The 2026 Vuelta a España begins in Monaco on August 22 and finishes in Granada on September 13 with 23 teams and 184 riders. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) lines up at the Spanish Grand Tour for the second time in his career, following his record-equalling fifth Tour de France victory in July. Read on for the complete startlist for the 2026 Vuelta a España.
There are 23 teams taking part in the 2026 Vuelta a España. All 18 UCI WorldTour teams are present, joined by five additional squads. Cofidis, Pinarello-Q36.5 and Tudor have earned selection by way of the UCI rankings, while Burgos Burpellet-BH and Equipo Kern Pharma received wildcard invitations.
Each team will line up with eight riders, bringing the start list for the Vuelta to 184 riders. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) headlines the start list, returning to the Vuelta for the first time since 2019, when he finished third overall and won three stages.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) lines up following a successful Tour de France in which the Dane secured the green jersey and a stage win. Pedersen will face stiff competition in the battle for green in Spain, including from Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike) who was forced to miss the Tour due to injury.
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primoz Roglic | Slovenia |
| 2 | Finn Fisher-Black | New Zealand |
| 3 | Jordi Meeus | Belgium |
| 4 | Gianni Moscon | Italy |
| 5 | Callum Thornley | United Kingdom |
| 6 | Luke Tuckwell | Australia |
| 7 | Gianni Vermeersch | Belgium |
| 8 | Frederik Wandahl | Denmark |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia |
| 12 | João Almeida | Portugal |
| 13 | Domen Novak | Slovenia |
| 14 | Ivo Oliveira | Portugal |
| 15 | Pavel Sivakov | France |
| 16 | Pablo Torres | Spain |
| 17 | Kevin Vermaerke | United States |
| 18 | Jay Vine | Australia |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Enric Mas | Spain |
| 22 | Jorge Arcas | Spain |
| 23 | Orluis Aular | Venezuela |
| 24 | Carlos Canal | Spain |
| 25 | Pablo Castrillo | Spain |
| 26 | Raúl García | Spain |
| 27 | Iván Romeo | Spain |
| 28 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | Belgium |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Wout van Aert | Belgium |
| 32 | Bruno Armirail | France |
| 33 | Matthew Brennan | United Kingdom |
| 34 | Steven Kruijswijk | Netherlands |
| 35 | Sepp Kuss | United States |
| 36 | Christophe Laporte | France |
| 37 | Jørgen Nordhagen | Norway |
| 38 | Ben Tulett | United Kingdom |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Felix Gall | Austria |
| 42 | Léo Bisiaux | France |
| 43 | Oscar Chamberlain | Australia |
| 44 | Sander De Pestel | Belgium |
| 45 | Jordan Labrosse | France |
| 46 | Gregor Mühlberger | Austria |
| 47 | Matthew Riccitello | United States |
| 48 | Callum Scotson | Australia |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | David de la Cruz | Spain |
| 52 | Xabier Azparren | Spain |
| 53 | Walter Calzoni | Italy |
| 54 | Marcel Camprubí | Spain |
| 55 | Edward Dunbar | Ireland |
| 56 | Thomas Gloag | United Kingdom |
| 57 | David González | Spain |
| 58 | Milan Vader | Netherlands |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | Oscar Onley | United Kingdom |
| 62 | Jack Haig | Australia |
| 63 | Lucas Hamilton | Australia |
| 64 | Axel Laurance | France |
| 65 | Carlos Rodriguez | Spain |
| 66 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | Norway |
| 67 | Joshua Tarling | United Kingdom |
| 68 | Ben Turner | United Kingdom |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 71 | Pello Bilbao | Spain |
| 72 | Santiago Buitrago | Colombia |
| 73 | Roman Ermakov | Slovenia |
| 74 | Matevz Govekar | Slovenia |
| 75 | Pau Miquel Delgado | Spain |
| 76 | Jakob Omrzel | Slovenia |
| 77 | Mathijs Paasschens | Netherlands |
| 78 | Attila Valter | Hungary |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 81 | Mattias Skjelmose | Denmark |
| 82 | Julien Bernard | France |
| 83 | Lennard Kämna | Germany |
| 84 | Patrick Konrad | Austria |
| 85 | Jacopo Mosca | Italy |
| 86 | Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard | Denmark |
| 87 | Thibau Nys | Belgium |
| 88 | Mads Pedersen | Denmark |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 91 | Clément Berthet | France |
| 92 | Olivier Le Gac | France |
| 93 | Valentin Madouas | France |
| 94 | Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet | France |
| 95 | Rudy Molard | France |
| 96 | Enzo Paleni | France |
| 97 | Rémy Rochas | France |
