List of teams and cyclists in the 2015 Vuelta a España

Fabio Aru, winner of the 2015 Vuelta a España, wearing the leader's red jersey during stage 15
The number of riders per nation participated in the 2015 Vuelta a España:
  20+
  10–19
  2–9
  1

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.[2] 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.[3] The startlist included all of the top four riders from the 2015 Tour de France: Chris Froome (Team Sky), Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde (both Movistar Team), and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana).[4] The riders had an average age of 29.13 years: the oldest rider to start the race was 38-year-old Haimar Zubeldia (Trek Factory Racing) and the youngest was 20-year-old Matej Mohorič (Cannondale–Garmin).[5]

At the end of the final stage, there were 158 riders left in the race, with 40 riders failing to finish.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9] He lost it first to Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) on the uphill finish of stage 16,[10] then to Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant–Alpecin) in the individual time trial on stage 17.[11] 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.[12] Rodríguez finished second, 57 seconds behind Aru, with Rafał Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo) a further 12 seconds behind in third.[6] Valverde won the points classification and Rodríguez the combination classification. The mountains classification was won by Omar Fraile (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA). Movistar won the team classification.[13]

Teams

The 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Vuelta. In addition, the race organisers, Unipublic, invited five wildcard teams.[2] These included Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, the only Spanish-registered UCI Professional Continental team. Two French teams, Cofidis and Team Europcar, also received entries. MTN–Qhubeka 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 Colombia. One prominent team that was not invited was UnitedHealthcare.[14]

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
Red 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 22 August 2015, the date on which the Vuelta began

By starting number

No. Name Nationality Team Age Pos. Time Ref
1 Chris Froome  Great Britain Team Sky 30 DNS-12 — [15][16]
2 Ian Boswell  United States Team Sky 24 71 + 2h 36' 59" [16]
3 Sergio Henao  Colombia Team Sky 27 22 + 44' 30" [16]
4 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus Team Sky 34 83 + 2h 49' 18" [16]
5 Christian Knees  Germany Team Sky 34 91 + 3h 00' 10" [16]
6 Mikel Nieve  Spain Team Sky 31 8 + 7' 06" [16]
7 Salvatore Puccio  Italy Team Sky 25 77 + 2h 41' 05" [16]
8 Nicolas Roche  Ireland Team Sky 31 26 + 53' 38" [16]
9 Geraint Thomas  Great Britain Team Sky 29 69 + 2h 32' 24" [16]
11 Domenico Pozzovivo  Italy AG2R La Mondiale 32 11 + 11' 10" [17]
12 Gediminas Bagdonas  Lithuania AG2R La Mondiale 29 154 + 4h 16' 22" [17]
13 Mikaël Cherel  France AG2R La Mondiale 29 51 + 1h 59' 28" [17]
14 Alexis Gougeard  France AG2R La Mondiale 22 112 + 3h 30' 45" [17]
15 Blel Kadri  France AG2R La Mondiale 28 150 + 4h 10' 04" [17]
