The following is a list of teams and cyclists that took part in the 2021 Vuelta a España.
Teams Twenty-three teams participated in the 2021 Vuelta a España. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were obliged to participate. Four UCI ProTeams also participated: was automatically invited as the best-performing ProTeam in 2020, as well as three wildcard teams selected by the Amaury Sport Organization. Usually, only twenty-two teams would participate in the race, but the Union Cycliste Internationale allowed grand tour organizers to invite one extra wildcard team in 2021 to account for hardship created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
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 1996 eligible for the young rider 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 young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ) Denotes the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the combativity 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 HD Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so COV Denotes a rider who withdrawn because of COVID-19 either because he tested positive or team members tested positive, followed by the stage before which he withdrew Ages correct as of Saturday 14 August 2021, the date on which the Vuelta begins
By starting number No. Name Nationality Team Age Time 1 Primož Roglič 1 83h 55' 29" 2 Koen Bouwman 42 + 2h 24' 30" 3 Robert Gesink 62 + 3h 15' 18" 4 Lennard Hofstede 128 + 5h 20' 45" 5 Steven Kruijswijk 12 + 26' 42" 6 Sepp Kuss 8 + 18' 55" 7 Sam Oomen 18 + 1h 09' 25" 8 Nathan Van Hooydonck 82 + 3h 50' 19" 11 Geoffrey Bouchard 14 + 49' 09" 12 Lilian Calmejane 33 + 2h 03' 52" 13 Clément Champoussin 16 + 57' 29" 14 Mikaël Cherel 45 + 2h 30' 26" 15 Stan Dewulf 65 + 3h 21' 21" 16 Nicolas Prodhomme 52 + 2h 53' 05" 17 Damien Touzé 79 + 3h 47' 28" 18 Clément Venturini 97 + 4h 18' 28" 21 Jay Vine 73 + 3h 40' 31" 22 Tobias Bayer DNF-12 – 23 Floris De Tier 48 + 2h 37' 18" 24 Alexander Krieger 117 + 4h 47' 15" 25 Sacha Modolo DNF-19 – 26 Jasper Philipsen DNS-11 – 27 Edward Planckaert 122 + 5h 03' 10" 28 Scott Thwaites 134 + 5h 36' 20" 31 Aleksandr Vlasov DNS-20 – 32 Alex Aranburu DNS-11 – 33 Omar Fraile DNS-13 – 34 Gorka Izagirre 27 + 1h 39' 03" 35 Ion Izagirre 26 + 1h 37' 47" 36 Yuriy Natarov 91 + 4h 02' 04" 37 Óscar Rodríguez DNF-7 – 38 Luis León Sánchez DNF-17 – 41 Mikel Landa DNF-17 – 42 Yukiya Arashiro 116 + 4h 42' 59" 43 Damiano Caruso 17 + 1h 05' 31" 44 Jack Haig 3 + 7' 40" 45 Gino Mäder 5 + 11' 33" 46 Mark Padun 59 + 3h 09' 46" 47 Wout Poels 23 + 1h 34' 52" 48 Jan Tratnik 94 + 4h 07' 22" 51 Felix Großschartner 10 + 22' 22" 52 Cesare Benedetti 107 + 4h 30' 10" 53 Patrick Gamper 112 + 4h 38' 23" 54 Martin Laas 140 + 6h 00' 28" 55 Jordi Meeus 139 + 5h 53' 36" 56 Anton Palzer 102 + 4h 22' 19" 57 Maximilian Schachmann DNS-13 – 58 Ben Zwiehoff 47 + 2h 32' 29" 61 Daniel Navarro 24 + 1h 37' 26" 62 Jetse Bol 71 + 3h 39' 48" 63 Óscar Cabedo 19 + 1h 12' 43" 64 Carlos Canal 106 + 4h 28' 30" 65 Ángel Madrazo 63 + 3h 15' 38" 66 Ander Okamika 75 + 3h 43' 42" 67 Diego Rubio DNF-18 – 68 Pelayo Sánchez 84 + 3h 52' 29" 71 Jonathan Lastra DNF-18 – 72 Jon Aberasturi 132 + 5h 29' 29" 73 Julen Amezqueta 43 + 2h 25' 16" 74 Aritz Bagües 87 + 3h 53' 02" 75 