The 2018 Vuelta a España was the 73rd edition of the race. It was the last of cycling's three Grand Tours to take place during the 2018 road cycling season. The race started in Málaga on 25 August and finished in Madrid on 16 September. All 18 UCI World Tour teams were automatically entitled to start the race.
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 Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1993 eligible for the young rider award 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 Denotes the winner of the Combativity award Denotes the winner of the Young rider award 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 26 August 2018, the date on which the Vuelta begins
By starting number No. Name Nationality Team Age Time 1 Vincenzo Nibali 59 + 2h 08' 54" 2 Iván García 99 + 3h 28' 51" 3 Gorka Izagirre 29 + 1h 14' 48" 4 Ion Izagirre 9 + 11' 09" 5 Mark Padun DNF-17 – 6 Franco Pellizotti 50 + 1h 58' 18" 7 Hermann Pernsteiner DNS-18 – 8 Luka Pibernik 142 + 4h 56' 19" 11 Hubert Dupont 26 + 1h 11' 04" 12 Mikaël Cherel 97 + 3h 21' 54" 13 Julien Duval 157 + 5h 42' 01" 14 Tony Gallopin 11 + 12' 10" 15 Ben Gastauer 36 + 1h 28' 52" 16 Alexandre Geniez 90 + 3h 04' 42" 17 Alexis Gougeard DNF-11 – 18 Nans Peters 72 + 2h 30' 11" 21 Miguel Ángel López 3 + 2' 04" 22 Pello Bilbao 27 + 1h 12' 49" 23 Dario Cataldo 64 + 2h 18' 54" 24 Omar Fraile 63 + 2h 14' 33" 25 Jan Hirt 74 + 2h 35' 49" 26 Nikita Stalnov 104 + 3h 46' 29" 27 Davide Villella 48 + 1h 57' 26" 28 Andrey Zeits 52 + 2h 01' 13" 31 Richie Porte 84 + 2h 57' 17" 32 Brent Bookwalter 66 + 2h 21' 43" 33 Alessandro De Marchi 76 + 2h 40' 14" 34 Rohan Dennis DNS-17 – 35 Nicolas Roche 40 + 1h 36' 40" 36 Joey Rosskopf 81 + 2h 51' 48" 37 Dylan Teuns 33 + 1h 22' 46" 38 Francisco Ventoso 111 + 4h 02' 14" 41 Peter Sagan 119 + 4h 16' 05" 42 Emanuel Buchmann 12 + 14' 06" 43 Marcus Burghardt 149 + 5h 09' 59" 44 Davide Formolo 22 + 57' 29" 45 Rafał Majka 13 + 17' 57" 46 Jay McCarthy 91 + 3h 05' 02" 47 Lukas Pöstlberger DNS-19 – 48 Michael Schwarzmann 150 + 5h 10' 42" 51 Thibaut Pinot 6 + 5' 57" 52 Mickaël Delage 112 + 4h 02' 45" 53 Antoine Duchesne 127 + 4h 29' 30" 54 Rudy Molard 14 + 25' 40" 55 Georg Preidler DNF-11 – 56 Marc Sarreau 131 + 4h 38' 36" 57 Benjamin Thomas 121 + 4h 22' 41" 58 Léo Vincent 77 + 2h 43' 29" 61 Tiesj Benoot 95 + 3h 14' 12" 62 Sander Armée 73 + 2h 30' 18" 63 Victor Campenaerts 102 + 3h 43' 36" 64 Thomas De Gendt 67 + 2h 22' 10" 65 Bjorg Lambrecht DNS-15 – 66 Maxime Monfort 42 + 1h 43' 23" 67 Tosh Van der Sande 114 + 4h 08' 34" 