Vuelta a España 2011 / driver field

The following drivers and teams took part in the Vuelta a España 2011 :

The German, Austrian and Swiss drivers are marked in bold .

Legend:

• Suspension: Exclusion by own team before the start of the race
• Exclusion: Exclusion by the race management before the start of the race
• Disqualification: Exclusion by the race management after the start of the race
• : Stage winner
• : Red jersey for the overall leader
• : Green jersey for the best in points
• : Blue polka dot jersey for the best mountain rider
• : White jersey for the best in the combined ranking
• ( : 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) )
• : Red number on the back for the most combative driver of a stage (Combatividad)

Overview of participants

No.	country	Attendees	Reached destination in Madrid
01	Spain	42	36
02	Italy	29	26th
03	Belgium	18th	17th
04th	France	17th	15th
05	Germany	12	9
06th	Netherlands	11	10
07th	Australia	06th	05
07th	Denmark	06th	05
07th	Russia	06th	06th
07th	Switzerland	06th	03
11	Kazakhstan	04th	03
11	Poland	04th	02
11	United Kingdom	04th	03
11	United States	04th	02
15th	Portugal	03	03
16	Estonia	02	01
16	Ireland	02	01
16	Colombia	02	01
16	Austria	02	02
16	Sweden	02	02
16	Slovakia	02	02
16	Ukraine	02	02
16	Belarus	02	01
24	Argentina	01	01
24	Brazil	01	00
24	Curacao	01	01
24	Japan	01	01
24	Croatia	01	01
24	Latvia	01	01
24	Lithuania	01	00
24	Norway	01	00
24	Slovenia	01	01
24	Uzbekistan	01	01
total		198	167

Teams

Liquigas-Cannondale (LIQ) ( Italy ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
1	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy		7th
2	Eros Capecchi	Italy		21st
3	Damiano Caruso	Italy		74
4th	Mauro Da Dalto	Italy		147
5	Alan Marangoni	Italy		138
6th	Dominik Mink	Germany		38
7th	Peter Sagan	Slovakia	: 6th, 12th & 21st stage,: 7th stage	121
8th	Valerio Agnoli	Italy		105
9	Francesco Bellotti	Italy		109

ag2r La Mondiale (ALM) ( France ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
11	Nicolas Roche	Ireland		16
12	Guillaume Bonnafond	France		26th
13	Dimitri Champion	France		95
14th	Cyril Dessel	France		60
15th	Steve Houanard	France		133
16	David Le Lay	France		51
17th	Lloyd Mondory	France		84
18th	Matteo Montaguti	Italy	: 11th & 12th stage, second mountain classification	76
19th	Mathieu Perget	France		24

Andalucía Caja Granada (ACG) ( Spain ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
21st	David Bernabeu	Spain		90
22nd	José Alberto Benítez	Spain		130
23	Antonio Cabello	Spain		165
24	Juan José Lobato	Spain	11th stage not finished	-
25th	Adrian Palomares	Spain	: 8th, 11th & 21st stage	114
26th	Antonio Piedra	Spain		72
27	José Luis Roldan	Spain		98
28	Jesús Rosendo	Spain	: 2nd stage,: 16th stage	99
29	José Vicente Toribio	Spain		134

BMC Racing Team (BMC) ( United States ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
31	Mathias Frank	Switzerland		94
32	Martin Kohler	Switzerland	: 6th stage	111
33	Taylor Phinney	United States	13th stage not finished	-
34	Manuel Quinziato	Italy		131
35	Mauro Santambrogio	Italy		88
36	Ivan Santaromita	Italy		117
37	Johann Tschopp	Switzerland	6th stage not finished	-
38	Greg Van Avermaet	Belgium		83
39	Karsten Kroon	Netherlands	14th stage not finished	-

Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne (COF) ( France ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
41	Yohann Bagot	France		116
42	Nicolas Edet	France	8th stage not finished	-
43	Luis Ángel Maté	Spain	: 7th stage	63
44	David Moncoutié	France	: 11th stage,: 13th - 21st stage, mountain classification winner	37
45	Aleksejs Saramotins	Latvia		166
46	Nico Sijmens	Belgium		73
47	Purely Taaramäe	Estonia	: 14th stage, 17th stage not finished	-
48	Nicolas Vogondy	France	6th stage not finished	-
49	Julien Fouchard	France		137

Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) ( Spain ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
51	Igor Antón	Spain	:: 19th stage	33
52	Iñaki Isasi	Spain		71
53	Egoi Martínez	Spain		55
54	Mikel Nieve	Spain		10
55	Juan José Oroz	Spain		50
56	Amets Txurruka	Spain	: 13th stage	30th
57	Gorka Verdugo	Spain		36
58	Jorge Azanza	Spain		97
59	Pierre Cazaux	France		148
			Third team ranking	T3

