# List of teams and cyclists in the 1983 Vuelta a España

For the 1983 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 100 riders; 59 finished the race.

## By rider

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 |
| DNF | Denotes a rider who did not finish |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Team | Pos. | Time |
| 1 | Marino Lejarreta | Spain | Alfa Lum–Olmo | 2 | + 1' 12" |
| 2 | Ismael Lejarreta | Spain | Alfa Lum–Olmo | 30 | + 1h 02' 39" |
| 3 | Fiorenzo Aliverti | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | 49 | + 1h 35' 14" |
| 4 | Vincenzo Cupperi | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | DNF | — |
| 5 | Giuseppe Martinelli | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | DNF | — |
| 6 | Salvatore Maccali [fr] | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | 50 | + 1h 36' 13" |
| 7 | Orlando Maini | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | DNF | — |
| 8 | Piero Onesti | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | DNF | — |
| 9 | Giuseppe Petito | Italy | Alfa Lum–Olmo | DNF | — |
| 10 | Michael Wilson | Australia | Alfa Lum–Olmo | 52 | + 1h 45' 18" |
| 11 | Franky De Gendt | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | DNF | — |
| 12 | Frits van Bindsbergen | Netherlands | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | DNF | — |
| 13 | Hennie Kuiper | Netherlands | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | 5 | + 10' 26" |
| 14 | Marcel Laurens | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | 58 | + 2h 18' 32" |
| 15 | Henri Manders | Netherlands | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | 56 | + 2h 07' 19" |
| 16 | René Martens | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | 48 | + 1h 35' 06" |
| 17 | Guy Nulens | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | 26 | + 59' 11" |
| 18 | Philip Vandeginste | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | DNF | — |
| 19 | Wim Van Eynde | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | DNF | — |
| 20 | Eric Vanderaerden | Belgium | Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo | DNF | — |
| 21 | Sabino Angoitia [es] | Spain | Hueso | 53 | + 1h 51' 21" |
| 22 | José Antonio Cabrero Martínez [ca] | Spain | Hueso | 16 | + 36' 35" |
| 23 | Guillermo De La Peña | Spain | Hueso | 11 | + 19' 59" |
| 24 | Juan María Eguiarte Soleagui | Spain | Hueso | 46 | + 1h 25' 02" |
| 25 | Isidro Juárez | Spain | Hueso | 39 | + 1h 14' 12" |
| 26 | Carlos Machín Rodríguez [ca] | Spain | Hueso | 44 | + 1h 19' 11" |
| 27 | Enrique Martínez Heredia | Spain | Hueso | 42 | + 1h 17' 18" |
| 28 | Juan Pujol Pagés | Spain | Hueso | 43 | + 1h 19' 11" |
| 29 | Francisco Sala Oliveras | Spain | Hueso | DNF | — |
| 30 | Jesús Suárez Cueva | Spain | Hueso | 32 | + 1h 05' 42" |
| 31 | Claudio Bortolotto | Italy | Del Tongo–Colnago | 14 | + 34' 50" |
| 32 | Roberto Ceruti | Italy | Del Tongo–Colnago | 23 | + 52' 52" |
| 33 | Stefano Guerrieri | Italy | Del Tongo–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 34 | Leonardo Natale | Italy | Del Tongo–Colnago | 18 | + 45' 41" |
| 35 | Rudy Pevenage | Belgium | Del Tongo–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 36 | Alberto Saronni | Italy | Del Tongo–Colnago | 57 | + 2h 16' 17" |
| 37 | Giuseppe Saronni | Italy | Del Tongo–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 38 | Dietrich Thurau | West Germany | Del Tongo–Colnago | 36 | + 1h 12' 51" |
| 39 | Guido Van Calster | Belgium | Del Tongo–Colnago | 35 | + 1h 08' 57" |
| 40 | Willy Vigouroux | Belgium | Del Tongo–Colnago | 54 | + 1h 57' 34" |
| 41 | Francisco Albelda | Spain | Kelme | DNF | — |
| 42 | Vicente Belda | Spain | Kelme | 9 | + 13' 08" |
| 43 | José María Caroz | Spain | Kelme | 55 | + 1h 57' 55" |
| 44 | Ángel de las Heras | Spain | Kelme | 20 | + 46' 41" |
