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The 2014 Vuelta a España was the 69th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta a España features 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams; the race took place from 23 August to 14 September 2014, starting in Jerez de la Frontera and finishing in Santiago de Compostela.

Teams

All eighteen UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In April 2014, four UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race, to complete a 22-team peloton. MTN–Qhubeka's inclusion in the race was the first instance of an African-licensed team appearing at a Grand Tour.

The 22 teams that competed in the race were:

• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Astana
• Belkin Pro Cycling
• BMC Racing Team
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA*
• Cannondale
• Cofidis*
• Team Europcar
• FDJ.fr
• Garmin–Sharp
• Giant–Shimano
• IAM Cycling*
• Team Katusha
• Lampre–Merida
• Lotto–Belisol
• Movistar Team
• MTN–Qhubeka*
• Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
• Orica–GreenEDGE
• Team Sky
• Tinkoff–Saxo
• Trek Factory Racing

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

By rider

The list of riders at the start of the race was:

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 23 August 2014, the date on which the Vuelta began

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Age	Position
1	Valerio Conti	Italy	Lampre–Merida	21	112
2	Winner Anacona	Colombia	Lampre–Merida	26	27
3	Damiano Cunego	Italy	Lampre–Merida	32	76
4	Elia Favilli	Italy	Lampre–Merida	25	109
5	Roberto Ferrari	Italy	Lampre–Merida	31	145
6	Przemysław Niemiec	Poland	Lampre–Merida	34	26
7	Filippo Pozzato	Italy	Lampre–Merida	32	DNS-20
8	Maximiliano Richeze	Argentina	Lampre–Merida	31	138
9	José Serpa	Colombia	Lampre–Merida	35	93
11	Hubert Dupont	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	33	54
12	Carlos Betancur	Colombia	Ag2r–La Mondiale	24	158
13	Maxime Bouet	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	27	DNF-11
14	Damien Gaudin	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	28	132
15	Patrick Gretsch	Germany	Ag2r–La Mondiale	27	126
16	Yauheni Hutarovich	Belarus	Ag2r–La Mondiale	30	134
17	Lloyd Mondory	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	32	DNF-15
18	Rinaldo Nocentini	Italy	Ag2r–La Mondiale	36	96
19	Sébastien Turgot	France	Ag2r–La Mondiale	30	154
21	Fabio Aru	Italy	Astana	24	5
22	Daniil Fominykh	Kazakhstan	Astana	22	DNF-20
23	Andrea Guardini	Italy	Astana	25	159
24	Jacopo Guarnieri	Italy	Astana	27	150
25	Tanel Kangert	Estonia	Astana	27	DNF-17
26	Mikel Landa	Spain	Astana	24	28
27	Alexey Lutsenko	Kazakhstan	Astana	21	100
28	Paolo Tiralongo	Italy	Astana	37	33
29	Andrey Zeits	Kazakhstan	Astana	27	50
31	Wilco Kelderman	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	23	14
32	Stef Clement	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	31	69
33	Laurens ten Dam	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	33	44
34	Robert Gesink	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	28	DNS-18
35	Moreno Hofland	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	22	DNF-9
36	Paul Martens	Germany	Belkin Pro Cycling	30	58
37	Martijn Keizer	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	26	80
38	Maarten Tjallingii	Netherlands	Belkin Pro Cycling	36	137
39	Robert Wagner	Germany	Belkin Pro Cycling	31	151
41	Samuel Sánchez	Spain	BMC Racing Team	36	6
42	Rohan Dennis	Australia	BMC Racing Team	24	84
43	Cadel Evans	Australia	BMC Racing Team	37	52
44	Philippe Gilbert	Belgium	BMC Racing Team	32	45
45	Steve Morabito	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team	31	DNF-11
46	Dominik Nerz	Germany	BMC Racing Team	24	18
47	Manuel Quinziato	Italy	BMC Racing Team	34	68
48	Larry Warbasse	United States	BMC Racing Team	24	74
49	Danilo Wyss	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team	28	36
51	Luis León Sánchez	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	30	56
52	Javier Aramendia	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	27	98
