List of teams and cyclists in the 2016 Vuelta a España

The 2016 Vuelta a España was the 71st edition of the race. It was the last of cycling's three Grand Tours to take place during the 2016 road cycling season. The race started in Ourense on 20 August and finished in Madrid on 11 September.

All 18 UCI World Tour teams were automatically entitled to start the race. In May 2016, four UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places in the race by the organisers, Unipublic.[1]

Teams

The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Vuelta. In addition, the race organisers, Unipublic, invited four wildcard teams.[1] These included Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, the only Spanish-registered UCI Professional Continental team. Two French teams, Cofidis and Direct Énergie, also received entries. The final team to be invited was Bora–Argon 18.

UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams

Cyclists

Legend
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
  Yellow jersey   Denotes the winner of the general classification
  Green jersey   Denotes the winner of the points classification
  White jersey with blue polka dots   Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
  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
DSQ Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 20 August 2016, the date on which the Vuelta began

By starting number

No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time Ref
1 Alejandro Valverde  Spain Movistar Team 36 [2]
2 Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain Movistar Team 29 [2]
3 Imanol Erviti  Spain Movistar Team 32 [2]
4 Rubén Fernández  Spain Movistar Team 25 [2]
5 José Herrada  Spain Movistar Team 30 [2]
6 Daniel Moreno  Spain Movistar Team 34 [2]
7 Nairo Quintana  Colombia Movistar Team 26 [2]
8 José Joaquín Rojas  Spain Movistar Team 31 [2]
9 Rory Sutherland  Australia Movistar Team 34 [2]
11 Alberto Contador  Spain Tinkoff 33 [3]
12 Daniele Bennati  Italy Tinkoff 35 [3]
13 Manuele Boaro  Italy Tinkoff 29 [3]
14 Michael Gogl  Austria Tinkoff 22 [3]
15 Jesús Hernández  Spain Tinkoff 34 [3]
16 Robert Kišerlovski  Croatia Tinkoff 30 DNS-6 — [3]
17 Sérgio Paulinho  Portugal Tinkoff 36 [3]
18 Ivan Rovny  Russia Tinkoff 28 [3]
19 Yuri Trofimov  Russia Tinkoff 32 [3]
21 Chris Froome  Great Britain Team Sky 31 [4]
22 Ian Boswell  United States Team Sky 25 [4]
23 Michał Gołaś  Poland Team Sky 32 [4]
24 Peter Kennaugh  Great Britain Team Sky 27 [4]
25 Christian Knees  Germany Team Sky 35 [4]
26 Leopold König  Czech Republic Team Sky 28 [4]
27 Michał Kwiatkowski  Poland Team Sky 25 DNF-7 — [4]
28 David López  Spain Team Sky 35 [4]
29 Salvatore Puccio  Italy Team Sky 26 [4]
31 Tejay van Garderen  United States BMC Racing Team 28 DNF-17 — [5]
32 Darwin Atapuma  Colombia BMC Racing Team 28 [5]
33 Silvan Dillier   Switzerland BMC Racing Team 26 [5]
34 Jempy Drucker  Luxembourg BMC Racing Team 29 [5]
35 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium BMC Racing Team 34 DNF-14 — [5]
36 Ben Hermans  Belgium BMC Racing Team 30 [5]
37 Samuel Sánchez  Spain BMC Racing Team 38 [5]
38 Dylan Teuns  Belgium BMC Racing Team 24 [5]
39 Danilo Wyss   Switzerland BMC Racing Team 30 [5]
41 Steven Kruijswijk  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 29 DNS-6 — [6]
42 Enrico Battaglin  Italy LottoNL–Jumbo 26 DNF-9 — [6]
43 George Bennett  New Zealand LottoNL–Jumbo 26 [6]
44 Koen Bouwman  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 22 [6]
45 Victor Campenaerts  Belgium LottoNL–Jumbo 24 [6]
46 Robert Gesink  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 30 [6]
47 Martijn Keizer  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 28 [6]
48 Bram Tankink  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 37 [6]
49 Jos van Emden  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 31 DNS-17 — [6]
51 Esteban Chaves  Colombia Orica–BikeExchange 26 [7]
52 Sam Bewley  New Zealand Orica–BikeExchange 29 [7]
53 Simon Gerrans  Australia Orica–BikeExchange 36 [7]
54 Jack Haig  Australia Orica–BikeExchange 22 [7]
