Volta a Catalunya 2015: Riders

The 2015 Volta a Catalunya starts with a field the Tour de France should not to be ashamed of. Contador, Froome, Aru (image), Uran, Valverde, Betancur and Van Garderen are among the contenders. With all of the beautiful climbs in Catalonia for grabs, expect the fireworks to detonate. Cyclinstage.com brings you the list of participants in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

World Tour Teams Volta a Catalunya 2015

AG2R La Mondiale
Romain Bardet, Carlos Betancur, Sébastien Minard, Ben Gastauer, Mikael Cherel, Hubert Dupont, Pierre-Roger Latour, Domenico Pozzovivo

Astana Pro Team
Fabio Aru, Ángel Miguel López , Mikel Landa, Paolo Tiralongo, Dario Cataldo, Davide Malacarne, Tanel Kangert, Diego Rosa

BMC Racing Team
Tejay Van Garderen, Samuel Sánchez , Peter Stetina, Darwin John Atapuma, Ben Hermans, Amaël Moinard, Dylan Teuns, Manuel Senni

Cannondale – Garmin
Daniel Martin, Ryder Hesjedal, Alexis Janier Acevedo, André Cardoso, Thomas Danielson, Joe Dombrowski, Alex Howes, Andrew Talansky

Etixx – Quick Step
Rigoberto Uran, David De La Cruz, Carlos Verona, Pieter Serry, Petr Vakoc, Gianluca Brambilla, Maxime Bouet, Julian Alaphilippe

FDJ
Kenny Elissonde, Jussi Veikkanen, Alexandre Geniez, Anthony roux, Olivier Le Gac, Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier, Kévin Réza , Lorrenzo Manzin

Giant – Alpecin
Luka Mezgec, Warren Barguil, Johannes Frohlinger, Lawson Craddock, Carter Jones, Georg Preidler, Daan Olivier, Tom Stamsnijder

IAM Cycling
Jérome Coppel, Matteo Pelucchi, Martin Elmiger, Clément Chevrier, Jarlinson Pantano, Simon Pellaud, Larry Warbasse, Marcel Wyss

Lampre – Merida
Rafael Valls, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Roberto Ferrari, Jan Polanc, Mattia Cattaneo, Kristijan Durasek, Tsgabu Grmay, Ilia Koshevoy

Lotto Soudal
Sander Armée, Bart de Clercq, Thomas De Gendt, Gregory Henderson, Boris Vallée, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Tosh Van Der Sande, Louis Vervaeke

LottoNL-Jumbo
George Bennett, Laurens ten Dam, Martijn Keizer, Wilco Kelderman, Steven Kruijswijk, Nick van Der Lijke, Timo Roosen

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Marc Soler, Pablo Lastras, Rubén Fernández, José Joaquín Rojas, José Herrada, Rory Sutherland, Winner Anacona

Orica GreenEDGE
Christian Meier, Ivan santaromita, Brett Lancaster, Johan Esteban Chaves, Caleb Ewan, Damien Howson, Cameron Meyer, Sam Bewley

Team Katusha
Alberto Losada, Giampaolo Caruso, Eduard Vorganov, Sergei Chernetckii, Pavel Kochetkov, Egor Silin, Joeri Trofimov, Anton Vorobyev

Team Sky
Chris Froome, David Lopez, Vasil Kiryienka, Richie Porte, Nicolas Roche, Xabier Zandio, Leopold König, Wout Poels

Tinkoff – Saxo
Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso, Jesús Hernández, Sérgio Paulinho, Rafał Majka, Michael Valgren, Michael Rogers, Robert Kišerlovski

Trek Factory Racing
Haimar Zubeldia, Fumiyuki Beppu, Jasper Stuyven, Matthew Busche , Fábio Silvestre, Calvin Watson, Riccardo Zoidl, Marco Coledan

Procontinental teams

Bretagne – Séché Environnement
Jonathan Hivert, Eduardo Sepúlveda , Armindo Fonseca, Matthieu Boulo, Benoit Jarrier, Christophe Laborie, Kevin Ledanois, Florian Vachon

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
David Arroyo, Eduard Prades, Sergio Pardilla, Amets Txurruka, Guillermo Lluís Mas, Carlos Barbero, Ricardo Vilela, Rodrigo Heiner Parra

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Stefan Schumacher, Adrian Honkisz, Maciej Paterski, Jan Hirt, Marek Rutkiewicz, Sylwester Szmyd, Josef Cerny, Branislau Samoilau

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Daniel Navarro, Ángel Luis Maté, Yoann Bagot, Romain Hardy, Rudy Molard, Julien Simon, Steve Chainel, Loïc Chetout

Team Colombia
Alex Cano, Felipe Daniel Martinez, Fabián Edward Díaz, Leonardo Duque, Jonathan Paredes, Fernando Pedraza Morales, Cayetano Jose Sarmiento, Andres Rodolfo torres

Team Europcar
Pierre Rolland, Romain Sicard, Perrig Quemeneur, Julien Morice, Bryan Coquard, Jérôme Cousin, Cyril Gautier, Fabrice Jeandesboz

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Enrico Gasparotto, Jerome Baugnies, Francis De Greef, Tim de Troyer, Jan Ghyselinck, Marco Minnaard, Yannick Eijssen, Danilo Napolitano


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