16 Sébastien Minard  France AG2R La Mondiale 33 96 + 3h 09' 11" [17]
17 Matteo Montaguti  Italy AG2R La Mondiale 31 41 + 1h 47' 20" [17]
18 Rinaldo Nocentini  Italy AG2R La Mondiale 37 85 + 2h 51' 47" [17]
19 Johan Vansummeren  Belgium AG2R La Mondiale 34 121 + 3h 39' 07" [17]
21 Fabio Aru Red jersey  Italy Astana 25 1 85h 36' 13" [18]
22 Dario Cataldo  Italy Astana 30 57 + 2h 18' 30" [18]
23 Mikel Landa  Spain Astana 25 25 + 51' 30" [18]
24 Vincenzo Nibali  Italy Astana 30 DSQ-2 — [18][19]
25 Diego Rosa  Italy Astana 26 20 + 43' 27" [18]
26 Luis León Sánchez  Spain Astana 31 33 + 1h 15' 05" [18]
27 Paolo Tiralongo  Italy Astana 38 DNF-3 — [18][20]
28 Alessandro Vanotti  Italy Astana 34 135 + 3h 53' 40" [18]
29 Andrey Zeits  Kazakhstan Astana 28 68 + 2h 32' 07" [18]
31 Samuel Sánchez  Spain BMC Racing Team 37 DNF-14 — [21][22]
32 Darwin Atapuma  Colombia BMC Racing Team 27 56 + 2h 12' 42" [22]
33 Marcus Burghardt  Germany BMC Racing Team 32 DNS-3 — [23][22]
34 Alessandro De Marchi  Italy BMC Racing Team 29 78 + 2h 41' 16" [22]
35 Jempy Drucker  Luxembourg BMC Racing Team 28 118 + 3h 37' 37" [22]
36 Amaël Moinard  France BMC Racing Team 33 59 + 2h 18' 51" [22]
37 Joey Rosskopf  United States BMC Racing Team 25 124 + 3h 43' 08" [22]
38 Tejay van Garderen  United States BMC Racing Team 27 DNF-8 — [24][22]
39 Peter Velits  Slovakia BMC Racing Team 30 DNS-18 — [25][22]
41 David Arroyo  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 35 12 + 13' 29" [26]
42 Carlos Barbero  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 24 149 + 4h 07' 22" [26]
43 Pello Bilbao  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 25 97 + 3h 09' 51" [26]
44 Omar Fraile White jersey with blue polka dots  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 25 88 + 2h 57' 47" [26]
45 José Gonçalves  Portugal Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 26 34 + 1h 15' 39" [26]
46 Ángel Madrazo  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 27 44 + 1h 52' 44" [26]
47 Lluís Mas  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 26 DNF-14 — [27][26]
48 Amets Txurruka  Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 32 DNF-11 — [28][26]
49 Ricardo Vilela  Portugal Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 27 48 + 1h 55' 18" [26]
51 Nacer Bouhanni  France Cofidis 25 DNF-8 — [24][29]
52 Yoann Bagot  France Cofidis 27 98 + 3h 12' 17" [29]
53 Romain Hardy  France Cofidis 26 DNF-11 — [25][29]
54 Cyril Lemoine  France Cofidis 32 61 + 2h 21' 39" [29]
55 Daniel Navarro  Spain Cofidis 32 30 + 1h 06' 08" [29]
56 Dominique Rollin  Canada Cofidis 32 116 + 3h 35' 35" [29]
57 Stéphane Rossetto  France Cofidis 28 DNF-19 — [30][29]
58 Julien Simon  France Cofidis 29 74 + 2h 39' 01" [29]
59 Geoffrey Soupe  France Cofidis 27 DNS-14 — [27][29]
61 Alex Cano  Colombia Colombia 32 53 + 2h 03' 58" [31]
62 Fabio Duarte  Colombia Colombia 29 67 + 2h 31' 14" [31]
63 Leonardo Duque  Colombia Colombia 35 60 + 2h 19' 38" [31]
64 Walter Pedraza  Colombia Colombia 33 136 + 3h 55' 04" [31]
65 Carlos Quintero  Colombia Colombia 29 92 + 3h 02' 35" [31]
66 Brayan Ramírez  Colombia Colombia 22 127 + 3h 44' 21" [31]
67 Miguel Ángel Rubiano  Colombia Colombia 30 70 + 2h 36' 54" [31]
