List of teams and cyclists in the 2014 Vuelta a España

The 2014 Vuelta a España was the 69th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta a España features 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams; the race took place from 23 August to 14 September 2014, starting in Jerez de la Frontera and finishing in Santiago de Compostela.

Teams

All eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In April 2014, four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race, to complete a 22-team peloton.^[1] MTN–Qhubeka's inclusion in the race was the first instance of an African-licensed team appearing at a Grand Tour.^[2]

The 22 teams that competed in the race were:

*: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event.

By rider

The list of riders at the start of the race was:^[3]

Legend
No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta
Pos.	Position in 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
HD	Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so
DSQ	Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 23 August 2014, the date on which the Vuelta began

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Age	Position
1	contiValerio Conti	Italy	Lampre–Merida	21	112
2	anacWinner Anacona	Colombia	Lampre–Merida	26	27
3	cuneDamiano Cunego	Italy	Lampre–Merida	32	76
4	faviElia Favilli	Italy	Lampre–Merida	25	109
5	ferrRoberto Ferrari	Italy	Lampre–Merida	31	145
6	niemPrzemysław Niemiec	Poland	Lampre–Merida	34	26
7	pozzFilippo Pozzato	Italy	Lampre–Merida	32	161DNS-20[4]
8	richMaximiliano Richeze	Argentina	Lampre–Merida	31	138
9	serpJosé Serpa	Colombia	Lampre–Merida	35	93
11	dupoHubert Dupont	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	33	54
12	betaCarlos Betancur	Colombia	Ag2r–La Mondiale	24	158
13	boueMaxime Bouet	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	27	191DNF-11[5]
14	gaudDamien Gaudin	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	28	132
15	gretPatrick Gretsch	Germany	Ag2r–La Mondiale	27	126
16	hutaYauheni Hutarovich	Belarus	Ag2r–La Mondiale	30	134
17	mondLloyd Mondory	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	32	178DNF-15[6]
18	noceRinaldo Nocentini	Italy	Ag2r–La Mondiale	36	96
19	turgSébastien Turgot	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	30	154
21	aruFabio Aru	Italy	Astana	24	5
22	fomiDaniil Fominykh	Kazakhstan	Astana	22	160DNF-20[4]
23	guardAndrea Guardini	Italy	Astana	25	159
24	guarnJacopo Guarnieri	Italy	Astana	27	150
25	kangTanel Kangert	Estonia	Astana	27	170DNF-17[7]
26	landMikel Landa	Spain	Astana	24	28
27	lutsAlexey Lutsenko	Kazakhstan	Astana	21	100
28	tiraPaolo Tiralongo	Italy	Astana	37	33
29	zeitAndrey Zeits	Kazakhstan	Astana	27	50
31	keldWilco Kelderman	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	23	14
32	clemStef Clement	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	31	69
33	tendLaurens ten Dam	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	33	44
34	gesiRobert Gesink	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	28	168DNS-18[8]
35	hoflMoreno Hofland	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	22	195DNF-9[9]
36	martePaul Martens	Germany	Belkin Pro Cycling	30	58
37	keizMartijn Keizer	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	26	80
38	tjalMaarten Tjallingii	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	36	137
39	wagnRobert Wagner	Germany	Belkin Pro Cycling	31	151
41	sancsSamuel Sánchez	Spain	BMC Racing Team	36	6
42	dennRohan Dennis	Australia	BMC Racing Team	24	84
43	evanCadel Evans	Australia	BMC Racing Team	37	52