Geox-TMC (GEO) ( Spain ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
61	Juan José Cobo	Spain	: 15th stage, :: 15th - 21st stage, overall winner & combined classification, third mountain classification	1
62	David Blanco	Spain		47
63	David de la Fuente	Spain	: 14th stage	35
64	Fabio Duarte	Colombia		39
65	Denis Menshov	Russia		5
66	Carlos Sastre	Spain		20th
67	Mauricio Ardila	Colombia	5th stage not finished	-
68	Matthias Brändle	Austria		155
69	Dmitri Kosonchuk	Russia		122
			: 9th, 14th - 21st stage, team championship winner	T1

HTC-Highroad (THR) ( United States ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
71	Michael Albasini	Switzerland	: 5th stage : 13th stage	123
72	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	4th stage not finished	-
73	John Degenkolb	Germany		144
74	Matthew Goss	Australia	2nd stage not finished	-
75	Bert Grabsch	Germany		136
76	Leigh Howard	Australia		152
77	Tony Martin	Germany	: 10th stage, not started 19th stage	-
78	Kanstanzin Siuzou	Belarus	11th stage not finished	-
79	Martin Velits	Slovakia		125

Katyusha (KAT) ( Russia ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
81	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain	: 5th & 8th stage,: 6th, 8th - 16th, 18-20th stage : 8th stage, second scoring	19th
82	Joan Horrach	Spain		67
83	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	Belarus		143
84	Alberto Losada	Spain		46
85	Daniel Moreno	Spain	: 4th stage,: 4th - 8th stage,: 4th - 8th & 13th stage,: 5th stage	9
86	Luca Paolini	Italy		135
87	Vladimir Karpez	Russia		42
88	Yuri Trofimov	Russia		124
89	Eduard Worganow	Russia		43

Lampre-ISD (LAM) ( Italy ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
91	Michele Scarponi	Italy	14th stage not finished	-
92	Marco Marzano	Italy		61
93	Manuele Mori	Italy		107
94	Przemysław Niemiec	Poland		54
95	Aitor Perez	Spain		106
96	Alessandro Petacchi	Italy		100
97	Daniele Righi	Italy		141
98	Alessandro Spezialetti	Italy	16th stage not finished	-
99	Francesco Gavazzi	Italy	: 18th stage	58

Leopard Trek (LEO) ( Luxembourg ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
101	Daniele Bennati	Italy	: 2nd stage,: 20th stage, third point evaluation	112
102	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	: 1st stage - no longer started for 17th stage	-
103	Jakob Fuglsang	Denmark	: 1st stage	11
104	Maxime Monfort	Belgium		6th
105	Stuart O'Grady	Australia		93
106	Davide Viganò	Italy		142
107	Robert Wagner	Germany		162
108	Oliver Zaugg	Switzerland	did not start the 18th stage	-
109	Thomas Rohrgger	Austria	: 4th stage	28
			: 1st stage,: 1st & 2nd, 10th stage, second team ranking	T2

Movistar Team (MOV) ( Spain ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
111	Imanol Erviti	Spain		126
112	José Vicente García Acosta	Spain	5th stage not finished after fall	-
113	Beñat Intxausti	Spain		86
114	Ignatas Konovalovas	Lithuania	17th stage not finished	-
115	Pablo Lastras	Spain	: : : : Stage 3, : 3rd & 4th stage	44
116	David López García	Spain	17th stage not finished	-
117	Sergio Pardilla	Spain	17th stage not finished	-
118	Marzio Bruseghin	Italy		14th
119	Ángel Madrazo	Spain	18th stage not finished	-
			: 3rd stage

Omega Pharma-Lotto (OLO) ( Belgium ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
121	Jan Bakelants	Belgium		31
122	Francis De Greef	Belgium		29
123	Device Dockx	Belgium		92
124	Adam Hansen	Australia	: 2nd & 12th stage	129
125	Vicente Reynés	Spain		87
126	Jurgen Van De Walle	Belgium		127
127	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium		8th
128	Olivier Kaisen	Belgium		62
129	Sebastian Lang	Germany	: 9th stage	77

Pro Team Astana (AST) ( Kazakhstan ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
131	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Sweden		34
132	Enrico Gasparotto	Italy		78
133	Tanel Kangert	Estonia		64
134	Andrei Kashechkin	Kazakhstan		89
135	Robert Kišerlovski	Croatia		18th
136	Andrei Misurov	Kazakhstan		59
137	Yevgeny Petrov	Russia		65
138	Alexander Dyachenko	Kazakhstan		102
139	Josep Jufré	Spain		57

