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A total of 22 teams comprising nine riders each take to the streets of Seville on Saturday (August 28) evening to kick off the 2010 Vuelta a Espana.

Here we list all of the teams and riders in the race as they are confirmed by each squad.

The official start list was published by the Vuelta's organisers on Saturday (August 28).

The 2010 Vuelta a Espana concludes in Madrid on Sunday, September 19.

Ag2r-La Mondiale

France

Website: www.ag2r-cyclisme.com

José Arrieta (Spa)

Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra)

Hubert Dupont (Fra)

Sébastien Hinault (Fra)

Biel Kadri (Fra)

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)

Christophe Riblon (Fra)

Nicolas Roche (Irl)

Ludovic Turpin (Fra)

Andalucia-Cajasur

Spain

Website: www.e-bici.com

Sergio Carrasco (Spa)

Juan Javier Estrada (Spa)

José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa)

Jorge Montenegro (Spa)

Javier Moreno (Spa)

Manuel Ortega (Spa)

Antonio Piedra (Spa)

Javier Ramirez (Spa)

Jose Vicente Toribio (Spa)

Astana

Kazakhstan

Website: www.astana.lu

Assan Bazayev (Kaz)

Allan Davis (Aus)

Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz)

Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz)

Enrico Gasparotto (Ita)

Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz)

Josep Jufre (Kaz)

Sergey Renev (Kaz)

Andrey Zeits (Kaz) 

Bbox-Bouygues Telecom

France

Website: www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr

Freddy Bichot (Fra)

William Bonnet (Fra)

Vincent Jerome (Fra)

Alexandre Pichot (Fra)

Perrig Quemeneur (Fra)

Pierre Rolland (Fra)

Matthieu Sprick (Fra)

Johan Tschopp (Sui)

Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)

Caisse d'Epargne

Spain

Website: www.cyclisme-caisse-epargne.fr

David Arroyo (Spa)

Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)

Imanol Erviti (Spa)

Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa)

David Lopez (Spa)

Luis Pasamontes (Spa)

Ruben Plaza (Spa)

Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa)

Rigoberto Uran (Col) 

Cervelo Test Team

Switzerand

Website: www.cervelo.com

Theo Bos (Ned)

Inigo Cuesta (Spa)

Philip Deignan (Irl)

Stefan Denifl (Aut)

Xavier Florencio (Spa)

Thor Hushovd (Nor)

Oscar Pujol (Spa)

Carlos Sastre (Spa)

Xavier Tondo (Spa)

Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne

France

Website: www.equipe-cofidis.com

Mickael Buffaz (Fra)

Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)

Tony Gallopin (Fra)

Arnaud Labbe (Fra)

Sebastien Minard (Fra)

David Moncoutie (Fra)

Rémi Pauriol (Fra)

Nico Sijmens (Bel)

Romain Zingle (Bel)

David Moncoutie (Fra)

Euskaltel-Euskadi

Spain

Website: www.fundacioneuskadi.com

Igor Antón (Spa)

Beñat Intxausti (Spa)

Koldo Fernández (Spa)

Egoi Martínez (Spa)

Gorka Verdugo (Spa)

Amets Txurruka (Spa)

Mikel Nieve (Spa)

Juanjo Oroz (Spa)

Pablo Urtasun (Spa) 

Footon-Servetto

Spain

Website: www.footon-servetto-fuji.com

Alberto Benitez (Spa)

Manuel Cardoso (Spa)

Giampaolo Cheula (Ita)

Arkaitz Durán (Spa)

David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez (Spa)

Enrique Mata (Spa)

Martin Pedersen (Den)

Rafael Valls (Spa)

David Vitoria (Sui)

Francaise des Jeux

France

Website: www.equipecyclistefdj.fr

Christophe Le Mevel (Fra)

Pierre Cazaux (Fra)

Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)

Mikael Cherel (Fra)

Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra)

Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr)

Gianni Meersman (Bel)

Yoann Offredo (Fra)

Arthur Vichot (Fra)

Garmin-Transitions

USA

Website: www.slipstreamsports.com

Tom Danielson (USA)

