# List of teams and cyclists in the 2016 Vuelta a España

The 2016 Vuelta a España was the 71st edition of the race. It was the last of cycling's three Grand Tours to take place during the 2016 road cycling season. The race started in Ourense on 20 August and finished in Madrid on 11 September.
All 18 UCI World Tour teams were automatically entitled to start the race. In May 2016, four UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places in the race by the organisers, Unipublic.

## Teams

The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Vuelta. In addition, the race organisers, Unipublic, invited four wildcard teams. These included Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, the only Spanish-registered UCI Professional Continental team. Two French teams, Cofidis and Direct Énergie, also received entries. The final team to be invited was Bora–Argon 18.

### UCI WorldTeams

* Movistar Team (riders)
* Tinkoff (riders)
* Team Sky (riders)
* BMC Racing Team (riders)
* LottoNL–Jumbo (riders)
* Orica–BikeExchange (riders)
* Astana (riders)
* FDJ (riders)
* Team Giant–Alpecin (riders)
* Trek–Segafredo (riders)
* AG2R La Mondiale (riders)
* Team Katusha (riders)
* Lotto–Soudal (riders)
* Etixx–Quick-Step (riders)
* Cannondale–Drapac (riders)
* Team Dimension Data (riders)
* IAM Cycling (riders)
* Lampre–Merida (riders)

### UCI Professional Continental teams

* Cofidis (riders)
* Bora–Argon 18 (riders)
* Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (riders)
* Direct Énergie (riders)

## Cyclists

Legend :
| No. | Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta |
| Pos. | Position in the general classification |
| Time | Deficit to the winner of the general classification |
| | Denotes the winner of the general classification |
| | Denotes the winner of the points classification |
| | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
| | Denotes the winner of the combination classification |
| DNS | Denotes a rider who did not start, followed by the stage before which he withdrew |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish, followed by the stage in which he withdrew |
| DSQ | Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred |
| Age correct as of 20 August 2016, the date on which the Vuelta began ||

