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. 's inclusion in the race was the first instance of an African-licensed team appearing at a Grand Tour.

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: Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta Pos. Position in the general classification      Denotes the winner of the General classification      Denotes the winner of the Points classification      Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification      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. NameNationalityTeamAgePosition 1 Valerio Conti 21 112 2 Winner Anacona 26 27 3 Damiano Cunego 32 76 4 Elia Favilli 25 109 5 Roberto Ferrari 31 145 6 Przemysław Niemiec 34 26 7 Filippo Pozzato 32 DNS-20 8 Maximiliano Richeze 31 138 9 José Serpa 35 93 11 Hubert Dupont 33 54 12 Carlos Betancur 24 158 13 Maxime Bouet 27 DNF-11 14 Damien Gaudin 28 132 15 Patrick Gretsch 27 126 16 Yauheni Hutarovich 30 134 17 Lloyd Mondory 32 DNF-15 18 Rinaldo Nocentini 36 96 19 Sébastien Turgot 30 154 21 Fabio Aru 24 5 22 Daniil Fominykh 22 DNF-20 23 Andrea Guardini 25 159 24 Jacopo Guarnieri 27 150 25 Tanel Kangert 27 DNF-17 26 Mikel Landa 24 28 27 Alexey Lutsenko 21 100 28 Paolo Tiralongo 37 33 29 Andrey Zeits 27 50 31 Wilco Kelderman 23 14 32 Stef Clement 31 69 33 Laurens ten Dam 33 44 34 Robert Gesink 28 DNS-18 35 Moreno Hofland 22 DNF-9 36 Paul Martens 30 58 37 Martijn Keizer 26 80 38 Maarten Tjallingii 36 137 39 Robert Wagner 31 151 41 Samuel Sánchez 36 6 42 Rohan Dennis 24 84 43 Cadel Evans 37 52 44 Philippe Gilbert 32 45 45 Steve Morabito 31 DNF-11 46 Dominik Nerz 24 18 47 Manuel Quinziato 34 68 48 Larry Warbasse 24 74 49 Danilo Wyss 28 36 51 Luis León Sánchez 30 56 52 Javier Aramendia 27 98 53 David Arroyo 34 20 54 Pello Bilbao 24 60 55 Karol Domagalski 24 124 56 Francesco Lasca 26 156 57 Lluís Mas 25 121 58 Antonio Piedra 29 99 59 Amets Txurruka 31 48 61 Peter Sagan 24 DNF-14 62 George Bennett 24 89 63 Maciej Bodnar 29 122 64 Guillaume Boivin 25 149 65 Damiano Caruso 26 9 66 Alessandro De Marchi 28 67 67 Oscar Gatto 29 DNF-16 68 Matthias Krizek 25 125 69 Paolo Longo Borghini 33 101 71 Daniel Navarro 31 10 72 Jérôme Coppel 28 31 73 Romain Hardy 25 64 74 Gert Jõeäär 27 152 75 Christophe Le Mével 33 22 76 Guillaume Levarlet 29 49 77 Luis Ángel Maté 30 19 78 Yoann Bagot 26 119 79 Romain Zingle 27 83 81 Romain Sicard 26 13 82 Natnael Berhane 23 148 83 Jérôme Cousin 25 78 84 Dan Craven 31 140 85 Jimmy Engoulvent 34 157 86 Vincent Jérôme 29 91 87 Yannick Martinez 26 81 88 Maxime Méderel 33 35 89 Bryan Nauleau 26 DNF-7 91 Nacer Bouhanni 24 DNF-14 92 Kenny Elissonde 23 DNF-13 93 Murilo Fischer 35 DNF-13 94 Johan Le Bon 23 79 95 Laurent Mangel 33 153 96 Cédric Pineau 29 77 97 Thibaut Pinot 24 DNF-11 98 Anthony Roux 27 DNF-15 99 Geoffrey Soupe 26 94 101 Ryder Hesjedal 33 24 102 Dan Martin 28 7 103 Koldo Fernández 32 86 104 Nathan Haas 25 143 105 Nate Brown 23 85 106 André Cardoso 29 25 107 David Millar 37 144 108 Andrew Talansky 25 51 109 Johan Vansummeren 33 118 111 Warren Barguil 22 8 112 Nikias Arndt 22 102 113 Lawson Craddock 22 DNF-14 114 Koen de Kort 31 DNF-18 115 John Degenkolb 25 116 116 Johannes