55 Damien Howson  Australia Orica–BikeExchange 24 [7]
56 Jens Keukeleire  Belgium Orica–BikeExchange 27 [7]
57 Magnus Cort Nielsen  Denmark Orica–BikeExchange 23 [7]
58 Svein Tuft  Canada Orica–BikeExchange 39 [7]
59 Simon Yates  Great Britain Orica–BikeExchange 24 [7]
61 Michele Scarponi  Italy Astana 36 [8]
62 Dario Cataldo  Italy Astana 31 [8]
63 Dmitriy Gruzdev  Kazakhstan Astana 30 [8]
64 Miguel Ángel López  Colombia Astana 22 DNF-6 — [8]
65 Davide Malacarne  Italy Astana 29 DNF-14 — [8]
66 Luis León Sánchez  Spain Astana 32 [8]
67 Gatis Smukulis  Latvia Astana 38 [8]
68 Alessandro Vanotti  Italy Astana 35 [8]
69 Andrey Zeits  Kazakhstan Astana 29 [8]
71 Kenny Elissonde  France FDJ 25 [9]
72 Odd Christian Eiking  Norway FDJ 21 [9]
73 Murilo Fischer  Brazil FDJ 37 DNF-5 — [9]
74 Alexandre Geniez  France FDJ 28 [9]
75 Mathieu Ladagnous  France FDJ 31 [9]
76 Johan Le Bon  France FDJ 25 DNF-14 — [9]
77 Lorrenzo Manzin  France FDJ 22 [9]
78 Laurent Pichon  France FDJ 30 DNF-11 — [9]
79 Kévin Reza  France FDJ 28 DNF-10 — [9]
81 Warren Barguil  France Team Giant–Alpecin 24 DNF-3 — [10][11]
82 Nikias Arndt  Germany Team Giant–Alpecin 24 [10]
83 Koen de Kort  Netherlands Team Giant–Alpecin 33 [10]
84 Johannes Fröhlinger  Germany Team Giant–Alpecin 31 [10]
85 Chad Haga  United States Team Giant–Alpecin 27 [10]
86 Tobias Ludvigsson  Sweden Team Giant–Alpecin 25 [10]
87 Sindre Lunke  Norway Team Giant–Alpecin 23 [10]
88 Tom Stamsnijder  Netherlands Team Giant–Alpecin 31 [10]
89 Zico Waeytens  Belgium Team Giant–Alpecin 24 DNF-13 — [10]
91 Haimar Zubeldia  Spain Trek–Segafredo 39 [12]
92 Fumiyuki Beppu  Japan Trek–Segafredo 33 [12]
93 Julien Bernard  France Trek–Segafredo 24 [12]
94 Niccolò Bonifazio  Italy Trek–Segafredo 22 DNF-7 — [12]
95 Laurent Didier  Luxembourg Trek–Segafredo 32 [12]
96 Fabio Felline  Italy Trek–Segafredo 26 [12]
97 Markel Irizar  Spain Trek–Segafredo 36 DNF-10 — [12]
98 Kiel Reijnen  United States Trek–Segafredo 30 [12]
99 Riccardo Zoidl  Austria Trek–Segafredo 28 [12]
101 Jean-Christophe Péraud  France AG2R La Mondiale 39 [13]
102 Gediminas Bagdonas  Lithuania AG2R La Mondiale 30 [13]
103 Jan Bakelants  Belgium AG2R La Mondiale 30 [13]
104 François Bidard  France AG2R La Mondiale 24 [13]
105 Axel Domont  France AG2R La Mondiale 26 [13]
106 Quentin Jaurégui  France AG2R La Mondiale 22 [13]
107 Pierre Latour  France AG2R La Mondiale 22 [13]
108 Sébastien Minard  France AG2R La Mondiale 34 DNS-6 — [13]
109 Christophe Riblon  France AG2R La Mondiale 35 [13]
111 Alberto Losada  Spain Team Katusha 34 [14]
112 Sven Erik Bystrøm  Norway Team Katusha 24 [14]
113 Pavel Kochetkov  Russia Team Katusha 30 [14]
114 Sergey Lagutin  Russia Team Katusha 35 [14]
115 Tiago Machado  Portugal Team Katusha 30 [14]
116 Matvey Mamykin  Russia Team Katusha 33 [14]
117 Jhonatan Restrepo  Colombia Team Katusha 23 [14]
118 Egor Silin  Russia Team Katusha 28 [14]
119 Rein Taaramäe  Estonia Team Katusha 29 DNF-7 — [14]
121 Bart De Clercq  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 29 [15]
122 Sander Armée  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 30 [15]
123 Thomas De Gendt  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 29 [15]
124 Gert Dockx  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 28 [15]
125 Adam Hansen  Australia Lotto–Soudal 35 [15]
126 Maxime Monfort  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 33 [15]
127 Tosh Van der Sande  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 25 [15]
128 Louis Vervaeke  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 22 [15]
129 Jelle Wallays  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 27 [15]
131 Gianluca Brambilla  Italy Etixx–Quick-Step 28 [16]
132 Maxime Bouet  France Etixx–Quick-Step 29 [16]
133 David de la Cruz  Spain Etixx–Quick-Step 27 [16]
134 Yves Lampaert  Belgium Etixx–Quick-Step 25 [16]
135 Gianni Meersman  Belgium Etixx–Quick-Step 30 [16]
136 Pieter Serry  Belgium Etixx–Quick-Step 27 [16]
137 Zdeněk Štybar  Czech Republic Etixx–Quick-Step 30 [16]
138 Niki Terpstra  Netherlands Etixx–Quick-Step 32 [16]
139 Martin Velits  Slovakia Etixx–Quick-Step 31 [16]
