A total of 22 teams will take part in the 2011 Vuelta a Espana from Saturday, August 20 to Sunday, September 11.
Many of the 2011 Vuelta teams have now confirmed their line-ups for the race. Here, we keep track of official announcements.
Each team consists of nine riders, bringing the total number of competitors to 198.

Ag2r La Mondiale (France)
Guillaume Bonnafond (France)
Dimitri Champion (France)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Steve Houanard (France)
David Lelay (France)
Lloyd Mondory (France)
Matteo Montaguti (Italy)
Mathieu Perget (France)
Nicolas Roche (Ireland)

Andalucia Caja Granada (Spain)
Jose Benitez (Spain)
Vicente Bernabeu (Spain)
Antonio Cabello (Spain)
Juan Lobato (Spain)
Adrian Palomares (Spain)
Antonio Piedra (Spain)
Jose Roldan (Spain)
Jesus Rosendo (Spain)
Jose Toribo (Spain)

Astana (Kazakhstan)
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kazakhstan)
Enrio Gasparotto (Italy)
Josep Jufre (Spain)
Tanel Kangert (Estonia)
Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan)
Frederik Kessiakoff (Sweden)
Robert Kiserlovski (Croatia)
Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan)
Evgeni Petrov (Russia)

BMC Racing (USA)
Mathias Frank (Switzerland)
Martin Kohler (Switzerland)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Taylor Phinney (USA)
Manuel Quinziato (Italy)
Mauro Santambrogio (Italy)
Ivan Santaromita (Italy)
Johan Tschopp (Switzerland)
Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)

Cofidis (France)
David Moncoutie (France)
Julien Fouchard (France)
Yoann Bagot (France)
Nicolas Edet (France)
Damien Monier (France)
Luis Angel Mate (Spain)
Aleksejs Saramotins (Latvia)
Nico Sijmens (Belgium)
Rein Taaramae (Estonia)

Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)
Igor Anton (Spain)
Jorge Azanza (Spain)
Pierre Cazaux (France)
Inaki Isasi (Spain)
Egoi Martinez (Spain)
Mikel Nieve (Spain)
Juanjo Oroz (Spain)
Amets Txurruka (Spain)
Gorka Verdugo (Spain)

Garmin-Cervelo (USA)
Tyler Farrar (USA)
Maurilo Fischer (Brazil)
Heinrich Haussler (Australia)
Andreas Klier (Germany)
Christophe Le Mevel (France)
Daniel Martin (Ireland)
Andrew Talansky (USA)
Johan Van Summeren (Belgium)
Plus one more rider TBC

Geox-TMC (Spain)
Mauricio Ardila (Colombia)
David Blanco (Spain)
Matthias Brandle (Austria)
Juan Josè Cobo (Spain)
David De la Fuente (Spain)
Fabio Duarte (Colombia)
Dimitry Kozontchuk (Russia)
Denis Menchov (Russia)
Carlos Sastre (Spain)

HTC-Highroad (USA)
Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
John Degenkolb (Germany)
Matthew Goss (Australia)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Leigh Howard (Australia)
Tony Martin (Germany)
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Belarus)
Martin Velits (Slovakia)

Katusha (Russia)
Joan Horrach (Spain)
Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
Aleksandr Kuschynski (Belarus)
Alberto Losada (Spain)
Daniel Moreno (Spain)
Luca Paolini (Italy)
Joaquin Rodriguez (Spain)
Yury Trofimov (Russia)
Eduard Vorganov (Russia)

Lampre-ISD (Italy)
Francesco Gavazzi (Italy)
Marco Marzano (Italy)
Manuele Mori (Italy)
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Poland)
Aitor Perez (Spain)
Alessandro Petacchi (Itay)
Daniele Righi (Italy)
Michele Scarponi (Italy)
Alessandro Spezialetti (Italy)

Leopard-Trek (Luxembourg)
Daniele Bennati (Italy)
Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
Maxime Monfrot (Belgium)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Thomas Rohregger (Austria)
Davide Vigano (Italy)
Robert Wagner (Germany)
Oliver Zaugg (Switzerland)

Liquigas-Cannondale (Italy)
Valerio Agnoli (Italy)
Francesco Bellotti (Italy)
Eros Capecchi (Italy)
Damiano Caruso (Italy)
Mauro Da Dalto (Italy)
Alan Marangoni (Italy)
Dominique Nerz (Germany)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Peter Sagan (Slovakia)

Movistar (Spain)
Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
Imanol Erviti (Spain)
Chente Garcia Acosta (Spain)
Benat Intxausti (Spain)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
Pablo Lastras (Spain)
David Lopez (Spain)
Angel Madrazo (Spain)
Sergio Pardilla (Spain)

Omega Pharma-Lotto (Belgium)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Jan Bakelants (Belgium)
Francis De Greef (Belgium)
Gert Dockx (Belgium)
Adam Hansen (Australia)
Olivier Kaisen (Belgium)
Sebastian Lang (Germany)
Vicente Reynes (Spain)
Jurgen Van de Walle (Belgium)

Quick Step (Belgium)
Tom Boonen (Belgium)
Dario Cataldo (Italy)
Sylvain Chavanel (France)
Marc De Maar (Netherlands)
Kevin De Weert (Belgium)
Nikolas Maes (Belgium)
Davide Malacarne (Italy)
Kevin Seeldrayers (Belgium)
Kristof Vandewalle (Belgium)

Rabobank (Netherlands)
Carlos Barredo (Spain)
Matti Breschel (Denmark)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Juan Manuel Garate (Spain)
Steven Kruiswijk (Netherlands)
Bauke Mollema (Netherlands)
Paul Martens (Germany)
Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain)
Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands)

RadioShack (USA)
Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia)
Matthew Busche (USA)
Markel Irizar (Spain)
Andreas Kloden (Germany)
Geoffroy Lequatre (France)
Tiago Machado (Portugal)
Nelson Oliveira (Portugal)
Sergio Paulinho (Portugal)
Haimar Zubeldia (Spain)

Saxo Bank-SunGard (Denmark)
Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Denmark)
Mads Christensen (Denmark)
Volodymir Gustov (Ukraine)
Juan Jose Haedo (Argentina)
Rafael Majka (Poland)
Jaroslaw Marycz (Poland)
Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark)
Nicki Sorensen (Denmark)

Skil-Shimano (Netherlands)
Roy Curvers (Netherlands)
Koen De Kort (Netherlands)
Yukihiro Doi (Japan)
Johannes Frohlinger (Germany)
Alexandre Geniez (France)
Simon Geschke (Germany)
Marcel Kittel (Geramny)
Albert Timmer (Netherlands)
Tom Veelers (Netherlands)

Sky (Great Britain)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway)
Dario Cioni (Italy)
Chris Froome (Breat Britain)
Thomas Lofkvist (Sweden)
Morris Possoni (Italy)
Ian Stannard (Great Britain)
Chris Sutton (Australia)
Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
Xabier Zandio (Spain)

Vacansoleil-DCM (Netherlands)
Santo Anza (Italy)
Matteo Carrara (Italy)
Stijn Devolder (Belgium)
Michal Golas (Poland)
Martijn Keizer (Netherlands)
Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
Pim Ligthart (Netherlands)
Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukraine)
Wout Poels (Netherlands)
Related links
Vuelta a Espana 2011: Cycling Weekly's coverage index




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