Primoz Roglic will defend La Vuelta title against Bernal and Carapaz

Primoz Roglic will go for his third straight La Vuelta victory competing against Egan Bernal and Richard Carapaz in just under two weeks time as Tadej Pogacar bows out

Jumbo Visma have annouced their line up for the 2021 Vuelta a Espana, Primoz Roglic face off against Egan Bernal and Richard Carapaz, as Tadej Pogacar has deceided to bow out and resume racing later in the season.

“These riders are, I believe, the most important riders in three-week stage racing right now. All of them are very competitive, and it’d be a great opportunity to see who is ‘the best of the best’,” La Vuelta director Guillen said.

Can Roglic Join the Three-Times Vuelta Champions Club?

Roglic will line up at the Vuelta a España next weekend as the two-time defending champion and with a shot of becoming the first rider in 16 years of taking three straight titles — and only the third in the race’s history.

The last person to do the triple was Roberto Heras between 2003 and 2005, while Tony Rominger is the only other rider to have achieved the feat.

There have been some bitter disappointments for Roglic this season, not least being forced to leave the Tour de France after only one week, which drove him to lay it on the line on the Olympic time trial.

2021 Vuelta a España Current Start List

Team Jumbo-Visma

ROGLIC Primož
KUSS Sepp
OOMEN Sam
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
GESINK Robert
TOLHOEK Antwan
HOFSTEDE Lennard

Lotto-Soudal

EWAN Caleb
KRON Andreas
CRAS Steff
THIJSSEN Gerben
VANHOUCKE Harm
GOOSSENS Kobe
VERMEERSCH Florian
VAN GILS Maxim

Movistar Team

VALVERDE Alejandro
LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
MAS Enric
SOLER Marc
SERRANO Gonzalo
ROJAS José Joaquín
VERONA Carlos
MÜHLBERGER Gregor

Ag2r-Citroën Team

BOUCHARD Geoffrey
DEWULF Stan
HÄNNINEN Jaakko
SARREAU Marc
VENTURINI Clément
TOUZÉ Damien
CALMEJANE Lilian

Astana-Premier Tech

VLASOV Aleksandr
IZAGIRRE Gorka
RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
SÁNCHEZ Luis León

Bahrain Victorious

LANDA Mikel
POELS Wout
PADUN Mark
MÄDER Gino
PERNSTEINER Hermann
TRATNIK Jan
TEUNS Dylan
BUITRAGO Santiago

Bora-Hansgrohe

SCHACHMANN Max
GROßSCHARTNER Felix
MEEUS Jordi
ZWIEHOFF Ben
GAMPER Patrick
BENEDETTI Cesare

Intermarché-Wanty Gobert Matériaux

MEINTJES Louis
TAARAMÄE Rein
HIRT Jan
PASQUALON Andrea

Deceuninck - Quick-Step

JAKOBSEN Fabio
KNOX James
ŠTYBAR Zdenek
SÉNÉCHAL Florian
CERNY Josef
STEIMLE Jannik
VANSEVENENT Mauri
VAN LERBERGHE Bert

Groupama-FDJ

DÉMARE Arnaud
GENIETS Kevin
LE GAC Olivier
MOLARD Rudy

Team BikeExchange

CHAVES Esteban
HAMILTON Lucas
MATTHEWS Michael
NIEVE Mikel
HOWSON Damien
GRMAY Tsgabu
STANNARD Robert

Team Qhubeka-Assos

POZZOVIVO Domenico
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
ARU Fabio
ARMÉE Sander

EF Education-Nippo

URÁN Rigoberto
CARTHY Hugh
CRADDOCK Lawson
BARTA Will

Israel Start-Up Nation

HERMANS Ben
VANMARKE Sep
HAGEN Carl Frederik
NIV Guy

Ineos Grenadiers

BERNAL Egan
YATES Adam
CARAPAZ Richard
PIDCOCK Thomas
SIVAKOV Pavel
MARTÍNEZ Dani

Team DSM

BARDET Romain
STORER Michael
HAGA Chad
ARENSMAN Thymen
DAINESE Alberto
TUSVELD Martijn
DENZ Nico
HAMILTON Chris

Trek-Segafredo

CICCONE Giulio
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
SIMMONS Quinn
RIES Michel
LÓPEZ Juan Pedro

UAE Team Emirates

TRENTIN Matteo
MAJKA Rafal
DE LA CRUZ David
POLANC Jan
GIBBONS Ryan
OLIVEIRA Rui

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

HERRADA Jesús
HERRADA José
BARCELÓ Fernando
ALLEGAERT Piet
MARTIN Guillaume
ROCHAS Rémy

Burgos-BH

NAVARRO Daniel
MADRAZO Ángel
BOL Jetse

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

GARCÍA Jhojan
ABERASTURI Jon
LASTRA Jonathan
AMEZQUETA Julen

Alpecin-Fenix

VINE Jay
DE TIER Floris
VERGAERDE Otto

Euskaltel-Euskadi

BIZKARRA Mikel
MATÉ Luis Ángel
BOU Joan
ITURRIA Mikel
MARTÍN Gotzon
AZURMENDI Ibai
CUADRADO Unei
AZPARREN Xabier Mikel