53	David Arroyo	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	34	20
54	Pello Bilbao	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	24	60
55	Karol Domagalski	Poland	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	24	124
56	Francesco Lasca	Italy	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	26	156
57	Lluís Mas	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	25	121
58	Antonio Piedra	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	29	99
59	Amets Txurruka	Spain	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	31	48
61	Peter Sagan	Slovakia	Cannondale	24	DNF-14
62	George Bennett	New Zealand	Cannondale	24	89
63	Maciej Bodnar	Poland	Cannondale	29	122
64	Guillaume Boivin	Canada	Cannondale	25	149
65	Damiano Caruso	Italy	Cannondale	26	9
66	Alessandro De Marchi	Italy	Cannondale	28	67
67	Oscar Gatto	Italy	Cannondale	29	DNF-16
68	Matthias Krizek	Austria	Cannondale	25	125
69	Paolo Longo Borghini	Italy	Cannondale	33	101
71	Daniel Navarro	Spain	Cofidis	31	10
72	Jérôme Coppel	France	Cofidis	28	31
73	Romain Hardy	France	Cofidis	25	64
74	Gert Jõeäär	Estonia	Cofidis	27	152
75	Christophe Le Mével	France	Cofidis	33	22
76	Guillaume Levarlet	France	Cofidis	29	49
77	Luis Ángel Maté	Spain	Cofidis	30	19
78	Yoann Bagot	France	Cofidis	26	119
79	Romain Zingle	Belgium	Cofidis	27	83
81	Romain Sicard	France	Team Europcar	26	13
82	Natnael Berhane	Eritrea	Team Europcar	23	148
83	Jérôme Cousin	France	Team Europcar	25	78
84	Dan Craven	Namibia	Team Europcar	31	140
85	Jimmy Engoulvent	France	Team Europcar	34	157
86	Vincent Jérôme	France	Team Europcar	29	91
87	Yannick Martinez	France	Team Europcar	26	81
88	Maxime Méderel	France	Team Europcar	33	35
89	Bryan Nauleau	France	Team Europcar	26	DNF-7
91	Nacer Bouhanni	France	FDJ.fr	24	DNF-14
92	Kenny Elissonde	France	FDJ.fr	23	DNF-13
93	Murilo Fischer	Brazil	FDJ.fr	35	DNF-13
94	Johan Le Bon	France	FDJ.fr	23	79
95	Laurent Mangel	France	FDJ.fr	33	153
96	Cédric Pineau	France	FDJ.fr	29	77
97	Thibaut Pinot	France	FDJ.fr	24	DNF-11
98	Anthony Roux	France	FDJ.fr	27	DNF-15
99	Geoffrey Soupe	France	FDJ.fr	26	94
101	Ryder Hesjedal	Canada	Garmin–Sharp	33	24
102	Dan Martin	Ireland	Garmin–Sharp	28	7
103	Koldo Fernández	Spain	Garmin–Sharp	32	86
104	Nathan Haas	Australia	Garmin–Sharp	25	143
105	Nate Brown	United States	Garmin–Sharp	23	85
106	André Cardoso	Portugal	Garmin–Sharp	29	25
107	David Millar	Great Britain	Garmin–Sharp	37	144
108	Andrew Talansky	United States	Garmin–Sharp	25	51
109	Johan Vansummeren	Belgium	Garmin–Sharp	33	118
111	Warren Barguil	France	Giant–Shimano	22	8
112	Nikias Arndt	Germany	Giant–Shimano	22	102
113	Lawson Craddock	United States	Giant–Shimano	22	DNF-14
114	Koen de Kort	Netherlands	Giant–Shimano	31	DNF-18
115	John Degenkolb	Germany	Giant–Shimano	25	116
116	Johannes Fröhlinger	Germany	Giant–Shimano	29	97
117	Chad Haga	United States	Giant–Shimano	25	73
118	Tobias Ludvigsson	Sweden	Giant–Shimano	23	62
119	Ramon Sinkeldam	Netherlands	Giant–Shimano	25	136
121	Marcel Aregger	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	25	117
122	Jonathan Fumeaux	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	26	142
123	Sébastien Hinault	France	IAM Cycling	40	106
124	Dominic Klemme	Germany	IAM Cycling	27	DNF-14
125	Pirmin Lang	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	29	146
126	Matteo Pelucchi	Italy	IAM Cycling	25	DNF-15
127	Vicente Reynés	Spain	IAM Cycling	33	61
128	Aleksejs Saramotins	Latvia	IAM Cycling	32	DNF-7
129	Johann Tschopp	Switzerland	IAM Cycling	32	DNS-14
131	Joaquim Rodríguez	Spain	Team Katusha	35	4
132	Giampaolo Caruso	Italy	Team Katusha	34	15
133	Sergey Chernetskiy	Russia	Team Katusha	24	113
134	Alexandr Kolobnev	Russia	Team Katusha	33	40
135	Dmitry Kozonchuk	Russia	Team Katusha	30	95
136	Alberto Losada	Spain	Team Katusha	32	42
137	Daniel Moreno	Spain	Team Katusha	32	11
138	Yuri Trofimov	Russia	Team Katusha	30	72
139	Eduard Vorganov	Russia	Team Katusha	31	46
141	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	31	DNF-13
142	Sander Armée	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	28	103
143	Vegard Breen	Norway	Lotto–Belisol	24	129