141 Andrew Talansky  United States Cannondale–Drapac 27 [17]
142 Patrick Bevin  New Zealand Cannondale–Drapac 25 DNF-11 — [17]
143 Simon Clarke  Australia Cannondale–Drapac 30 DNS-11 — [17]
144 Joe Dombrowski  United States Cannondale–Drapac 25 [17]
145 Davide Formolo  Italy Cannondale–Drapac 23 [17]
146 Ben King  United States Cannondale–Drapac 27 [17]
147 Moreno Moser  Italy Cannondale–Drapac 25 [17]
148 Pierre Rolland  France Cannondale–Drapac 29 [17]
149 Davide Villella  Italy Cannondale–Drapac 25 [17]
151 Igor Antón  Spain Team Dimension Data 33 DNS-9 — [18]
152 Nicolas Dougall  South Africa Team Dimension Data 23 [18]
153 Tyler Farrar  United States Team Dimension Data 32 [18]
154 Omar Fraile  Spain Team Dimension Data 26 [18]
155 Nathan Haas  Australia Team Dimension Data 27 [18]
156 Jacques Janse van Rensburg  South Africa Team Dimension Data 28 DNS-15 — [18]
157 Merhawi Kudus  Eritrea Team Dimension Data 22 [18]
158 Kristian Sbaragli  Italy Team Dimension Data 26 [18]
159 Jaco Venter  South Africa Team Dimension Data 29 [18]
161 Mathias Frank   Switzerland IAM Cycling 29 [19]
162 Clément Chevrier  France IAM Cycling 24 [19]
163 Dries Devenyns  Belgium IAM Cycling 33 [19]
164 Vegard Stake Laengen  Norway IAM Cycling 27 [19]
165 Simon Pellaud   Switzerland IAM Cycling 23 [19]
166 Vicente Reynés  Spain IAM Cycling 35 DNF-4 — [19]
167 Jonas van Genechten  Belgium IAM Cycling 29 [19]
168 Larry Warbasse  United States IAM Cycling 26 [19]
169 Marcel Wyss   Switzerland IAM Cycling 30 [19]
171 Louis Meintjes  South Africa Lampre–Merida 24 [20]
172 Yukiya Arashiro  Japan Lampre–Merida 31 [20]
173 Mattia Cattaneo  Italy Lampre–Merida 25 [20]
174 Valerio Conti  Italy Lampre–Merida 23 [20]
175 Kristijan Đurasek  Croatia Lampre–Merida 29 [20]
176 Mário Costa  Portugal Lampre–Merida 30 DNF-17 — [20]
177 Tsgabu Grmay  Ethiopia Lampre–Merida 24 [20]
178 Ilia Koshevoy  Belarus Lampre–Merida 25 [20]
179 Federico Zurlo  Italy Lampre–Merida 22 DNF-4 — [20]
181 Luis Ángel Maté  Spain Cofidis 32 [21]
182 Yoann Bagot  France Cofidis 28 DNF-9 — [21]
183 Loïc Chetout  France Cofidis 23 [21]
184 Jérôme Cousin  France Cofidis 27 [21]
185 Romain Hardy  France Cofidis 27 [21]
186 Rudy Molard  France Cofidis 26 [21]
187 Stéphane Rossetto  France Cofidis 29 [21]
188 Florian Sénéchal  France Cofidis 23 DNF-12 — [21]
189 Kenneth Vanbilsen  Belgium Cofidis 26 DNF-14 — [21]
191 José Mendes  Portugal Bora–Argon 18 31 [22]
192 Cesare Benedetti  Italy Bora–Argon 18 29 [22]
193 Silvio Herklotz  Germany Bora–Argon 18 22 DNS-11 — [22]
194 Bartosz Huzarski  Poland Bora–Argon 18 35 DNF-10 — [22]
195 Gregor Mühlberger  Austria Bora–Argon 18 22 [22]
196 Christoph Pfingsten  Germany Bora–Argon 18 28 [22]
197 Michael Schwarzmann  Germany Bora–Argon 18 25 [22]
198 Rüdiger Selig  Germany Bora–Argon 18 27 [22]
199 Scott Thwaites  Great Britain Bora–Argon 18 26 [22]
201 David Arroyo  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 36 [23]
202 Pello Bilbao  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 26 [23]
203 Hugh Carthy  Great Britain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 22 [23]
204 José Gonçalves  Portugal Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 27 DNF-11 — [23]
205 Ángel Madrazo  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 28 DNF-14 — [23]
206 Lluís Mas  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 27 DNS-5 — [23]
207 Sergio Pardilla  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 32 [23]
208 Eduard Prades  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 29 [23]
209 Jaime Rosón  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 23 [23]
211 Romain Sicard  France Direct Énergie 28 [24]
212 Ryan Anderson  Canada Direct Énergie 29 [24]
213 Lilian Calmejane  France Direct Énergie 23 [24]
214 Romain Cardis  France Direct Énergie 24 [24]
215 Tony Hurel  France Direct Énergie 28 DNF-9 — [24]
216 Fabrice Jeandesboz  France Direct Énergie 31 DNF-12 — [24]
217 Julien Morice  France Direct Énergie 25 [24]
218 Bryan Nauleau  France Direct Énergie 28 [24]
219 Perrig Quéméneur  France Direct Énergie 32 [24]

