Fifteen Dutch Riders Will Appear at the Start of the Vuelta a España on Saturday, The Largest Number Since 2017. Eight Years ago, The Same Number of Dutch Riders Partipated. Four Compatriots Will Make Their Debut in a Grand Tour This Year in the Vuelta.
Team Picnic PostNL HAS The Largest Dutch Delegation in The Vuelta, which starts in the Italian City of Turin on Saturday, With Three Riders. The Trio from Picnic PostNL Consists of Casper van Uden, Gijs Leemreize and Timo Roosen.
Visma-Lease a Bike Has Two Dutch Riders in the Team: Dylan van Baarle and Wilco Kelderman. For van Baarle, it will be his last grand tour in the service of Visma-Lease a bike. He will move to soudal quick-step after this season.
Wout Poels is also present. The 37-Year-old from Limburg Has Been Selected by Astana. The Experienced Poels won a Stage in The Vuelta Twice: In 2011 and in 2023. With his stage win two year ago, he is the last Dutch winner of a stage in the Vuelta.
Poels is the Oldest of All Dutch Participants. He will be 38 in October. Huub Artz, at 23, is the young. He will make his debut in a Grand Tour for Intermarché-Wanty. Artz Became European Champion Among the Promises in 2024.
In 2012, Twenty Dutch Riders Participated
The Other Three Dutch Debutants Are Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step), Mathijs Paasschens (Bahrain Victorious) and Jardi van der Lee (EF Education-Easypost).
The Remaining Dutch Participants Are: Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK), Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Daan Hole (Lidl-Trek) and Koen Bouwman (Jayco Alula Team).
Eight years ago, Fifteen Dutch Riders also participated in the Tour of Spain. In The Years That Followed, There Were Always SLIGHTLY FEWER. In 2012, no ferwer than twenty Dutch Riders participated.
The Vuelta Starts on Saturday with a flat stage, with Novara as the Final Destination. On the fifth day there is a Team Time Trial and in the Last Week an Individual Time Trial, in Valladolid. The Finish is on September 14 in Madrid.
Reignning Champion Primoz Roglic is not participating in the Vuelta this year and tadej pogacar, the winner of the last tour de France, is also absent. The Eyes Will Be on Jonas Vingegaard or Visma-Lease A Bike, Among Others. Egan Bernal, João Almeida and Mikel Landa Will Want to Challenge Him.