68 Rodolfo Torres  Colombia Colombia 28 32 + 1h 12' 17" [31]
69 Juan Pablo Valencia  Colombia Colombia 27 87 + 2h 56' 07" [31]
71 Niki Terpstra  Netherlands Etixx–Quick-Step 31 DNS-18 — [25][32]
72 Maxime Bouet  France Etixx–Quick-Step 28 28 + 1h 00' 14" [32]
73 Gianluca Brambilla  Italy Etixx–Quick-Step 28 13 + 15' 26" [32]
74 David de la Cruz  Spain Etixx–Quick-Step 26 DNS-6 — [33][32]
75 Iljo Keisse  Belgium Etixx–Quick-Step 32 148 + 4h 07' 06" [32]
76 Nikolas Maes  Belgium Etixx–Quick-Step 29 107 + 3h 25' 03" [32]
77 Pieter Serry  Belgium Etixx–Quick-Step 26 62 + 2h 26' 30" [32]
78 Martin Velits  Slovakia Etixx–Quick-Step 30 117 + 3h 37' 35" [32]
79 Carlos Verona  Spain Etixx–Quick-Step 22 29 + 1h 02' 49" [32]
81 Kenny Elissonde  France FDJ 24 16 + 17' 07" [34]
82 Arnaud Courteille  France FDJ 26 DNF-19 — [30][34]
83 Mickaël Delage  France FDJ 30 109 + 3h 28' 04" [34]
84 Murilo Fischer  Brazil FDJ 36 156 + 4h 21' 19" [34]
85 Olivier Le Gac  France FDJ 21 120 + 3h 38' 53" [34]
86 Lorrenzo Manzin  France FDJ 21 DNF-10 — [25][34]
87 Laurent Pichon  France FDJ 29 111 + 3h 30' 07" [34]
88 Kévin Reza  France FDJ 27 113 + 3h 31' 50" [34]
89 Jussi Veikkanen  Finland FDJ 34 DNF-11 — [25][34]
91 Sylvain Chavanel  France IAM Cycling 36 47 + 1h 55' 16" [35]
92 Marcel Aregger   Switzerland IAM Cycling 24 106 + 3h 23' 32" [35]
93 Jérôme Coppel  France IAM Cycling 29 DNS-20 — [25][35]
94 Thomas Degand  Belgium IAM Cycling 29 DNF-9 — [36][35]
95 Simon Pellaud   Switzerland IAM Cycling 22 119 + 3h 38' 39" [35]
96 Matteo Pelucchi  Italy IAM Cycling 26 DNF-2 — [37][35]
97 Vicente Reynés  Spain IAM Cycling 34 86 + 2h 53' 34" [35]
98 David Tanner  Australia IAM Cycling 30 DNF-2 — [38][35]
99 Larry Warbasse  United States IAM Cycling 25 38 + 1h 31' 24" [35]
101 Rubén Plaza  Spain Lampre–Merida 35 45 + 1h 53' 41" [39]
102 Mattia Cattaneo  Italy Lampre–Merida 24 DNF-13 — [40][39]
103 Valerio Conti  Italy Lampre–Merida 22 151 + 4h 11' 24" [39]
104 Kristijan Đurasek  Croatia Lampre–Merida 28 63 + 2h 29' 10" [39]
105 Tsgabu Grmay  Ethiopia Lampre–Merida 23 125 + 3h 43' 26" [39]
106 Przemysław Niemiec  Poland Lampre–Merida 35 DNF-2 — [41][39]
107 Nelson Oliveira  Portugal Lampre–Merida 26 21 + 44' 24" [39]
108 Maximiliano Richeze  Argentina Lampre–Merida 32 152 + 4h 13' 33" [39]
109 Ilia Koshevoy  Belarus Lampre–Merida 24 144 + 4h 00' 30" [39]
111 Kris Boeckmans  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 28 DNF-8 — [24][42]
112 Jasper De Buyst  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 21 126 + 3h 44' 12" [42]
113 Bart De Clercq  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 28 14 + 16' 34" [42]
114 Thomas De Gendt  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 28 DNF-14 — [27][42]
115 Adam Hansen  Australia Lotto–Soudal 34 55 + 2h 11' 06" [42]
116 Maxime Monfort  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 32 27 + 54' 37" [42]
117 Jurgen Van den Broeck  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 32 DNS-18 — [25][42]
118 Tosh Van der Sande  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 24 49 + 1h 57' 42" [42]
119 Jelle Vanendert  Belgium Lotto–Soudal 30 82 + 2h 45' 39" [42]
121 Alejandro Valverde Green jersey  Spain Movistar Team 35 7 + 6' 47" [43]
