CYCLING
La Vuelta a España teams 2018
August 25, 2018 - September 16, 2018 - The 73rd edition of the Vuelta a España, cycling’s final Grand Tour of the year, will feature more than three weeks of racing and 21 stages, covering a distance of more than 3,250km.
Competitors include 18 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Tour Teams, plus 4 UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard places by the organiser – Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team peloton. Each team was entitled to enter eight riders, so the peloton on the first stage consisted of 176 riders from 30 countries.
The teams are as listed below:
AG2R-La Mondiale, France
Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan
Bahrain-Merida, Bahrain
BMC Racing Team, United States
Bora-Hansgrohe, Germany
Burgos BH, Spain
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Spain
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits, France
Euskadi-Murias, Spain
Groupama-FDJ, France
Lotto-Soudal, Belgium
Mitchelton-Scott, Australia
Movistar Team, Spain
Quick-Step Floors, Belgium
Team Dimension Data, South Africa
Team EF-Drapac p/b Cannondale, United States
Team Katusha-Alpecin, Switzerland
Team LottoNL-Jumbo, Netherlands
Team Sky, Great Britain
Team Sunweb, Germany
Trek-Segafredo, United States
UAE Team Emirates, UAE