Teams and participants of the Vuelta a España 2022

184 cyclists, divided into 23 teams, are taking part in the 77th edition of the Vuelta a España, which began on Friday, August 19, in Utrecht.

The peloton completes 21 stages, the first three in the Netherlands and the rest in Spain, until they reach Madrid on September 11, where they will be crowned champions of the third major of the season.

In total, 3,280.5 kilometers in which they will find two high finishes, one individual time trial and one for teams, and a handful of days full of climbs and dizzying descents.

Everyone wants to wear the leader's red, but only one can wear it on the streets of Madrid.

These are the main candidates:

Runners of the Vuelta a España

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma team)

: The champion of the Spanish round in the last three editions is looking for his fourth wound to reach the record of Roberto Heras, from Bejarano, who achieved one more, although discontinuously.

The Slovenian, apparently recovered from the spectacular crash that forced him to withdraw from the Tour de France, arrives at the Vuelta as the main favorite, although from his team they transmit that the preparation has not been the best: “Perhaps he does not arrive in the best conditions ”.

Of course, when it comes to the Vuelta, the enemy to beat is Roglic.

Richard Carapaz (INEOS team)

: The Ecuadorian will be the leader of his team and will fight for his first victory in the Spanish round after having finished second, behind Roglic, in 2020. The Vuelta will be the last great race for Carapaz with the British team, which announced this week that they will separate their paths as of 2023. To help him defeat the Slovenian tyrant, he will have the help of Tao Geoghegan Hart, champion of the 2020 Giro d'Italia, and Pavel Sivakov, recent winner of the Vuelta to Burgos.

Jai Hindley (Team Bora-Hansgrohe)

: After surprisingly winning the last Giro d'Italia, the Australian enters the list of favorites for a grand round for the first time.

Trusting that he can surprise again, the Giro-Vuelta double is within reach, something that only the Spaniard Alberto Contador has achieved in 2008. The stages with high finishes can favor him, in addition to the fact that the route does not have high mountain stages, although the time trial may be his must.

João Almeida (UAE team)

: The absence of Pogacar gives the leadership of the team to the Portuguese, who debuts in his first participation in the Vuelta a España.

Next to him will be the promising Spanish Juan Ayuso, 19, who will debut in a big round.

Almeida has just withdrawn from the Giro for testing positive for covid-19 when he was in fourth position, but more recently he has achieved a second place in the Vuelta a Burgos, and this year he has been proclaimed champion of Portugal and has been third in the Volta a Catalonia.

Enric Mas (Movistar team)

: The Mallorcan, runner-up in 2018 and 2021, will be Alejandro Valverde's boss in his last cycling event before retirement.

Mas will seek to leave behind his poor performance in the Tour de France, where he had to leave due to the coronavirus in the 19th stage, already without options in the general classification.

In principle, he will be the Spaniard with the best options in La Vuelta.

More information

Vuelta a España 2022: schedule and route

Tour of Spain teams

Jumbo-Visma

: Primoz Roglic, Edoardo Affini, Sepp Kuss, Sam Oomen, Robert Gesink, Mike Teunissen, Chris Harper, and Rohan Dennis.

INEOS

: Richard Carapaz, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Ethan Hayter, Luke Plapp, Carlos Rodríguez, Pavel Sivakov, Ben Turner and Dylan van Baarle.

Bora-Hansgrohe

: Jai Hindley, Sergio Higuita, Wilco Kelderman, Emanuel Buchmann, Sam Bennett, Ryan Mullen, Danny van Poppel, and Jonas Koch.

UAE

: Joao Almeida, Pascal Ackermann, Juan Ayuso, Brandon McNulty, Juan Sebastián Molano, Ivo Oliveira, Jan Polanc and Marc Soler.

Movistar

: Enric Mas, Alejandro Valverde, Carlos Verona, José Joaquín Rojas, Lluís Mas, Nelson Oliveira, Mathias Norsgaard and Gregor Muhlberger.

AG2R Citroen

: Clément Champoussin, Dorian Godon, Jaakko Hanninen, Bob Jungels, Ben O'Connor, Nans Peters, Nicolas Prodhomme and Andrea Vendrame.

Astana Qazaqstan

: Miguel Ángel López, Harold Tejada, Alexey Lutsenko, Vadim Pronskiy, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Vincenzo Nibali, Samuele Battistella and David de la Cruz.

Bahrain Victorious

: Mikel Landa, Santiago Buitrago, Gino Mäder, Wout Poels, Luis León Sánchez, Jasha Sutterlin, Fred Wright and Edoardo Zambanini

Cofidis

: Bryan Coquard, Thomas Champion, Rémy Rochas, Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Rubén Fernández, Davide Villella and Davide Cimolai.

EF Education – Easypost

: You have not yet confirmed your team.

Groupama - FDJ

: Thibaut Pinot, Rudy Molard, Sébastien Reichenbach, Bruno Armirail, Fabian Lienhard, Quentin Pacher, Miles Scotson and Jake Stewart.

Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux

: Jan Bakelants, Jan Hirt, Julius Johansen, Louis Meintjes, Domenico Pozzovivo, Rein Taaramae, Gerben Thijssen and Boy van Poppel.

Israel Premier Tech

: Patrick Bevin, Alessandro De Marchi, Itamar Einhorn, Chris Froome, Omer Goldstein, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Daryl Impey, and Michael Woods.

Lotto Soudal

: Cedric Beullens, Steff Cras, Thomas De Gendt, Maxim Van Gils, Filippo Conca, Kamil Małecki, Harry Sweeny, and Jarrad Drizners.

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl

: Remco Evenepoel, Julian Alaphilippe, Ilan Van Wilder, Rémi Cavagna, Pieter Serry, Fausto Masnada, Dries Devenyns, and Louis Vervaeke.

BikeExchange - Jayco

: Simon Yates, Lawson Craddock, Kaden Groves, Kelland O'Brien, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn, Lucas Hamilton, and Callum Scotson.

DSM

: Thymen Arensman, Nikias Arndt, Marco Brenner, John Degenkolb, Mark Donovan, Jonas Hvideberg, Joris Nieuwenhuis, and Henri Vandenabeele.

Trek – Segafredo

: Julien Bernard, Mads Pedersen, Juan Pedro López, Antonio Tiberi, Alex Kirsch, Daan Hoole, Darío Cataldo and Kenny Elissonde.

Alpecin-Fenix

: Tim Merlier, Jay Vine, Xandro Meurisse, Gianni Vermeersch, Robert Stannard, Lionel Taminiaux, Oscar Riesebeek, and Jimmy Janssens.

Arkéa-Samsic

: Nairo Quintana, Daniel McLay, Élie Gesbert, Anthony Delaplace, Clément Russo, Thibault Guernalec, Simon Guglielmi and Lukasz Owsian.

Euskaltel

: Xabier Mikel Azparren, Ibai Azurmendi, Mikel Bizkarra, Joan Bou, Carlos Canal, Gotzon Martín, Mikel Iturria and Luis Ángel Maté.

Kern Pharma

: Roger Adrià, Urko Berrade, Héctor Carretero, Kiko Galván, Raúl García Pierna, Pau Miquel, José Felix Parra and Vojtech Repa.

Burgos - BH

: Jetse Bol, Óscar Cabedo, José Manuel Díaz Gallego, Jesús Ezquerra, Ángel Madrazo, Dani Navarro, Ander Okamika and Manuel Peñalver.

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