Vuelta a España 2012 / driver field

The following drivers and teams took part in the Vuelta a España 2012 :

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)

Movistar team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
1	Juan José Cobo	Spain		67
2	Jonathan Castroviejo	Spain	: 1st & 2nd stage	148
3	Imanol Erviti	Spain	1st stage	132
4th	Beñat Intxausti	Spain		10
5	Pablo Lastras	Spain		74
6th	Javier Moreno	Spain		66
7th	Nairo Quintana	Colombia		36
8th	José Joaquín Rojas	Spain	Not started for the 14th stage
9	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	3rd and 8th stage; 3rd stage; 3rd and 21st stage, 8th - 13th stage, winner points and combination evaluation	2
			MZF; : 1st - 3rd and 15th - 21st stage; Winner team classification

ag2r

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
11	John Gadret	France	Not started for the 10th stage
12	Maxime Bouet	France		20th
13	Ben Gastauer	Luxembourg		81
14th	Blel Kadri	France		169
15th	Lloyd Mondory	France		104
16	Matteo Montaguti	Italy		72
17th	Rinaldo Nocentini	Italy		18th
18th	Christophe Riblon	France		162
19th	Nicolas Roche	Ireland		12
			Third team ranking

Andalucía

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
21st	Adrian Palomares	Spain		112
22nd	Sergio Carrasco	Spain		94
23	Gustavo César	Spain		114
24	Javier Chacón	Spain	2nd stage; 5th and 9th stage	161
25th	Pablo Lechuga	Spain	Task during the 16th stage
26th	Juan José Lobato	Spain		174
27	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Spain		120
28	Jesús Rosendo	Spain	Not started on the 19th stage
29	José Vicente Toribio	Spain		133

Astana Pro Team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
31	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Sweden	11th stage	61
32	Assan Bazayev	Kazakhstan	Task during the 20th stage
33	Alexander Dyachenko	Kazakhstan		137
34	Enrico Gasparotto	Italy	Task during the 1st stage
35	Andrey Kashechkin	Kazakhstan		34
36	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Belgium		39
37	Yegor Silin	Russia		122
38	Paolo Tiralongo	Italy		38
39	Andrey Zeits	Kazakhstan		52

BMC Racing Team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
41	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	9th and 19th stage	59
42	Alessandro Ballan	Italy		63
43	Brent Bookwalter	United States		78
44	Steve Cummings	United Kingdom	13th stage	156
45	Yannick Eijssen	Belgium		119
46	Klaas Lodewyck	Belgium		116
47	Amael Moinard	France		99
48	Steve Morabito	Switzerland		35
49	Mauro Santambrogio	Italy		58

Caja Rural

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
51	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Spain	2nd, 7th, 8th and 10th stage	170
52	Danail Petrov	Bulgaria		168
53	Hernâni Broco	Portugal		53
54	André Cardoso	Portugal		21st
55	Manuel António Cardoso	Portugal		160
56	David de la Fuente	Spain	Second mountain classification	65
57	Aitor Galdós	Spain		173
58	Marcos Garcia	Spain		27
59	Antonio Piedra	Spain	15th stage	84

Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
61	David Moncoutié	France		109
62	Yohann Bagot	France	Task during the 8th stage
63	Florent Barle	France		129
64	Mickaël Buffaz	France		45
65	Leonardo Duque	Colombia		80
66	Egoitz García	Spain		101
67	Luis Ángel Maté	Spain	: 4th stage	47
68	Rudy Molard	France		113
69	Nico Sijmens	Belgium		87

Euskaltel-Euskadi

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
71	Igor Antón	Spain		9
72	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	12th stage	48
73	Mikel Landa	Spain		69
74	Juan José Oroz	Spain		50
75	Rubén Pérez	Spain		75
76	Romain Sicard	France		44
77	Amets Txurruka	Spain		30th
78	Iván Velasco	Spain		26th
79	Gorka Verdugo	Spain		11
			Second team ranking

FDJ-Big Mat

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
81	Arnold Jeannesson	France		64
82	William Bonnet	France		152
83	David Boucher	France	Task during the 4th stage
84	Nacer Bouhanni	France	Task during the 13th stage
85	Arnaud Courteille	France		154
86	Rémi Pauriol	France		23
87	Gabriel Rasch	Norway		118
88	Dominique Rollin	Canada		153
89	Benoît Vaugrenard	France		136

Garmin-Sharp

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
91	Andrew Talansky	United States		7th
92	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands		149
93	Koldo Fernández	Spain		134
94	Michel Kreder	Netherlands		96
95	Raymond Kreder	Netherlands		172
96	Christophe Le Mével	France		31
97	Martijn Maaskant	Netherlands		150
98	Thomas Peterson	United States		115
99	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium		79

Katusha team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
101	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain	6th, 12th and 14th stage; 4th - 16th stage; : 4th - 20th stage; 9th, 12th - 20th stage; Third overall and mountain classification, second point and combination classification	3
102	Pavel Gross	Russia		106
103	Xavier Florencio	Spain		105
104	Mikhail Ignatiev	Russia		171
105	Alberto Losada	Spain		37
106	Denis Menchov	Russia	20th stage	54
107	Daniel Moreno	Spain		5
108	Gatis Smukulis	Latvia	18th stage	117
109	Ángel Vicioso	Spain		95

