The squad lists for the Vuelta a España are already trickling in and by the look of it we are in for one of the best lineups in many years for the race that starts on August 22.
Tour de France champion Chris Froome will lock horns once again with Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, both of whom will ride for Movistar, and Vincenzo Nibali , of Astana, who finished second, third and fourth respectively at the Tour.
Nibali will be joined by the two riders who finished second and third at the Giro d'Italia, Fabio Aru and Mikel Landa, as Astana name a very strong squad for the final Grand Tour of the year.
Tejay van Garderen is another big name general classification contender in the mix in Spain after being forced to abandon the Tour de France early.
Here is a look at a preliminary start list.
Astana (Kazakhstan) Directeur sportifs:
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
Fabio Aru (Ita)
Mikel Landa (Esp)
Dario Cataldo (Ita)
Diego Rosa (Ita)
Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp)
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita)
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
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Ag2r La Mondiale (France) Directeur sportifs:
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita)
Gediminas Bagdonas (Lit)
Mikael Cherel (Fra)
Johan Vansummeren (Bel)
Alexis Gougeard (Fra)
Blel Kadri (Fra)
Sebastian Minard (Fra)
Matteo Montaguti (Ita)
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)
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FDJ (France) Directeur sportifs:
Arnaud Courteille (Fra)
Mickael Velage (Fra)
Kenny Elissonde (Fra)
Murislo Fischer (Bra)
Olivier Le Gac (Fra)
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra)
Laurent Pichon (Fra)
Kevin Reza (Fra)
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
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Team Sky (Great Britain) Directeur sportifs:
Chris Froome (GBr)
Geraint Thomas (Gbr)
Nicolas Roche (Ire)
Vasil Kiryienka (Bel)
Christian Knees (Ger)
Mikel Nieve (Esp)
Ian Boswell (USA)
Sergio Henao (Col)
Salvatore Puccio (Ita)
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Tinkoff-Saxo (Russia) Directeur sportifs:
Rafal Majka (Pol)
Peter Sagan (Svk)
Jesper Hansen (Den)
Sergio Paulinho (Por)
Pawel Poljanski (Pol)
Daniele Bennati (Ita)
Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Pavel Brutt (Rus)
Jay McCarthy (Aus)
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Movistar (Spain) Directeur sportifs:
Nairo Quintana (Col)
Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
Andrey Amador (Crc)
Giovanni Visconti (Ita)
Rory Sutherland (Aus)
Javi Moreno (Esp)
Imanol Erviti (Esp)
Fran Ventoso (Esp)
JJ Rojas (Esp)
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BMC Racing Team (USA) Directeur sportifs:
Tejay van Garderen (USA)
Darwin Atapuma (Col)
Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
Alessandro De Marchi (Ita)
Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux)
Amael Moinard (Fra)
Joey Rosskopf (USA)
Samuel Sanchez (Esp)
Peter Velits (Svk)
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Lotto-Soudal (Belgium) Directeur sportifs:
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
Kris Boeckmans (Bel)
Jasper De Buyst (Bel)
Bart De Clercq (Bel)
Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel)
Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
Maxime Monfort (Bel)
Adam Hansen (Aus)
Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
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Team Giant-Alpecin (Germany) Directeur sportifs:
John Degenkolb (Ger)
Tom Dumoulin (Ned)
Lawson Craddock (USA)
Luka Mezgec (Cze)
Johannes Frohlinger (Ger)
Koen De Kort (Ned)
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned)
Thierry Hupond (Fra)
Zico Waeytens (Bel)
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Team Katusha (Russia) Directeur sportifs:
Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa)
Giampaolo Caruso (Ita)
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus)
Pavel Kochetkov (Rus)
Alberto Losada (Esp)
Dani Moreno (Esp)
Egor Silin (Rus)
Angel Vicioso (Esp)
Eduard Vorganov (Rus)
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Orica-GreenEdge (Australia) Directeur sportifs:
Jens Keukeleire (Bel)
Esteban Chavez (Col)
Simon Gerrans (Aus)
Daryl Impey (Aus)
Mitch Docker (Aus)
Mathew Hayman (Aus)
Cameron Meyer (Aus)
Caleb Ewan (Aus)
Damian Howson (Aus)
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Etixx-QuickStep (Belgium) Directeur sportifs:
Maxime Bouet (Fra)
Nicolas Maes (Bel)
Gianluca Brambilla (Ita)
David De la Cruz (Esp)
Iljo Keisse (Bel)
Pieter Serry (Bel)
Martin Velits (Svk)
Carlos Verona (Esp)
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Team Europcar (France) Directeur sportifs:
Pierre Rolland (Fra)
Antoine Duschene (Can)
Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra)
Yukiya Aroshiro (Jap)
Jerome Cousin (Fra)
Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
Cyril Gautier (Fra)
Tony Hurel (Fra)
Romain Sicard (Fra)
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Team LottoNL-Jumbo (Netherlands) Directeur sportifs:
Tom van Asbroeck (Ned)
George Bennett (NZl)
Martijn Keizer (Ned)
Bert Jan Lindeman (Ned)
Timo Roosen (Ned)
Mike Teunissen (Ned)
Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
Dennis van Winden (Ned)
Maarten Wynants (Ned)
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Trek Factory Racing (USA) Directeur sportifs:
Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
Frank Schleck (Lux)
Jasper Stuyven (Bel)
Danny Van Poppel (Ned)
Riccardo Zoidl (Aut)
Haimar Zubeldia (Esp)
Boy Van Poppel (Ned)
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
Markel Irizar (Esp)
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Lampre-Merida (Italy) Directeur sportifs:
To be announced
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Cannondale-Garmin (USA) Directeur sportifs:
Andrew Talansky (USA)
Cannondale-Garmin jersey, Tour de France 2015
(Image credit: Simon Scarsbrook)
André Cardoso (Por)
Joe Dombrowski (USA)
Alex Howes (USA)
Ben King (USA)
Dan Martin (Ire)
Matej Mohoric (Slo)
Moreno Moser (Ita)
Davide Villella (Ita)
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Cofidis, Solutions Credit (France) Directeur sportifs:
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra)
Daniel Navarro (Spa)
Yoann Bagot (Fra)
Romain Hardy (Fra)
Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
Dominique Rollin (Can)
Stephane Rossetto (Fra)
Julien Simon (Fra)
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra)
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IAM Cycling (Switzerland) Directeur sportifs:
Vincente Reynes (Esp)
Marcel Aregger (Swi)
Larry Warbasse (USA)
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita)
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
Jerome Coppel (Fra)
Thomas Degand (Bel)
Simon Pellaud (Swi)
David Tanner (Aus)
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Caja Rural (Spain) Directeur sportifs:
David Arroyo (Esp)
Amets Txurruka (Esp)
Pello Bilbao (Esp)
Omar Fraile (Esp)
Ricardo Vilela (Por)
Jose Goncalves (Por)
Carlos Barbero (Esp)
Luis Mas (Esp)
Angel Madrazo (Esp)
Team Colombia (Colombia) Directeur sportifs:
Alex Cano (Col)
Fabio Duarte (Col)
Leonardo Duque (Col)
Walter Pedraza Morales (Col)
Carlos Quintero (Col)
Brayan Ramirez (Col)
Miguel Rubiano (Col)
Rodolfo Torres (Col)
Juan Pablo Valencia (Col)
MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung (South Africa) Directeur sportifs:
Johann van Zyl (RSA)
Kristian Sbaragli (Ita)
Steve Cummings (GBr)
Songezo Jim (RSA)
Jaco Venter (RSA)
Louis Meintjes (RSA)
Jay Robert Thomson (RSA)
Youcef Reguigui (Alg)
Natnael Berhane (Eri)
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