Quick Step Cycling Team (QST) ( Belgium ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
141	Tom Boonen	Belgium	No longer started for the 16th stage	-
142	Dario Cataldo	Italy		132
143	Sylvain Chavanel	France	: 3rd stage,: 4th - 7th stage	27
144	Marc de Maar	Curacao		82
145	Kevin De Weert	Belgium		91
146	Nikolas Maes	Belgium		151
147	Davide Malacarne	Italy		56
148	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Belgium		23
149	Kristof Vandewalle	Belgium		104

Rabobank Cycling Team (RAB) ( Netherlands ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
151	Carlos Barredo	Spain	: 20th stage	45
152	Matti Breschel	Denmark	6th stage not finished	-
153	Óscar Freire	Spain	8th stage not finished	-
154	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain		66
155	Steven Kruijswijk	Netherlands		41
156	Paul Martens	Germany	: 2nd stage	119
157	Bauke Mollema	Netherlands	: 9th stage : 9th - 12th, 14th & 21st stage,: 17th stage winner points evaluation, third combination evaluation	4th
158	Luis León Sánchez	Spain		53
159	Tom Slagter	Netherlands		75

Saxo Bank-SunGard (SBS) ( Denmark ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
161	Chris Anker Sørensen	Denmark		12
162	Mads Christensen	Denmark		160
163	Volodymyr Hustov	Ukraine		81
164	Juan José Haedo	Argentina	: 16th stage	157
165	Jonas Aaen Jørgensen	Denmark		139
166	Rafał Majka	Poland	No longer started for the 17th stage	-
167	Jarosław Marycz	Poland		149
168	Nick Nuyens	Belgium		161
169	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark		120

Skil-Shimano (SKS) ( Netherlands ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
171	Alexandre Geniez	France		159
172	Yukihiro Doi	Japan		150
173	Johannes Fröhlinger	Germany	: 17th stage	49
174	Simon Geschke	Germany	: 15th stage	115
175	Marcel Kittel	Germany	: 7th stage - Not started the 13th stage	-
176	Albert Timmer	Netherlands		164
177	Tom Veelers	Netherlands		167
178	Roy Curvers	Netherlands		156
179	Koen de Kort	Netherlands		68

Sky ProCycling (SKY) ( United Kingdom ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
181	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Norway	6th stage not finished	-
182	Dario Cioni	Italy		145
183	Chris Froome	United Kingdom	: 10th stage,: 17th stage, second overall ranking & combined ranking	2
184	Thomas Lövkvist	Sweden		52
185	Morris Possoni	Italy		80
186	Ian Stannard	United Kingdom		128
187	Christopher Sutton	Australia	: 2nd stage,: 2nd stage	163
188	Bradley Wiggins	United Kingdom	: 11th - 14th stage, third overall ranking	3
189	Xabier Zandio	Spain		69

Team Garmin-Cervélo (GRM) ( United States ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
191	Tyler Farrar	United States	8th stage not finished	-
192	Murilo Fischer	Brazil	9th stage not started	-
193	Heinrich Haussler	Australia		103
194	Andreas Klier	Germany		158
195	Christophe Le Mével	France		40
196	Daniel Martin	Ireland	:: 9th & 10th stage	13
197	Andrew Talansky	United States		79
198	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium		70
199	Sep Vanmarcke	Belgium		140

Team RadioShack (RSH) ( United States ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
201	Janez Brajkovič	Slovenia		22nd
202	Matthew Busche	United States		113
203	Markel Irízar	Spain		96
204	Andreas Klöden	Germany	13th stage not finished	-
205	Geoffroy Lequatre	France		110
206	Tiago Machado	Portugal		32
207	Nélson Oliveira	Portugal		118
208	Sérgio Paulinho	Portugal	: 18th stage	85
209	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain		25th
			: 4th - 8th, 11th - 13th stage

Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCE) ( Netherlands ) 

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
211	Matteo Carrara	Italy		146
212	Stijn Devolder	Belgium		154
213	Michał Gołaś	Poland	Not started for the 8th stage	-
214	Martijn Keizer	Netherlands		153
215	Sergey Lagutin	Uzbekistan		15th
216	Pim Ligthart	Netherlands		108
217	Wouter Poels	Netherlands		17th
218	Santo Anzà	Poland		48
219	Ruslan Pidhornyj	Ukraine		101

Web links

• Driver list Vuelta a España 2011