Lampre ISD

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
111	Damiano Cunego	Italy		33
112	Winner Anacona	Colombia		19th
113	Davide Cimolai	Italy		163
114	Denys Kostyuk	Ukraine		56
115	Oleksandr Kwachuk	Ukraine		125
116	Marco Marzano	Italy		73
117	Przemysław Niemiec	Poland		15th
118	Morris Possoni	Italy	Not started on stage 13
119	Davide Viganò	Italy		141

Liquigas-Cannondale

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
121	Eros Capecchi	Italy		25th
122	Maciej Bodnar	Poland		138
123	Mauro Da Dalto	Italy		130
124	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Italy		140
125	Maciej Paterski	Italy		89
126	Daniele Ratto	Italy	Task during the 12th stage
127	Cristiano Salerno	Italy		49
128	Cayetano Sarmiento	Colombia		60
129	Elia Viviani	Italy		128

Lotto Belisol team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
131	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium	Not started for the 14th stage
132	Bart De Clercq	Belgium		17th
133	Jens Debusschere	Belgium	Not started for the 14th stage
134	Adam Hansen	Australia		123
135	Olivier Kaisen	Belgium	Task during the 14th stage
136	Gianni Meersman	Belgium		57
137	Vicente Reynés	Spain		82
138	Joost van Leijen	Netherlands	Task during the 17th stage
139	Frederik Willems	Belgium		142

Omega Pharma - QuickStep Pro Cycling Team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
141	Tony Martin	Germany	Task during the 20th stage
142	Dario Cataldo	Italy	16th stage	51
143	Kevin De Weert	Belgium		41
144	Serge Pauwels	Belgium		24
145	František Raboň	Czech Republic		157
146	Gert Steegmans	Belgium		110
147	Zdeněk Štybar	Czech Republic		76
148	Niki Terpstra	Netherlands		127
149	Kristof Vandewalle	Belgium		91

Orica GreenEdge

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
151	Allan Davis	Australia		167
152	Simon Clarke	Australia	: 4th stage; 20th stage; : 4th stage; : 4th - 7th, 14th - 21st stage; Mountain classification winner	77
153	Julian Dean	New Zealand		158
154	Mitchell Docker	Australia		166
155	Cameron Meyer	Australia	Not started for the 16th stage
156	Travis Meyer	Australia		165
157	Wesley Sulzberger	Australia		145
158	Daniel Teklehaymanot	Eritrea		146
159	Pieter Weening	Netherlands		88

Rabobank

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
161	Robert Gesink	Netherlands		6th
162	Lars Boom	Netherlands		107
163	Matti Breschel	Denmark		159
164	Stef Clement	Netherlands		100
165	Juan Manuel Gárate	Spain	14th stage	42
166	Bauke Mollema	Netherlands		28
167	Grischa Niermann	Germany		103
168	Laurens ten Dam	Netherlands		8th
169	Dennis van Winden	Netherlands		164
			: 4th, 5th, 8th - 14th stage

RadioShack Nissan

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
171	Maxime Monfort	Belgium		16
172	Jan Bakelants	Belgium		22nd
173	Daniele Bennati	Italy	18th stage	144
174	Laurent Didier	Luxembourg		86
175	Linus Gerdemann	Germany	Task during the 18th stage
176	Markel Irízar	Spain		93
177	Tiago Machado	Portugal		40
178	Grégory Rast	Switzerland		92
179	Hayden Roulston	New Zealand	Not started for the 13th stage

Sky ProCycling

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
181	Chris Froome	United Kingdom		4th
182	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	13th stage	98
183	Sergio Henao	Colombia		14th
184	Danny godfather	United States		147
185	Richie Porte	Australia		68
186	Ian Stannard	United Kingdom		111
187	Ben Swift	United Kingdom		121
188	Rigoberto Urán	Colombia		29
189	Xabier Zandio	Spain	Task during the 12th stage
			: 6th and 7th stage

Argos-Shimano team

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
191	John Degenkolb	Germany	2nd, 5th, 7th, 10th and 21st stage; 2nd, 5th – 8th, 10th and 11th stage	131
192	Koen de Kort	Netherlands		85
193	Yukihiro Doi	Japan		139
194	Tom Dumoulin	Netherlands	Task during the 8th stage
195	Johannes Fröhlinger	Germany		83
196	Alexandre Geniez	France		90
197	Simon Geschke	Germany		71
198	Thierry Hupond	France		124
199	Ji Cheng	People's Republic of China	19th stage	175

Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
201	Alberto Contador	Spain	17th stage, 17th and 21st stage, 17th - 21st stage; Overall winner, third point and combination classification	1
202	Jesús Hernández	Spain		43
203	Rafał Majka	Poland		32
204	Daniel Navarro	Netherlands		55
205	Benjamin Noval	Spain		108
206	Sérgio Paulinho	Portugal		70
207	Bruno Pires	Portugal		97
208	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark		155
209	Matteo Tosatto	Italy		135

Vacansoleil DCM

No.	Surname	nationality	Remarks	rank
211	Thomas De Gendt	Belgium	6th stage	62
212	Martijn Keizer	Netherlands		102
213	Sergey Lagutin	Uzbekistan		46
214	Pim Ligthart	Netherlands	3rd stage	126
215	Bertjan Lindeman	Netherlands		143
216	Tomasz Marczyński	Poland		13
217	Wouter Mol	Netherlands		151
218	Rob Ruijgh	Netherlands	Task during the 17th stage
219	Rafael Valls	Spain	Task during the 14th stage