122 Andrey Amador  Costa Rica Movistar Team 28 40 + 1h 37' 46" [43]
123 Imanol Erviti  Spain Movistar Team 31 100 + 3h 13' 43" [43]
124 Javier Moreno  Spain Movistar Team 31 80 + 2h 43' 31" [43]
125 Nairo Quintana  Colombia Movistar Team 25 4 + 1' 42" [43]
126 José Joaquín Rojas  Spain Movistar Team 30 43 + 1h 52' 12" [43]
127 Rory Sutherland  Australia Movistar Team 33 139 + 3h 59' 04" [43]
128 Francisco Ventoso  Spain Movistar Team 33 81 + 2h 44' 45" [43]
129 Giovanni Visconti  Italy Movistar Team 32 19 + 36' 19" [43]
131 Natnael Berhane  Eritrea MTN–Qhubeka 24 79 + 2h 41' 24" [44]
132 Steve Cummings  Great Britain MTN–Qhubeka 34 102 + 3h 17' 32" [44]
133 Louis Meintjes  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 23 10 + 10' 26" [44]
134 Youcef Reguigui  Algeria MTN–Qhubeka 25 134 + 3h 51' 24" [44]
135 Kristian Sbaragli  Italy MTN–Qhubeka 25 105 + 3h 19' 55" [44]
136 Songezo Jim  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 24 137 + 3h 56' 25" [44]
137 Jay Thomson  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 29 123 + 3h 43' 05" [44]
138 Johann van Zyl  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 24 128 + 3h 44' 36" [44]
139 Jaco Venter  South Africa MTN–Qhubeka 28 122 + 3h 41' 39" [44]
141 Esteban Chaves  Colombia Orica–GreenEDGE 25 5 + 3' 10" [45]
142 Mitchell Docker  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 28 DNF-13 — [40][45]
143 Caleb Ewan  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 21 DNF-10 — [46][45]
144 Simon Gerrans  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 35 114 + 3h 31' 54" [45]
145 Mathew Hayman  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 37 130 + 3h 45' 38" [45]
146 Damien Howson  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 23 147 + 4h 05' 19" [45]
147 Daryl Impey  South Africa Orica–GreenEDGE 30 84 + 2h 50' 57" [45]
148 Jens Keukeleire  Belgium Orica–GreenEDGE 26 93 + 3h 03' 40" [45]
149 Cameron Meyer  Australia Orica–GreenEDGE 27 DNS-18 — [47][45]
151 Andrew Talansky  United States Cannondale–Garmin 26 DNS-18 — [25][48]
152 André Cardoso  Portugal Cannondale–Garmin 30 18 + 23' 31" [48]
153 Joe Dombrowski  United States Cannondale–Garmin 24 46 + 1h 53' 47" [48]
154 Alex Howes  United States Cannondale–Garmin 27 129 + 3h 44' 42" [48]
155 Ben King  United States Cannondale–Garmin 26 75 + 2h 39' 09" [48]
156 Dan Martin  Ireland Cannondale–Garmin 29 DNF-8 — [24][48]
157 Matej Mohorič  Slovenia Cannondale–Garmin 20 DNF-6 — [49][48]
158 Moreno Moser  Italy Cannondale–Garmin 24 72 + 2h 37' 11" [48]
159 Davide Villella  Italy Cannondale–Garmin 24 94 + 3h 04' 39" [48]
161 Pierre Rolland  France Team Europcar 28 50 + 1h 59' 10" [50]
162 Yukiya Arashiro  Japan Team Europcar 30 65 + 2h 30' 07" [50]
163 Jérôme Cousin  France Team Europcar 26 73 + 2h 38' 40" [50]
164 Antoine Duchesne  Canada Team Europcar 23 138 + 3h 57' 37" [50]
165 Jimmy Engoulvent  France Team Europcar 35 133 + 3h 51' 04" [50]
166 Cyril Gautier  France Team Europcar 27 58 + 2h 18' 40" [50]
167 Tony Hurel  France Team Europcar 27 145 + 4h 00' 53" [50]
168 Fabrice Jeandesboz  France Team Europcar 30 17 + 17' 10" [50]
169 Romain Sicard  France Team Europcar 27 15 + 16' 46" [50]
171 John Degenkolb  Germany Team Giant–Alpecin 26 90 + 2h 59' 49" [51]
