Tour of the Basque Country 2017: Riders

The Tour of the Basque Country is a mountainous race with a promising startlist. Title defender Alberto Contador faces competition of Paris-Nice winner Sergio Henao, Michal Kwiatkowski, Alejandro Valverde, Simon Yates, Julian Alaphilippe and Romain Bardet. Check out the riders in the 2017 Tour of the Basque Country.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Romain Bardet, Julien Bérard, Mickaël Chérel, Clément Chevrier, Hubert Dupont, Quentin Jauregui, Matteo Montaguti, Alexis Vuillermoz

Astana Pro Team
Leon Luis Sanchez, Pello Bilbao, Sergei Chernetckii, Jakob Fuglsang, Nikita Stalnov, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Alexey Lutsenko, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Ion Izagirre, Yukiya Arashiro, Grega Bole, Ondrej Cink, Tsgabu Grmay, Antonio Nibali, Janez Brajkovič, Giovanni Visconti

BMC Racing Team
Samuel Sánchez, Damiano Caruso, Alessandro de Marchi, Amaël Moinard, Nicolas Roche, Dylan Teuns, Loïc Vliegen, Danilo Wyss

Bora – Hansgrohe
Sam Bennett, Cesare Benedetti, Emanuel Buchmann, Silvio Herklotz, Patrick Konrad, Jay McCarthy, Gregor Mühlberger, Michael Schwarzmann

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Rigoberto Uran, Nathan Brown, Simon Clarke, Lawson Craddock, Alex Howes, Toms Skujiņš, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Andrew Talansky

Dimension Data
Stephen Cummings, Igor Anton, Omar Fraile, Benjamin King, Merhawi Kudus, Lachlan Morton, Adrien Niyonshuti, Serge Pauwels

FDJ
Rudy Molard, Arnaud Courteille, Christian Odd Eiking, Cédric Pineau, Anthony Roux, Jérémy Roy, Benoit Vaugrenard, Léo Vincent

Lotto Soudal
Tim Wellens, Sean De Bie, Sander Armée, Maxime Monfort, Rafael Valls, Tosh Van Der Sande, Jelle Vanendert, Louis Vervaeke

LottoNL-Jumbo
Primož Roglič, Enrico Battaglin, George Bennett, Floris De Tier, Bert-Jan Lindeman, José Juan Lobato, Paul Martens, Antwan Tolhoek

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Víctor De La Parte, Rubén Fernández, Gorka Izagirre, Antonio Pedrero, José Herrada, Daniel Moreno, Rory Sutherland

ORICA-Scott
Simon Yates, Michael Albasini, Robert Power, Simon Gerrans, Jack Haig, Roman Kreuziger, Rubén Plaza, Carlos Verona

Quick-Step Floors
Julian Alaphilippe, Gianluca Brambilla, Eros Capecchi, David de la Cruz, Dries Devenyns, Enric Mas, Martin Velits, Maximiliano Richeze

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Simon Špilak, Maxim Belkov, Robert Kišerlovski, Maurits Lammertink, Tiago Machado, Matvey Mamykin, Jhonatan Restrepo, Ángel Vicioso

Team Sky
Luis Sergio Henao, David Lopez, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Golas, Sebastián Henao, Vasil Kiryienka, Michal Kwiatkowski, Mikel Nieve

Team Sunweb
Warren Barguil, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Chris Hamilton, Georg Preidler, Michael Matthews, Sam Oomen, Laurens ten Dam

Trek – Segafredo
Alberto Contador, Julien Bernard, André Cardoso, Laurent Didier, Ruben Guerreiro, Jesús Hernández, Markel Irizar, Haimar Zubeldia

UAE Team Emirates
Diego Ulissi, John Darwin Atapuma, Louis Meintjes, Matej Mohoric, Manuele Mori, Valerio Conti, Kristijan Durasek, Ben Swift

Procontinental teams

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
Sergio Pardilla, Alex Aranburu, Fabricio Ferrari, Jonathan Lastra, Guillermo Lluís Mas, Rafael Reis, Jaime Roson, Jon Irisarri

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Daniel Navarro, Yoann Bagot, Guillaume Bonnafond, Matthias Le Turnier, Nicolas Edet, Luis Ángel Maté, Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto


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