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 Valerio Conti  Italy Lampre–Merida 21 112
2 Winner Anacona  Colombia Lampre–Merida 26 27
3 Damiano Cunego  Italy Lampre–Merida 32 76
4 Elia Favilli  Italy Lampre–Merida 25 109
5 Roberto Ferrari  Italy Lampre–Merida 31 145
6 Przemysław Niemiec  Poland Lampre–Merida 34 26
7 Filippo Pozzato  Italy Lampre–Merida 32 DNS-20[4]
8 Maximiliano Richeze  Argentina Lampre–Merida 31 138
9 José Serpa  Colombia Lampre–Merida 35 93
11 Hubert Dupont  France Ag2r–La Mondiale 33 54
12 Carlos Betancur  Colombia Ag2r–La Mondiale 24 158
13 Maxime Bouet  France Ag2r–La Mondiale 27 DNF-11[5]
14 Damien Gaudin  France Ag2r–La Mondiale 28 132
15 Patrick Gretsch  Germany Ag2r–La Mondiale 27 126
16 Yauheni Hutarovich  Belarus Ag2r–La Mondiale 30 134
17 Lloyd Mondory  France Ag2r–La Mondiale 32 DNF-15[6]
18 Rinaldo Nocentini  Italy Ag2r–La Mondiale 36 96
19 Sébastien Turgot  France Ag2r–La Mondiale 30 154
21 Fabio Aru  Italy Astana 24 5
22 Daniil Fominykh  Kazakhstan Astana 22 DNF-20[4]
23 Andrea Guardini  Italy Astana 25 159
24 Jacopo Guarnieri  Italy Astana 27 150
25 Tanel Kangert  Estonia Astana 27 DNF-17[7]
26 Mikel Landa  Spain Astana 24 28
27 Alexey Lutsenko  Kazakhstan Astana 21 100
28 Paolo Tiralongo  Italy Astana 37 33
29 Andrey Zeits  Kazakhstan Astana 27 50
31 Wilco Kelderman  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 23 14
32 Stef Clement  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 31 69
33 Laurens ten Dam  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 33 44
34 Robert Gesink  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 28 DNS-18[8]
35 Moreno Hofland  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 22 DNF-9[9]
36 Paul Martens  Germany Belkin Pro Cycling 30 58
37 Martijn Keizer  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 26 80
38 Maarten Tjallingii  Netherlands Belkin Pro Cycling 36 137
39 Robert Wagner  Germany Belkin Pro Cycling 31 151
41 Samuel Sánchez  Spain BMC Racing Team 36 6
42 Rohan Dennis  Australia BMC Racing Team 24 84
43 Cadel Evans  Australia BMC Racing Team 37 52
44 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium BMC Racing Team 32 45
45 Steve Morabito   Switzerland BMC Racing Team 31 DNF-11[5]
46 Dominik Nerz  Germany BMC Racing Team 24 18
47 Manuel Quinziato  Italy BMC Racing Team 34 68
48 Larry Warbasse  United States BMC Racing Team 24 74
49 Danilo Wyss   Switzerland BMC Racing Team 28 36
51 Luis León Sánchez  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 30 56
52 Javier Aramendia  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 27 98
53 David Arroyo  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 34 20
54 Pello Bilbao  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 24 60
55 Karol Domagalski  Poland Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 24 124
56 Francesco Lasca  Italy Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 26 156
57 Lluís Mas  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 25 121
58 Antonio Piedra  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 29 99
59 Amets Txurruka  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 31 48
61 Peter Sagan  Slovakia Cannondale 24 DNF-14[10]
62 George Bennett  New Zealand Cannondale 24 89
63 Maciej Bodnar  Poland Cannondale 29 122
64 Guillaume Boivin  Canada Cannondale 25 149
65 Damiano Caruso  Italy Cannondale 26 9
66 Alessandro De Marchi  Italy Cannondale 28 67
67 Oscar Gatto  Italy Cannondale 29 DNF-16[11]
68 Matthias Krizek  Austria Cannondale 25 125
69 Paolo Longo Borghini  Italy Cannondale 33 101
71 Daniel Navarro  Spain Cofidis 31 10
72 Jérôme Coppel  France Cofidis 28 31