172 Lawson Craddock  United States Team Giant–Alpecin 23 42 + 1h 48' 55" [51]
173 Koen de Kort  Netherlands Team Giant–Alpecin 32 64 + 2h 29' 29" [51]
174 Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands Team Giant–Alpecin 24 6 + 3' 46" [51]
175 Johannes Fröhlinger  Germany Team Giant–Alpecin 30 143 + 4h 00' 25" [51]
176 Thierry Hupond  France Team Giant–Alpecin 30 142 + 3h 59' 53" [51]
177 Luka Mezgec  Slovenia Team Giant–Alpecin 27 108 + 3h 27' 22" [51]
178 Tom Stamsnijder  Netherlands Team Giant–Alpecin 30 155 + 4h 17' 57" [51]
179 Zico Waeytens  Belgium Team Giant–Alpecin 23 157 + 4h 37' 10" [51]
181 Joaquim Rodríguez White jersey  Spain Team Katusha 36 2 + 57" [52]
182 Vladimir Isaichev  Russia Team Katusha 29 DNS-11 — [53][52]
183 Pavel Kochetkov  Russia Team Katusha 29 76 + 2h 39' 39" [52]
184 Alberto Losada  Spain Team Katusha 33 31 + 1h 06' 47" [52]
185 Tiago Machado  Portugal Team Katusha 29 36 + 1h 25' 37" [52]
186 Daniel Moreno  Spain Team Katusha 33 9 + 7' 12" [52]
187 Gatis Smukulis  Latvia Team Katusha 28 146 + 4h 01' 51" [52]
188 Ángel Vicioso  Spain Team Katusha 38 103 + 3h 18' 33" [52]
189 Eduard Vorganov  Russia Team Katusha 32 39 + 1h 32' 57" [52]
191 George Bennett  New Zealand LottoNL–Jumbo 25 37 + 1h 26' 33" [54]
192 Martijn Keizer  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 27 153 + 4h 14' 01" [54]
193 Bert-Jan Lindeman  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 26 99 + 3h 13' 18" [54]
194 Timo Roosen  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 22 95 + 3h 08' 44" [54]
195 Mike Teunissen  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 22 104 + 3h 19' 28" [54]
196 Maarten Tjallingii  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 37 DNS-19 — [25][54]
197 Tom Van Asbroeck  Belgium LottoNL–Jumbo 25 110 + 3h 28' 33" [54]
198 Dennis van Winden  Netherlands LottoNL–Jumbo 27 115 + 3h 33' 46" [54]
199 Maarten Wynants  Belgium LottoNL–Jumbo 33 DNS-13 — [40][54]
201 Rafał Majka  Poland Tinkoff–Saxo 25 3 + 1' 09" [55]
202 Daniele Bennati  Italy Tinkoff–Saxo 34 131 + 3h 48' 58" [55]
203 Maciej Bodnar  Poland Tinkoff–Saxo 30 140 + 3h 59' 47" [55]
204 Pavel Brutt  Russia Tinkoff–Saxo 33 101 + 3h 14' 23" [55]
205 Jesper Hansen  Denmark Tinkoff–Saxo 24 52 + 2h 01' 46" [55]
206 Jay McCarthy  Australia Tinkoff–Saxo 22 66 + 2h 31' 13" [55]
207 Sérgio Paulinho  Portugal Tinkoff–Saxo 35 DNF-11 — [56][55]
208 Paweł Poljański  Poland Tinkoff–Saxo 25 35 + 1h 16' 20" [55]
209 Peter Sagan  Slovakia Tinkoff–Saxo 25 DNS-9 — [57][55]
211 Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland Trek Factory Racing 34 DNF-3 — [58][59]
212 Markel Irizar  Spain Trek Factory Racing 35 89 + 2h 59' 18" [58]
213 Yaroslav Popovych  Ukraine Trek Factory Racing 35 132 + 3h 49' 11" [58]
214 Fränk Schleck  Luxembourg Trek Factory Racing 35 24 + 48' 48" [58]
215 Jasper Stuyven  Belgium Trek Factory Racing 23 DNS-9 — [60][58]
216 Boy van Poppel  Netherlands Trek Factory Racing 27 158 + 4h 57' 31" [58]
217 Danny van Poppel  Netherlands Trek Factory Racing 22 141 + 3h 59' 51" [58]
218 Riccardo Zoidl  Austria Trek Factory Racing 27 54 + 2h 09' 40" [58]
219 Haimar Zubeldia  Spain Trek Factory Racing 38 23 + 45' 19" [58]

By team

Team Sky (SKY)
No. Rider Pos.
