South African Louis Meintjes will line up for his sixth Vuelta a España when the three-week Grand Tour gets under way with a 13.4km team time-trial in Salinas de Torrevieja, Spain, tomorrow.
The Dimension Data rider, whose best result was 10th overall in the 2015 event, will be joined by fellow compatriots and teammates Nicholas Dlamini and Jaco Venter.
Another South African, Willie Smit, who rides for Team Katusha-Alpecin, will also be on the start line.
Mitchelton-Scott’s Simon Yates, who won last year’s Vuelta and competed in both the 2019 Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, will not return to defend his title.
The Australian team will be led by Colombian Esteban Chaves, who won stage 19 of this year’s Giro.
The 74th edition of the Vuelta, which is also the final Grand Tour of the 2019 season, ends in Madrid on September 15.
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View the full teams below:
Movistar
1 Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2 Jorge Arcas (ESP)
3 Jose Rojas (ESP)
4 Imanol Erviti (ESP)
5 Nelson Oliveira (POR)
6 Antonio Pedrero (ESP)
7 Nairo Quintana (COL)
8 Marc Soler (ESP)
AG2R La Mondiale
11 Pierre Latour (FRA)
12 Francois Bidard (FRA)
13 Geoffrey Bouchard (FRA)
14 Clement Chevrier (FRA)
15 Silvan Dillier (SUI)
16 Dorian Godon (FRA)
17 Quentin Jauregui (FRA)
18 Clement Venturini (FRA)
Astana Pro
21 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (COL)
22 Manuele Boaro (ITA)
23 Dario Cataldo (ITA)
24 Omar Fraile (ESP)
25 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)
26 Gorka Izagirre (ESP)
27 Ion Izaguirre Insausti (ESP)
28 Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
Bahrain Merida
31 Mark Padun (UKR)
32 Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)
33 Phil Bauhaus (GER)
34 Heinrich Haussler (AUS)
35 Domen Novak (SLO)
36 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT)
37 Luke Pibernik (SLO)
38 Dylan Teuns (BEL)
Bora-Hansgrohe
41 Rafal Majka (POL)
42 Shane Archbold (NZL)
43 Sam Bennett (IRL)
44 Jean-Pierre Drucker (LUX)
45 Davide Formolo (ITA)
46 Felix Grossschartner (AUT)
47 Gregor Mühlberger (AUT)
48 Pawel Poljanski (POL)
CCC
51 Victor De La Parte (ESP)
52 William Barta (USA)
53 Pawel Bernas (POL)
54 Patrick Bevin (NZL)
55 Jonas Koch (GER)
56 Szymon Sajnok (POL)
57 Nathan van Hooydonck (BEL)
58 Alberdi F Ventoso (ESP)
Deceuninck-Quick-Step
61 Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
62 Eros Capecchi (ITA)
63 Remi Cavagna (FRA)
64 Tim Declercq (BEL)
65 Fabio Jakobsen (NED)
66 James Knox (GBR)
67 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (ARG)
68 Zdenek Stybar (CZE)
EF Education First
71 Rigoberto Uran (COL)
72 Hugh John Carthy (GBR)
73 G Lawson Craddock (USA)
74 Mitchell Docker (AUS)
75 Garcia Higuita (COL)
76 Poveda Martinez (COL)
77 Logan Owen (USA)
78 Tejay van Garderen (USA)
Groupama-FDJ
81 Marc Sarreau (FRA)
82 Bruno Armirail (FRA)
83 Mickael Delage (FRA)
84 Kilian Frankiny (SUI)
85 Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE)
86 Steve Morabito (SUI)
87 Romain Seigle (FRA)
88 Benjamin Thomas (FRA)
Lotto Soudal
91 Thomas De Gendt (BEL)
92 Sander Armee (BEL)
93 Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR)
94 Tomasz Marczynski (POL)
95 Tosh van der Sande (BEL)
96 Brian van Goethem (NED)
97 Harm Vanhoucke (BEL)
98 Jelle Wallays (BEL)
Mitchelton-Scott