By team

Movistar Team (MOV)
No. Rider Pos.
1  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2  Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)
3  Imanol Erviti (ESP)
4  Rubén Fernández (ESP)
5  José Herrada (ESP)
6  Daniel Moreno (ESP)
7  Nairo Quintana (COL)
8  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)
9  Rory Sutherland (AUS)
Directeur sportif: José Luis Arrieta[25]
Tinkoff (TNK)
No. Rider Pos.
11  Alberto Contador (ESP)
12  Daniele Bennati (ITA)
13  Manuele Boaro (ITA)
14  Michael Gogl (AUT)
15  Jesús Hernández (ESP)
16  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) DNS-6
17  Sérgio Paulinho (POR)
18  Ivan Rovny (RUS)
19  Yuri Trofimov (RUS)
Directeur sportif: Steven de Jongh[25]
Team Sky (SKY)
No. Rider Pos.
21  Chris Froome (GBR)
22  Ian Boswell (USA)
23  Michał Gołaś (POL)
24  Peter Kennaugh (GBR)
25  Christian Knees (GER)
26  Leopold König (CZE)
27  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) DNF-7
28  David López (ESP)
29  Salvatore Puccio (ITA)
Directeur sportif: Dario Cioni[25]
BMC Racing Team (BMC)
No. Rider Pos.
31  Tejay van Garderen (USA) DNF-17
32  Darwin Atapuma (COL)
33  Silvan Dillier (SUI)
34  Jempy Drucker (LUX)
35  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) DNF-14
36  Ben Hermans (BEL)
37  Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
38  Dylan Teuns (BEL)
39  Danilo Wyss (SUI)
Directeur sportif: Jan Boven[25]
LottoNL–Jumbo (TLJ)
No. Rider Pos.
41  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) DNS-6
42  Enrico Battaglin (ITA) DNF-9
43  George Bennett (NZL)
44  Koen Bouwman (NED)
45  Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
46  Robert Gesink (NED)
47  Martijn Keizer (NED)
48  Bram Tankink (NED)
49  Jos van Emden (NED) DNS-17
Directeur sportif: [25]
Orica–BikeExchange (OBE)
No. Rider Pos.
51  Esteban Chaves (COL)
52  Sam Bewley (NZL)
53  Simon Gerrans (AUS)
54  Jack Haig (AUS)
55  Damien Howson (AUS)
56  Jens Keukeleire (BEL)
57  Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN)
58  Svein Tuft (CAN)
59  Simon Yates (GBR)
Directeur sportif: Neil Stephens[25]
Astana (AST)
No. Rider Pos.
61  Michele Scarponi (ITA)
62  Dario Cataldo (ITA)
63  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)
64  Miguel Ángel López (COL) DNF-6
65  Davide Malacarne (ITA) DNF-14
66  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
67  Gatis Smukulis (LAT)
68  Alessandro Vanotti (ITA)
69  Andrey Zeits (KAZ)
Directeur sportif: Alexandr Shefer[25]
FDJ (FDJ)
No. Rider Pos.
71  Kenny Elissonde (FRA)
72  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR)
73  Murilo Fischer (BRA) DNF-5
74  Alexandre Geniez (FRA)
75  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA)
76  Johan Le Bon (FRA) DNF-14
77  Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA)
78  Laurent Pichon (FRA) DNF-11
79  Kévin Reza (FRA) DNF-10
Directeur sportif: Frank Pineau[25]
Team Giant–Alpecin (TGA)
No. Rider Pos.
81  Warren Barguil (FRA) DNF-3
82  Nikias Arndt (GER)
83  Koen de Kort (NED)
84  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)
85  Chad Haga (USA)
86  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)
87  Sindre Lunke (NOR)
88  Tom Stamsnijder (NED)
89  Zico Waeytens (BEL) DNF-13
Directeur sportif: Arthur van Dongen[25]
Trek–Segafredo (TFS)
No. Rider Pos.
91  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)
92  Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN)
93  Julien Bernard (FRA)
94  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) DNF-7
95  Laurent Didier (LUX)
96  Fabio Felline (ITA)
97  Markel Irizar (ESP) DNF-10
98  Kiel Reijnen (USA)
99  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)
Directeur sportif: Dirk Demol[25]
AG2R La Mondiale (ALM)
No. Rider Pos.
101  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)
102  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)
103  Jan Bakelants (BEL)
104  François Bidard (FRA)
105  Axel Domont (FRA)
106  Quentin Jaurégui (FRA)
107  Pierre Latour (FRA)
108  Sébastien Minard (FRA) DNS-6
109  Christophe Riblon (FRA)
