Tour of the Basque Country 2015: Riders

The 2015 Tour of the Basque Country starts in Bilbao with a line-up that is nothing short of spectacular. Nairo Quintana, Bauke Molema, Tejay van Garderen, Thibaut Pinot, Jean-Christophe Péraud, Michal Kwiatkowski, Rafal Majka and Joaquim Rodríguez... just to name a few. Cyclingstage.com brings you the startlist

Tour of the Basque Country Riders

AG2R La Mondiale
Jean-Christophe Peraud, Carlos Betancur, Julien Bérard , Hubert Dupont, Matteo Montaguti, Rinaldo Nocentini, Mikael Cherel, Alexis Vuillermoz

Astana Pro Team
Mikel Landa, Michele Scarponi, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Valerio Agnoli, Alessandro Vanotti, Luis León Sánchez, Rein Taaramäe , Lieuwe Westra

BMC Racing Team
Tejay Van Garderen, Philippe Gilbert, Samuel Sánchez , Darwin John Atapuma, Brent Bookwalter, Rohan Dennis, Joey Rosskopf, Peter Stetina

Cannondale – Garmin
Andrew Talansky, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Alexis Janier Acevedo, Nathan Brown, André Cardoso, Thomas Danielson, Davide Formolo, Matej Mohoric

Etixx – Quick Step
Michal Kwiatkowski, Tony Martin, Julien Vermote, David De La Cruz, Michal Golas, Gianni Meersman, Petr Vakoc, Carlos Verona

FDJ
Thibaut Pinot, Kenny Elissonde, Arnold Jeannesson, Pierre-henri Lecuisinier, Francis Mourey, Kévin Réza , Jérémy Roy, Jussi Veikkanen

Giant – Alpecin
Tom Dumoulin, Lawson Craddock, Caleb Fairly, Johannes Frohlinger, Cheng Ji, Fredrik Ludvigsson, Carter Jones, Daan Olivier

IAM Cycling
Jérome Coppel, Clément Chevrier, Jonathan Fumeaux, Jarlinson Pantano, Patrick Schelling, Sebastien Reichenbach, David Tanner, Larry Warbasse

Lampre – Merida
Rui Costa, Matteo Bono, Mário Costa, Valerio Conti, Rubén Plaza, Jan Polanc, José Serpa, Diego Ulissi

Lotto Soudal
Tony Gallopin, Maxime Monfort, Bart de Clercq, Louis Vervaeke, Tosh Van Der Sande, Sander Armée , Jelle Vanendert, Tim Wellens

LottoNL-Jumbo
Mike Teunissen, George Bennett, Brian Bulgac, Kevin De Weert, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Martijn Keizer, Timo Roosen, Nick Van Der Lijke

Movistar Team
Nairo Quintana, Giovanni Visconti, Igor Anton, Jonathan Castroviejo, José Herrada, Beñat Intxausti, Gorka Izagirre, Ion Izagirre

Orica GreenEDGE
Michael Albasini, Simon Gerrans, Johan Esteban Chaves, Daryl Impey, Michael Matthews, Pieter Weening, Adam Yates, Simon Yates

Team Katusha
Joaquim Rodriguez, Simon Špilak, Daniel Moreno, Alexandr Kolobnev, Maxim Belkov, Sergey Lagutin, Ángel Vicioso, Ilnur Zakarin

Team Sky
Mikel Nieve, Luis Sergio Henao, Vasil Kiryienka, David Lopez, Danny Pate, Kanstantsin Siutsou, Ben Swift, Xabier Zandio

Tinkoff – Saxo
Rafał Majka, Edward Beltran, Robert Kišerlovski , Evgeni Petrov, Bruno Pires, Pawel Poljanski, Chris Anker Sørensen, Oliver Zaugg

Trek Factory Racing
Bauke Mollema, Fränk Schleck, Haimar Zubeldia, Julián Arredondo, Calvin Watson, Laurent Didier, Fabio Felline, Bob Jungels

Procontinental teams

Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
Sergio Pardilla, David Arroyo, Pello Bilbao, Hugh Carthy, Fabricio Ferrari, Omar Fraile, Antonio Molina, Amets Txurruka

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Julien Simon, Yoann Bagot, Anthony Turgis, Nicolas Edet, Romain Hardy, Rudy Molard, Stephane Rossetto


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