valerio Conti				151	+ 4h 11' 24"
104	Kristijan Đurasek				63	+ 2h 29' 10"
105	Tsgabu Grmay				125	+ 3h 43' 26"
106	Przemysław Niemiec				DNF-2	—	^[41]
107	Nelson Oliveira				21	+ 44' 24"
108	Maximiliano Richeze				152	+ 4h 13' 33"
109	Ilia Koshevoy				144	+ 4h 00' 30"
111	Kris Boeckmans				DNF-8	—	^[42]
112	Jasper De Buyst				126	+ 3h 44' 12"
113	Bart De Clercq				14	+ 16' 34"
114	Thomas De Gendt				DNF-14	—
115	Adam Hansen				55	+ 2h 11' 06"
116	Maxime Monfort				27	+ 54' 37"
117	Jurgen Van den Broeck				DNS-18	—
118	Tosh Van der Sande				49	+ 1h 57' 42"
119	Jelle Vanendert				82	+ 2h 45' 39"
121					7	+ 6' 47"	^[43]
122	Andrey Amador				40	+ 1h 37' 46"
123	Imanol Erviti				100	+ 3h 13' 43"
124	Javier Moreno				80	+ 2h 43' 31"
125	Nairo Quintana				4	+ 1' 42"
126	José Joaquín Rojas				43	+ 1h 52' 12"
127	Rory Sutherland				139	+ 3h 59' 04"
128	Francisco Ventoso				81	+ 2h 44' 45"
129	Giovanni Visconti				19	+ 36' 19"
131	Natnael Berhane				79	+ 2h 41' 24"	^[44]
132	Steve Cummings				102	+ 3h 17' 32"
133	Louis Meintjes				10	+ 10' 26"
134	Youcef Reguigui				134	+ 3h 51' 24"
135	Kristian Sbaragli				105	+ 3h 19' 55"
136	Songezo Jim				137	+ 3h 56' 25"
137	Jay Thomson				123	+ 3h 43' 05"
138	Johann van Zyl				128	+ 3h 44' 36"
139	Jaco Venter				122	+ 3h 41' 39"
141	Esteban Chaves				5	+ 3' 10"	^[45]
142	Mitchell Docker				DNF-13	—
143	Caleb Ewan				DNF-10	—	^[46]
144	Simon Gerrans				114	+ 3h 31' 54"
145	Mathew Hayman				130	+ 3h 45' 38"
146	Damien Howson				147	+ 4h 05' 19"
147	Daryl Impey				84	+ 2h 50' 57"
148	Jens Keukeleire				93	+ 3h 03' 40"
149	Cameron Meyer				DNS-18	—	^[47]
151	Andrew Talansky				DNS-18	—	^[48]
152	André Cardoso				18	+ 23' 31"
153	Joe Dombrowski				46	+ 1h 53' 47"
154	Alex Howes				129	+ 3h 44' 42"
155	Ben King				75	+ 2h 39' 09"
156	Dan Martin				DNF-8	—
157	Matej Mohorič				DNF-6	—	^[49]
158	Moreno Moser				72	+ 2h 37' 11"
159	Davide Villella				94	+ 3h 04' 39"
161	Pierre Rolland				50	+ 1h 59' 10"	^[50]
162	Yukiya Arashiro				65	+ 2h 30' 07"
163	Jérôme Cousin				73	+ 2h 38' 40"
164	Antoine Duchesne				138	+ 3h 57' 37"
165	Jimmy Engoulvent				133	+ 3h 51' 04"
166	Cyril Gautier				58	+ 2h 18' 40"
167	Tony Hurel				145	+ 4h 00' 53"
168	Fabrice Jeandesboz				17	+ 17' 10"
169	Romain Sicard				15	+ 16' 46"
171	John Degenkolb				90	+ 2h 59' 49"	^[51]
172	Lawson Craddock				42	+ 1h 48' 55"
173	Koen de Kort				64	+ 2h 29' 29"
174	Tom Dumoulin				6	+ 3' 46"
175	Johannes Fröhlinger				143	+ 4h 00' 25"
176	Thierry Hupond				142	+ 3h 59' 53"
177	Luka Mezgec				108	+ 3h 27' 22"
178	Tom Stamsnijder				155	+ 4h 17' 57"
179	Zico Waeytens				157	+ 4h 37' 10"
181					2	+ 57"	^[52]
182	Vladimir Isaichev				DNS-11	—	^[53]
183	Pavel Kochetkov				76	+ 2h 39' 39"
184	Alberto Losada				31	+ 1h 06' 47"
185	Tiago Machado				36	+ 1h 25' 37"
186	Daniel Moreno				9	+ 7' 12"
187	Gatis Smukulis				146	+ 4h 01' 51"
188	Ángel Vicioso				103	+ 3h 18' 33"
189	Eduard Vorganov				39	+ 1h 32' 57"
191	George Bennett				37	+ 1h 26' 33"	^[54]
192	Martijn Keizer				153	+ 4h 14' 01"
193	Bert-Jan Lindeman				99	+ 3h 13' 18"
194	Timo Roosen				95	+ 3h 08' 44"
195	Mike Teunissen				104	+ 3h 19' 28"
196	Maarten Tjallingii				DNS-19	—
197	Tom Van Asbroeck				110	+ 3h 28' 33"
198	Dennis van Winden				115	+ 3h 33' 46"
199	Maarten Wynants				DNS-13	—
201	Rafał Majka				3	+ 1' 09"	^[55]
202	Daniele Bennati				131	+ 3h 48' 58"
203	Maciej Bodnar				140	+ 3h 59' 47"
204	Pavel Brutt				101	+ 3h 14' 23"
205	Jesper Hansen				52	+ 2h 01' 46"
206	Jay McCarthy				66	+ 2h 31' 13"
207	Sérgio Paulinho				DNF-11	—	^[56]
208	Paweł Poljański				35	+ 1h 16' 20"
209	Peter Sagan				DNS-9	—	^[57]
211	Fabian Cancellara				DNF-3	—	^[58] ^[59]
212	Markel Irizar				89	+ 2h 59' 18"
213	Yaroslav Popovych				132	+ 3h 49' 11"
214	Fränk Schleck				24	+ 48' 48"
215	Jasper Stuyven				DNS-9	—	^[60]
216	Boy van Poppel				158	+ 4h 57' 31"
217	Danny van Poppel				141	+ 3h 59' 51"
218	Riccardo Zoidl				54	+ 2h 09' 40"
219	Haimar Zubeldia				23	+ 45' 19"