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda 32 + 1h 58' 54" 76 Álvaro Cuadros 78 + 3h 46' 50" 77 Oier Lazkano DNS-20 – 78 Sergio Martín DNF-9 – 81 Guillaume Martin 9 + 20' 27" 82 Piet Allegaert 123 + 5h 03' 48" 83 Fernando Barceló 89 + 3h 55' 36" 84 Eddy Finé 92 + 4h 04' 47" 85 Jesús Herrada 38 + 2h 16' 48" 86 José Herrada 57 + 3h 05' 54" 87 Emmanuel Morin DNF-7 – 88 Rémy Rochas 15 + 52' 32" 91 Fabio Jakobsen 141 + 6h 01' 24" 92 Andrea Bagioli 90 + 3h 58' 45" 93 Josef Černý 142 + 6h 03' 50" 94 James Knox 100 + 4h 20' 47" 95 Florian Sénéchal 118 + 4h 48' 14" 96 Zdeněk Štybar 133 + 5h 34' 14" 97 Bert Van Lerberghe 137 + 5h 48' 13" 98 Mauri Vansevenant 101 + 4h 21' 19" 101 Hugh Carthy DNF-7 – 102 Jonathan Caicedo DNS-15 – 103 Diego Camargo 53 + 2h 53' 47" 104 Simon Carr DNF-11 – 105 Lawson Craddock 69 + 3h 36' 48" 106 Jens Keukeleire 50 + 2h 48' 20" 107 Magnus Cort 77 + 3h 46' 48" 108 Tom Scully 125 + 5h 09' 47" 111 Mikel Bizkarra 46 + 2h 30' 33" 112 Xabier Azparren 111 + 4h 36' 40" 113 Joan Bou 103 + 4h 22' 43" 114 Mikel Iturria 60 + 3h 14' 26" 115 Juan José Lobato 136 + 5h 45' 39" 116 Gotzon Martín 37 + 2h 10' 39" 117 Luis Ángel Maté 30 + 1h 48' 17" 118 Antonio Jesús Soto 81 + 3h 50' 05" 121 Arnaud Démare 96 + 4h 16' 42" 122 Kevin Geniets 85 + 3h 52' 41" 123 Jacopo Guarnieri DNF-9 – 124 Olivier Le Gac 76 + 3h 44' 56" 125 Tobias Ludvigsson 99 + 4h 19' 24" 126 Rudy Molard DNF-16 – 127 Anthony Roux 58 + 3h 07' 54" 128 Ramon Sinkeldam 127 + 5h 16' 27" 131 Egan Bernal 6 + 13' 27" 132 Richard Carapaz DNF-14 – 133 Jhonatan Narváez DNF-15 – 134 Tom Pidcock 67 + 3h 31' 54" 135 Salvatore Puccio 98 + 4h 18' 54" 136 Pavel Sivakov 35 + 2h 04' 47" 137 Dylan van Baarle DNS-18 – 138 Adam Yates 4 + 9' 06" 141 Louis Meintjes DNF-19 – 142 Odd Christian Eiking 11 + 25' 14" 143 Jan Hirt 28 + 1h 42' 39" 144 Wesley Kreder 110 + 4h 34' 38" 145 Riccardo Minali 138 + 5h 50' 15" 146 Simone Petilli 29 + 1h 45' 51" 147 Rein Taaramäe 55 + 2h 58' 46" 148 Kevin Van Melsen 126 + 5h 10' 04" 151 Sep Vanmarcke DNF-16 – 152 Sebastian Berwick 135 + 5h 37' 10" 153 Alexander Cataford DNS-3 – 154 Davide Cimolai DNF-8 – 155 Itamar Einhorn DNF-17 – 156 Guy Niv 93 + 4h 06' 37" 157 James Piccoli 86 + 3h 52' 52" 158 Mads Würtz Schmidt DNF-7 – 161 Andreas Kron 68 + 3h 34' 35" 162 Steff Cras 20 + 1h 22' 06" 163 Frederik Frison DNS-3 – 164 Matthew Holmes HD-18 – 165 Sylvain Moniquet 83 + 3h 52' 10" 166 Maxim Van Gils 88 + 3h 53' 55" 167 Harm Vanhoucke 115 + 4h 42' 31" 168 Florian Vermeersch 121 + 4h 57' 09" 171 Enric Mas 2 + 4' 42" 172 Imanol Erviti 66 + 3h 28' 24" 173 Johan Jacobs DNF-9 – 174 Miguel Ángel López DNF-20 – 175 Nelson Oliveira 72 + 3h 39' 49" 176 José Joaquín Rojas 56 + 3h 02' 19" 177 Alejandro Valverde DNF-7 – 178 Carlos Verona DNS-18 – 181 Michael Matthews 70 + 3h 39' 31" 182 Lucas Hamilton 54 + 2h 56' 47" 183 Damien Howson 95 + 4h 10' 16" 184 Luka Mezgec 109 + 4h 30' 30" 185 Mikel Nieve 31 + 1h 56' 31" 186 Nick Schultz 49 + 2h 39' 13" 187 Robert Stannard 119 + 4h 48' 56" 188 Andrey Zeits 44 + 2h 27' 52" 191 Romain Bardet 25 + 1h 37' 27" 192 Thymen Arensman 61 + 3h 14' 59" 193 Alberto Dainese 129 + 5h 20' 50" 194 Nico Denz 114 + 4h 42' 09" 195 Chad Haga 113 + 4h 38' 46" 196 Chris Hamilton 64 + 3h 18' 33" 197 Michael Storer 40 + 2h 22' 45" 198 Martijn Tusveld 34 + 2h 04' 06" 201 Fabio