73 Romain Hardy  France Cofidis 25 64
74 Gert Jõeäär  Estonia Cofidis 27 152
75 Christophe Le Mével  France Cofidis 33 22
76 Guillaume Levarlet  France Cofidis 29 49
77 Luis Ángel Maté  Spain Cofidis 30 19
78 Yoann Bagot  France Cofidis 26 119
79 Romain Zingle  Belgium Cofidis 27 83
81 Romain Sicard  France Team Europcar 26 13
82 Natnael Berhane  Eritrea Team Europcar 23 148
83 Jérôme Cousin  France Team Europcar 25 78
84 Dan Craven  Namibia Team Europcar 31 140
85 Jimmy Engoulvent  France Team Europcar 34 157
86 Vincent Jérôme  France Team Europcar 29 91
87 Yannick Martinez  France Team Europcar 26 81
88 Maxime Méderel  France Team Europcar 33 35
89 Bryan Nauleau  France Team Europcar 26 DNF-7[12]
91 Nacer Bouhanni  France FDJ.fr 24 DNF-14[10]
92 Kenny Elissonde  France FDJ.fr 23 DNF-13[13]
93 Murilo Fischer  Brazil FDJ.fr 35 DNF-13[14]
94 Johan Le Bon  France FDJ.fr 23 79
95 Laurent Mangel  France FDJ.fr 33 153
96 Cédric Pineau  France FDJ.fr 29 77
97 Thibaut Pinot  France FDJ.fr 24 DNF-11[5]
98 Anthony Roux  France FDJ.fr 27 DNF-15[15]
99 Geoffrey Soupe  France FDJ.fr 26 94
101 Ryder Hesjedal  Canada Garmin–Sharp 33 24
102 Dan Martin  Ireland Garmin–Sharp 28 7
103 Koldo Fernández  Spain Garmin–Sharp 32 86
104 Nathan Haas  Australia Garmin–Sharp 25 143
105 Nate Brown  United States Garmin–Sharp 23 85
106 André Cardoso  Portugal Garmin–Sharp 29 25
107 David Millar  Great Britain Garmin–Sharp 37 144
108 Andrew Talansky  United States Garmin–Sharp 25 51
109 Johan Vansummeren  Belgium Garmin–Sharp 33 118
111 Warren Barguil  France Giant–Shimano 22 8
112 Nikias Arndt  Germany Giant–Shimano 22 102
113 Lawson Craddock  United States Giant–Shimano 22 DNF-14[16]
114 Koen de Kort  Netherlands Giant–Shimano 31 DNF-18[17]
115 John Degenkolb  Germany Giant–Shimano 25 116
116 Johannes Fröhlinger  Germany Giant–Shimano 29 97
117 Chad Haga  United States Giant–Shimano 25 73
118 Tobias Ludvigsson  Sweden Giant–Shimano 23 62
119 Ramon Sinkeldam  Netherlands Giant–Shimano 25 136
121 Marcel Aregger   Switzerland IAM Cycling 25 117
122 Jonathan Fumeaux   Switzerland IAM Cycling 26 142
123 Sébastien Hinault  France IAM Cycling 40 106
124 Dominic Klemme  Germany IAM Cycling 27 DNF-14[16]
125 Pirmin Lang   Switzerland IAM Cycling 29 146
126 Matteo Pelucchi  Italy IAM Cycling 25 DNF-15[15]
127 Vicente Reynés  Spain IAM Cycling 33 61
128 Aleksejs Saramotins  Latvia IAM Cycling 32 DNF-7[12]
129 Johann Tschopp   Switzerland IAM Cycling 32 DNS-14[18]
131 Joaquim Rodríguez  Spain Team Katusha 35 4
132 Giampaolo Caruso  Italy Team Katusha 34 15
133 Sergey Chernetskiy  Russia Team Katusha 24 113
134 Alexandr Kolobnev  Russia Team Katusha 33 40
135 Dmitry Kozonchuk  Russia Team Katusha 30 95
136 Alberto Losada  Spain Team Katusha 32 42
137 Daniel Moreno  Spain Team Katusha 32 11
138 Yuri Trofimov  Russia Team Katusha 30 72
139 Eduard Vorganov  Russia Team Katusha 31 46
141 Jurgen Van den Broeck  Belgium Lotto–Belisol 31 DNF-13[14]
142 Sander Armée  Belgium Lotto–Belisol 28 103
143 Vegard Breen  Norway Lotto–Belisol 24 129
144 Bart De Clercq  Belgium Lotto–Belisol 27 34
145 Jens Debusschere  Belgium Lotto–Belisol 24 107
146 Adam Hansen  Australia Lotto–Belisol 33 53
147 Greg Henderson  New Zealand Lotto–Belisol 37 133
148 Pim Ligthart  Netherlands Lotto–Belisol 26 127
149 Maxime Monfort  Belgium Lotto–Belisol 31 16
151 Alejandro Valverde  Spain Movistar Team 34 3
152 Andrey Amador  Costa Rica Movistar Team 27 30
153 Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain Movistar Team 27 65
154 Imanol Erviti  Spain Movistar Team 30 63
155 José Herrada  Spain Movistar Team 28 32
156 Gorka Izagirre  Spain Movistar Team 26 37
