List of teams and cyclists in the 2012 Vuelta a España

The 2012 Vuelta a España was the 67th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of the cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta a España features 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams; the race took place from 18 August to 9 September, starting in Pamplona and finishing in Madrid.

Teams edit

All eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race, to complete a 22-team peloton.

The 22 teams that competed in the race were:

*: Pro Continental teams given wild card entry to this event.

By rider edit

Legend
No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta
Pos.	Position in the general 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 Combination classification
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
HD	Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which he did so
DSQ	Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 18 August 2012, the date on which the Vuelta began

No.	Rider	Team	Position
1	Juan José Cobo	Movistar Team	67
2	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	148
3	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	132
4	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	10
5	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	74
6	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	66
7	Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	36
8	José Joaquín Rojas	Movistar Team	DNS-14
9	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	2
11	John Gadret	Ag2r–La Mondiale	DNS-10
12	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r–La Mondiale	20
13	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r–La Mondiale	81
14	Blel Kadri	Ag2r–La Mondiale	169
15	Lloyd Mondory	Ag2r–La Mondiale	104
16	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r–La Mondiale	72
17	Rinaldo Nocentini	Ag2r–La Mondiale	18
18	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r–La Mondiale	162
19	Nicolas Roche	Ag2r–La Mondiale	12
21	Adrián Palomares	Andalucía	112
22	Sergio Carrasco	Andalucía	94
23	Gustavo César	Andalucía	114
24	Javier Chacón	Andalucía	161
25	Pablo Lechuga	Andalucía	DNF-16
26	Juan José Lobato	Andalucía	174
27	Javier Ramirez Abeja	Andalucía	120
28	Jesús Rosendo	Andalucía	DNS-19
29	José Vicente Toribio	Andalucía	133
31	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana	61
32	Assan Bazayev	Astana	DNF-20
33	Alexsandr Dyachenko	Astana	137
34	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana	OTL-1
35	Andrey Kashechkin	Astana	34
36	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Astana	39
37	Egor Silin	Astana	122
38	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	38
39	Andrey Zeits	Astana	52
41	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	59
42	Alessandro Ballan	BMC Racing Team	63
43	Brent Bookwalter	BMC Racing Team	78
44	Steve Cummings	BMC Racing Team	156
45	Yannick Eijssen	BMC Racing Team	119
46	Klaas Lodewyck	BMC Racing Team	116
47	Amaël Moinard	BMC Racing Team	99
48	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	35
49	Mauro Santambrogio	BMC Racing Team	58
51	Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural	170
52	Danail Andonov Petrov	Caja Rural	168
53	Hernani Broco	Caja Rural	53
54	André Cardoso	Caja Rural	21
55	Manuel Antonio Cardoso	Caja Rural	160
56	David de la Fuente	Caja Rural	65
57	Aitor Galdós	Caja Rural	173
58	Marcos García	Caja Rural	27
59	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural	84
61	David Moncoutié	Cofidis	109
62	Yohann Bagot	Cofidis	DNS-8
63	Florent Barle	Cofidis	129
64	Mickaël Buffaz	Cofidis	45
65	Leonardo Duque	Cofidis	80
66	Egoitz García	Cofidis	101
67	Luis Ángel Maté	Cofidis	47
68	Rudy Molard	Cofidis	113
69	Nico Sijmens	Cofidis	87
71	Igor Antón	Euskaltel–Euskadi	9
72	Mikel Astarloza	Euskaltel–Euskadi	48
73	Mikel Landa	Euskaltel–Euskadi	69
74	Juan José Oroz	Euskaltel–Euskadi	50
75	Ruben Perez	Euskaltel–Euskadi	75
76	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel–Euskadi	44
77	Amets Txurruka	Euskaltel–Euskadi	30
78	Iván Velasco	Euskaltel–Euskadi	26
79	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel–Euskadi	11
81	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ–BigMat	64
82	William Bonnet	FDJ–BigMat	152
83	David Boucher	FDJ–BigMat	DNF-4
84	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ–BigMat	DNF-13
85	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ–BigMat	154
86	Rémi Pauriol	FDJ–BigMat	23
87	Gabriel Rasch	FDJ–BigMat	118
88	Dominique Rollin	FDJ–BigMat	153
89	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ–BigMat	136
91	Andrew Talansky	Garmin–Sharp	7
92	Thomas Dekker	Garmin–Sharp	149
93	Koldo Fernández	Garmin–Sharp	134
94	Michel Kreder	Garmin–Sharp	96
95	Raymond Kreder	Garmin–Sharp	172
96	Christophe Le Mével	Garmin–Sharp	31
97	Martijn Maaskant	Garmin–Sharp	150
98	Thomas Peterson	Garmin–Sharp	115