### By starting number

| No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Age | Pos. | Time |
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | Movistar Team | 36 | | |
| 2 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Spain | Movistar Team | 29 | | |
| 3 | Imanol Erviti | Spain | Movistar Team | 32 | | |
| 4 | Rubén Fernández | Spain | Movistar Team | 25 | | |
| 5 | José Herrada | Spain | Movistar Team | 30 | | |
| 6 | Daniel Moreno | Spain | Movistar Team | 34 | | |
| 7 | Nairo Quintana | Colombia | Movistar Team | 26 | | |
| 8 | José Joaquín Rojas | Spain | Movistar Team | 31 | | |
| 9 | Rory Sutherland | Australia | Movistar Team | 34 | | |
| 11 | Alberto Contador | Spain | Tinkoff | 33 | | |
| 12 | Daniele Bennati | Italy | Tinkoff | 35 | | |
| 13 | Manuele Boaro | Italy | Tinkoff | 29 | | |
| 14 | Michael Gogl | Austria | Tinkoff | 22 | | |
| 15 | Jesús Hernández | Spain | Tinkoff | 34 | | |
| 16 | Robert Kišerlovski | Croatia | Tinkoff | 30 | DNS-6 | — |
| 17 | Sérgio Paulinho | Portugal | Tinkoff | 36 | | |
| 18 | Ivan Rovny | Russia | Tinkoff | 28 | | |
| 19 | Yuri Trofimov | Russia | Tinkoff | 32 | | |
| 21 | Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky | 31 | | |
| 22 | Ian Boswell | United States | Team Sky | 25 | | |
| 23 | Michał Gołaś | Poland | Team Sky | 32 | | |
| 24 | Peter Kennaugh | Great Britain | Team Sky | 27 | | |
| 25 | Christian Knees | Germany | Team Sky | 35 | | |
| 26 | Leopold König | Czech Republic | Team Sky | 28 | | |
| 27 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Poland | Team Sky | 25 | DNF-7 | — |
| 28 | David López | Spain | Team Sky | 35 | | |
| 29 | Salvatore Puccio | Italy | Team Sky | 26 | | |
| 31 | Tejay van Garderen | United States | BMC Racing Team | 28 | DNF-17 | — |
| 32 | Darwin Atapuma | Colombia | BMC Racing Team | 28 | | |
| 33 | Silvan Dillier | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 26 | | |
| 34 | Jempy Drucker | Luxembourg | BMC Racing Team | 29 | | |
| 35 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | BMC Racing Team | 34 | DNF-14 | — |
| 36 | Ben Hermans | Belgium | BMC Racing Team | 30 | | |
| 37 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | BMC Racing Team | 38 | | |
| 38 | Dylan Teuns | Belgium | BMC Racing Team | 24 | | |
| 39 | Danilo Wyss | Switzerland | BMC Racing Team | 30 | | |
| 41 | Steven Kruijswijk | Netherlands | LottoNL–Jumbo | 29 | DNS-6 | — |
| 42 | Enrico Battaglin | Italy | LottoNL–Jumbo | 26 | DNF-9 | — |
| 43 | George Bennett | New Zealand | LottoNL–Jumbo | 26 | | |
| 44 | Koen Bouwman | Netherlands | LottoNL–Jumbo | 22 | | |
| 45 | Victor Campenaerts | Belgium | LottoNL–Jumbo | 24 | | |
| 46 | Robert Gesink | Netherlands | LottoNL–Jumbo | 30 | | |
| 47 | Martijn Keizer | Netherlands | LottoNL–Jumbo | 28 | | |
| 48 | Bram Tankink | Netherlands | LottoNL–Jumbo | 37 | | |
| 49 | Jos van Emden | Netherlands | LottoNL–Jumbo | 31 | DNS-17 | — |
| 51 | Esteban Chaves | Colombia | Orica–BikeExchange | 26 | | |
| 52 | Sam Bewley | New Zealand | Orica–BikeExchange | 29 | | |
| 53 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | Orica–BikeExchange | 36 | | |
| 54 | Jack Haig | Australia | Orica–BikeExchange | 22 | | |
| 55 | Damien Howson | Australia | Orica–BikeExchange | 24 | | |
| 56 | Jens Keukeleire | Belgium | Orica–BikeExchange | 27 | | |
| 57 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | Denmark | Orica–BikeExchange | 23 | | |
| 58 | Svein Tuft | Canada | Orica–BikeExchange | 39 | | |
| 59 | Simon Yates | Great Britain | Orica–BikeExchange | 24 | | |
| 61 | Michele Scarponi | Italy | Astana | 36 | | |
| 62 | Dario Cataldo | Italy | Astana | 31 | | |
| 63 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Kazakhstan | Astana | 30 | | |
| 64 | Miguel Ángel López | Colombia | Astana | 22 | DNF-6 | — |
| 65 | Davide Malacarne | Italy | Astana | 29 | DNF-14 | — |
| 66 | Luis León Sánchez | Spain | Astana | 32 | | |
| 67 | Gatis Smukulis | Latvia | Astana | 38 | | |
| 68 | Alessandro Vanotti | Italy | Astana | 35 | | |
| 69 | Andrey Zeits | Kazakhstan | Astana | 29 | | |
| 71 | Kenny Elissonde | France | FDJ | 25 | | |
| 72 | Odd Christian Eiking | Norway | FDJ | 21 | | |
| 73 | Murilo Fischer | Brazil | FDJ | 37 | DNF-5 | — |
| 74 | Alexandre Geniez | France | FDJ | 28 | | |
| 75 | Mathieu Ladagnous | France | FDJ | 31 | | |
| 76 | Johan Le Bon | France | FDJ | 25 | DNF-14 | — |
| 77 | Lorrenzo Manzin | France | FDJ | 22 | | |