144	Bart De Clercq	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	27	34
145	Jens Debusschere	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	24	107
146	Adam Hansen	Australia	Lotto–Belisol	33	53
147	Greg Henderson	New Zealand	Lotto–Belisol	37	133
148	Pim Ligthart	Netherlands	Lotto–Belisol	26	127
149	Maxime Monfort	Belgium	Lotto–Belisol	31	16
151	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	Movistar Team	34	3
152	Andrey Amador	Costa Rica	Movistar Team	27	30
153	Jonathan Castroviejo	Spain	Movistar Team	27	65
154	Imanol Erviti	Spain	Movistar Team	30	63
155	José Herrada	Spain	Movistar Team	28	32
156	Gorka Izagirre	Spain	Movistar Team	26	37
157	Adriano Malori	Italy	Movistar Team	26	114
158	Javier Moreno	Spain	Movistar Team	30	90
159	Nairo Quintana	Colombia	Movistar Team	24	DNF-11
161	Sergio Pardilla	Spain	MTN–Qhubeka	30	17
162	Gerald Ciolek	Germany	MTN–Qhubeka	27	139
163	Merhawi Kudus	Eritrea	MTN–Qhubeka	20	92
164	Louis Meintjes	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	22	55
165	Kristian Sbaragli	Italy	MTN–Qhubeka	24	104
166	Daniel Teklehaymanot	Eritrea	MTN–Qhubeka	25	47
167	Jay Thomson	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	28	155
168	Jaco Venter	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	27	123
169	Jacques Janse van Rensburg	South Africa	MTN–Qhubeka	26	59
171	Tom Boonen	Belgium	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	33	DNS-18
172	Gianluca Brambilla	Italy	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	27	DSQ-16
173	Nikolas Maes	Belgium	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	28	111
174	Tony Martin	Germany	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	29	DNF-15
175	Wout Poels	Netherlands	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	26	38
176	Pieter Serry	Belgium	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	25	DNS-20
177	Rigoberto Urán	Colombia	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	27	DNS-17
178	Martin Velits	Slovakia	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	29	130
179	Carlos Verona	Spain	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	21	66
181	Sam Bewley	New Zealand	Orica–GreenEDGE	27	135
182	Esteban Chaves	Colombia	Orica–GreenEDGE	24	41
183	Simon Clarke	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	28	70
184	Mitchell Docker	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	27	147
185	Brett Lancaster	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	34	DNF-13
186	Michael Matthews	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	23	75
187	Cameron Meyer	Australia	Orica–GreenEDGE	26	DNS-18
188	Ivan Santaromita	Italy	Orica–GreenEDGE	30	DNF-7
189	Adam Yates	Great Britain	Orica–GreenEDGE	22	82
191	Chris Froome	Great Britain	Team Sky	29	2
192	Dario Cataldo	Italy	Team Sky	29	DNS-20
193	Philip Deignan	Ireland	Team Sky	30	39
194	Peter Kennaugh	Great Britain	Team Sky	25	71
195	Vasil Kiryienka	Belarus	Team Sky	33	110
196	Christian Knees	Germany	Team Sky	33	DNS-17
197	Mikel Nieve	Spain	Team Sky	30	12
198	Luke Rowe	Great Britain	Team Sky	24	141
199	Kanstantsin Sivtsov	Belarus	Team Sky	32	43
201	Alberto Contador	Spain	Tinkoff–Saxo	31	1
202	Michael Valgren	Denmark	Tinkoff–Saxo	22	128
203	Daniele Bennati	Italy	Tinkoff–Saxo	33	108
204	Jesús Hernández	Spain	Tinkoff–Saxo	32	21
205	Sérgio Paulinho	Portugal	Tinkoff–Saxo	34	57
206	Ivan Rovny	Russia	Tinkoff–Saxo	26	DSQ-16
207	Chris Anker Sørensen	Denmark	Tinkoff–Saxo	29	29
208	Matteo Tosatto	Italy	Tinkoff–Saxo	40	120
209	Oliver Zaugg	Switzerland	Tinkoff–Saxo	33	23
211	Fabian Cancellara	Switzerland	Trek Factory Racing	33	DNS-18
212	Julián Arredondo	Colombia	Trek Factory Racing	26	DNF-15
213	Fabio Felline	Italy	Trek Factory Racing	24	105
214	Bob Jungels	Luxembourg	Trek Factory Racing	21	DNS-19
215	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Trek Factory Racing	34	115
216	Jesse Sergent	New Zealand	Trek Factory Racing	26	131
217	Jasper Stuyven	Belgium	Trek Factory Racing	22	88
218	Kristof Vandewalle	Belgium	Trek Factory Racing	29	87
219	Haimar Zubeldia	Spain	Trek Factory Racing	37	DNS-17