| 98 | Bastien Tronchon | France |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 101 | Kaden Groves | Australia |
| 102 | Francesco Busatto | Italy |
| 103 | Ramses Debruyne | Belgium |
| 104 | Lindsay De Vylder | Belgium |
| 105 | Gal Glivar | Slovenia |
| 106 | Michael Gogl | Austria |
| 107 | Hugo Houle | Canada |
| 108 | Sente Sentjens | Belgium |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 111 | Alexey Lutsenko | Kazakhstan |
| 112 | George Bennett | New Zealand |
| 113 | Jan Hirt | Czech Republic |
| 114 | Hugo Hofstetter | France |
| 115 | Moritz Kretschy | Germany |
| 116 | Pau Martí | Spain |
| 117 | Nick Schultz | Australia |
| 118 | Floris Van Tricht | Belgium |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 121 | Mikel Landa | Spain |
| 122 | Alberto Dainese | Italy |
| 123 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Italy |
| 124 | Ethan Hayter | United Kingdom |
| 125 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | France |
| 126 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Belgium |
| 127 | Mauri Vansevenant | Belgium |
| 128 | Filippo Zana | Italy |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 131 | Magnus Cort | Denmark |
| 132 | Simon Dalby | Denmark |
| 133 | Fredrik Dversnes | Norway |
| 134 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Norway |
| 135 | Andreas Kron | Denmark |
| 136 | Andreas Leknessund | Norway |
| 137 | Rasmus Tiller | Norway |
| 138 | Martin Tjøtta | Norway |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 141 | Emanuel Buchmann | Germany |
| 142 | Bryan Coquard | France |
| 143 | Alex Kirsch | Luxembourg |
| 144 | Sylvain Moniquet | Belgium |
| 145 | Paul Ourselin | France |
| 146 | Alexis Renard | France |
| 147 | Louis Rouland | France |
| 148 | Sergio Samitier | Spain |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 151 | Alessandro Covi | Italy |
| 152 | Koen Bouwman | Netherlands |
| 153 | Paul Double | United Kingdom |
| 154 | Asbjørn Hellemose | Denmark |
| 155 | Hamish McKenzie | Australia |
| 156 | Finlay Pickering | United Kingdom |
| 157 | Rudy Porter | Australia |
| 158 | Jasha Sütterlin | Germany |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 161 | Richard Carapaz | Ecuador |
| 162 | Vincenzo Albanese | Italy |
| 163 | Markel Beloki | Spain |
| 164 | Alastair Mackellar | Australia |
| 165 | Darren Rafferty | Ireland |
| 166 | Juan Rodríguez | Colombia |
| 167 | James Shaw | United Kingdom |
| 168 | Georg Steinhauser | Germany |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 171 | Marco Brenner | Germany |
| 172 | William Barta | United States |
| 173 | Arthur Kluckers | Luxembourg |
| 174 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland |
| 175 | Roland Thalmann | Switzerland |
| 176 | Lawrence Warbasse | United States |
| 177 | Fabian Weiss | Switzerland |
| 178 | Hannes Wilksch | Germany |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 181 | Harold Tejada | Colombia |
| 182 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Kazakhstan |
| 183 | Lorenzo Fortunato | Italy |
| 184 | Victor Langellotti | Monaco |
| 185 | Henok Mulubrhan | Eritrea |
| 186 | Cristian Rodriguez | Spain |
| 187 | Alessandro Romele | Italy |
| 188 | Darren van Bekkum | Netherlands |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 191 | Jesus Herrada | Spain |
| 192 | Clément Alleno | France |
| 193 | Mario Aparicio | Spain |
| 194 | Sergio Chumil | Guatemala |
| 195 | Jose Manuel Diaz | Spain |
| 196 | José Luis Faura | Spain |
| 197 | Sinuhé Fernandez | Spain |
| 198 | Cesar Macias | Mexico |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 201 | Jarno Widar | Belgium |
| 202 | Vito Braet | Belgium |
| 203 | Lars Craps | Belgium |
| 204 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Belgium |
| 205 | Lorenzo Rota | Italy |
| 206 | Reuben Thompson | New Zealand |
| 207 | Luca Van Boven | Belgium |
| 208 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk | Netherlands |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 211 | Chris Hamilton | Australia |
| 212 | Timo de Jong | Netherlands |
| 213 | Mattia Gaffuri | Italy |
| 214 | Gijs Leemreize | Netherlands |
| 215 | Juan Martinez | Colombia |
| 216 | Oliver Peace | United Kingdom |
| 217 | Henri-Francois Haquin | France |
| 218 | Timo Roosen | Netherlands |
| # | Rider | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 221 | Urko Berrade | Spain |
| 222 | Marc Brustenga | Spain |
| 223 | Ivan Cobo | Spain |
| 224 | Iñigo Elosegui | Spain |
| 225 | Ibon Ruiz | Spain |
| 226 | Ivan Sosa | Colombia |
| 227 | Diego Uriarte | Spain |
| 228 | Mats Wenzel | Luxembourg |
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