44	gilbPhilippe Gilbert	Belgium	BMC Racing Team	32	45
45	moraSteve Morabito	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team	31	193DNF-11[5]
46	nerzDominik Nerz	Germany	BMC Racing Team	24	18
47	quinzManuel Quinziato	Italy	BMC Racing Team	34	68
48	warbLarry Warbasse	United States	BMC Racing Team	24	74
49	wyssDanilo Wyss	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team	28	36
51	sancs Luis León Sánchez	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	30	56
52	aramJavier Aramendia	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	27	98
53	arroDavid Arroyo	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	34	20
54	bilbPello Bilbao	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	24	60
55	domaKarol Domagalski	Poland	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	24	124
56	lascFrancesco Lasca	Italy	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	26	156
57	masLluís Mas	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	25	121
58	piedAntonio Piedra	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	29	99
59	txurAmets Txurruka	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	31	48
61	sagaPeter Sagan	Slovakia	Cannondale	24	184DNF-14[10]
62	benneGeorge Bennett	New Zealand	Cannondale	24	89
63	bodnMaciej Bodnar	Poland	Cannondale	29	122
64	boivGuillaume Boivin	Canada	Cannondale	25	149
65	carudDamiano Caruso	Italy	Cannondale	26	9
66	demaAlessandro De Marchi	Italy	Cannondale	28	67
67	gattOscar Gatto	Italy	Cannondale	29	174DNF-16[11]
68	krizMatthias Krizek	Austria	Cannondale	25	125
69	longPaolo Longo Borghini	Italy	Cannondale	33	101
71	navaDaniel Navarro	Spain	Cofidis	31	10
72	coppJérôme Coppel	France	Cofidis	28	31
73	hardRomain Hardy	France	Cofidis	25	64
74	joeaGert Jõeäär	Estonia	Cofidis	27	152
75	lemeChristophe Le Mével	France	Cofidis	33	22
76	levaGuillaume Levarlet	France	Cofidis	29	49
77	mateLuis Ángel Maté	Spain	Cofidis	30	19
78	bagoYoann Bagot	France	Cofidis	26	119
79	zingRomain Zingle	Belgium	Cofidis	27	83
81	sicaRomain Sicard	France	Team Europcar	26	13
82	berhNatnael Berhane	Eritrea	Team Europcar	23	148
83	cousJérôme Cousin	France	Team Europcar	25	78
84	cravDan Craven	Namibia	Team Europcar	31	140
85	engoJimmy Engoulvent	France	Team Europcar	34	157
86	jeroVincent Jérôme	France	Team Europcar	29	91
87	martinyYannick Martinez	France	Team Europcar	26	81
88	medeMaxime Méderel	France	Team Europcar	33	35
89	naulBryan Nauleau	France	Team Europcar	26	196DNF-7[12]
91	bouhNacer Bouhanni	France	FDJ.fr	24	182DNF-14[10]
92	elisKenny Elissonde	France	FDJ.fr	23	187DNF-13[13]
93	fiscMurilo Fischer	Brazil	FDJ.fr	35	188DNF-13[14]
94	leboJohan Le Bon	France	FDJ.fr	23	79
95	mangLaurent Mangel	France	FDJ.fr	33	153
96	pineCédric Pineau	France	FDJ.fr	29	77
97	pinoThibaut Pinot	France	FDJ.fr	24	192DNF-11[5]
98	rouxAnthony Roux	France	FDJ.fr	27	181DNF-15[15]
99	soupGeoffrey Soupe	France	FDJ.fr	26	94
101	hesjRyder Hesjedal	Canada	Garmin–Sharp	33	24
102	martindDan Martin	Ireland	Garmin–Sharp	28	7
103	fernKoldo Fernández	Spain	Garmin–Sharp	32	86
104	haasNathan Haas	Australia	Garmin–Sharp	25	143
105	browNate Brown	United States	Garmin–Sharp	23	85
106	cardAndré Cardoso	Portugal	Garmin–Sharp	29	25
107	millDavid Millar	Great Britain	Garmin–Sharp	37	144
108	talaAndrew Talansky	United States	Garmin–Sharp	25	51
109	vansJohan Vansummeren	Belgium	Garmin–Sharp	33	118
111	bargWarren Barguil	France	Giant–Shimano	22	8
112	arndNikias Arndt	Germany	Giant–Shimano	22	102
113	cradLawson Craddock	United States	Giant–Shimano	22	183DNF-14[16]
114	dekoKoen de Kort	Netherlands	Giant–Shimano	31	165DNF-18[17]
