For the 1998 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 198 riders; 108 finished the race.
By rider 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 DNF Denotes a rider who did not finish
No. Name Nationality Team Pos. Time 1 Alex Zülle 8 + 6' 05" 2 Laurent Brochard 33 + 57' 56" 3 Laurent Dufaux DNF — 4 Félix García Casas 20 + 31' 58" 5 Pascal Hervé DNF — 6 Didier Rous DNF — 7 José Ramón Uriarte 29 + 54' 09" 8 Richard Virenque 11 + 13' 33" 9 Marcel Wüst 106 + 3h 45' 21" 11 José Castelblanco 15 + 21' 28" 12 Julio César Aguirre 45 + 1h 18' 41" 13 Jairo Hernández DNF — 14 Francisco León Mane 98 + 3h 11' 36" 15 Javier Pascual Llorente 38 + 1h 08' 38" 16 Luis Ricardo Mesa DNF — 17 Federico Muñoz 44 + 1h 16' 09" 18 Carlos Osorio DNF — 19 Víctor Hugo Peña DNF — 21 Abraham Olano 1 93h 44' 08" 22 Manuel Beltrán 13 + 16' 42" 23 Armand de Las Cuevas DNF — 24 Manuel Fernández Ginés 69 + 2h 11' 50" 25 José Vicente García 48 + 1h 27' 08" 26 Aitor Garmendia DNF — 27 José María Jiménez 3 + 2' 12" 28 Jon Odriozola 12 + 14' 05" 29 Aitor Osa 22 + 36' 39" 31 Daniele Contrini DNF — 32 Cristiano Frattini 68 + 2h 10' 58" 33 Ruslan Ivanov 99 + 3h 12' 32" 34 Marco Milesi DNF — 35 Mariano Piccoli 77 + 2h 32' 49" 36 Giancarlo Raimondi 96 + 3h 09' 44" 37 Marco Serpellini 9 + 8' 58" 38 Roberto Sgambelluri 37 + 1h 03' 53" 39 Cristian Moreni DNF — 41 Serhiy Honchar DNF — 42 Maurizio Frizzo 78 + 2h 32' 51" 43 Massimiliano Gentili DNF — 44 Massimo Giunti DNF — 45 Martin Hvastija DNF — 46 Martin Rittsel DNF — 47 Gilberto Simoni 19 + 30' 32" 48 Massimo Strazzer DNF — 49 Guido Trenti 105 + 3h 42' 27" 51 Christophe Agnolutto 101 + 3h 30' 43" 52 Lauri Aus DNF — 53 Frédéric Bessy 43 + 1h 15' 04" 54 Vincent Cali 51 + 1h 33' 45" 55 Pascal Chanteur 47 + 1h 19' 03" 56 Fabrice Gougot 18 + 30' 05" 57 Artūras Kasputis DNF — 58 Jaan Kirsipuu DNF — 59 Rodolfo Massi DNF — 61 Alessandro Bertolini 83 + 2h 45' 09" 62 Christophe Capelle DNF — 63 Maurizio Fondriest DNF — 64 Philippe Gaumont DNF — 65 Stéphane Goubert DNF — 66 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski DNF — 67 David Plaza 17 + 26' 00" 68 Cyril Saugrain DNF — 69 Bruno Thibout DNF — 71 Chris Boardman DNF — 72 Cyril Bos DNF — 73 Frédéric Moncassin DNF — 74 Olivier Perraudeau DNF — 75 Stéphane Pétilleau DNF — 76 Arnaud Prétot DNF — 77 Eddy Seigneur DNF — 78 Cédric Vasseur DNF — 79 Henk Vogels DNF — 81 Eleuterio Anguita 50 + 1h 33' 31" 82 Matías Cagigas Amedo 93 + 3h 04' 54" 83 Francisco Cerezo DNF — 84 Ivan Cerioli DNF — 85 Carmelo Miranda DNF — 86 Victor Moratilla DNF — 87 Germán Nieto 108 + 4h 09' 30" 88 Uwe Peschel 91 + 2h 59' 55" 89 Juan Carlos Vicario 39 + 1h 09' 30" 91 Íñigo Chaurreau 28 + 50' 33" 92 Unai Etxebarria 42 + 1h 14' 28" 93 Bingen Fernández DNF — 94 Ángel Castresana 24 + 44' 28" 95 Ramón González Arrieta DNF — 96 Álvaro González de Galdeano 7 + 5' 51" 97 Igor González de Galdeano DNF — 98 Roberto Laiseka DNF — 99 Iñaki Ayarzaguena Urkidi 23 + 40' 55" 101 Fernando Escartín 2 + 1' 23" 102 Francisco Cabello 80 + 2h 38' 20" 103 Ángel Edo 76 + 2h 27' 43" 104 Arsenio González 31 + 57' 09" 105 Chepe González DNF — 106 Roberto Heras 6 + 2' 58" 107 José Luis Rodríguez Garcia 64 + 2h 05' 