Tour of Spain 2020: All teams and riders - The start list for the Vuelta a España 2020

Tour of Spain in November? Sounds incredible, but in times of the coronavirus and a postponed season, the third grand tour had no choice but to partially overlap with the Giro d'Italia (3-25 October 2020) and a reduction to a total of 18 stages instead of the previous 21. Especially with the numerous Mountain stages In the Basque Country, Galicia and the Pyrenees, riders will face unexpected challenges given the time of year - on 25 October, they will tackle the 2,115 metre-high Col du Tourmalet and on 7 November, the almost 2,000 metre-high Alto de la Covatilla.

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Vuelta 2020: The favourites

The starting field for the anniversary Vuelta resembles the strong Tour de France squads of many teams: Jumbo Visma will line up with last year's winner Primoz Roglic, who has strong helpers at his side in the form of Dumoulin, Kuss, Gesink and Bennett. Former Tour winner Chris Froome will make his first Grand Tour appearance of the year for Ineos-Grenadiers, but will have to hold his own against 2019 Giro winner Richard Carapaz.

Other prominent names in the fight for the overall standings: Groupama-FDJ captain Thibaut Pinot, Cofidis young star Guillaume Martin, Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott), Dan Martin (Isreal Start Up-Nation). The Spanish team Movistar, led by 40-year-old Alejandro Valverde, Enric Mas and Marc Soler, must also deliver results after a disappointing season so far. Also to watch out for: Education First with strong climbers such as Daniel Felipe Martinez, Hugh Carthy, Tejay van Garderen and Michael Woods. The favourites in the battle for the sprinter's crown are Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) and Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step).

Eleven Germans, five Swiss and one Austrian at the start

Of the eleven German starters, sprinter Pascal Ackermann and Simon Geschke (CCC) have the best chance of a stage win. For Jannik Steimle (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and the Sunweb duo Martin Salmon and Max Kanter, the main aim of their first Grand Tour is to gain experience. The only Austrian is Felix Großschartner (Bora - hansgrohe), who will lead his team as captain. Exciting: The Swiss top talent Gino Mäder (NTT) has high hopes for his first three-week tour.

Starter from Germany

• 7: Paul Martens (Jumbo - Visma)
• 16: Jannik Steimle (Deceuninck - Quick-Step)
• 44: Max Kanter (Sunweb)
• 45: Martin Salmon (Sunweb)
• 48: Jasha Sütterlin (Sunweb)
• 61: Pascal Ackermann (Bora - hansgrohe)
• 66: Andreas Schillinger (Bora - hansgrohe)
• 67: Michael Schwarzmann (Bora - hansgrohe)
• 68: Rüdiger Selig (Bora - hansgrohe)
• 131: Simon Geschke (CCC)
• 137: Georg Zimmermann (CCC)

Starter from Switzerland

• 122: Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale)
• 165: Enrico Gasparotto (NTT)
• 168: Gino Mäder (NTT)
• 183: Reto Hollenstein (Israel Start-Up Nation)
• 188: Matteo Badilatti (Israel Start-Up Nation)

Starter from Austria

• 63: Felix Großschartner (Bora - hansgrohe)

Only Eurosport will be covering the Tour of Spain on German-language TV - the sports channel will be broadcasting both races live every day in the conference until the end of the Giro d'Italia on 25 October on Eurosport 1. One exception is the Tourmalet stage of the Vuelta on 25 October, which will only be broadcast live on Eurosport 2 will be broadcast. A summary of the stage will be broadcast in the evening.

The start list for the Vuelta 2020

Team Jumbo-Visma (NED)

• 1 Primoz Roglic (Slo)
• 2 George Bennett (Nzl)
• 3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned)
• 4 Robert Gesink (Ned)
• 5 Lennard Hofstede (Ned)
• 6 Sepp Kuss (USA)
• 7 Paul Martens (Ger)
• 8 Jonas Vingegaard (Den)

Deceuninck-Quick Step (BEL)

• 11 Sam Bennett (Ireland)
• 12 Andrea Bagioli (Ita)
• 13 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita)
• 14 Ian Garrison (USA)
• 15 Michael Morkov (Den)
• 16 Jannik Steimle (Ger)
• 17 Zdenek Stybar (Cze)
• 18 Rémi Cavagna (Fra)

UAE Team Emirates (UAE)

• 21 David De La Cruz (Esp)
• 22 Rui Costa (Por)
• 23 Davide Formolo (Ita)
• 24 Sergio Luis Henao (Col)
• 25 Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
• 26 Alexandr Riabushenko (Blr)
• 27 Ivo Oliveira (Por)
• 28 Rui Oliveira (Por)

Trek-Segafredo (USA)

• 31 Juan Pedro López (Esp)
• 32 Matteo Moschetti (Ita)
• 33 Koen De Kort (Ned)
• 34 Niklas Eg (Den)
• 35 Kenny Elissonde (Fra)
• 36 Alexander Kamp (Den)
• 37 Emils Liepins (Lat)
• 38 Michel Ries (Lux)

Team Sunweb (GER)

• 41 Robert Power (Off)
• 42 Thymen Arensman (Ned)
• 43 Mark Donovan (Gbr)
• 44 Max Kanter (Ger)
• 45 Martin Salmon (Ger)
• 46 Michael Storer (Off)
• 47 Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)
• 48 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger)

Astana Pro Team (KAZ)

• 51 Alexandr Vlasov (Rus)
• 52 Alex Aranburu (Esp)
• 53 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)
• 54 Omar Fraile (Esp)
• 55 Ion Izagirre (Esp)
• 56 Merhawi Kudus (Eri)
• 57 Gorka Izagirre (Esp)
• 58 Luis León Sánchez (Esp)

