Dubai Tour 2015: Riders

Dubai, Qatar and Oman - many riders opt for one or more of these three races while preparing for the spring classics. The most prominent contender in the Dubai Tour is Vincenzo Nibali, but Philippe Gilbert and Joaquim Rodríguez are at the start as well. Cyclingstage.com brings you the list of participants of the 2015 Dubai Tour. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams Dubai Tour

AG2R La Mondiale
Johan Vansummeren, Gediminas Bagdonas, Damien Gaudin, Patrick Gretsch, Lloyd Mondory, Matteo Montaguti, Sébastien Minard, Mikael Cherel

Astana Pro Team
Vincenzo . Nibali, Lars Boom, Laurens De Vreese, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Andrea Guardini, Alexey Lutsenko, Ruslan Tleubayev, Alessandro Vanotti

BMC Racing Team
Philippe Gilbert, Brent Bookwalter, Marcus Burghardt, Stefan Küng, ~~Klaas Lodewyck~~, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Rick Zabel

Etixx – Quick Step
Mark Cavendish, Tony Martin, Mark Renshaw, Fabio Sabatini, Michael Vakoc, Julien Vermote, Carlos Verona, Lukasz Wisniowski

Lampre – Merida
Filippo Pozzato, Davide Cimolai, Kai Chun Feng, Ilia Koshevoy, Luka Pibernik, Jan Polanc, Rafael Valls, Gang Xu

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Eros Capecchi, Jonathan Castroviejo, Jesús Herrada, José Juan Lobato, Adriano Malori, Pablo Lastras, Giovanni Visconti

Team Giant – Alpecin
John Degenkolb, Roy Curvers, Johannes Frohlinger, Chad Haga, Thierry Hupond, Tobias Ludvigsson, Luka Mezgec, Zico Waeytens

Team Katusha
Joaquim Rodríguez, Sergei Chernetckii, Alexander Porsev, Egor Silin, Simon Spilak, Ãngel Vicioso, Eduard Vorganov, Anton Vorobyev

Team Sky
Ian Boswell, Bernhard Eisel, Andrew Fenn, David Lopez, Salvatore Puccio, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas, Elia Viviani

Tinkoff – Saxo
Robert Kiserlovski, Michael Valgren, Manuele Boaro, Michael Kolar, Evgeni Petrov, Juraj Sagan, Matteo Tosatto, Oliver Zaugg

Other teams

Bardiani – CSF Pro Team
Enrico Battaglin, ~~Nicola Boem~~, Andrea Piechele, Stefano Pirazzi, Nicola Ruffoni, ~~Paolo Simion~~, Luca Sterbini, Simone Sterbini

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Grega Bole, Cristian Delle Stelle, Adrian Kurek, Jaroslaw Marycz, Lukasz Owsian, Maciej Paterski, Grzegorz Stepniak, Sylwester Szmyd

Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team
Francisco Mancebo, Mohammed Al Murawwi, Rafaâ Chtioui, Vladimir Gusev, Soufiane Haddi, Adil Jelloul, Edgar Pinto, Andrea Palini

Team Novo Nordisk
Kevin De Mesmaeker, Nicolas Lefrancois, David Lozano, Javier Mejias, Andrea Peron, Ruud Cremers, Martijn Verschoor, Christopher Williams

United Arab Emirates
~~Amer Abdullah~~, ~~Naser Al Memari~~, Majed Albalooshi, Bader Mireza, ~~Essa Khalifa~~, Abdulah Al Mansory, Jaber Almansory, Mohammed Almansuory

UnitedHealthcare
Alessandro Bazzana, Janez Brajkovic, Marco Canola, Robert Förster, Davide Frattini, Daniele Ratto, Kiel Reijnen, Federico Zurlo