List of teams and cyclists in the 2012 Vuelta a España
The 2012 Vuelta a España was the 67th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of the cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta a España features 198 riders competing from 22 cycling teams; the race took place from 18 August to 9 September, starting in Pamplona and finishing in Madrid.
2011 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2011 Vuelta a España, with Stage 1 on 20 August, and Stage 11 on 31 August.The Vuelta started with a team time trial in the coastal town of Benidorm. The first team on the route was , and they stopped the clock at 16' 48", a time that kept them in eighth place after the stage. did the best time at the intermediate point, a second faster than . eventually won the stage by four seconds ahead of . was the negative surprise of the day, finishing 20th of the 22 teams. A number of events left the team at one point with four riders, with a team's time recorded when a fifth rider passes the finish line. Xabier Zandio recovered to join his four teammates out front, limiting any further time loss. 's leader, the defending champion, Vincenzo Nibali gained 21 seconds on Joaquim Rodríguez with finishing 10th, 24 seconds on Igor Antón's and 28 seconds on Michele Scarponi's .