Bora-hansgrohe (GER)

• 61 Pascal Ackermann (Ger)
• 62 Martin Laas (Est)
• 63 Felix Groβschartner (Aut
• 64 Jay McCarthy (Off)
• 65 Ide Schelling (Ned)
• 66 Andreas Schillinger (Ger)
• 67 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger)
• 68 Rüdiger Selig (Ger)

INEOS Grenadiers (GBR)

• 71 Christopher Froome (Gbr),
• 72 Richard Carapaz (Ecu)
• 73 Andrey Amador (Crc)
• 74 Michal Golas (Poland)
• 75 Brandon Smith Rivera (Col)
• 76 Iván Ramiro Sosa (Col)
• 77 Dylan van Baarle (Ned)
• 78 Cameron Litter (Off)

Mitchelton-Scott (AUS)

• 81 Esteban Chaves (Col)
• 82 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth)
• 83 Mikel Nieve (Esp)
• 84 Nick Schultz (Off)
• 85 Callum Scotson (Off)
• 86 Dion Smith (Nzl)
• 87 Robert Stannard (Aus)
• 88 Alex Edmondson (Aus)

Groupama-FDJ (FRA)

• 91 Thibaut Pinot (Fra)
• 92 Bruno Armirail (Fra)
• 93 Mickaël Delage (Fra)
• 94 David Gaudu (Fra)
• 95 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
• 96 Olivier Le Gac (Fra)
• 97 Anthony Roux (Fra)
• 98 Romain Seigle (Fra)

EF Pro Cycling (USA)

• 101 Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col)
• 102 Hugh Carthy (Gbr)
• 103 Mitchell Docker (Off)
• 104 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den)
• 105 Logan Owen (USA)
• 106 Julius van den Berg (Ned)
• 107 Tejay van Garderen (USA)
• 108 Michael Woods (Can)

Bahrain-McLaren (BRN)

• 111 Wout Poels (Ned)
• 112 Grega Bole (Slo)
• 113 Santiago Buitrago (Col)
• 114 Scott Davies (Gbr)
• 115 Kevin Inkelaar (Ned)
• 116 Matej Mohoric (Slo)
• 117 Alfred Wright (Gbr)
• 118 Stephen Williams (Gbr)

Ag2r-La Mondiale (FRA)

• 121 Clément Champoussin (Fra)
• 122 Mathias Frank (Sui)
• 123 Alexandre Geniez (Fra)
• 124 Dorian Godon (Fra)
• 125 Nans Peters (Fra)
• 126 Harry Tanfield (Gbr)
• 127 Quentin Jauregui (Fra)
• 128 Axel Domont (Fra)

CCC Team (POL)

• 131 Simon Geschke (Ger)
• 132 Will Barta (USA)
• 133 Jan Hirt (Cze),
• 134 Jakub Mareczko (Ita)
• 135 Michal Paluta (Poland)
• 136 Lukasz Wisniowski (Poland)
• 137 Georg Zimmermann (Ger)
• 138 Francisco José Ventoso (Esp)

Lotto-Soudal (BEL)

• 141 Tim Wellens (BEL)
• 142 Gerben Thijssen (BEL)
• 143 Stan Dewulf (BEL)
• 144 Kobe Goossens (BEL)
• 145 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol)
• 146 Rémy Mertz (BEL)
• 147 Tosh Van der Sande (BEL)
• 148 Brent Van Moer (BEL)

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (FRA)

• 151 Guillaume Martin (Fra)
• 152 Fernando Barceló (Esp)
• 153 Natnael Berhane (Eri)
• 154 José Herrada (Esp)
• 155 Victor Lafay (Fra)
• 156 Luis Ángel Maté (Esp)
• 157 Emmanuel Morin (Fra)
• 158 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra)

NTT Pro Cycling (RSA)

• 161 Carlos Barbero (Esp)
• 162 Stefan de Bod (Rsa)
• 163 Nic Dlamini (Rsa)
• 164 Benjamin Dyball (Aus)
• 165 Enrico Gasparotto (Sui)
• 166 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den)
• 167 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (Rsa)
• 168 Gino Mäder (Sui)

Movistar Team (ESP)

• 171 Alejandro Valverde (Esp)
• 172 Jorge Arcas (Esp)
• 173 Imanol Erviti (Esp)
• 174 Enric Mas (Esp)
• 175 Nelson Oliveira (Por)
• 176 José Joaquín Rojas (Esp)
• 177 Marc Soler (Esp)
• 178 Carlos Verona (Esp)

Israel Start-Up Nation (ISR)

• 181 Daniel Martin (Irl)
• 182 Omer Goldstein (Isr)
• 183 Reto Hollenstein (Sui)
• 184 James Piccoli (Can)
• 185 Mihkel Räim (Estonia)
• 186 Alexis Renard (Fra),
• 187 Rory Sutherland (Off)
• 188 Matteo Badilatti (Sui)

Team Total Direct Énergie (FRA)

• 191 Niki Terpstra (Ned)
• 192 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra)
• 193 Valentin Ferron (Fra)
• 194 Jonathan Hivert (Fra)
• 195 Pim Ligthart (Ned)
• 196 Paul Ourselin (Fra)
• 197 Romain Sicard (Fra)
• 198 Julien Simon (Fra)

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (ESP)

• 201 Jonathan Lastra (Esp)
• 202 Jon Aberasturi (Esp)
• 203 Julen Amezqueta (Esp)
• 204 Aritz Bagües (Esp)
• 205 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Ecu)
• 206 Jhojan García (Col)
• 207 Héctor Sáez (Esp)
• 208 Gonzalo Serrano (Esp)

Burgos-BH (ESP)