| 78 | Laurent Pichon | France | FDJ | 30 | DNF-11 | — |
| 79 | Kévin Reza | France | FDJ | 28 | DNF-10 | — |
| 81 | Warren Barguil | France | Team Giant–Alpecin | 24 | DNF-3 | — |
| 82 | Nikias Arndt | Germany | Team Giant–Alpecin | 24 | | |
| 83 | Koen de Kort | Netherlands | Team Giant–Alpecin | 33 | | |
| 84 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Germany | Team Giant–Alpecin | 31 | | |
| 85 | Chad Haga | United States | Team Giant–Alpecin | 27 | | |
| 86 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Sweden | Team Giant–Alpecin | 25 | | |
| 87 | Sindre Lunke | Norway | Team Giant–Alpecin | 23 | | |
| 88 | Tom Stamsnijder | Netherlands | Team Giant–Alpecin | 31 | | |
| 89 | Zico Waeytens | Belgium | Team Giant–Alpecin | 24 | DNF-13 | — |
| 91 | Haimar Zubeldia | Spain | Trek–Segafredo | 39 | | |
| 92 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Japan | Trek–Segafredo | 33 | | |
| 93 | Julien Bernard | France | Trek–Segafredo | 24 | | |
| 94 | Niccolò Bonifazio | Italy | Trek–Segafredo | 22 | DNF-7 | — |
| 95 | Laurent Didier | Luxembourg | Trek–Segafredo | 32 | | |
| 96 | Fabio Felline | Italy | Trek–Segafredo | 26 | | |
| 97 | Markel Irizar | Spain | Trek–Segafredo | 36 | DNF-10 | — |
| 98 | Kiel Reijnen | United States | Trek–Segafredo | 30 | | |
| 99 | Riccardo Zoidl | Austria | Trek–Segafredo | 28 | | |
| 101 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 39 | | |
| 102 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Lithuania | AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | | |
| 103 | Jan Bakelants | Belgium | AG2R La Mondiale | 30 | | |
| 104 | François Bidard | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 24 | | |
| 105 | Axel Domont | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 26 | | |
| 106 | Quentin Jaurégui | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 22 | | |
| 107 | Pierre Latour | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 22 | | |
| 108 | Sébastien Minard | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 34 | DNS-6 | — |
| 109 | Christophe Riblon | France | AG2R La Mondiale | 35 | | |
| 111 | Alberto Losada | Spain | Team Katusha | 34 | | |
| 112 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Norway | Team Katusha | 24 | | |
| 113 | Pavel Kochetkov | Russia | Team Katusha | 30 | | |
| 114 | Sergey Lagutin | Russia | Team Katusha | 35 | | |
| 115 | Tiago Machado | Portugal | Team Katusha | 30 | | |
| 116 | Matvey Mamykin | Russia | Team Katusha | 33 | | |
| 117 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Colombia | Team Katusha | 23 | | |
| 118 | Egor Silin | Russia | Team Katusha | 28 | | |
| 119 | Rein Taaramäe | Estonia | Team Katusha | 29 | DNF-7 | — |
| 121 | Bart De Clercq | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 29 | | |
| 122 | Sander Armée | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 30 | | |
| 123 | Thomas De Gendt | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 29 | | |
| 124 | Gert Dockx | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 28 | | |
| 125 | Adam Hansen | Australia | Lotto–Soudal | 35 | | |
| 126 | Maxime Monfort | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 33 | | |
| 127 | Tosh Van der Sande | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 25 | | |
| 128 | Louis Vervaeke | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 22 | | |
| 129 | Jelle Wallays | Belgium | Lotto–Soudal | 27 | | |
| 131 | Gianluca Brambilla | Italy | Etixx–Quick-Step | 28 | | |
| 132 | Maxime Bouet | France | Etixx–Quick-Step | 29 | | |
| 133 | David de la Cruz | Spain | Etixx–Quick-Step | 27 | | |
| 134 | Yves Lampaert | Belgium | Etixx–Quick-Step | 25 | | |
| 135 | Gianni Meersman | Belgium | Etixx–Quick-Step | 30 | | |
| 136 | Pieter Serry | Belgium | Etixx–Quick-Step | 27 | | |
| 137 | Zdeněk Štybar | Czech Republic | Etixx–Quick-Step | 30 | | |
| 138 | Niki Terpstra | Netherlands | Etixx–Quick-Step | 32 | | |
| 139 | Martin Velits | Slovakia | Etixx–Quick-Step | 31 | | |
| 141 | Andrew Talansky | United States | Cannondale–Drapac | 27 | | |
| 142 | Patrick Bevin | New Zealand | Cannondale–Drapac | 25 | DNF-11 | — |
| 143 | Simon Clarke | Australia | Cannondale–Drapac | 30 | DNS-11 | — |
| 144 | Joe Dombrowski | United States | Cannondale–Drapac | 25 | | |
| 145 | Davide Formolo | Italy | Cannondale–Drapac | 23 | | |
| 146 | Ben King | United States | Cannondale–Drapac | 27 | | |
| 147 | Moreno Moser | Italy | Cannondale–Drapac | 25 | | |