68 Jelle Wallays 143 + 4h 56' 42" 71 Simon Yates 1 82h 05' 58" 72 Michael Albasini 118 + 4h 15' 40" 73 Alexander Edmondson 155 + 5h 24' 24" 74 Jack Haig 19 + 45' 32" 75 Damien Howson 70 + 2h 29' 16" 76 Luka Mezgec 141 + 4h 55' 25" 77 Matteo Trentin 125 + 4h 28' 10" 78 Adam Yates 45 + 1h 54' 33" 81 Nairo Quintana 8 + 6' 51" 82 Andrey Amador 93 + 3h 10' 46" 83 Winner Anacona 69 + 2h 25' 25" 84 Daniele Bennati 133 + 4h 45' 32" 85 Richard Carapaz 18 + 39' 53" 86 Imanol Erviti 92 + 3h 10' 45" 87 Nélson Oliveira 71 + 2h 30' 07" 88 Alejandro Valverde 5 + 4' 28" 91 Elia Viviani 145 + 5h 01' 37" 92 Kasper Asgreen 134 + 4h 48' 07" 93 Laurens De Plus DNF-19 – 94 Dries Devenyns 94 + 3h 14' 01" 95 Enric Mas 2 + 1' 46" 96 Michael Mørkøv 148 + 5h 07' 42" 97 Fabio Sabatini 152 + 5h 13' 46" 98 Pieter Serry 88 + 3h 00' 05" 101 Louis Meintjes 58 + 2h 06' 00" 102 Igor Antón 44 + 1h 52' 53" 103 Steven Cummings 124 + 4h 27' 54" 104 Amanuel Gebrezgabihier 37 + 1h 30' 43" 105 Ryan Gibbons 82 + 2h 55' 03" 106 Ben King 24 + 1h 03' 40" 107 Merhawi Kudus 31 + 1h 19' 54" 108 Johann van Zyl 122 + 4h 22' 54" 111 Rigoberto Urán 7 + 6' 07" 112 Simon Clarke 46 + 1h 55' 01" 113 Mitchell Docker 151 + 5h 13' 26" 114 Sebastian Langeveld 128 + 4h 31' 50" 115 Daniel Moreno 38 + 1h 32' 59" 116 Pierre Rolland 56 + 2h 04' 34" 117 Tom Van Asbroeck 87 + 2h 59' 30" 118 Michael Woods 34 + 1h 23' 13" 121 Ilnur Zakarin 20 + 51' 36" 122 Ian Boswell 126 + 4h 28' 13" 123 José Gonçalves DNF-13 – 124 Reto Hollenstein 55 + 2h 04' 03" 125 Pavel Kochetkov 53 + 2h 01' 36" 126 Maurits Lammertink DNS-8 – 127 Tiago Machado 79 + 2h 48' 38" 128 Jhonatan Restrepo 105 + 3h 47' 21" 131 Steven Kruijswijk 4 + 2' 54" 132 George Bennett 35 + 1h 24' 17" 133 Lars Boom 153 + 5h 19' 07" 134 Floris De Tier 41 + 1h 42' 58" 135 Sepp Kuss 65 + 2h 20' 11" 136 Tom Leezer 139 + 4h 53' 56" 137 Bert-Jan Lindeman 136 + 4h 52' 40" 138 Danny van Poppel 132 + 4h 38' 47" 141 David de la Cruz 15 + 28' 02" 142 Jonathan Castroviejo 100 + 3h 30' 00" 143 Tao Geoghegan Hart 62 + 2h 13' 56" 144 Sergio Henao 28 + 1h 13' 07" 145 Michał Kwiatkowski 43 + 1h 43' 49" 146 Salvatore Puccio 96 + 3h 15' 09" 147 Pavel Sivakov DNF-14 – 148 Dylan van Baarle DNS-14 – 151 Wilco Kelderman 10 + 11' 11" 152 Johannes Fröhlinger 115 + 4h 11' 01" 153 Simon Geschke DNS-18 – 154 Jai Hindley 32 + 1h 21' 38" 155 Michael Storer 117 + 4h 12' 32" 156 Mike Teunissen 109 + 3h 58' 38" 157 Martijn Tusveld 80 + 2h 49' 31" 158 Max Walscheid 156 + 5h 25' 57" 161 Bauke Mollema 30 + 1h 17' 39" 162 Gianluca Brambilla 16 + 30' 00" 