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2014 Vuelta a España represented 34 different countries.

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
Argentina	1	1
Australia	9	7	2 (Adam Hansen, Michael Matthews)
Austria	1	1
Belarus	3	3
Belgium	13	10
Brazil	1	0
Canada	2	2	1 (Ryder Hesjedal)
Colombia	7	4	1 (Winner Anacona)
Costa Rica	1	1
Denmark	2	2
Eritrea	3	3
Estonia	2	1
France	27	20	2 (Nacer Bouhanni x2)
Germany	11	8	5 (John Degenkolb x4, Tony Martin)
Great Britain	5	5
Ireland	2	2
Italy	26	20	4 (Fabio Aru x2, Alessandro De Marchi, Adriano Malori)
Kazakhstan	3	2
Latvia	1	0
Luxembourg	1	0
Namibia	1	1
Netherlands	11	8
New Zealand	4	4
Norway	1	1
Poland	3	3	1 (Przemysław Niemiec)
Portugal	2	2
Russia	6	5
Slovakia	2	1
South Africa	4	4
Spain	28	27	4 (Alberto Contador x2, Daniel Navarro, Alejandro Valverde)
Sweden	1	1
Switzerland	8	5
Ukraine	1	1
United States	5	4
Total	198	159

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External links

• Official website

• 2014 Vuelta a España
• Vuelta a España squads