Fröhlinger 29 97 117 Chad Haga 25 73 118 Tobias Ludvigsson 23 62 119 Ramon Sinkeldam 25 136 121 Marcel Aregger 25 117 122 Jonathan Fumeaux 26 142 123 Sébastien Hinault 40 106 124 Dominic Klemme 27 DNF-14 125 Pirmin Lang 29 146 126 Matteo Pelucchi 25 DNF-15 127 Vicente Reynés 33 61 128 Aleksejs Saramotins 32 DNF-7 129 Johann Tschopp 32 DNS-14 131 Joaquim Rodríguez 35 4 132 Giampaolo Caruso 34 15 133 Sergey Chernetskiy 24 113 134 Alexandr Kolobnev 33 40 135 Dmitry Kozonchuk 30 95 136 Alberto Losada 32 42 137 Daniel Moreno 32 11 138 Yuri Trofimov 30 72 139 Eduard Vorganov 31 46 141 Jurgen Van den Broeck 31 DNF-13 142 Sander Armée 28 103 143 Vegard Breen 24 129 144 Bart De Clercq 27 34 145 Jens Debusschere 24 107 146 Adam Hansen 33 53 147 Greg Henderson 37 133 148 Pim Ligthart 26 127 149 Maxime Monfort 31 16 151 Alejandro Valverde 34 3 152 Andrey Amador 27 30 153 Jonathan Castroviejo 27 65 154 Imanol Erviti 30 63 155 José Herrada 28 32 156 Gorka Izagirre 26 37 157 Adriano Malori 26 114 158 Javier Moreno 30 90 159 Nairo Quintana 24 DNF-11 161 Sergio Pardilla 30 17 162 Gerald Ciolek 27 139 163 Merhawi Kudus 20 92 164 Louis Meintjes 22 55 165 Kristian Sbaragli 24 104 166 Daniel Teklehaymanot 25 47 167 Jay Thomson 28 155 168 Jaco Venter 27 123 169 Jacques Janse van Rensburg 26 59 171 Tom Boonen 33 DNS-18 172 Gianluca Brambilla 27 DSQ-16 173 Nikolas Maes 28 111 174 Tony Martin 29 DNF-15 175 Wout Poels 26 38 176 Pieter Serry 25 DNS-20 177 Rigoberto Urán 27 DNS-17 178 Martin Velits 29 130 179 Carlos Verona 21 66 181 Sam Bewley 27 135 182 Esteban Chaves 24 41 183 Simon Clarke 28 70 184 Mitchell Docker 27 147 185 Brett Lancaster 34 DNF-13 186 Michael Matthews 23 75 187 Cameron Meyer 26 DNS-18 188 Ivan Santaromita 30 DNF-7 189 Adam Yates 22 82 191 Chris Froome 29 2 192 Dario Cataldo 29 DNS-20 193 Philip Deignan 30 39 194 Peter Kennaugh 25 71 195 Vasil Kiryienka 33 110 196 Christian Knees 33 DNS-17 197 Mikel Nieve 30 12 198 Luke Rowe 24 141 199 Kanstantsin Sivtsov 32 43 201 Alberto Contador 31 1 202 Michael Valgren 22 128 203 Daniele Bennati 33 108 204 Jesús Hernández 32 21 205 Sérgio Paulinho 34 57 206 Ivan Rovny 26 DSQ-16 207 Chris Anker Sørensen 29 29 208 Matteo Tosatto 40 120 209 Oliver Zaugg 33 23 211 Fabian Cancellara 33 DNS-18 212 Julián Arredondo 26 DNF-15 213 Fabio Felline 24 105 214 Bob Jungels 21 DNS-19 215 Yaroslav Popovych 34 115 216 Jesse Sergent 26 131 217 Jasper Stuyven 22 88 218 Kristof Vandewalle 29 87 219 Haimar Zubeldia 37 DNS-17

By nationality The 198 riders that competed in the 2014 Vuelta a España represented 34 different countries. CountryNo. of ridersFinishersStage wins 1 1 9 7 2 (Adam Hansen, Michael Matthews) 1 1 3 3 13 10 1 0 2 2 1 (Ryder Hesjedal) 7 4 1 (Winner Anacona) 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 27 20 2 (Nacer Bouhanni x2) 11 8 5 (John Degenkolb x4, Tony Martin) 5 5 2 2 26 20 4 (Fabio Aru x2, Alessandro De Marchi, Adriano Malori) 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 11 8 4 4 1 1 3 3 1 (Przemysław Niemiec) 2 2 6 5 2 1 4 4 28 27 4 (Alberto Contador x2, Daniel Navarro, Alejandro Valverde) 1 1 8 5 1 1 5 4 Total 198 159

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