05" 108 José Luis Rubiera 26 + 47' 30" 109 Marcos-Antonio Serrano 10 + 10' 17" 111 Mario Aerts 41 + 1h 11' 23" 112 Steve De Wolf 65 + 2h 09' 02" 113 Ludo Dierckxsens 34 + 1h 01' 02" 114 Joona Laukka 85 + 2h 51' 27" 115 Laurent Madouas DNF — 116 Thierry Marichal 86 + 2h 52' 02" 117 Chris Peers 73 + 2h 21' 30" 118 Andrei Tchmil DNF — 119 Andrey Teteryuk DNF — 121 Frank Vandenbroucke DNF — 122 Davide Bramati 102 + 3h 31' 07" 123 Gianni Bugno 84 + 2h 49' 18" 124 Giuseppe Di Grande DNF — 125 Giuliano Figueras 56 + 1h 43' 02" 126 Paolo Lanfranchi DNF — 127 Nico Mattan 67 + 2h 09' 37" 128 Ján Svorada DNF — 129 Oscar Camenzind 16 + 22' 25" 131 Laurent Jalabert 5 + 2' 37" 132 Íñigo Cuesta 52 + 1h 35' 38" 133 Luis María Díaz De Otazu 75 + 2h 27' 04" 134 Herminio Díaz Zabala 72 + 2h 20' 53" 135 David Etxebarria 30 + 55' 25" 136 Alberto Leanizbarrutia 55 + 1h 42' 46" 137 Melcior Mauri 35 + 1h 02' 41" 138 José Roberto Sierra 54 + 1h 42' 34" 139 Mikel Zarrabeitia 36 + 1h 03' 42" 141 Giuseppe Guerini DNF — 142 Daniel Atienza DNF — 143 Mirko Crepaldi DNF — 144 Mirco Gualdi 21 + 36' 01" 145 Fabrizio Guidi 63 + 2h 03' 08" 146 104 + 3h 38' 59" 147 Cristian Salvato 89 + 2h 54' 43" 148 Gianluca Valoti 46 + 1h 18' 42" 149 Mauro Zinetti DNF — 151 Niki Aebersold 27 + 47' 43" 152 Roger Beuchat 100 + 3h 29' 04" 153 Pierre Bourquenoud 60 + 1h 59' 05" 154 87 + 2h 52' 44" 155 Franz Hotz 66 + 2h 09' 03" 156 Rolf Huser 58 + 1h 47' 13" 157 Daniel Paradis 88 + 2h 53' 26" 158 Guido Wirz DNF — 159 Markus Zberg 57 + 1h 43' 32" 161 Michael Boogerd 49 + 1h 32' 35" 162 Erik Dekker DNF — 163 Marc Lotz 103 + 3h 36' 03" 164 Robbie McEwen DNF — 165 Koos Moerenhout DNF — 166 Rolf Sørensen 59 + 1h 49' 48" 167 Léon van Bon DNF — 168 Max van Heeswijk 94 + 3h 05' 50" 169 Marc Wauters 74 + 2h 21' 43" 171 Harald Morscher 97 + 3h 10' 13" 172 Philipp Buschor 62 + 2h 01' 43" 173 Salvatore Commesso 53 + 1h 38' 27" 174 Dario Frigo DNF — 175 Vitali Kokorine 40 + 1h 11' 05" 176 Pavel Padrnos DNF — 177 Alexandre Moos DNF — 178 Michael Rich 92 + 3h 00' 57" 179 Paolo Savoldelli DNF — 181 Andreas Klöden DNF — 182 Dirk Baldinger DNF — 183 Michael Blaudzun DNF — 184 Bert Dietz 79 + 2h 36' 46" 185 Kai Hundertmarck 81 + 2h 40' 35" 186 Giovanni Lombardi DNF — 187 Dirk Müller DNF — 188 Jan Schaffrath DNF — 189 Georg Totschnig 71 + 2h 17' 53" 191 Jeroen Blijlevens DNF — 192 Steven de Jongh DNF — 193 Servais Knaven DNF — 194 Michel Lafis 70 + 2h 13' 10" 195 Claus Michael Møller 25 + 45' 06" 196 Serguei Outschakov DNF — 197 Tristan Hoffman 95 + 3h 06' 06" 198 Peter Van Petegem DNF — 199 Bart Voskamp DNF — 201 Lance Armstrong DSQ – 202 Viatcheslav Ekimov DNF — 203 Joan Llaneras DNF — 204 Peter Meinert Nielsen 82 + 2h 41' 29" 205 Jean-Cyril Robin DNF — 206 Sven Teutenberg DNF — 207 Christian Vande Velde 90 + 2h 56' 33" 208 Jonathan Vaughters 107 + 3h 46' 13" 209 Anton Villatoro DNF — 211 Ángel Casero DNF — 212 Santiago Blanco 32 + 57' 42" 213 Elio Aggiano DNF — 214 Daniel Clavero DNF — 215 Juan Carlos Domínguez DNF — 216 David García Marquina DNF — 217 Prudencio Induráin DNF — 218 Serguei Smetanine 61 + 2h 01' 11" 219 Andrei Zintchenko 14 + 19' 14"
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