By team

+ (SKY) No. Rider Pos. 1 DNS-12 2 71 3 22 4 83 5 91 6 8 7 77 8 26 9 69 Directeur sportif Dario Cioni^[61]	+ (ALM) No. Rider Pos. 11 11 12 154 13 51 14 112 15 150 16 96 17 41 18 85 19 121 Directeur sportif: Julien Jurdie	+ (AST) No. Rider Pos. 21 1 22 57 23 25 24 DSQ-2 25 20 26 33 27 DNF-3 28 135 29 68 Directeur sportif: Alexander Shefer
+ (BMC) No. Rider Pos. 31 DNF-14 32 56 33 DNS-3 34 78 35 118 36 59 37 124 38 DNF-8 39 DNS-18 Directeur sportif: Yvan Ledanois	+ (CJR) No. Rider Pos. 41 12 42 149 43 97 44 88 45 34 46 44 47 DNF-14 48 DNF-11 49 48 Directeur sportif: Eugenio Goikoetxea	+ (COF) No. Rider Pos. 51 DNF-8 52 98 53 DNF-11 54 61 55 30 56 116 57 DNF-19 58 74 59 DNS-14 Directeur sportif: Didier Rous
+ (COL) No. Rider Pos. 61 53 62 67 63 60 64 136 65 92 66 127 67 70 68 32 69 87 Directeur sportif: Valerio Tebaldi	+ (EQS) No. Rider Pos. 71 DNS-18 72 28 73 13 74 DNS-6 75 148 76 107 77 62 78 117 79 29 Directeur sportif: Rik Van Slycke	+ (FDJ) No. Rider Pos. 81 16 82 DNF-19 83 109 84 156 85 120 86 DNF-10 87 111 88 113 89 DNF-11 Directeur sportif: Frank Pineau
+ (IAM) No. Rider Pos. 91 47 92 106 93 DNS-20 94 DNF-9 95 119 96 DNF-2 97 86 98 DNF-2 99 38 Directeur sportif: Eddy Seigneur	+ (LAM) No. Rider Pos. 101 45 102 DNF-13 103 151 104 63 105 125 106 144 107 DNF-2 108 21 109 152 Directeur sportif: Orlando Maini	+ (LTS) No. Rider Pos. 111 DNF-8 112 126 113 14 114 DNF-14 115 55 116 27 117 DNS-18 118 49 119 82 Directeur sportif: Mario Aerts
+ (MOV) No. Rider Pos. 121 7 122 40 123 100 124 80 125 4 126 43 127 139 128 81 129 19 Directeur sportif: José Luis Arrieta	+ (MTN) No. Rider Pos. 131 79 132 102 133 137 134 10 135 134 136 105 137 123 138 128 139 122 Directeur sportif: Jens Zemke	+ (OGE) No. Rider Pos. 141 5 142 DNF-13 143 DNF-10 144 114 145 130 146 147 147 84 148 93 149 DNS-18 Directeur sportif: Neil Stephens
+ (TCG) No. Rider Pos. 151 DNS-18 152 18 153 46 154 129 155 75 156 DNF-8 157 DNF-6 158 72 159 94 Directeur sportif: Bingen Fernández	+ (EUC) No. Rider Pos. 161 50 162 65 163 73 164 138 165 133 166 58 167 145 168 17 169 15 Directeur sportif: Dominique Arnould	+ (TGA) No. Rider Pos. 171 90 172 42 173 64 174 6 175 143 176 142 177 108 178 155 179 157 Directeur sportif: Christian Guiberteau
+ (KAT) No. Rider Pos. 181 2 182 DNS-1 183 76 184 31 185 36 186 9 187 146 188 103 189 39 Directeur sportif: José Azevedo	+ (TLJ) No. Rider Pos. 191 37 192 153 193 99 194 95 195 104 196 DNS-19 197 110 198 115 199 DNS-13 Directeur sportif: Merijn Zeeman	+ (TCS) No. Rider Pos. 201 3 202 131 203 140 204 101 205 52 206 66 207 DNF-11 208 35 209 DNS-9 Directeur sportif: Tristan Hoffman
+ (TFR) No. Rider Pos. 211 DNF-3 212 89 213 132 214 24 215 DNS-9 216 158 217 141 218 54 219 23 Directeur sportif: Dirk Demol