| 45 | Arsenio González | Spain | Kelme | 33 | + 1h 07' 14" |
| 46 | Jesús Guzmán Delgado | Spain | Kelme | 34 | + 1h 07' 32" |
| 47 | Jeronimo Ibañez Escribano | Spain | Kelme | DNF | — |
| 48 | Miguel Ángel Iglesias | Spain | Kelme | DNF | — |
| 49 | José Recio | Spain | Kelme | 29 | + 1h 02' 12" |
| 50 | Mariano Sánchez Martinez | Spain | Kelme | 27 | + 1h 00' 08" |
| 51 | Bernard Becaas | France | Renault–Elf | 59 | + 2h 28' 27" |
| 52 | Lucien Didier | Luxembourg | Renault–Elf | 19 | + 46' 12" |
| 53 | Laurent Fignon | France | Renault–Elf | 7 | + 11' 27" |
| 54 | Dominique Gaigne | France | Renault–Elf | DNF | — |
| 55 | Bernard Hinault | France | Renault–Elf | 1 | 94h 28' 26" |
| 56 | Maurice Le Guilloux | France | Renault–Elf | 37 | + 1h 13' 07" |
| 57 | Greg LeMond | United States | Renault–Elf | DNF | — |
| 58 | Pascal Poisson | France | Renault–Elf | 38 | + 1h 14' 02" |
| 59 | Martial Gayant | France | Renault–Elf | 25 | + 53' 46" |
| 60 | Alain Vigneron | France | Renault–Elf | 13 | + 34' 34" |
| 61 | Ángel Arroyo | Spain | Reynolds | 31 | + 1h 03' 34" |
| 62 | Pedro Delgado | Spain | Reynolds | 15 | + 35' 55" |
| 63 | Eulalio García | Spain | Reynolds | DNF | — |
| 64 | Julián Gorospe | Spain | Reynolds | 12 | + 29' 32" |
| 65 | Anastasio Greciano | Spain | Reynolds | 47 | + 1h 30' 22" |
| 66 | Carlos Hernández Bailo | Spain | Reynolds | 28 | + 1h 02' 01" |
| 67 | Jesús Hernández Úbeda | Spain | Reynolds | 22 | + 51' 41" |
| 68 | José Luis Laguía | Spain | Reynolds | 24 | + 53' 42" |
| 69 | Celestino Prieto | Spain | Reynolds | 40 | + 1h 15' 45" |
| 70 | Jaime Vilamajó | Spain | Reynolds | DNF | — |
| 71 | Bernardo Alfonsel | Spain | Teka | DNF | — |
| 72 | Juan-Carlos Alonso | Spain | Teka | DNF | — |
| 73 | Jesús Blanco Villar | Spain | Teka | 45 | + 1h 21' 05" |
| 74 | Antonio Coll | Spain | Teka | DNF | — |
| 75 | Reimund Dietzen | West Germany | Teka | DNF | — |
| 76 | Noël Dejonckheere | Belgium | Teka | DNF | — |
| 77 | Federico Echave | Spain | Teka | 41 | + 1h 16' 51" |
| 78 | Marc Goossens | Belgium | Teka | DNF | — |
| 79 | Faustino Cuelli | Spain | Teka | 17 | + 41' 19" |
| 80 | Felipe Yáñez | Spain | Teka | DNF | — |
| 81 | Ángel Camarillo | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 51 | + 1h 36' 20" |
| 82 | Eduardo Chozas | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 6 | + 11' 11" |
| 83 | Alberto Fernandez | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 3 | + 3' 58" |
| 84 | Juan Fernández Martín | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | DNF | — |
| 85 | José Luis López Cerrón [es] | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | DNF | — |
| 86 | Pedro Muñoz Machín Rodríguez | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 8 | + 12' 05" |
| 87 | Ángel Ocaña | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | DNF | — |
| 88 | Álvaro Pino | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 4 | + 5' 09" |
| 89 | Jesús Rodríguez Magro | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 21 | + 49' 16" |
| 90 | Faustino Rupérez | Spain | Zor–Gemeaz Cusin | 10 | + 13' 36" |
| 91 | Roger De Cnijf | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 92 | Ronny De Cnodder | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 93 | Guy Janiszewski | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 94 | Eugène Urbany | Luxembourg | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 95 | Danny Van Baelen | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 96 | Jan van Houwelingen | Netherlands | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 97 | Jan Wijnants | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 98 | Patrick Vermeulen | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 99 | Daniel Willems | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |
| 100 | Ludwig Wijnants | Belgium | Boule d'Or–Colnago | DNF | — |