Vuelta: Brez Slovencev, a obetajo se epski boji zvezdnikov

Sicer brez Slovencev, a na dirki po Španiji se obetajo izjemni trije tedni dirkanja. Trasa bo tudi letos namenjena hribolazcem, tokrat pa vam ponujamo imena vseh kolesarjev, ki se bodo podali na več kot tri tisoč kilometrov dolgo pot.

Kot boste lahko videli, bodo na startu številni zvezdniki, kot so Nairo Quintana, Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Thibaut Pinot, Joaquim Rodriguez, Peter Sagan, John Degenkolb, Tony Martin, Fabian Cancellara, Alejandro Valverde, Rigoberto Uran, Chris Horner … Od najboljših bo le redkokdo manjkal. Omenimo zgolj zmagovalca dirke po Franciji Vincenza Nibalia.

Zanimiv podatek. Kar lepo število kolesarjev, ki bodo nastopili na letošnji Vuelti, se lahko že pohvali z zmago na vsaj eni tritedenski dirki. To so: Contador, Froome, Quintana, Valverde, Cunego, Evans, Hesjedal, Horner.

Ag2R La Mondiale: Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Kol), Maxime Bouet (Fra), Hubert Dupont (Fra), Damien Gaudin (Fra), Patrick Gretsch (Nem), Jauheni Hutarovič (Blr), Lloyd Mondory (Fra), Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) in Sebastien Turgot (Fra).

Astana Pro Team: Fabio Aru (Ita), Daniil Fominykh (Kaz), Andrea Guardini (Ita), Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita), Tanel Kangert (Est), Mikel Landa Meana (Spa), Aleksej Lucenko (Kaz), Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) in Andrej Zeits (Kaz).

Belkin Pro Cycling Team: Stef Clement (Niz), Robert Gesink (Niz), Moreno Hofland (Niz), Martijn Keizer (Niz), Wilco Kelderman (Niz), Paul Martens (Nem), Laurens Ten Dam (Niz), Maarten Tjallingii (Niz) in Robert Wagner (Nem).

BMC Racing Team: Rohan Dennis (Avs), Cadel Evans (Avs), Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Steve Morabito (Švi), Dominik Nerz (Nem), Manuel Quinziato (Ita), Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Špa), Larry Warbasse (ZDA) in Danilo Wyss (Švi).

Caja Rural - Seguros Rga: Javier Aramendia Lorente (Špa), David Arroyo Duran (Špa), Pello Bilbao (Špa), Karol Domagalski (Pol), Francesco Lasca (Ita), Luis Mas Bonet (Špa), Antonio Piedra Perez (Špa), Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Špa) in Amets Txurruka Ansola (Špa).

Cannondale: George Bennett (NZl), Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Guillaume Boivin (Kan), Damiano Caruso (Ita), Alessandro De Marchi (Ita), Oscar Gatto (Ita), Matthias Krizek (Avt), Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) in Peter Sagan (Svk).

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits: Yohan Bagot (Fra), Jerome Coppel (Fra), Romain Hardy (Fra), Gert Joeaar (Est), Christophe Le Mevel (Fra), Guillaume Levarlet (Fra), Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Špa), Daniel Navarro Garcia (Špa) in Romain Zingle (Bel).

FDJ.Fr: Nacer Bouhanni (Fra), Kenny Elissonde (Fra), Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra), Johan Le Bon (Fra), Laurent Mangel (Fra), Cedric Pineau (Fra), Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Anthony Roux (Fra) in Geoffrey Soupe (Fra).

Garmin - Sharp: Nathan Brown (ZDA), Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por), Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Špa), Nathan Haas (Avs), Ryder Hesjedal (Kan), Daniel Martin (Irl), David Millar (VB), Andrew Talansky (ZDA) in Johan Van Summeren (Bel).

IAM Cycling: Marcel Aregger (Švi), Jonathan Fumeaux (Švi), Sébastien Hinault (Fra), Dominic Klemme (Nem), Pirmin Lang (Švi), Matteo Pelucchi (Ita), Vicente Reynes Mimo (Špa), Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) in Johann Tschopp (Švi).

Lampre - Merida: Winner Anrew Anacona (Kol), Damiano Cunego (Ita), Elia Favilli (Ita), Roberto Ferrari (Ita), Christopher Horner (ZDA), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Filippo Pozzato (Ita), Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) in Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Kol).

Lotto - Belisol: Sander Armee (Bel), Vegard Breen (Nor), Bart De Clercq (Bel), Jens Debusschere (Bel), Adam Hansen (Avs), Gregory Henderson (NZl), Pim Ligthart (Niz), Maxime Monfort (Bel) in Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel).

Movistar Team: Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc), Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Špa), Imanol Erviti (Špa), Jos é Herrada Lopez (Špa), Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Špa), Adriano Malori (Ita), Javier Moreno Bazan (Špa), Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Kol) in Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Špa).

MTN - Qhubeka: Gerald Ciolek (Nem), Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Jar), Louis Meintjes (Jar), Kudus Merhawi Ghebremedhin (Eri), Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Špa), Kristian Sbaragli (Ita), Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri), Jay Robert Thomson (Jar) in Jacobus Venter (Jar).

Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team: Tom Boonen (Bel), Gianluca Brambilla (Ita), Nikolas Maes (Bel), Tony Martin (Nem), Wouter Poels (Niz), Pieter Serry (Bel), Rigoberto Uran (Kol), Martin Velits (Svk) in Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Špa).

Orica Greenedge: Sam Bewley (NZl), Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Kol), Simon Clarke (Avs), Mitchell Docker (Avs), Brett Lancaster (Avs), Michael Matthews (Avs), Cameron Meyer (Avs), Ivan Santaromita (Ita) in Adam Yates (VB).

Team Europcar: Natnael Berhane Teweldemedhin (Eri), Jerome Cousin (Fra), Dan Craven (Nam), Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra), Vincent Jerome (Fra), Yannick Martinez (Fra), Maxime Mederel (Fra), Bryan Naulleau (Fra) in Romain Sicard (Fra).

Team Giant-Shimano: Nikias Arndt (Nem), Warren Barguil (Fra), Lawson Craddock (ZDA), Koen De Kort (Niz), John Degenkolb (Nem), Johannes Frohlinger (Nem), Chad Haga (ZDA), Tobias Ludvigsson (Šve) in Ramon Sinkeldam (Niz).

Katjuša: Giampaolo Caruso (Ita), Sergej Černecki (Rus), Aleksander Kolobnjev (Rus), Dmitrij Kozontčuk (Rus), Alberto Losada Alguacil (Špa), Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Špa), Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Špa), Jurij Trofimov (Rus) in Edvard Vorganov (Rus).

Team Sky: Dario Cataldo (Ita), Philip Deignan (Irl), Christopher Froome (VB), Peter Kennaugh (VB), Vasilij Kirijenka (Blr), Christian Knees (Nem), Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Špa), Luke Rowe (VB) in Konstantin Sivcov (Blr).

Team Tinkoff-Saxo: Daniele Bennati (Ita), Alberto Contador Velasco (Špa), Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Špa), Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por), Ivan Rovni (Rus), Chris Anker Sørensen (Dan), Matteo Tosatto (Ita), Michael Valgren Andersen (Dan) in Oliver Zaugg (Švi).

Trek Factory Racing: Julian Arredondo Moreno (Kol), Fabian Cancellara (Švi), Fabio Felline (Ita), Bob Jungels (Luks), Jaroslav Popovič (Ukr), Jesse Sergent (NZl), Jasper Stuyven (Bel), Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) in Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Špa).