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.
List of teams and cyclists in the 2015 Vuelta a España
All 17 UCI World Tour teams were automatically entitled to start the race. In March 2015, five UCI Professional Continental teams were awarded wildcard places in the race by the organisers, . As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton at the beginning of the first stage consisted of 198 riders. The riders came from 37 countries; France, Spain and Italy all had 20 or more riders in the race. The startlist included all of the top four riders from the 2015 Tour de France: Chris Froome (), Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde (both ), and Vincenzo Nibali (). The riders had an average age of 29.13 years: the oldest rider to start the race was 38-year-old Haimar Zubeldia () and the youngest was 20-year-old Matej Mohorič ().