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
  A yellow jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification
  A green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification
  A white jersey with blue dots   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification
  A white jersey   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

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