Directeur sportif: Julien Jurdie[25]
Team Katusha (KAT)
No. Rider Pos.
111  Alberto Losada (ESP)
112  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR)
113  Pavel Kochetkov (RUS)
114  Sergey Lagutin (RUS)
115  Tiago Machado (POR)
116  Matvey Mamykin (RUS)
117  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL)
118  Egor Silin (RUS)
119  Rein Taaramäe (EST) DNF-7
Directeur sportif: José Azevedo[25]
Lotto–Soudal (LTS)
No. Rider Pos.
121  Bart De Clercq (BEL)
122  Sander Armée (BEL)
123  Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
124  Gert Dockx (BEL)
125  Adam Hansen (AUS)
126  Maxime Monfort (BEL)
127  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL)
128  Louis Vervaeke (BEL)
129  Jelle Wallays (BEL)
Directeur sportif: Mario Aerts[25]
Etixx–Quick-Step (EQS)
No. Rider Pos.
131  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)
132  Maxime Bouet (FRA)
133  David de la Cruz (ESP)
134  Yves Lampaert (BEL)
135  Gianni Meersman (BEL)
136  Pieter Serry (BEL)
137  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)
138  Niki Terpstra (NED)
139  Martin Velits (SVK)
Directeur sportif: Rik Van Slycke[25]
Cannondale–Drapac (CDT)
No. Rider Pos.
141  Andrew Talansky (USA)
142  Patrick Bevin (NZL) DNF-11
143  Simon Clarke (AUS) DNS-11
144  Joe Dombrowski (USA)
145  Davide Formolo (ITA)
146  Ben King (USA)
147  Moreno Moser (ITA)
148  Pierre Rolland (FRA)
149  Davide Villella (ITA)
Directeur sportif: Bingen Fernández[25]
Team Dimension Data (DDD)
No. Rider Pos.
151  Igor Antón (ESP) DNS-9
152  Nicolas Dougall (RSA)
153  Tyler Farrar (USA)
154  Omar Fraile (ESP)
155  Nathan Haas (AUS)
156  Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) DNS-15
157  Merhawi Kudus (ERI)
158  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA)
159  Jaco Venter (RSA)
Directeur sportif: Alex Sans Vega[25]
IAM Cycling (IAM)
No. Rider Pos.
161  Mathias Frank (SUI)
162  Clément Chevrier (FRA)
163  Dries Devenyns (BEL)
164  Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR)
165  Simon Pellaud (SUI)
166  Vicente Reynés (ESP) DNF-4
167  Jonas van Genechten (BEL)
168  Larry Warbasse (USA)
169  Marcel Wyss (SUI)
Directeur sportif: Eddy Seigneur[25]
Lampre–Merida (LAM)
No. Rider Pos.
171  Louis Meintjes (RSA)
172  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)
173  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA)
174  Valerio Conti (ITA)
175  Kristijan Đurasek (CRO)
176  Mário Costa (POR) DNF-17
177  Tsgabu Grmay (ETH)
178  Ilia Koshevoy (BLR)
179  Federico Zurlo (ITA) DNF-4
Directeur sportif: Simone Pedrazzini[25]
Cofidis (COF)
No. Rider Pos.
181  Luis Ángel Maté (ESP)
182  Yoann Bagot (FRA) DNF-9
183  Loïc Chetout (FRA)
184  Jérôme Cousin (FRA)
185  Romain Hardy (FRA)
186  Rudy Molard (FRA)
187  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA)
188  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) DNF-12
189  Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL) DNF-14
Directeur sportif: Christian Guiberteau[25]
Bora–Argon 18 (BOA)
No. Rider Pos.
191  José Mendes (POR)
192  Cesare Benedetti (ITA)
193  Silvio Herklotz (GER) DNS-11
194  Bartosz Huzarski (POL) DNF-10
195  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT)
196  Christoph Pfingsten (GER)
197  Michael Schwarzmann (GER)
198  Rüdiger Selig (GER)
199  Scott Thwaites (GBR)
Directeur sportif: [25]
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (CJR)
No. Rider Pos.
201  David Arroyo (ESP)
202  Pello Bilbao (ESP)
203  Hugh Carthy (GBR)
204  José Gonçalves (POR) DNF-11
205  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) DNF-14
206  Lluís Mas (ESP) DNS-5
207  Sergio Pardilla (ESP)
208  Eduard Prades (ESP)
209  Jaime Rosón (ESP)
Directeur sportif: Eugenio Goikoetxea[25]
Direct Énergie (DEN)
No. Rider Pos.
211  Romain Sicard (FRA)
212  Ryan Anderson (CAN)
213  Lilian Calmejane (FRA)
214  Romain Cardis (FRA)
215  Tony Hurel (FRA) DNF-9
216  Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) DNF-12
217  Julien Morice (FRA)
218  Bryan Nauleau (FRA)
219  Perrig Quéméneur (FRA)
Directeur sportif: Dominique Arnould[25]

