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.
2012 Tour de Pologne
The twenty-five teams that competed in the race were:The opening stage of the Tour began with of riding, prior to entering a loop around Karpacz and Jelenia Góra, where the riders would complete four laps before the finish. Included on each lap was a first-category climb at the Karpacz Orlinek, a site for ski jumping during the winter months, while on the third full lap of the circuit, there was an intermediate sprint in Karpacz offering bonus seconds towards the general classification. A five-rider breakaway was initiated in the early kilometres of the stage; the move consisted of 's Sylvain Georges, rider Jarosław Marycz, Daniel Teklehaymanot of , Federico Rocchetti () and Bartłomiej Matysiak, riding for the representative Team Poland BGŻ.