For the 1985 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 170 riders; 101 finished the race.

By rider Legend No. Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta Pos. Position in the general classification DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish DNS Denotes a rider who did not start

No. Name Nationality Team Pos. 1 Éric Caritoux Kas-Miko-Skil 6 2 René Bittinger Kas-Miko-Skil DNF 3 Patrice Esnault Kas-Miko-Skil DNF 4 Guy Gallopin Kas-Miko-Skil DNF 5 Dominique Garde Kas-Miko-Skil 24 6 Jean-Claude Garde Kas-Miko-Skil 69 7 Éric Guyot Kas-Miko-Skil 34 8 Sean Kelly Kas-Miko-Skil 9 9 Gilles Mas Kas-Miko-Skil 25 10 Philippe Poissonnier Kas-Miko-Skil 66 11 Mariano Bayón Magdaleno Dormillon DNF 12 Francisco Caro Dormillon 87 13 Francisco Espinosa Dormillon 56 14 José Maria Moreno Ramírez Dormillon DNF 15 José-Rafael Garcia Dormillon 60 16 Ludo Loos Dormillon DNF 17 Juan Martínez Oliver Dormillon 92 18 Juan-Alberto Reig Dormillon 89 19 Camilo Santos Dormillon 99 20 Jesús Rodriguez Rodríguez Dormillon 58 21 Guido Beyens Safir 88 22 Luc Branckaerts Safir DNF 23 Werner Devos Safir DNF 24 Patrick Cocquyt Safir DNF 25 Marc Dierickx Safir DNF 26 Diederik Foubert Safir DNF 27 Herman Frison Safir 93 28 Marc Van Geel Safir 90 29 Ronny Van Holen Safir 74 30 Patrick Verschueren Safir DNF 31 Jean-Claude Bagot Fagor 28 32 Pierre Bazzo Fagor 15 33 Jean-René Bernaudeau Fagor DNF 34 Jacques Bossis Fagor DNF 35 Alfons De Wolf Fagor 81 36 François Lemarchand Fagor 51 37 Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez Fagor DNF 38 René Martens Fagor 73 39 Thierry Peloso Fagor DNF 40 Pol Verschuere Fagor DNF 41 Hueso 86 42 Ángel de las Heras Hueso 22 43 Guillermo de la Peña Hueso DNF 44 Juan-Marîa Eguiarte Hueso 79 45 Isidro Juárez Hueso 63 46 Carlos Machín Hueso 70 47 Juan Tomás Martínez Hueso 16 48 Jaime Salva Hueso DNF 49 Jesús Suárez Cueva Hueso 78 50 Hueso 65 51 Bernardo Alfonsel Kelme 40 52 Vicente Belda Kelme 18 53 Francisco Cambil Kelme 96 54 Kelme 85 55 Antonio Esparza Kelme DNF 56 Arsenio González Kelme 35 57 Miguel Ángel Iglesias Kelme 55 58 Kelme 100 59 José Recio Kelme DNF 60 Mariano Sánchez Martínez Kelme 41 61 Benjamin Carvalho Lousa-Trinaranus 91 62 Abel Cuelho Lousa-Trinaranus DNF 63 Manuel Cunha Lousa-Trinaranus 30 64 Luís Domingos Lousa-Trinaranus 80 65 Carlos Ferreira Lousa-Trinaranus DNF 66 Carlos Marta Lousa-Trinaranus DNF 67 Jacinto Paulinho Lousa-Trinaranus 57 68 João Battista Silva Paulo Lousa-Trinaranus DNF 69 José Poeira Lousa-Trinaranus =47 70 Adelino Teixeira Lousa-Trinaranus DNF 71 Pedro Delgado MG-Orbea 1 72 Manuel Jorge Domínguez MG-Orbea DNF 73 Anastasio Greciano MG-Orbea =47 74 Mathieu Hermans MG-Orbea 67 75 Jerónimo Ibáñez Escribano MG-Orbea DNF 76 Jokin Mújika MG-Orbea 43 77 Pello Ruiz Cabestany MG-Orbea 4 78 Jaime Vilamajó MG-Orbea DNF 79 Felipe Yáñez MG-Orbea DNF 80 Ricardo Zúñiga Carrasco MG-Orbea 82 81 Jos Alberts Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 82 Theo de Rooij Panasonic-Raleigh 38 83 Alexi Grewal Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 84 Eddy Planckaert Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 85 Walter Planckaert Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 86 Bert Oosterbosch Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 87 Steven Rooks Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 88 Gerard Veldscholten Panasonic-Raleigh 13 89 Bert Wekema Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 90 Peter Winnen Panasonic-Raleigh DNF 91 