157 Adriano Malori  Italy Movistar Team 26 114
158 Javier Moreno  Spain Movistar Team 30 90
159 Nairo Quintana  Colombia Movistar Team 24 DNF-11[5]
161 Sergio Pardilla  Spain MTN–Qhubeka 30 17
162 Gerald Ciolek  Germany MTN–Qhubeka 27 139
163 Merhawi Kudus  Eritrea MTN–Qhubeka 20 92
164 Louis Meintjes  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 22 55
165 Kristian Sbaragli  Italy MTN–Qhubeka 24 104
166 Daniel Teklehaymanot  Eritrea MTN–Qhubeka 25 47
167 Jay Thomson  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 28 155
168 Jaco Venter  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 27 123
169 Jacques Janse van Rensburg  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 26 59
171 Tom Boonen  Belgium Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 33 DNS-18[19]
172 Gianluca Brambilla  Italy Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 27 DSQ-16[20]
173 Nikolas Maes  Belgium Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 28 111
174 Tony Martin  Germany Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 29 DNF-15[6]
175 Wout Poels  Netherlands Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 26 38
176 Pieter Serry  Belgium Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 25 DNS-20[4]
177 Rigoberto Urán  Colombia Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 27 DNS-17[21]
178 Martin Velits  Slovakia Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 29 130
179 Carlos Verona  Spain Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 21 66
181 Sam Bewley  New Zealand Orica–GreenEDGE 27 135
182 Esteban Chaves  Colombia Orica–GreenEDGE 24 41
183 Simon Clarke  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 28 70
184 Mitchell Docker  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 27 147
185 Brett Lancaster  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 34 DNF-13[14]
186 Michael Matthews  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 23 75
187 Cameron Meyer  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 26 DNS-18[22]
188 Ivan Santaromita  Italy Orica–GreenEDGE 30 DNF-7[23]
189 Adam Yates  Great Britain Orica–GreenEDGE 22 82
191 Chris Froome  Great Britain Team Sky 29 2
192 Dario Cataldo  Italy Team Sky 29 DNS-20[24]
193 Philip Deignan  Ireland Team Sky 30 39
194 Peter Kennaugh  Great Britain Team Sky 25 71
195 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus Team Sky 33 110
196 Christian Knees  Germany Team Sky 33 DNS-17[25]
197 Mikel Nieve  Spain Team Sky 30 12
198 Luke Rowe  Great Britain Team Sky 24 141
199 Kanstantsin Sivtsov  Belarus Team Sky 32 43
201 Alberto Contador  Spain Tinkoff–Saxo 31 1
202 Michael Valgren  Denmark Tinkoff–Saxo 22 128
203 Daniele Bennati  Italy Tinkoff–Saxo 33 108
204 Jesús Hernández  Spain Tinkoff–Saxo 32 21
205 Sérgio Paulinho  Portugal Tinkoff–Saxo 34 57
206 Ivan Rovny  Russia Tinkoff–Saxo 26 DSQ-16[20]
207 Chris Anker Sørensen  Denmark Tinkoff–Saxo 29 29
208 Matteo Tosatto  Italy Tinkoff–Saxo 40 120
209 Oliver Zaugg   Switzerland Tinkoff–Saxo 33 23
211 Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland Trek Factory Racing 33 DNS-18[26]
212 Julián Arredondo  Colombia Trek Factory Racing 26 DNF-15[15]
213 Fabio Felline  Italy Trek Factory Racing 24 105
214 Bob Jungels  Luxembourg Trek Factory Racing 21 DNS-19[27]
215 Yaroslav Popovych  Ukraine Trek Factory Racing 34 115
216 Jesse Sergent  New Zealand Trek Factory Racing 26 131
217 Jasper Stuyven  Belgium Trek Factory Racing 22 88
218 Kristof Vandewalle  Belgium Trek Factory Racing 29 87
219 Haimar Zubeldia  Spain Trek Factory Racing 37 DNS-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

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