Ruta del Sol 2017: Riders

The 2017 Ruta del Sol starts on Wednesday, 15 February with a field featuring the likes of Alberto Contador, Thibaut Pinot and Mikel Landa, while four-time winner Alejandro Valverde is defending his title. Cyclingstage.com brings you the startlist.

World Tour Teams

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Ondrej Cink, Yukiya Arashiro, Ion Izagirre, Domen Novak, Javier Moreno, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Antonio Nibali

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Pierre Rolland, Tom Van Asbroeck, Hugh Carthy, Simon Clarke, Joe Dombrowski, Kristijan Koren, Rigoberto Uran

FDJ
Thibaut Pinot, William Bonnet, Daniel Hoelgaard, Johan Le Bon, Tobias Ludvigsson, Steve Morabito, Sebastien Reichenbach

Lotto Soudal
Tomasz Marczynski, Jasper De Buyst, Bart De Clercq, Moreno Hofland, Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Vanendert, Tim Wellens

LottoNL-Jumbo
Jurgen Van den Broeck, Victor Campenaerts, Stef Clement, Floris De Tier, Martijn Keizer, Bram Tankink, Antwan Tolhoek

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Winner Anacona, Jorge Arcas, Víctor de la Parte, Gorka Izagirre, Marc Soler, Rory Sutherland

Team Sky
Vasil Kiryienka, Christian Knees, Mikel Landa, David Lopez, Mikel Nieve, Wout Poels, Diego Rosa

Team Sunweb
Warren Barguil, Johannes Fröhlinger, Chad Haga, Sindre Skjøstad Lunke, Sam Oomen, Georg Preidler, Laurens ten Dam

Trek – Segafredo
Alberto Contador, Matthias Brändle, André Cardoso, Fabio Felline, Jesús Hernández, Markel Irizar, Haimar Zubeldia

Procontinental teams

Burgos-BH
David Belda, Jorge Cubero, Marcos Jurado, Marcos Rojo, Ibai Salas

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
Sergio Pardilla, Alex Aranburu, Antonio Molina, Jon Irisarri, Eduard Prades, Héctor Saez, Diego Rubio

CCC Sprandi Polkowice
Felix Grosschartner, Jan Hirt, Marcin Mrozek, Lukasz Owsian, Maciej Paterski, Leszek Plucinski, Michal Schlegel

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Daniel Navarro, Jérôme Cousin, Hugo Hofstetter, Cyril Lemoine, Luis Ángel Maté, Stephane Rossetto, Florian Sénéchal

Direct Energie
Thomas Boudat, Bryan Coquard, Yohann Gene, Julien Morice, Adrien Petit, Romain Sicard, Angelo Tulik

Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
Garikoitz Bravo, Aritz Bagües, Mikel Bizkarra, Aitor Gonzalez, Eneko Lizarralde, Beñat Txoperena

Gazprom-RusVelo
Kirill Sveshnikov, Anton Vorobyev, Sergey Firsanov, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Roman Maikin, Andrei Solomennikov, Aydar Zakarin

Israel Cycling Academy
Dan Craven, José Manuel Díaz, Luis Lemus, Krists Neilands, Mihkel Raim, Dennis van Winden, Aviv Yechezkel

Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
Pieter Weening, Martijn Budding, Berden de Vries, Raymond Kreder, Pim Ligthart, Oscar Riesebeek, Nick van der Lijke

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Jens Wallays, Amaury Capiot, Kevin Deltombe, Maxime Farazijn, Eliot Lietaer, Edward Planckaert, Jarl Salomein

Vérandas Willems-Crelan
Stijn Devolder, Sander Cordeel, Huub Duyn, Timothy Dupont, Christophe Premont, Stef Van Zummeren, Otto Vergaerde

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Jerome Baugnies, Tom Devriendt, Mark McNally, Xandro Meurisse, Marco Minnaard, Kevin Van Melsen


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