| 148 | Pierre Rolland | France | Cannondale–Drapac | 29 | | |
| 149 | Davide Villella | Italy | Cannondale–Drapac | 25 | | |
| 151 | Igor Antón | Spain | Team Dimension Data | 33 | DNS-9 | — |
| 152 | Nicolas Dougall | South Africa | Team Dimension Data | 23 | | |
| 153 | Tyler Farrar | United States | Team Dimension Data | 32 | | |
| 154 | Omar Fraile | Spain | Team Dimension Data | 26 | | |
| 155 | Nathan Haas | Australia | Team Dimension Data | 27 | | |
| 156 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | Team Dimension Data | 28 | DNS-15 | — |
| 157 | Merhawi Kudus | Eritrea | Team Dimension Data | 22 | | |
| 158 | Kristian Sbaragli | Italy | Team Dimension Data | 26 | | |
| 159 | Jaco Venter | South Africa | Team Dimension Data | 29 | | |
| 161 | Mathias Frank | Switzerland | IAM Cycling | 29 | | |
| 162 | Clément Chevrier | France | IAM Cycling | 24 | | |
| 163 | Dries Devenyns | Belgium | IAM Cycling | 33 | | |
| 164 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Norway | IAM Cycling | 27 | | |
| 165 | Simon Pellaud | Switzerland | IAM Cycling | 23 | | |
| 166 | Vicente Reynés | Spain | IAM Cycling | 35 | DNF-4 | — |
| 167 | Jonas van Genechten | Belgium | IAM Cycling | 29 | | |
| 168 | Larry Warbasse | United States | IAM Cycling | 26 | | |
| 169 | Marcel Wyss | Switzerland | IAM Cycling | 30 | | |
| 171 | Louis Meintjes | South Africa | Lampre–Merida | 24 | | |
| 172 | Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | Lampre–Merida | 31 | | |
| 173 | Mattia Cattaneo | Italy | Lampre–Merida | 25 | | |
| 174 | Valerio Conti | Italy | Lampre–Merida | 23 | | |
| 175 | Kristijan Đurasek | Croatia | Lampre–Merida | 29 | | |
| 176 | Mário Costa | Portugal | Lampre–Merida | 30 | DNF-17 | — |
| 177 | Tsgabu Grmay | Ethiopia | Lampre–Merida | 24 | | |
| 178 | Ilia Koshevoy | Belarus | Lampre–Merida | 25 | | |
| 179 | Federico Zurlo | Italy | Lampre–Merida | 22 | DNF-4 | — |
| 181 | Luis Ángel Maté | Spain | Cofidis | 32 | | |
| 182 | Yoann Bagot | France | Cofidis | 28 | DNF-9 | — |
| 183 | Loïc Chetout | France | Cofidis | 23 | | |
| 184 | Jérôme Cousin | France | Cofidis | 27 | | |
| 185 | Romain Hardy | France | Cofidis | 27 | | |
| 186 | Rudy Molard | France | Cofidis | 26 | | |
| 187 | Stéphane Rossetto | France | Cofidis | 29 | | |
| 188 | Florian Sénéchal | France | Cofidis | 23 | DNF-12 | — |
| 189 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Belgium | Cofidis | 26 | DNF-14 | — |
| 191 | José Mendes | Portugal | Bora–Argon 18 | 31 | | |
| 192 | Cesare Benedetti | Italy | Bora–Argon 18 | 29 | | |
| 193 | Silvio Herklotz | Germany | Bora–Argon 18 | 22 | DNS-11 | — |
| 194 | Bartosz Huzarski | Poland | Bora–Argon 18 | 35 | DNF-10 | — |
| 195 | Gregor Mühlberger | Austria | Bora–Argon 18 | 22 | | |
| 196 | Christoph Pfingsten | Germany | Bora–Argon 18 | 28 | | |
| 197 | Michael Schwarzmann | Germany | Bora–Argon 18 | 25 | | |
| 198 | Rüdiger Selig | Germany | Bora–Argon 18 | 27 | | |
| 199 | Scott Thwaites | Great Britain | Bora–Argon 18 | 26 | | |
| 201 | David Arroyo | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 36 | | |
| 202 | Pello Bilbao | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 26 | | |
| 203 | Hugh Carthy | Great Britain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 22 | | |
| 204 | José Gonçalves | Portugal | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 27 | DNF-11 | — |
| 205 | Ángel Madrazo | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 28 | DNF-14 | — |
| 206 | Lluís Mas | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 27 | DNS-5 | — |
| 207 | Sergio Pardilla | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 32 | | |
| 208 | Eduard Prades | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 29 | | |
| 209 | Jaime Rosón | Spain | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | 23 | | |
| 211 | Romain Sicard | France | Direct Énergie | 28 | | |
| 212 | Ryan Anderson | Canada | Direct Énergie | 29 | | |
| 213 | Lilian Calmejane | France | Direct Énergie | 23 | | |
| 214 | Romain Cardis | France | Direct Énergie | 24 | | |
| 215 | Tony Hurel | France | Direct Énergie | 28 | DNF-9 | — |
| 216 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | France | Direct Énergie | 31 | DNF-12 | — |
| 217 | Julien Morice | France | Direct Énergie | 25 | | |
| 218 | Bryan Nauleau | France | Direct Énergie | 28 | | |
| 219 | Perrig Quéméneur | France | Direct Énergie | 32 | | |