101 Rubio J.E. Chaves (COL)
102 Sam Bewley (NZL)
103 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (ETH)
104 Damien Howson (AUS)
105 Luka Mezgec (SLO)
106 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (ESP)
107 Nicholas Schultz (AUS)
108 Dion Smith (NZL)
Dimension Data
111 Louis Meintjes (RSA)
112 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA)
113 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI)
114 Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
115 Benjamin King (USA)
116 Ben O’Connor (AUS)
117 Rasmus Fossum Tiller (NOR)
118 Jaco Venter (RSA)
Ineos
121 Wout Poels (NED)
122 Melgar De La Cruz (ESP)
123 Owain Doull (GBR)
124 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)
125 Sebastian Henao Gomez (COL)
126 Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
127 Salvatore Puccio (ITA)
128 Ian Stannard (GBR)
Jumbo-Visma
131 Primoz Roglic (SLO)
132 George Bennett (NZL)
133 Robert Gesink (NED)
134 Lennard Hofstede (NED)
135 Steven Kruijswijk (NED)
136 Sepp Kuss (USA)
137 Tony Martin (GER)
138 Neilson Powless (USA)
Katusha-Alpecin
141 Daniel Navarro Garcia (ESP)
142 Enrico Battaglin (ITA)
143 Steff Cras (BEL)
144 Matteo Fabbro (ITA)
145 Ruben Guerreiro (POR)
146 Pavel Kochetkov (RUS)
147 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS)
148 Willie Smit (RSA)
Sunweb
151 Wilco Kelderman (NED)
152 Nikias Arndt (GER)
153 Casper Phillip Pedersen (DEN)
154 Rob Power (AUS)
155 Nicolas Roche (IRL)
156 Michael Storer (AUS)
157 Martijn Tusveld (NED)
158 M.R. Walsheid (GER)
Trek-Segafredo
161 Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)
162 John Degenkolb (GER)
163 Niklas EG (DEN)
164 Alex Kirsch (LUX)
165 Jacopo Mosca (ITA)
166 Kiel Reijnen (USA)
167 Peter Stetina (USA)
168 Edward Theuns (BEL)
UAE-Team Emirates
171 Fabio Aru (ITA)
172 Valerio Conti (ITA)
173 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (COL)
174 Sergio Henao (COL)
175 Marco Marcato (ITA)
176 Benavides J Molano (COL)
177 Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
178 Oliviero Troia (ITA)
Burgos-BH
181 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (ESP)
182 Jetse Bol (NED)
183 Oscar Cabedo Carda (ESP)
184 Jorge Cubero Galvez (ESP)
185 Jesus Ezquerra Muela (ESP)
186 Nuno Matos (POR)
187 Diego Rubio Hernandez (ESP)
188 Ricardo Vilela (POR)
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
191 Sergei Chernetskii (RUS)
192 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (ESP)
193 Alexander Aranburu Deba (ESP)
194 Domingos Goncalves (POR)
195 Jonathan Lastra Matinez (ESP)
196 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (ESP)
197 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (ESP)
198 Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (ESP)
Cofidis, Solutions Credits
201 Jesus Herrada (ESP)
202 J. Hurtado Atapuma (COL)
203 Nicolas Edet (FRA)
204 Jesper Hansen (DEN)
205 Jose Herrada (ESP)
206 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (ESP)
207 Stephane Rossetto (FRA)
208 Damien Touze (FRA)
Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
211 Garaico Rodriguez (ESP)
212 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (ESP)
213 Fernando Barcelo Aragon (ESP)
214 Cyril Barthe (FRA)
215 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (ESP)
216 Mikel Iturria Segurola (ESP)
217 Hector Saez Benito (ESP)
218 Sergio Samitier (ESP)