Julian Dean (NZ)

Tyler Farrar (USA)

Michel Kreder (Ned)

David Millar (GB)

Tom Peterson (USA)

Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned)

Matthew Wilson (Aus)

David Zabriskie (USA) 

HTC-Columbia

USA

Website: www.highroadsports.com

Lars Bak (Den)

Mark Cavendish (GB)

Bernhard Eisel (Aut)

Matt Goss (Aus)

Hayden Roulston (NZ)

Konstantsin Sivtsov (Byl)

Tejay Van Garderen (USA)

Martin Velits (Svk)

Peter Velits (Svk)

Katusha

Russia

Website: www.katushateam.com

Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa)

Vladimir Karpets (Rus)

Filippo Pozzato (Ita)

Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)

Denis Galimzyanov (Rus)

Vladimir Gusev (Rus)

Joan Horrach (Spa)

Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus)

Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) 

Lampre-Farnese Vini

Italy

Website: www.lampre-ngc.com

Grega Bole (Slo)

Angelo Furlan (Ita)

Danilo Hondo (Ger)

Andrey Kashechkin (Rus)

Marco Marzano (Ita)

Manuele Mori (Ita)

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)

Daniele Pietropolli (Ita)

Daniele Righi (Ita) 

Liquigas-Doimo

Italy

Website: www.teamliquigasdoimo.com

Daniele Bennati (Ita)

Mauro Finetto (Ita)

Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita)

Robert Kiserlovski (Cro)

Roman Kreuziger (Cze)

Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)

Maciej Paterski (Pol)

Ivan Santaromita (Ita)

Frederik Willems (Bel)

Milram

Germany

Website: www.team-milram.com

Markus Eichler (Ger)

Robert Förster (Ger)

Markus Fothen (Ger)

Dominik Roels (Ger)

Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger)

Björn Schröder (Ger)

Roy Sentjens (Bel)

Niki Terpstra (Ned)

Paul Voss (Ger) 

Omega Pharma-Lotto

Belgium

Website: www.omegapharma-lotto.be

Jan Bakelants (Bel)

Mickaël Delage (Fra)

Philippe Gilbert (Bel)

Leif Hoste (Bel)

Olivier Kaisen (Bel)

Péraud Jean-Christophe (Fra)

Greg Van Avermaet (Bel)

Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel)

Jelle Vanendert (Bel) 

Quick Step

Belgium

Website: www.quickstepcycling.eu

Carlos Barredo (Spa)

Dario Cataldo (Ita)

Kevin De Weert (Bel)

Nikolas Maes (Bel)

Davide Malacarne (Ita)

Branislau Samoilau (Blr)

Andreas Stauff (Ger)

Matteo Tosatto (Ita)

Wouter Weylandt (Bel) 

Rabobank

Netherlands

Website: www.rabosport.nl

Mauricio Ardila (Col)

Oscar Freire (Spa)

Juan Manuel Garate (Spa)

Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus)

Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)

Grischa Niermann (Ger)

Denis Menchov (Rus)

Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)

Nick Nuyens (Bel)

Saxo Bank

Denmark

Website: www.team-saxobank.com

Anders Lund (Den)

Fabian Cancellara (Swi)

Juan José Haedo (Arg)

Domenik Klemme (Ger)

Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den)

Gustav Larsson (Swe)

Stuart O'Grady (Aus)

Andy Schleck (Lux)

Frank Schleck (Lux)

Team Sky

Great Britain

Website: www.teamsky.com

John-Lee Augustyn (RSA)

Kjell Carlstrom (Fin)

Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa)

Simon Gerrans (Aus)

Peter Kennaugh (GB)

Thomas Löfkvist (Swe)

Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor)

Ian Stannard (GB)

Ben Swift (GB) 

Xacobeo Galicia

Spain

Website: www.xacobeogalicia.org

Gustavo Cesar (Spa)

Delio Fernandez (Spa)

David Garcia (Spa)

Marcos Garcia (Spa)

Vladimir Isaichev (Rus)

Serafin Martinez (Spa)

Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa)

Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa)

Gustavo Rodriguez (Spa)

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