### By team

Movistar Team (MOV) :
| Movistar Team (MOV) No.RiderPos. 1  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2  Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) 3  Imanol Erviti (ESP) 4  Rubén Fernández (ESP) 5  José Herrada (ESP) 6  Daniel Moreno (ESP) 7  Nairo Quintana (COL) 8  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) 9  Rory Sutherland (AUS) Directeur sportif: José Luis Arrieta | Tinkoff (TNK) No.RiderPos. 11  Alberto Contador (ESP) 12  Daniele Bennati (ITA) 13  Manuele Boaro (ITA) 14  Michael Gogl (AUT) 15  Jesús Hernández (ESP) 16  Robert Kišerlovski (CRO) DNS-6 17  Sérgio Paulinho (POR) 18  Ivan Rovny (RUS) 19  Yuri Trofimov (RUS) Directeur sportif: Steven de Jongh | Team Sky (SKY) No.RiderPos. 21  Chris Froome (GBR) 22  Ian Boswell (USA) 23  Michał Gołaś (POL) 24  Peter Kennaugh (GBR) 25  Christian Knees (GER) 26  Leopold König (CZE) 27  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) DNF-7 28  David López (ESP) 29  Salvatore Puccio (ITA) Directeur sportif: Dario Cioni |
| BMC Racing Team (BMC) No.RiderPos. 31  Tejay van Garderen (USA) DNF-17 32  Darwin Atapuma (COL) 33  Silvan Dillier (SUI) 34  Jempy Drucker (LUX) 35  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) DNF-14 36  Ben Hermans (BEL) 37  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) 38  Dylan Teuns (BEL) 39  Danilo Wyss (SUI) Directeur sportif: Jan Boven | LottoNL–Jumbo (TLJ) No.RiderPos. 41  Steven Kruijswijk (NED) DNS-6 42  Enrico Battaglin (ITA) DNF-9 43  George Bennett (NZL) 44  Koen Bouwman (NED) 45  Victor Campenaerts (BEL) 46  Robert Gesink (NED) 47  Martijn Keizer (NED) 48  Bram Tankink (NED) 49  Jos van Emden (NED) DNS-17 Directeur sportif: | Orica–BikeExchange (OBE) No.RiderPos. 51  Esteban Chaves (COL) 52  Sam Bewley (NZL) 53  Simon Gerrans (AUS) 54  Jack Haig (AUS) 55  Damien Howson (AUS) 56  Jens Keukeleire (BEL) 57  Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN) 58  Svein Tuft (CAN) 59  Simon Yates (GBR) Directeur sportif: Neil Stephens |
| Astana (AST) No.RiderPos. 61  Michele Scarponi (ITA) 62  Dario Cataldo (ITA) 63  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) 64  Miguel Ángel López (COL) DNF-6 65  Davide Malacarne (ITA) DNF-14 66  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) 67  Gatis Smukulis (LAT) 68  Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) 69  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) Directeur sportif: Alexandr Shefer | FDJ (FDJ) No.RiderPos. 71  Kenny Elissonde (FRA) 72  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) 73  Murilo Fischer (BRA) DNF-5 74  Alexandre Geniez (FRA) 75  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) 76  Johan Le Bon (FRA) DNF-14 77  Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA) 78  Laurent Pichon (FRA) DNF-11 79  Kévin Reza (FRA) DNF-10 Directeur sportif: Frank Pineau | Team Giant–Alpecin (TGA) No.RiderPos. 81  Warren Barguil (FRA) DNF-3 82  Nikias Arndt (GER) 83  Koen de Kort (NED) 84  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) 85  Chad Haga (USA) 86  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) 87  Sindre Lunke (NOR) 88  Tom Stamsnijder (NED) 89  Zico Waeytens (BEL) DNF-13 Directeur sportif: Arthur van Dongen |
| Trek–Segafredo (TFS) No.RiderPos. 91  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) 92  Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN) 93  Julien Bernard (FRA) 94  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) DNF-7 95  Laurent Didier (LUX) 96  Fabio Felline (ITA) 97  Markel Irizar (ESP) DNF-10 98  Kiel Reijnen (USA) 99  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) Directeur sportif: Dirk Demol | AG2R La Mondiale (ALM) No.RiderPos. 101  Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA) 102  Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) 103  Jan Bakelants (BEL) 104  François Bidard (FRA) 105  Axel Domont (FRA) 106  Quentin Jaurégui (FRA) 107  Pierre Latour (FRA) 108  Sébastien Minard (FRA) DNS-6 109  Christophe Riblon (FRA) Directeur sportif: Julien Jurdie | Team Katusha (KAT) No.RiderPos. 111  Alberto Losada (ESP) 112  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) 113  Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) 114  Sergey Lagutin (RUS) 115  Tiago Machado (POR) 116  Matvey Mamykin (RUS) 117  Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) 118  Egor Silin (RUS) 119  Rein Taaramäe (EST) DNF-7 Directeur sportif: José Azevedo |