1  Chris Froome (GBR) DNS-12
2  Ian Boswell (USA) 71
3  Sergio Henao (COL) 22
4  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) 83
5  Christian Knees (GER) 91
6  Mikel Nieve (ESP) 8
7  Salvatore Puccio (ITA) 77
8  Nicolas Roche (IRL) 26
9  Geraint Thomas (GBR) 69
Directeur sportif: Dario Cioni[61]
AG2R La Mondiale (ALM)
No. Rider Pos.
11  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) 11
12  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) 154
13  Mikaël Cherel (FRA) 51
14  Alexis Gougeard (FRA) 112
15  Blel Kadri (FRA) 150
16  Sébastien Minard (FRA) 96
17  Matteo Montaguti (ITA) 41
18  Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) 85
19  Johan Vansummeren (BEL) 121
Directeur sportif: Julien Jurdie[61]
Astana (AST)
No. Rider Pos.
21  Fabio Aru (ITA) Red jersey 1
22  Dario Cataldo (ITA) 57
23  Mikel Landa (ESP) 25
24  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) DSQ-2
25  Diego Rosa (ITA) 20
26  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) 33
27  Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) DNF-3
28  Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) 135
29  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) 68
Directeur sportif: Alexander Shefer[61]
BMC Racing Team (BMC)
No. Rider Pos.
31  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) DNF-14
32  Darwin Atapuma (COL) 56
33  Marcus Burghardt (GER) DNS-3
34  Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) 78
35  Jempy Drucker (LUX) 118
36  Amaël Moinard (FRA) 59
37  Joey Rosskopf (USA) 124
38  Tejay van Garderen (USA) DNF-8
39  Peter Velits (SVK) DNS-18
Directeur sportif: Yvan Ledanois[61]
Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (CJR)
No. Rider Pos.
41  David Arroyo (ESP) 12
42  Carlos Barbero (ESP) 149
43  Pello Bilbao (ESP) 97
44  Omar Fraile (ESP) White jersey with blue polka dots 88
45  José Gonçalves (POR) 34
46  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) 44
47  Lluís Mas (ESP) DNF-14
48  Amets Txurruka (ESP) DNF-11
49  Ricardo Vilela (POR) 48
Directeur sportif: Eugenio Goikoetxea[61]
Cofidis (COF)
No. Rider Pos.
51  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) DNF-8
52  Yoann Bagot (FRA) 98
53  Romain Hardy (FRA) DNF-11
54  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) 61
55  Daniel Navarro (ESP) 30
56  Dominique Rollin (CAN) 116
57  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) DNF-19
58  Julien Simon (FRA) 74
59  Geoffrey Soupe (FRA) DNS-14
Directeur sportif: Didier Rous[61]
Colombia (COL)
No. Rider Pos.
61  Alex Cano (COL) 53
62  Fabio Duarte (COL) 67
63  Leonardo Duque (COL) 60
64  Walter Pedraza (COL) 136
65  Carlos Quintero (COL) 92
66  Brayan Ramírez (COL) 127
67  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) 70
68  Rodolfo Torres (COL) 32
69  Juan Pablo Valencia (COL) 87
Directeur sportif: Valerio Tebaldi[61]
Etixx–Quick-Step (EQS)
No. Rider Pos.
71  Niki Terpstra (NED) DNS-18
72  Maxime Bouet (FRA) 28
73  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) 13
74  David de la Cruz (ESP) DNS-6
75  Iljo Keisse (BEL) 148
76  Nikolas Maes (BEL) 107
77  Pieter Serry (BEL) 62
78  Martin Velits (SVK) 117
79  Carlos Verona (ESP) 29
Directeur sportif: Rik Van Slycke[61]
FDJ (FDJ)
No. Rider Pos.
