Vuelta a España 2008 / driver field

The following 171 riders from 19 teams took part in the Vuelta a España 2008 :

Legend:

• Suspension: exclusion by own team
• Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the race
• Disqualification: Exclusion by the race management after the start of the race
• The German and Swiss drivers are marked in bold
• : Stage winner
• : Golden jersey for the overall leader
• : Blue jersey for the best in points
• : Red jersey for the best mountain rider
• : White jersey for the leader in the combined classification
• ( : Yellow number on the back of the team leading in the team classification (The yellow number on the back is not assigned at the Vuelta. In this representation, it is only intended for visualization) )

Overview of participants

No.	country	Attendees	Reached destination in Madrid
01	Spain	50	44
02	France	28	21st
03	Italy	24	14th
04th	Belgium	16	12
05	Germany	10	05
06th	Russia	09	07th
07th	Netherlands	07th	06th
08th	Ukraine	04th	03
09	Switzerland	03	01
10	Denmark	02	02
11	Kazakhstan	02	02
12	Colombia	02	02
13	Slovakia	02	02
14th	Belarus	02	02
15th	Australia	01	00
16	Argentina	01	00
17th	Ireland	01	01
18th	Lithuania	01	01
19th	Norway	01	01
20th	Poland	01	01
21st	Portugal	01	01
22nd	Slovenia	01	01
23	United States	01	01
24	United Kingdom	01	01
total		171	131

Teams

X stands for an early exit; T for the rank in the team classification

Team CSC-Saxo Bank (SAX; Denmark)

Sporting Director: Scott Sunderland

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
1	Carlos Sastre			3
2	Alexander Kolobnew			40
3	Iñigo Cuesta			37
4th	Jurgen van Goolen			16
5	Juan José Haedo		Task during the 15th stage	X
6th	Karsten Kroon			72
7th	Matti Breschel		: 21st stage	48
8th	Michael Blaudzun			82
9	Volodymyr Hustov			44
				T2

ag2r La Mondiale (ALM; France)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
11	Rinaldo Nocentini			23
12	José Luis Arrieta			55
13	Renaud Dion			113
14th	Hubert Dupont			32
15th	John Gadret			18th
16	Julien Loubet			70
17th	Lloyd Mondory			120
18th	Stéphane Poulhies			128
19th	Alexandre Usov			123
				T8

Andalucía-Cajasur (ACA; Spain)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
21st	José Luis Carrasco			68
22nd	José Antonio Carrasco			65
23	José Antonio López		Disqualified after 13th stage	X
24	Francisco José Martínez			122
25th	Javier Moreno			21st
26th	Manuel Ortega			83
27	Juan Javier Estrada			114
28	Jesús Rosendo		: 2nd - 6th stage	116
29	José Ruiz			53
				T15

Team Astana (AST; Luxembourg)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
31	Alberto Contador		: 13th & 14th stage ; : 13th - 21st stage ; : 14.-16. Stage; : 8th & 9th - 21st stage - winner overall & combined classification	1
32	Andreas Klöden			20th
33	Levi Leipheimer		: 5th & 20th stage ; : 5th & 8th stage	2
34	Dmitri Muravyov			131
35	Assan Basayev			130
36	Benjamin Noval			62
37	Sérgio Paulinho			26th
38	José Luis Rubiera			22nd
39	Tomas Vaitkus			95
			: 5th - 8th & 12th stage	T4

Bouygues Télécom (BTL; France)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
41	Dimitri Champion			106
42	Stef Clement		Task during the 7th stage	X
43	Aurélien Clerc		Not to Stage 5 begun	X
44	Xavier Florencio			36
45	Anthony Geslin		Task during the 11th stage	X
46	Vincent Jérôme			76
47	Arnaud Labbe			108
48	Alexandre Pichot		Task during the 11th stage	X
49	Olivier Bonnaire			61
				T18

Caisse d'Epargne (GCE; Spain)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
51	Alejandro Valverde		, : 2nd stage ; : 2nd, 3rd , 8th & 9th stage	5
52	David Arroyo		: 19th stage	17th
53	José García Acosta			119
54	Imanol Erviti		: 18th stage	99
55	Daniel Moreno			12
56	Alberto Losada			24
57	Luis Pasamontes			35
58	Joaquim Rodríguez			6th
59	Xabier Zandio			50
			: 2nd, 3rd, 9th - 11th, 13th - 21st stage - Winner team classification	T1

Équipe Cofidis (COF; France)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
61	Sylvain Chavanel		: Stage 6 Not to - 17th stage begun	X
62	Kevin De Weert			59
63	Leonardo Duque			67
64	Bingen Fernández			87
65	Maryan Hary		Not to Stage 5 begun	X
66	David Moncoutié		: 8th stage ; : 9th - 21st stage - mountain classification winner	8th
67	Sébastien Minard			71
68	Nick Nuyens			78
69	Staf Scheirlinckx		Task during the 1st stage	X
				T11

Crédit Agricole (CA; France)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
71	Patrice Halgand		Not the 15th stage begun	X
72	Sébastien Hinault		: 10th stage	64
73	Jeremy Hunt			107
74	Christophe Kern			112
75	Cyril Lemoine			100
76	Jean-Marc Marino		Task during the 8th stage	X
77	Gabriel Rasch			86
78	Nicolas Roche			13
79	Yannick Talabardon			31
				T9

Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS; Spain)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
81	Igor Antón		Task during the 13th stage	X
82	Mikel Astarloza			28
83	Koldo Fernández			94
84	Iñigo Landaluze			63
85	Egoi Martínez		: 9th - 12th stage ; : 2nd , 3rd & 5th stage	9
86	Alan Perez			69
87	Rubén Pérez			41
88	Amets Txurruka			45
89	Iván Velasco			51
				T3

Française des Jeux (FDJ; France)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
91	Sandy Casar			19th
92	Mickael Delage			103
93	Rémy Di Gregorio			80
94	Philippe Gilbert		Not the 18th stage begun	X
95	Sébastien Joly		Task during the 17th stage	X
96	Mathieu Ladagnous			89
97	Gianni Meersman		Task during the 12th stage	X
98	Jelle Vanendert			101
99	Francis Mourey			96
				T12

Team Gerolsteiner (GST; Germany)

Sports director: Reimund Dietzen

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
101	Davide rebel		Not the 14th stage begun	X
102	Mathias Frank		Task during the 13th stage	X
103	Oscar Gatto			127
104	Sebastian Lang			79
105	Tom Stamsnijder			88
106	Stephan Schreck		Task during the 12th stage	X
107	Stefan Schumacher		Not the 19th stage begun	X
108	Heinrich Haussler		Task during the 19th stage	X
109	Oliver Zaugg			11
				T14

Xacobeo Galicia (XAC; Spain)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
111	Ezequiel Mosquera			4th
112	Carlos Castaño Panadero			38
113	Gustavo César Veloso			29
114	Gustavo Domínguez			84
115	David García		: 15th stage	14th
116	David Herrero			47
117	Serafín Martínez			90
118	Iban Mayoz			39
119	Eduard Worganow			60
				T5

Lampre-Fondital (LAM; Italy)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
121	Damiano Cunego		Not the 16th stage begun	X
122	Alessandro Ballan		, , : 7th stage ; : 7th & 8th stage - Not for 15th stage begun	X
123	Emanuele Bindi			129
124	Marzio Bruseghin			10
125	Marco Marzano			25th
126	Massimiliano Mori			124
127	Danilo Napolitano		Task during the 12th stage	X
128	Mauro Santambrogio			121
129	Paolo Tiralongo			27
				T6

Liquigas (LIQ; Italy)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
131	Daniele Bennati		: 4th stage ; : 3rd & 4th stage; 4 - Stage 7 - Not for 10th stage begun	X
132	Valerio Agnoli			110
133	Claudio Corioni			97
134	Enrico Franzoi			98
135	Filippo Pozzato		Not the 19th stage begun	X
136	Manuel Quinziato		Task during the 18th stage	X
137	Ivan Santaromita			125
138	Gorazd Štangelj			109
139	Alessandro Vanotti			75
			: 1st stage ( MZF ); : 1st stage	T19

Quick Step (QST; Belgium)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
141	Paolo Bettini		: 6th & 12th stage ; : 4th & 6th stage - Not for 19th stage begun	X
142	Carlos Barredo		Not to Stage 7 begun	X
143	Tom Boonen		: 3rd & 16th stage - Not for 18th stage begun	X
144	Juan Manuel Gárate			15th
145	Wouter Weylandt		: 17.	118
146	Davide Viganò			93
147	Andrea Tonti		Task during the 18th stage	X
148	Matteo Tosatto		Task during the 18th stage	X
149	Kevin Van Impe			126
			: 4th stage	T16

Rabobank (RAB; Netherlands)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
151	Óscar Freire		: 11th stage not to - 13th stage begun	X
152	Mauricio Ardila		Task during the 15th stage	X
153	Juan Antonio Flecha			74
154	Dmitriy Kozontchuk			54
155	Robert Gesink			7th
156	Pedro Horrillo			117
157	Marc de Maar			56
158	Grischa Niermann			30th
159	Theo Eltink			77
				T7

Silence Lotto (OLO; Belgium)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
161	Yaroslav Popovych			52
162	Dominique Cornu			46
163	Bart Dockx			111
164	Pieter Jacobs			91
165	Olivier Kaisen			92
166	Matthew Lloyd		Not to Stage 9 competed	X
167	Roy Sentjens			33
168	Maarten Tjallingii			58
169	Greg van Avermaet		: 9th stage ; : 10th - 13th , 17th - 21st stage - winner points classification	66
				T10

Team Milram (MRM; Germany)

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
171	Erik Zabel			49
172	Volodymyr Djudja		Task during the 7th stage	X
173	Artur Gajek		Task during the 15th stage	X
174	Andrij Hrywko			42
175	Matej Jurčo			81
176	Christian Kux		Task during the 19th stage	X
177	Fabio Sabatini			102
178	Sebastian Schwager			115
179	Peter Velits			73
				T17

Tinkoff Credit Systems (TCS) ( Italy ; Italy) 

Sports director:

No.	Surname		Remarks	rank
181	Mikhail Ignatiev			104
182	Ivan Rowny		Task during the 16th stage	X
183	Nikita Jeskow			57
184	Yevgeny Petrov			43
185	Vasil Kiryenka			34
186	Pawel Gross			105
187	Walter Pedraza			85
188	Ricardo Serrano		Not to Stage 4 competed	X
189	Nikolai Trusov		Task during the 7th stage	X
				T13