115	dege John Degenkolb	Germany	Giant–Shimano	25	116
116	frohJohannes Fröhlinger	Germany	Giant–Shimano	29	97
117	hagaChad Haga	United States	Giant–Shimano	25	73
118	ludvTobias Ludvigsson	Sweden	Giant–Shimano	23	62
119	sinkRamon Sinkeldam	Netherlands	Giant–Shimano	25	136
121	aregMarcel Aregger	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	25	117
122	fumeJonathan Fumeaux	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	26	142
123	hinaSébastien Hinault	France	IAM Cycling	40	106
124	klemDominic Klemme	Germany	IAM Cycling	27	185DNF-14[16]
125	langPirmin Lang	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	29	146
126	peluMatteo Pelucchi	Italy	IAM Cycling	25	180DNF-15[15]
127	reynVicente Reynès	Spain	IAM Cycling	33	61
128	saraAleksejs Saramotins	Latvia	IAM Cycling	32	197DNF-7[12]
129	tschJohann Tschopp	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	32	186DNS-14[18]
131	rodrJoaquim Rodríguez	Spain	Team Katusha	35	4
132	carugGiampaolo Caruso	Italy	Team Katusha	34	15
133	cherSergey Chernetskiy	Russia	Team Katusha	24	113
134	koloAlexandr Kolobnev	Russia	Team Katusha	33	40
135	kozoDmitry Kozonchuk	Russia	Team Katusha	30	95
136	losaAlberto Losada	Spain	Team Katusha	32	42
137	moredDaniel Moreno	Spain	Team Katusha	32	11
138	trofYuri Trofimov	Russia	Team Katusha	30	72
139	vorgEduard Vorganov	Russia	Team Katusha	31	46
141	vandenJurgen Van den Broeck	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	31	190DNF-13[14]
142	armeSander Armée	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	28	103
143	breeVegard Breen	Norway	Lotto–Belisol	24	129
144	declBart De Clercq	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	27	34
145	debuJens Debusschere	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	24	107
146	hansAdam Hansen	Australia	Lotto–Belisol	33	53
147	hendGreg Henderson	New Zealand	Lotto–Belisol	37	133
148	ligtPim Ligthart	Netherlands	Lotto–Belisol	26	127
149	monfMaxime Monfort	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	31	16
151	valvAlejandro Valverde	Spain	Movistar Team	34	3
152	amadAndrey Amador	Costa Rica	Movistar Team	27	30
153	castJonathan Castroviejo	Spain	Movistar Team	27	65
154	erviImanol Erviti	Spain	Movistar Team	30	63
155	herrJosé Herrada	Spain	Movistar Team	28	32
156	izagGorka Izagirre	Spain	Movistar Team	26	37
157	maloAdriano Malori	Italy	Movistar Team	26	114
158	morejJavier Moreno	Spain	Movistar Team	30	90
159	quintNairo Quintana	Colombia	Movistar Team	24	194DNF-11[5]
161	pardSergio Pardilla	Spain	MTN–Qhubeka	30	17
162	ciolGerald Ciolek	Germany	MTN–Qhubeka	27	139
163	kuduMerhawi Kudus	Eritrea	MTN–Qhubeka	20	92
164	meinLouis Meintjes	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	22	55
165	sbarKristian Sbaragli	Italy	MTN–Qhubeka	24	104
166	teklDaniel Teklehaymanot	Eritrea	MTN–Qhubeka	25	47
167	thomJay Thomson	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	28	155
168	ventJaco Venter	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	27	123
169	jansJacques Janse van Rensburg	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	26	59
171	boonTom Boonen	Belgium	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	33	169DNS-18[19]
172	bramGianluca Brambilla	Italy	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	27	176DSQ-16[20]
173	maesNikolas Maes	Belgium	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	28	111
174	martintTony Martin	Germany	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	29	177DNF-15[6]
175	poelWout Poels	Netherlands	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	26	38