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2016 Vuelta a España represented 37 countries.[26]

Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins
 Australia 7
 Austria 3
 Belarus 1
 Belgium 21 4 (Gianni Meersman ×2, Jonas van Genechten ×1, Jens Keukeleire ×1)
 Brazil 1
 Canada 2
 Colombia 5 1 (Nairo Quintana)
 Croatia 2
 Czech Republic 2
 Denmark 1 1 (Magnus Cort Nielsen)
 Eritrea 1
 Estonia 1
 Ethiopia 1
 France 34 2 (Alexandre Geniez ×1, Lilian Calmejane ×1)
 Germany 7
 Italy 19 2 (Valerio Conti ×1, Gianluca Brambilla ×1)
 Japan 2
 Kazakhstan 2
 Latvia 1
 Lithuania 1
 Luxembourg 2 1 (Jempy Drucker)
 Netherlands 9 1 (Robert Gesink)
 New Zealand 3
 Norway 4
 Poland 3
 Portugal 5
 Russia 6 1 (Sergey Lagutin)
 Slovakia 1
 South Africa 4
 Spain 27 1 (David de la Cruz)
 Sweden 1
  Switzerland 5 1 (Mathias Frank)
 Great Britain 5 2 (Simon Yates ×1, Chris Froome ×1)
 United States 10
Total 198 158 17[N 1]
  1. ^ The team time trial on stage 1, won by Team Sky, is not counted in this total.

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