| Lotto–Soudal (LTS) No.RiderPos. 121  Bart De Clercq (BEL) 122  Sander Armée (BEL) 123  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) 124  Gert Dockx (BEL) 125  Adam Hansen (AUS) 126  Maxime Monfort (BEL) 127  Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) 128  Louis Vervaeke (BEL) 129  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Directeur sportif: Mario Aerts | Etixx–Quick-Step (EQS) No.RiderPos. 131  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) 132  Maxime Bouet (FRA) 133  David de la Cruz (ESP) 134  Yves Lampaert (BEL) 135  Gianni Meersman (BEL) 136  Pieter Serry (BEL) 137  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 138  Niki Terpstra (NED) 139  Martin Velits (SVK) Directeur sportif: Rik Van Slycke | Cannondale–Drapac (CDT) No.RiderPos. 141  Andrew Talansky (USA) 142  Patrick Bevin (NZL) DNF-11 143  Simon Clarke (AUS) DNS-11 144  Joe Dombrowski (USA) 145  Davide Formolo (ITA) 146  Ben King (USA) 147  Moreno Moser (ITA) 148  Pierre Rolland (FRA) 149  Davide Villella (ITA) Directeur sportif: Bingen Fernández |
| Team Dimension Data (DDD) No.RiderPos. 151  Igor Antón (ESP) DNS-9 152  Nicolas Dougall (RSA) 153  Tyler Farrar (USA) 154  Omar Fraile (ESP) 155  Nathan Haas (AUS) 156  Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) DNS-15 157  Merhawi Kudus (ERI) 158  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) 159  Jaco Venter (RSA) Directeur sportif: Alex Sans Vega | IAM Cycling (IAM) No.RiderPos. 161  Mathias Frank (SUI) 162  Clément Chevrier (FRA) 163  Dries Devenyns (BEL) 164  Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) 165  Simon Pellaud (SUI) 166  Vicente Reynés (ESP) DNF-4 167  Jonas van Genechten (BEL) 168  Larry Warbasse (USA) 169  Marcel Wyss (SUI) Directeur sportif: Eddy Seigneur | Lampre–Merida (LAM) No.RiderPos. 171  Louis Meintjes (RSA) 172  Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) 173  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) 174  Valerio Conti (ITA) 175  Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) 176  Mário Costa (POR) DNF-17 177  Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) 178  Ilia Koshevoy (BLR) 179  Federico Zurlo (ITA) DNF-4 Directeur sportif: Simone Pedrazzini |
| Cofidis (COF) No.RiderPos. 181  Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) 182  Yoann Bagot (FRA) DNF-9 183  Loïc Chetout (FRA) 184  Jérôme Cousin (FRA) 185  Romain Hardy (FRA) 186  Rudy Molard (FRA) 187  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) 188  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) DNF-12 189  Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL) DNF-14 Directeur sportif: Christian Guiberteau | Bora–Argon 18 (BOA) No.RiderPos. 191  José Mendes (POR) 192  Cesare Benedetti (ITA) 193  Silvio Herklotz (GER) DNS-11 194  Bartosz Huzarski (POL) DNF-10 195  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) 196  Christoph Pfingsten (GER) 197  Michael Schwarzmann (GER) 198  Rüdiger Selig (GER) 199  Scott Thwaites (GBR) Directeur sportif: | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (CJR) No.RiderPos. 201  David Arroyo (ESP) 202  Pello Bilbao (ESP) 203  Hugh Carthy (GBR) 204  José Gonçalves (POR) DNF-11 205  Ángel Madrazo (ESP) DNF-14 206  Lluís Mas (ESP) DNS-5 207  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) 208  Eduard Prades (ESP) 209  Jaime Rosón (ESP) Directeur sportif: Eugenio Goikoetxea |
| Direct Énergie (DEN) No.RiderPos. 211  Romain Sicard (FRA) 212  Ryan Anderson (CAN) 213  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) 214  Romain Cardis (FRA) 215  Tony Hurel (FRA) DNF-9 216  Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) DNF-12 217  Julien Morice (FRA) 218  Bryan Nauleau (FRA) 219  Perrig Quéméneur (FRA) Directeur sportif: Dominique Arnould |