163 Matthias Brändle 158 + 5h 53' 31" 164 Nicola Conci DNS-16 – 165 Fabio Felline 61 + 2h 11' 02" 166 Markel Irizar 130 + 4h 37' 11" 167 Giacomo Nizzolo 140 + 4h 54' 29" 168 Kiel Reijnen 135 + 4h 49' 50" 171 Fabio Aru 23 + 1h 03' 07" 172 Sven Erik Bystrøm 113 + 4h 06' 25" 173 Simone Consonni 147 + 5h 02' 02" 174 Valerio Conti 60 + 2h 09' 59" 175 Vegard Stake Laengen 107 + 3h 56' 34" 176 Daniel Martin DNS-10 – 177 Simone Petilli DNF-10 – 178 Edward Ravasi 39 + 1h 34' 57" 181 José Mendes 83 + 2h 57' 10" 182 Jetse Bol 101 + 3h 35' 55" 183 Óscar Cabedo 86 + 2h 58' 27" 184 Jorge Cubero 89 + 3h 03' 35" 185 Jesús Ezquerra 98 + 3h 27' 49" 186 Jordi Simón DNF-17 – 187 Diego Rubio 138 + 4h 53' 48" 188 Pablo Torres 129 + 4h 34' 43" 191 Sergio Pardilla 49 + 1h 57' 41" 192 Alex Aranburu 108 + 3h 57' 33" 193 Jonathan Lastra 123 + 4h 26' 51" 194 Lluís Mas 47 + 1h 57' 26" 195 Antonio Molina 120 + 4h 18' 48" 196 Cristián Rodríguez 25 + 1h 06' 26" 197 Nick Schultz 75 + 2h 39' 38" 198 Nelson Soto 154 + 5h 20' 28" 201 Nacer Bouhanni DNF-11 – 202 Loïc Chetout 144 + 5h 00' 35" 203 Jesús Herrada 21 + 57' 15" 204 José Herrada 57 + 2h 05' 41" 205 Mathias Le Turnier 110 + 4h 00' 26" 206 Luis Ángel Maté 106 + 3h 55' 56" 207 Stéphane Rossetto 54 + 2h 01' 43" 208 Kenneth Vanbilsen 137 + 4h 53' 07" 211 Eduard Prades 68 + 2h 24' 10" 212 Jon Aberasturi 146 + 5h 01' 45" 213 Aritz Bagües 78 + 2h 45' 48" 214 Mikel Bizkarra 17 + 35' 46" 215 Garikoitz Bravo 116 + 4h 12' 25" 216 Mikel Iturria 103 + 3h 45' 05" 217 Óscar Rodríguez 51 + 1h 58' 53" 218 Héctor Sáez 85 + 2h 57' 30"
By team + (TBM) No. Rider Pos. 1 59 2 99 3 29 4 9 5 DNF-17 6 50 7 DNS-18 8 142Directeur sportif: Gorazd Štangelj / Harald Morscher+ (ALM) No. Rider Pos. 11 26 12 97 13 157 14 11 15 36 16 90 17 DNF-11 18 72Directeur sportif: Julien Jurdie / Stéphane Goubert+ (AST) No. Rider Pos. 21 3 22 27 23 64 24 63 25 74 26 104 27 48 28 52Directeur sportif: Alexandr Shefer / Dmitri Sedoun+ (BMC) No. Rider Pos. 31 84 32 66 33 76 34 DNS-17 35 40 36 81 37 33 38 111Directeur sportif: Jackson Stewart / Klaas Lodewyck+ (BOH) No. Rider Pos. 41 119 42 12 43 149 44 22 45 13 46 91 47 DNS-19 48 150Directeur sportif: Steffen Radochla / André Schulze+ (GFC) No. Rider Pos. 51 6 52 112 53 127 54 14 55 DNF-11 56 131 57 121 58 77Directeur sportif: Thierry Bricaud / Franck Pineau+ (LTS) No. Rider Pos. 61 95 62 73 63 102 64 67 65 DNS-15 66 42 67 114 68 143Directeur sportif: Mario Aerts / Marc Wauters+ (MTS) No. Rider Pos. 71 1 72 118 73 155 74 19 75 70 76 141 77 125 78 45Directeur sportif: Matt White / David McPartland+ (MOV) No. Rider Pos. 81 8 82 93 83 69 84 133 85 18 86 92 87 71 88 5Directeur sportif: José Luis Arrieta / Pablo Lastras+ (QST) No. Rider Pos. 91 145 92 134 93 DNF-19 94 94 95 2 96 148 97 152 98 88Directeur sportif: Rik Van Slycke / Geert Van Bondt+ (DDD) No. Rider Pos. 101 58 102 44 103 124 104 37 105 82 106 24 107 31 108 122Directeur sportif: Alex Sans Vega / Bingen Fernández+ (EFD) No. Rider Pos. 111 7 112 46 113 151 114 128 115 38 116 56 117 87 118 34Directeur sportif: Juan Manuel Gárate / Fabrizio Guidi+ (KAT) No. Rider Pos. 121 20 122 126 123 DNF-13 124 55 125 53 126 DNS-8 127 79 128 105Directeur sportif: Dimitri Konyshev / Xavier Florencio+ (TLJ) No. Rider Pos. 131 4 132 35 133 153 134 41 135 65 136 139 137 136 138 132Directeur sportif: Grischa Niermann / Addy Engels+ (SKY) No. Rider Pos. 141 15 142 100 143 62 144 28 145 43 146 96 147 DNF-14 148 DNS-14Directeur sportif: Gabriel Rasch / Xabier Zandio+ (SUN) No. Rider Pos. 151 10 152 115 153 DNS-18 154 32 155 117 156 109 157 80 158 156Directeur sportif: / Tom Veelers+ (TFS) No. Rider Pos. 161 30 162 16 163 158 164 DNS-16 165 61 166 130 167 140 168 135Directeur sportif: Dirk Demol / Yaroslav Popovych+ (UAD) No. Rider Pos. 171 23 172 113 173 147 174 60 175 107 176 DNS-10 177 DNF-10 178 39Directeur sportif: Philippe Mauduit / Bruno Vicino+ (BBH) No. Rider Pos. 181 83 182 101 183 86 184 89 185 98 186 DNF-17 187 138 188 129Directeur sportif: José Cabedo+ (CJR) No. Rider Pos. 191 49 192 108 193 123 194 47 195 120 196 25 197 75 198 154Directeur sportif: Eugenio Goikoetxea / José Miguel Fernández+ (COF) No. Rider Pos. 201 DNF-11 202 144 203 21 204 57 205 110 206 106 207 54 208 137Directeur sportif: Jean-Luc Jonrond / Christian Guiberteau+ (EUS) No. Rider Pos. 211 68 212 146 213 78 214 17 215 116 216 103 217 51 218 85Directeur sportif: Xabier Muriel / David Echavarri
By nationality The 176 riders that are competing in the 2018 Vuelta a España originated from 30 different countries.
Country No. of riders Finishers Stage wins 11 10 3 (Rohan Dennis x2, Simon Clarke) 4 1 15 13 1 (Jelle Wallays) 2 2 1 (Michael Woods) 7 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 18 16 5 (Nacer Bouhanni, Tony Gallopin, Alexandre Geniez, Thibaut Pinot x2) 6 5 4 4 1 (Simon Yates) 2 1 20 18 4 (Elia Viviani x3, Alessandro De Marchi) 2 2 1 1 13 11 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 37 36 4 (Alejandro Valverde x2, Óscar Rodríguez, Enric Mas) 2 2 1 0 6 6 2 (Ben King x2) Total 176 158 21
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