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2015 Vuelta a España represented 37 countries.^[62] Riders from twelve countries won stages during the race; the largest number of stage wins for any country was four, achieved by both the Spanish riders and the Dutch riders.^[63]

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
	1	1
	1	1
	10	6	1 (Caleb Ewan)
	1	1
	2	2
	18	12	1 (Jasper Stuyven)
	1	1
	2	2
	13	13	2 (Esteban Chaves ×2)
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	0
	30	23	1 (Alexis Gougeard)
	4	3	1 (John Degenkolb)
	3	2
	2	1	1 (Nicolas Roche)
	20	16	2 (Alessandro De Marchi, Kristian Sbaragli)
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	2	2	1 (Fränk Schleck)
	12	10	4 (Tom Dumoulin ×2, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Danny van Poppel)
	1	1
	4	3
	6	5	1 (Nelson Oliveira)
	4	3
	3	1	1 (Peter Sagan)
	2	1
	6	6
	27	23	4 (Mikel Landa, Rubén Plaza, Joaquim Rodríguez, Alejandro Valverde)
	3	2
	1	1
	9	7
Total	198	158	20^[64]

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39. Web site: Lampre - Merida - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
40. Web site: Calatayud – Tarazona. 5 September 2015. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 4 September 2015.
41. News: Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) abandonne après une grosse chute dans le peloton. fr. 23 August 2015. 23 August 2015. L'Équipe. Éditions Philippe Amaury. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) gives up after a big crash in the peloton.
42. Web site: Lotto Soudal - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
43. Web site: Movistar Team - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
44. Web site: MTN - Qhubeka - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
45. Web site: Orica GreenEDGE - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
46. News: Ewan pulls out of Vuelta a España on stage 10. Cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2015. 31 August 2015.
47. News: Broken collarbone for Cameron Meyer. Cyclingnews.com. 10 September 2015. 10 September 2015.
48. Web site: Team Cannondale - Garmin - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
49. News: De La Cruz no toma la salida y se retira el esloveno Mohoric. 27 August 2015. El Mundo Deportivo. Grupo Godó. 27 August 2015. es. De la Cruz doesn't take the start and the Slovenian Mohoric withdraws.
50. Web site: Team Europcar - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
51. Web site: Team Giant - Alpecin - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
52. Web site: Team Katusha - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
53. News: Froome se cae al inicio de la etapa reina pero sigue en carrera. 2 September 2015. El Mundo Deportivo. 2 September 2015. es. Quien no está ya en carrera es Vladimir Isaychev, compañero de Joaquim 'Purito' Rodríguez en el Katusha. El ruso arrastraba problemas físicos desde hace varios días y hoy no ha tomado la salida.. Grupo Godó. Froome falls at the beginning of the queen stage but is still in the race..
54. Web site: Team Lotto NL - Jumbo - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
55. Web site: Tinkoff - Saxo - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
56. News: Hood. Andrew. Paulinho out of Vuelta after another moto incident. 2 September 2015. VeloNews. 2 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150904211311/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/paulinho-out-of-vuelta-after-another-moto-incident_383516. 2015-09-04. dead.
57. News: Sagan abandons the Vuelta a España after motorbike incident. Cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2015. 30 August 2015.
58. Web site: Trek Factory Racing - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 28 September 2015.
59. News: Fabian Cancellara abandons Vuelta a España through illness. Stuart. Clarke. 24 August 2015. Cycling Weekly. 24 August 2015.
60. News: Stuyven forced to abandon the Vuelta a España after stage victory. Cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2015. 30 August 2015.
61. Web site: Start list - La Vuelta 2015. lavuelta.com. Unipublic. 21 August 2015.
62. Web site: 70th Vuelta a España (2.UWT) – Statistics. ProCyclingStats.com. ProCyclingStats. 20 August 2015.
63. Web site: Vuelta a Espana 2015. ProCyclingStats. 28 September 2015.
64. The team time trial on stage 1, won by, is not counted in this total.