Régis Clère Peugeot-Shell DNF 92 Francis Castaing Peugeot-Shell 101 93 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle Peugeot-Shell 49 94 Ronan Pensec Peugeot-Shell 44 95 Frederic Brun Peugeot-Shell 98 96 Dominique Lecrocq Peugeot-Shell DNF 97 Éric Louvel Peugeot-Shell 97 98 Robert Millar Peugeot-Shell 2 99 Pascal Simon Peugeot-Shell 14 100 Sean Yates Peugeot-Shell DNF 101 José Antonio Agudelo Gómez Varta-Café de Colombia DNF 102 Rogelio Arango Varta-Café de Colombia DNF 103 Samuel Cabrera Varta-Café de Colombia DNF 104 Edgar Corredor Varta-Café de Colombia DNF 105 Alfonso Flórez Ortiz Varta-Café de Colombia DNF 106 Luis Herrera Varta-Café de Colombia DNF 107 Carlos Jaramillo Varta-Café de Colombia 46 108 Fabio Parra Varta-Café de Colombia 5 109 Martín Ramírez Varta-Café de Colombia 23 110 Pablo Wilches Varta-Café de Colombia 39 111 Enrique Aja Reynolds DNF 112 Guillermo Arenas Reynolds 61 113 Eduardo Chozas Reynolds 29 114 Iñaki Gastón Reynolds 21 115 Julián Gorospe Reynolds 11 116 Carlos Hernández Reynolds 36 117 Jesús Hernández Úbeda Reynolds 45 118 Miguel Induráin Reynolds 84 119 José Luis Laguía Reynolds 27 120 Celestino Prieto Reynolds 12 121 Gaetano Baronchelli Supermercati Brianzoli DNF 122 Gianbattista Baronchelli Supermercati Brianzoli DNF 123 Antonio Bevilacqua Supermercati Brianzoli DNF 124 Giovanni Bottoia Supermercati Brianzoli DNS (DNS-P) 125 Maurizio Colombo Supermercati Brianzoli DNF 126 Alfredo Chinetti Supermercati Brianzoli DNF 127 Claudio Corti Supermercati Brianzoli 54 128 Antonio Ferretti Supermercati Brianzoli 83 129 Giovanni Mantovani Supermercati Brianzoli DNF 130 Gianni Zola Supermercati Brianzoli 75 131 Jesús Blanco Villar Teka DNF 132 Antonio Coll Teka 17 133 Faustino Cuelli Teka 31 134 Noël Dejonckheere Teka 94 135 Teka DNF 136 Reimund Dietzen Teka 7 137 Federico Echave Teka 33 138 José-María González Barcala Teka 59 139 Ángel Sarrapio Teka 62 140 Modesto Urrutibeazkoa Teka 68 141 Sergey Ermachenko USSR Selection (amateur) 53 142 Ivan Ivanov USSR Selection (amateur) 20 143 Nikolay Kosyakov USSR Selection (amateur) 76 144 Vladimir Malakhov USSR Selection (amateur) 71 145 Yuri Barinov USSR Selection (amateur) 72 146 Aleksandr Osipov USSR Selection (amateur) 52 147 Yurij Perunovsky USSR Selection (amateur) 77 148 Andrey Toporichev USSR Selection (amateur) 37 149 Andrey Vedernikov USSR Selection (amateur) DNF 150 Vladimir Voloshin USSR Selection (amateur) 32 151 Michael Carter Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 152 David Cech Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 153 John Eustice Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 154 Greg Gilmore Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 155 André Chappuis Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 156 Claude Michely Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 157 Anthony Mortimore Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 158 Peter Moody Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 159 Greg Saunders Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 160 Rudi Weber Xerox-Philadelphia Lasers DNF 161 Jesus I. Alonso Zor-Gemeaz 64 162 Ángel Camarillo Zor-Gemeaz 50 163 Marc Durant Zor-Gemeaz 42 164 Juan Fernandez Zor-Gemeaz DNF 165 José Luis Navarro Zor-Gemeaz 10 166 Álvaro Pino Zor-Gemeaz 8 167 Faustino Rupérez Zor-Gemeaz 19 168 Francisco Rodríguez Zor-Gemeaz 3 169 Jesús Rodríguez Magro Zor-Gemeaz 26 170 Manuel Zeferino Zor-Gemeaz 95

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