Aru 51 + 2h 49' 04" 202 Sander Armée DNF-17 – 203 Connor Brown 130 + 5h 22' 42" 204 Dimitri Claeys 105 + 4h 27' 40" 205 Sergio Henao DNF-19 – 206 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg HD-7 – 207 Bert-Jan Lindeman 131 + 5h 26' 43" 208 Dylan Sunderland 104 + 4h 24' 21" 211 Giulio Ciccone DNF-16 – 212 Gianluca Brambilla 22 + 1h 22' 38" 213 Kenny Elissonde DNF-17 – 214 Alex Kirsch 120 + 4h 50' 22" 215 Juan Pedro López 13 + 31' 21" 216 Antonio Nibali 108 + 4h 30' 22" 217 Kiel Reijnen DNF-15 – 218 Quinn Simmons 124 + 5h 06' 02" 221 David de la Cruz 7 + 18' 33" 222 Joe Dombrowski 39 + 2h 17' 20" 223 Ryan Gibbons 36 + 2h 05' 50" 224 Rafał Majka 21 + 1h 22' 14" 225 Juan Sebastián Molano DNF-9 – 226 Rui Oliveira 74 + 3h 42' 10" 227 Jan Polanc 41 + 2h 22' 55" 228 Matteo Trentin 80 + 3h 47' 40"
By team + (TJV) No. Rider Pos. 1 1 2 42 3 62 4 128 5 12 6 8 7 18 8 82+ (ALM) No. Rider Pos. 11 14 12 33 13 16 14 45 15 65 16 52 17 79 18 97+ (AFC) No. Rider Pos. 21 73 22 DNF-12 23 48 24 117 25 DNF-19 26 DNS-11 27 122 28 134+ (APT) No. Rider Pos. 31 DNS-20 32 DNS-11 33 DNS-13 34 27 35 26 36 91 37 DNF-7 38 DNF-17+ (TBV) No. Rider Pos. 41 DNF-17 42 113 43 17 44 3 45 5 46 59 47 23 48 94+ (BOH) No. Rider Pos. 51 10 52 107 53 112 54 140 55 139 56 102 57 DNS-13 58 47+ (BBH) No. Rider Pos. 61 24 62 71 63 19 64 106 65 63 66 75 67 DNF-18 68 84+ (CJR) No. Rider Pos. 71 DNF-18 72 132 73 43 74 87 75 32 76 78 77 DNS-20 78 DNF-9+ (COF) No. Rider Pos. 81 9 82 123 83 89 84 92 85 38 86 57 87 DNF-7 88 15+ (DQT) No. Rider Pos. 91 141 92 90 93 142 94 100 95 118 96 133 97 137 98 101+ (EFN) No. Rider Pos. 101 DNF-7 102 DNS-15 103 53 104 DNF-11 105 69 106 50 107 77 108 125+ (EUS) No. Rider Pos. 111 46 112 111 113 103 114 60 115 136 116 37 117 30 118 81+ (GFC) No. Rider Pos. 121 96 122 85 123 DNF-9 124 76 123 99 126 DNF-16 127 58 128 127+ (IGD) No. Rider Pos. 131 6 132 DNF-14 133 DNF-15 134 67 135 98 136 35 137 DNS-18 138 4+ (IWG) No. Rider Pos. 141 DNF-19 142 11 143 28 144 110 145 138 146 29 147 55 148 126+ (ISN) No. Rider Pos. 151 DNF-16 152 135 153 DNS-3 154 DNF-8 155 DNF-17 156 93 157 86 158 DNF-7+ (LTS) No. Rider Pos. 161 68 162 20 163 DNS-3 164 HD-18 165 83 166 88 167 115 168 121+ (MOV) No. Rider Pos. 171 2 172 66 173 DNF-9 174 DNF-20 175 72 176 56 177 DNF-7 178 DNS-18+ (BEX) No. Rider Pos. 181 70 182 54 183 95 184 109 185 31 186 49 187 119 188 44+ (DSM) No. Rider Pos. 191 25 192 61 193 129 194 114 195 113 196 64 197 40 198 34+ (TQA) No. Rider Pos. 201 51 202 DNF-17 203 130 204 105 205 DNF-19 206 HD-7 207 131 208 104+ (TFS) No. Rider Pos. 211 DNF-16 212 22 213 DNF-17 214 120 215 13 216 108 217 DNF-15 218 124+ (UAD) No. Rider Pos. 221 7 222 39 223 36 224 21 225 DNF-9 226 74 227 41 228 80
By nationality
Country No. of riders In competition Stage wins 11 11 2 (Michael Storer x2) 3 2 20 16 2 (Jasper Philipsen x2) 2 1 5 2 1 (Miguel Ángel López) 3 3 3 2 3 (Magnus Cort x3) 4 1 2 2 1 (Rein Taaramäe) 18 15 3 (Romain Bardet, Clément Champoussin, Florian Sénéchal) 5 4 7 4 2 1 15 11 1 (Damiano Caruso) 1 1 2 2 2 2 14 13 3 (Fabio Jakobsen x3) 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 (Rafał Majka) 2 2 2 1 4 4 4 (Primož Roglič x4) 3 1 40 29 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 5 Total 184 142 21
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