81  Kenny Elissonde (FRA) 16
82  Arnaud Courteille (FRA) DNF-19
83  Mickaël Delage (FRA) 109
84  Murilo Fischer (BRA) 156
85  Olivier Le Gac (FRA) 120
86  Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA) DNF-10
87  Laurent Pichon (FRA) 111
88  Kévin Reza (FRA) 113
89  Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) DNF-11
Directeur sportif: Frank Pineau[61]
IAM Cycling (IAM)
No. Rider Pos.
91  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) 47
92  Marcel Aregger (SUI) 106
93  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) DNS-20
94  Thomas Degand (BEL) DNF-9
95  Simon Pellaud (SUI) 119
96  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) DNF-2
97  Vicente Reynés (ESP) 86
98  David Tanner (AUS) DNF-2
99  Larry Warbasse (USA) 38
Directeur sportif: Eddy Seigneur[61]
Lampre–Merida (LAM)
No. Rider Pos.
101  Rubén Plaza (ESP) 45
102  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) DNF-13
103  Valerio Conti (ITA) 151
104  Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) 63
105  Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) 125
106  Ilia Koshevoy (BLR) 144
107  Przemysław Niemiec (POL) DNF-2
108  Nelson Oliveira (POR) 21
109  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) 152
Directeur sportif: Orlando Maini[61]
Lotto–Soudal (LTS)
No. Rider Pos.
111  Kris Boeckmans (BEL) DNF-8
112  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) 126
113  Bart De Clercq (BEL) 14
114  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) DNF-14
115  Adam Hansen (AUS) 55
116  Maxime Monfort (BEL) 27
117  Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) DNS-18
118  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) 49
119  Jelle Vanendert (BEL) 82
Directeur sportif: Mario Aerts[61]
Movistar Team (MOV)
No. Rider Pos.
121  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Green jersey 7
122  Andrey Amador (CRC) 40
123  Imanol Erviti (ESP) 100
124  Javier Moreno (ESP) 80
125  Nairo Quintana (COL) 4
126  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) 43
127  Rory Sutherland (AUS) 139
128  Francisco Ventoso (ESP) 81
129  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) 19
Directeur sportif: José Luis Arrieta[61]
MTN–Qhubeka (MTN)
No. Rider Pos.
131  Natnael Berhane (ERI) 79
132  Steve Cummings (GBR) 102
133  Songezo Jim (RSA) 137
134  Louis Meintjes (RSA) 10
135  Youcef Reguigui (ALG) 134
136  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) 105
137  Jay Thomson (RSA) 123
138  Johann van Zyl (RSA) 128
139  Jaco Venter (RSA) 122
Directeur sportif: Jens Zemke[61]
Orica–GreenEDGE (OGE)
No. Rider Pos.
141  Esteban Chaves (COL) 5
142  Mitchell Docker (AUS) DNF-13
143  Caleb Ewan (AUS) DNF-10
144  Simon Gerrans (AUS) 114
145  Mathew Hayman (AUS) 130
146  Damien Howson (AUS) 147
147  Daryl Impey (RSA) 84
148  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) 93
149  Cameron Meyer (AUS) DNS-18
Directeur sportif: Neil Stephens[61]
Cannondale–Garmin (TCG)
No. Rider Pos.
151  Andrew Talansky (USA) DNS-18
152  André Cardoso (POR) 18
153  Joe Dombrowski (USA) 46
154  Alex Howes (USA) 129
155  Ben King (USA) 75
156  Dan Martin (IRL) DNF-8
157  Matej Mohorič (SLO) DNF-6
158  Moreno Moser (ITA) 72
159  Davide Villella (ITA) 94
Directeur sportif: Bingen Fernández[61]
Team Europcar (EUC)
No. Rider Pos.