176	serrPieter Serry	Belgium	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	25	162DNS-20[4]
177	uranRigoberto Urán	Colombia	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	27	173DNS-17[21]
178	veliMartin Velits	Slovakia	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	29	130
179	veroCarlos Verona	Spain	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	21	66
181	bewlSam Bewley	New Zealand	Orica–GreenEDGE	27	135
182	chavEsteban Chaves	Colombia	Orica–GreenEDGE	24	41
183	clarSimon Clarke	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	28	70
184	dockMitchell Docker	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	27	147
185	lancBrett Lancaster	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	34	189DNF-13[14]
186	mattMichael Matthews	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	23	75
187	meyeCameron Meyer	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	26	166DNS-18[22]
188	santIvan Santaromita	Italy	Orica–GreenEDGE	30	198DNF-7[23]
189	yateAdam Yates	Great Britain	Orica–GreenEDGE	22	82
191	frooChris Froome	Great Britain	Team Sky	29	2
192	cataDario Cataldo	Italy	Team Sky	29	163DNS-20[24]
193	deigPhilip Deignan	Ireland	Team Sky	30	39
194	kennPeter Kennaugh	Great Britain	Team Sky	25	71
195	kiryVasil Kiryienka	Belarus	Team Sky	33	110
196	kneeChristian Knees	Germany	Team Sky	33	171DNS-17[25]
197	nievMikel Nieve	Spain	Team Sky	30	12
198	roweLuke Rowe	Great Britain	Team Sky	24	141
199	sivtKanstantsin Sivtsov	Belarus	Team Sky	32	43
201	conta Alberto Contador	Spain	Tinkoff–Saxo	31	1
202	valgMichael Valgren	Denmark	Tinkoff–Saxo	22	128
203	bennaDaniele Bennati	Italy	Tinkoff–Saxo	33	108
204	hernJesús Hernández	Spain	Tinkoff–Saxo	32	21
205	paulSérgio Paulinho	Portugal	Tinkoff–Saxo	34	57
206	rovnIvan Rovny	Russia	Tinkoff–Saxo	26	175DSQ-16[20]
207	soreChris Anker Sørensen	Denmark	Tinkoff–Saxo	29	29
208	tosaMatteo Tosatto	Italy	Tinkoff–Saxo	40	120
209	zaugOliver Zaugg	Switzerland	Tinkoff–Saxo	33	23
211	cancFabian Cancellara	Switzerland	Trek Factory Racing	33	167DNS-18[26]
212	arreJulián Arredondo	Colombia	Trek Factory Racing	26	179DNF-15[15]
213	fellFabio Felline	Italy	Trek Factory Racing	24	105
214	jungBob Jungels	Luxembourg	Trek Factory Racing	21	164DNS-19[27]
215	popoYaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Trek Factory Racing	34	115
216	sergJesse Sergent	New Zealand	Trek Factory Racing	26	131
217	stuyJasper Stuyven	Belgium	Trek Factory Racing	22	88
218	vandewKristof Vandewalle	Belgium	Trek Factory Racing	29	87
219	zubeHaimar Zubeldia	Spain	Trek Factory Racing	37	172DNS-17[28]

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2014 Vuelta a España represented 34 different countries.

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
Argentina	1	1
Australia	9	7	2 (Adam Hansen, Michael Matthews)
Austria	1	1
Belarus	3	3
Belgium	13	10
Brazil	1	0
Canada	2	2	1 (Ryder Hesjedal)
Colombia	7	4	1 (Winner Anacona)
Costa Rica	1	1
Denmark	2	2
Eritrea	3	3
Estonia	2	1
France	27	20	2 (Nacer Bouhanni x2)
Germany	11	8	5 (John Degenkolb x4, Tony Martin)
Great Britain	5	5
Ireland	2	2
Italy	26	20	4 (Fabio Aru x2, Alessandro De Marchi, Adriano Malori)
Kazakhstan	3	2
Latvia	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0
Namibia	1	1
Netherlands	11	8
New Zealand	4	4
Norway	1	1
Poland	3	3	1 (Przemysław Niemiec)
Portugal	2	2
Russia	6	5
Slovakia	2	1
South Africa	4	4
Spain	28	27	4 (Alberto Contador x2, Daniel Navarro, Alejandro Valverde)
Sweden	1	1
Switzerland	8	5
Ukraine	1	1
United States	5	4
Total	198	159

References

External links

• Official website