### By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2016 Vuelta a España represented 37 countries.
| Country | No. of riders | Finishers | Stage wins |
| Australia | 7 | | |
| Austria | 3 | | |
| Belarus | 1 | | |
| Belgium | 21 | | 4 (Gianni Meersman ×2, Jonas van Genechten ×1, Jens Keukeleire ×1) |
| Brazil | 1 | | |
| Canada | 2 | | |
| Colombia | 5 | | 1 (Nairo Quintana) |
| Croatia | 2 | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | | |
| Denmark | 1 | | 1 (Magnus Cort Nielsen) |
| Eritrea | 1 | | |
| Estonia | 1 | | |
| Ethiopia | 1 | | |
| France | 34 | | 2 (Alexandre Geniez ×1, Lilian Calmejane ×1) |
| Germany | 7 | | |
| Italy | 19 | | 2 (Valerio Conti ×1, Gianluca Brambilla ×1) |
| Japan | 2 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | | |
| Latvia | 1 | | |
| Lithuania | 1 | | |
| Luxembourg | 2 | | 1 (Jempy Drucker) |
| Netherlands | 9 | | 1 (Robert Gesink) |
| New Zealand | 3 | | |
| Norway | 4 | | |
| Poland | 3 | | |
| Portugal | 5 | | |
| Russia | 6 | | 1 (Sergey Lagutin) |
| Slovakia | 1 | | |
| South Africa | 4 | | |
| Spain | 27 | | 1 (David de la Cruz) |
| Sweden | 1 | | |
| Switzerland | 5 | | 1 (Mathias Frank) |
| Great Britain | 5 | | 2 (Simon Yates ×1, Chris Froome ×1) |
| United States | 10 | | |
| Total | 198 | 158 | 17 |
* ↑ The team time trial on stage 1, won by Team Sky, is not counted in this total.