Volta a Catalunya 2018: Riders

A strong field lines up at the Volta a Catalunya. Title defender Valverde, Quintana, the Yates brothers, Aru, Pinot, Woods, Soler, Barguil, Chaves, Van Garderen - they are all in the mix. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the 2018 Volta a Catalunya.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Mathias Frank, Pierre Latour, Ben Gastauer, Mickaël Chérel, Axel Domont, François Bidard, Clément Chevrier

Astana Pro Team
Jesper Hansen, Pello Bilbao, Sergei Chernetckii, Andrey Zeits, Nikita Stalnov, Moreno Moser, Jan Hirt

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Matej Mohoric, Giovanni Visconti, Niccolo Bonifazio, Grega Bole, Enrico Gasparotto, Valerio Agnoli, Domen Novak

BMC Racing Team
Tejay van Garderen, Brent Bookwalter, Tom Bohli, Danilo Wyss, Miles Scotson, Nicolas Roche, Joey Rosskopf

BORA – hansgrohe
Sam Bennett, Davide Formolo, Pawel Poljanski, Gregor Mühlberger, Aleksejs Saramotins, Cesare Benedetti, Jay McCarthy

Dimension Data
Louis Meintjes, Merhawi Kudus, Igor Anton, Jacques J. van Rensburg, Ben O’Connor, Natnael Berhane, Stephen Cummings

Groupama – FDJ
Thibaut Pinot, Sebastien Reichenbach, David Gaudu, Arthur Vichot, Georg Preidler, William Bonnet, Jérémy Roy

Lotto Soudal
James Shaw, Thomas De Gendt, Adam Hansen, Sander Armée, Maxime Monfort, Jelle Vanendert, Bjorg Lambrecht

LottoNL-Jumbo
Steven Kruijswijk, George Bennett, Stef Clement, Robert Gesink, Floris De Tier, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Bram Tankink

Mitchelton-Scott
Simon Yates, Adam Yates, Esteban Chaves, Mikel Nieve, Jack Haig, Daryl Impey, Carlos Verona

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana, Joaquín José Rojas, Winner Anacona, Imanol Erviti, Marc Soler, Antonio Pedrero

Quick-Step Floors
Bob Jungels, Enric Mas, Laurens De Plus, Maximilian Schachmann, Michael Mørkøv, José Álvaro Hodeg, James Knox

Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Michael Woods, Pierre Rolland, Nathan Brown, Brendan Canty, Alex Howes, Joe Dombrowski, Daniel Felipe Martinez, Hugh McCarty

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Jhonatan Restrepo, Tiago Machado, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Maxim Belkov, Steff Cras, Matteo Fabbro

Team Sky
Sergio Henao, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Sebastián Henao, Philip Deignan, Kenny Elissonde, Arley Egan Bernal, David Lopez

Team Sunweb
Johannes Fröhlinger, Laurens ten Dam, Max Walscheid, Chris Hamilton, Louis Vervaeke, Jai Hindley, Michael Storer

Trek – Segafredo
Jarlinson Pantano, Peter Stetina, Tsgabu Grmay, Laurent Didier, Niklas Eg, Markel Irizar, Toms Skujiņš

UAE-Team Emirates
Daniel Martin, Fabio Aru, John Darwin Atapuma, Stake Vegard Laengen, Roberto Ferrari, Rory Sutherland, Edward Ravasi

Procontinental teams

Burgos-BH
Jorge Cubero, Silvio Herklotz, Jesus Ezquerra, Igor Merino, Diego Rubio, Pablo Torres, Jordi Simón

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
Guillermo Lluís Mas, Antonio Molina, Sergio Pardilla, Nick Schultz, Cristian Rodríguez, Joaquim Silva, Andres Nelson Soto

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Nacer Bouhanni, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Daniel Navarro, Mathias Le Turnier, Stephane Rossetto, Dorian Godon, Guillaume Bonnafond

Euskadi – Murias
Mikel Bizkarra, Garikoitz Bravo, Cyril Barthe, Julen Irizar, Héctor Saez, Enrique Sanz, Eduard Prades

Fortuneo – Samsic
Warren Barguil, Jérémy Maison, Sindre Skjøstad Lunke, Elie Gesbert, Benoit Jarrier, Amaël Moinard, Florian Vachon

Israel Cycling Academy
Ben Hermans, Rubén Plaza, Zakkari Dempster, José Manuel Díaz, Nathan Earle, Guy Niv, Daniel Turek

Manzana Postobon
Hernan Aguirre, Jetse Bol, Fabio Duarte, Jhojan Garcia, Wilmar Paredes, Aldemar Reyes, Ricardo Vilela


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