99	Johan Vansummeren	Garmin–Sharp	79
101	Joaquim Rodríguez	Team Katusha	3
102	Pavel Brutt	Team Katusha	106
103	Xavier Florencio	Team Katusha	105
104	Mikhail Ignatiev	Team Katusha	171
105	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	37
106	Denis Menchov	Team Katusha	54
107	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	5
108	Gatis Smukulis	Team Katusha	117
109	Ángel Vicioso	Team Katusha	95
111	Damiano Cunego	Lampre–ISD	33
112	Winner Anacona	Lampre–ISD	19
113	Davide Cimolai	Lampre–ISD	163
114	Denys Kostyuk	Lampre–ISD	56
115	Oleksandr Kvachuk	Lampre–ISD	125
116	Marco Marzano	Lampre–ISD	73
117	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre–ISD	15
118	Morris Possoni	Lampre–ISD	DNS-13
119	Davide Viganò	Lampre–ISD	141
121	Eros Capecchi	Liquigas–Cannondale	25
122	Maciej Bodnar	Liquigas–Cannondale	138
123	Mauro Da Dalto	Liquigas–Cannondale	130
124	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Liquigas–Cannondale	140
125	Maciej Paterski	Liquigas–Cannondale	89
126	Daniele Ratto	Liquigas–Cannondale	DNF-12
127	Cristiano Salerno	Liquigas–Cannondale	49
128	Cayetano Sarmiento	Liquigas–Cannondale	60
129	Elia Viviani	Liquigas–Cannondale	128
131	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto–Belisol	DNS-14
132	Bart De Clercq	Lotto–Belisol	17
133	Jens Debusschere	Lotto–Belisol	DNS-14
134	Adam Hansen	Lotto–Belisol	123
135	Olivier Kaisen	Lotto–Belisol	DNF-14
136	Gianni Meersman	Lotto–Belisol	57
137	Vicente Reynés	Lotto–Belisol	82
138	Joost van Leijen	Lotto–Belisol	DNF-17
139	Frederik Willems	Lotto–Belisol	142
141	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	DNF-20
142	Dario Cataldo	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	51
143	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	41
144	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	24
145	František Raboň	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	157
146	Gert Steegmans	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	110
147	Zdeněk Štybar	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	76
148	Niki Terpstra	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	127
149	Kristof Vandewalle	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	91
151	Allan Davis	Orica–GreenEDGE	167
152	Simon Clarke	Orica–GreenEDGE	77
153	Julian Dean	Orica–GreenEDGE	158
154	Mitchell Docker	Orica–GreenEDGE	166
155	Cameron Meyer	Orica–GreenEDGE	DNS-16
156	Travis Meyer	Orica–GreenEDGE	165
157	Wesley Sulzberger	Orica–GreenEDGE	145
158	Daniel Teklehaymanot	Orica–GreenEDGE	146
159	Pieter Weening	Orica–GreenEDGE	88
161	Robert Gesink	Rabobank	6
162	Lars Boom	Rabobank	107
163	Matti Breschel	Rabobank	159
164	Stef Clement	Rabobank	100
165	Juan Manuel Gárate	Rabobank	42
166	Bauke Mollema	Rabobank	28
167	Grischa Niermann	Rabobank	103
168	Laurens ten Dam	Rabobank	8
169	Dennis van Winden	Rabobank	164
171	Maxime Monfort	RadioShack–Nissan	16
172	Jan Bakelants	RadioShack–Nissan	22
173	Daniele Bennati	RadioShack–Nissan	144
174	Laurent Didier	RadioShack–Nissan	86
175	Linus Gerdemann	RadioShack–Nissan	DNF-18
176	Markel Irizar	RadioShack–Nissan	93
177	Tiago Machado	RadioShack–Nissan	40
178	Grégory Rast	RadioShack–Nissan	92
179	Hayden Roulston	RadioShack–Nissan	DNS-13
181	Chris Froome	Team Sky	4
182	Juan Antonio Flecha	Team Sky	98
183	Sergio Henao	Team Sky	14
184	Danny Pate	Team Sky	147
185	Richie Porte	Team Sky	68
186	Ian Stannard	Team Sky	111
187	Ben Swift	Team Sky	121
188	Rigoberto Urán	Team Sky	29
189	Xabier Zandio	Team Sky	DNF-12
191	John Degenkolb	Argos–Shimano	131
192	Koen de Kort	Argos–Shimano	85
193	Yukihiro Doi	Argos–Shimano	139
194	Tom Dumoulin	Argos–Shimano	DNF-8
195	Johannes Fröhlinger	Argos–Shimano	83
196	Alexandre Geniez	Argos–Shimano	90
197	Simon Geschke	Argos–Shimano	71
198	Thierry Hupond	Argos–Shimano	124
199	Ji Cheng	Argos–Shimano	175
201	Alberto Contador	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	1
202	Jesús Hernández	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	43
203	Rafał Majka	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	32
204	Daniel Navarro	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	55
205	Benjamín Noval	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	108
206	Sérgio Paulinho	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	70
207	Bruno Pires	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	97
208	Nicki Sørensen	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	155
209	Matteo Tosatto	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank	135
211	Thomas De Gendt	Vacansoleil–DCM	62
212	Martijn Keizer	Vacansoleil–DCM	102
213	Sergey Lagutin	Vacansoleil–DCM	46
214	Pim Ligthart	Vacansoleil–DCM	126
215	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Vacansoleil–DCM	143
216	Tomasz Marczynski	Vacansoleil–DCM	13
217	Wouter Mol	Vacansoleil–DCM	151
218	Rob Ruijgh	Vacansoleil–DCM	DNF-17
219	Rafael Valls	Vacansoleil–DCM	DNF-14