The Vuelta a Espana starts on the 17th of August and finishes on the 8th of September. It is the final Grand Tour of the season and, like every year, it will feature a luxurious startlist packed with climbers, sprinters and classics riders looking for their final opportunity to win big in a Grand Tour.
22 teams take part in the Vuelta a España this year with all 18 World Tour outfits, including UAE Team Emirates and Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Lotto Dstny and Israel - Premier Tech have obtained direct wildcards from having been the two best UCI-point scoring teams in 2023 that aren't part of the World Tour. Spanish teams Euskaltel - Euskadi and Equipo Kern Pharma have obtained the other two wildcards.
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
Lineup: Valentin Paret-Peintre, Bruno Armirail, Geoffrey Bouchard, Felix Gall, Victor Lafay, Clément Berthet, Sander de Pestel and Ben O'Connor.
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Alpecin - Deceuninck
Lineup:
Arkéa - B&B Hotels
Lineup: Élie Gesbert, Thibault Guernalec, Simon Gugliemi, Laurens Huys, Mathis Le Berre, Lukasz Owsian, Michel Ries and Cristián Rodríguez.
Astana Qazaqstan Team
Lineup: Lorenzo Foruntato, Gleb Brussenskiy, Gianmarco Garofoli, Ide Schelling, Harold Tejada, Santiago Umba, Nicolas Vinokourov and Harold Martín López.
Bahrain - Victorious
Lineup: Damiano Caruso, Kamil Gradek, Jack Haig, Rainer Kepplinger, Fran Miholjevic, Jasha Sutterlun, Antonio Tiberi and Torstein Traeen.
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Lineup: Roger Adrià, Giovanni Aleotti, Nico Denz, Patrick Gamper, Florian Lipowitz, Daniel Martínez, Primoz Roglic and Aleksandr Vlasov.
Cofidis
Lineup:
EF Education - EasyPost
Lineup: Richard Carapaz, Jefferson Alexander Cepeda, Rui Costa, Owain Doull, Darren Rafferty, James Shaw, Harry Sweeny and Rigoberto Urán.
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Groupama - FDJ
Lineup: David Gaudu, Sven Erik Bystrom, Kevin Geniets, Lorenzo Germani, Stefan Küng, Quentin Pacher, Rémy Rochas and Reuben Thompson.
INEOS Grenadiers
Lineup: Thymen Arensman, Kim Heiduk, Jhonatan Narváez, Laurens de Plus, Brandon Rivera, Carlos Rodríguez, Oscar Rodríguez and Joshuia Tarling.
Intermarché - Wanty
Lineup: Louis Meintjes, Simone Petilli, Arne Marit, Kobe Goossens, Rein Taaramäe, Tom Paquot, Vito Braet and Lorenzo Rota.
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Team Visma | Lease a Bike
Lineup: Wout van Aert, Edoardo Affini, Dylan van Baarle, Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk, Sepp Kuss, Cian Uijtdebroeks and Attila Valter.
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Lidl-Trek
Lineup: Giulio Ciccone, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Patrick Konrad, Sam Oomen, Mattias Skjelmose, Mathias Vacek, Otto Vergaerde and Carlos Verona.
Movistar Team
Lineup: Jorge Arcas, Carlos Canal, Oier Lazkano, Enric Mas, Nelson Oliveira, Nairo Quintana, Einer Rubio and Pelayo Sánchez.
Soudal - Quick-Step
Lineup:
Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL
Lineup: Max Poole, Pavel Bittner, Chris Hamilton, Gijs Leemreize, Enzo Leijnse, Tim Naberman, Martijn Tusveld and Julius van den Berg.
Team Jayco AlUla
Lineup: Mauro Schmid, Alessandro De Marchi, Felix Engelhardt, Filippo Zana, Welay Hagos Berhe, Eddie Dunbar, Callum Scotson and Chris Harper.
UAE Team Emirates
Lineup: Marc Soler, João Almeida, Adam Yates, Isaac Del Toro, Pavel Sivakov, Filippo Baroncini, Jay Vine and Brandon McNulty.
Equipo Kern Pharma
Lineup: Pablo Castrillo, Pau Miquel, Urko Berrade, Jorge Gutierrez, Unai Iribar, José Felix Parra, Ibon Ruiz and Antonio Soto.
Euskaltel - Euskadi
Lineup: Jon Aberasturi, Xabier Berasategi, Mikel Bizkarra, Joan Bou, Víctor De la Parte, Txomin Juaristi, Gotzon Martín and Luis Ángel Maté.
Israel - Premier Tech
Lineup: Matthew Riccitello, Dylan Teuns, George Bennett, Marco Frigo, Michael Woods, Nadav Raisberg, Riley Sheehan and Corbin Strong.
Lotto Dstny
Lineup: Thomas de Gendt, Lennert van Eetvelt, Andreas Kron, Arjen Livyns, Eduardo Sepúlveda, Jonas Gregaard, Victor Campenaerts and Sylvain Moniquet.
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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