161  Pierre Rolland (FRA) 50
162  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) 65
163  Jérôme Cousin (FRA) 73
164  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) 138
165  Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) 133
166  Cyril Gautier (FRA) 58
167  Tony Hurel (FRA) 145
168  Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) 17
169  Romain Sicard (FRA) 15
Directeur sportif: Dominique Arnould[61]
Team Giant–Alpecin (TGA)
No. Rider Pos.
171  John Degenkolb (GER) 90
172  Lawson Craddock (USA) 42
173  Koen de Kort (NED) 64
174  Tom Dumoulin (NED) 6
175  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) 143
176  Thierry Hupond (FRA) 142
177  Luka Mezgec (SLO) 108
178  Tom Stamsnijder (NED) 155
179  Zico Waeytens (BEL) 157
Directeur sportif: Christian Guiberteau[61]
Team Katusha (KAT)
No. Rider Pos.
181  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) White jersey 2
182  Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) DNS-1
183  Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) 76
184  Alberto Losada (ESP) 31
185  Tiago Machado (POR) 36
186  Daniel Moreno (ESP) 9
187  Gatis Smukulis (LAT) 146
188  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) 103
189  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) 39
Directeur sportif: José Azevedo[61]
LottoNL–Jumbo (TLJ)
No. Rider Pos.
191  George Bennett (NZL) 37
192  Martijn Keizer (NED) 153
193  Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) 99
194  Timo Roosen (NED) 95
195  Mike Teunissen (NED) 104
196  Maarten Tjallingii (NED) DNS-19
197  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) 110
198  Dennis van Winden (NED) 115
199  Maarten Wynants (BEL) DNS-13
Directeur sportif: Merijn Zeeman[61]
Tinkoff–Saxo (TCS)
No. Rider Pos.
201  Rafał Majka (POL) 3
202  Daniele Bennati (ITA) 131
203  Maciej Bodnar (POL) 140
204  Pavel Brutt (RUS) 101
205  Jesper Hansen (DEN) 52
206  Jay McCarthy (AUS) 66
207  Sérgio Paulinho (POR) DNF-11
208  Paweł Poljański (POL) 35
209  Peter Sagan (SVK) DNS-9
Directeur sportif: Tristan Hoffman[61]
Trek Factory Racing (TFR)
No. Rider Pos.
211  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) DNF-3
212  Markel Irizar (ESP) 89
213  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) 132
214  Fränk Schleck (LUX) 24
215  Jasper Stuyven (BEL) DNS-9
216  Boy van Poppel (NED) 158
217  Danny van Poppel (NED) 141
218  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) 54
219  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) 23
Directeur sportif: Dirk Demol[61]

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
 Algeria 1 1
 Argentina 1 1
 Australia 10 6 1 (Caleb Ewan)
 Austria 1 1
 Belarus 2 2
 Belgium 18 12 1 (Jasper Stuyven)
 Brazil 1 1
 Canada 2 2
 Colombia 13 13 2 (Esteban Chaves ×2)
 Costa Rica 1 1
 Croatia 1 1
 Denmark 1 1
 Eritrea 1 1
 Ethiopia 1 1
 Finland 1 0
 France 30 23 1 (Alexis Gougeard)
 Germany 4 3 1 (John Degenkolb)
 Great Britain 3 2
 Ireland 2 1 1 (Nicolas Roche)
 Italy 20 16 2 (Alessandro De Marchi, Kristian Sbaragli)
 Japan 1 1
 Kazakhstan 1 1
 Latvia 1 1
 Lithuania 1 1
 Luxembourg 2 2 1 (Fränk Schleck)
 Netherlands 12 10 4 (Tom Dumoulin ×2, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Danny van Poppel)
 New Zealand 1 1
 Poland 4 3
 Portugal 6 5 1 (Nelson Oliveira)
 Russia 4 3
 Slovakia 3 1 1 (Peter Sagan)
 Slovenia 2 1
 South Africa 6 6
 Spain 27 23 4 (Mikel Landa, Rubén Plaza, Joaquim Rodríguez, Alejandro Valverde)
  Switzerland 3 2
 Ukraine 1 1
 United States 9 7
Total 198 158 20[N 1]
  1. ^ The team time trial on stage 1, won by BMC Racing Team, is not counted in this total.

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