List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Vuelta a España

For the 1998 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 198 riders; 108 finished the race.

By rider

Legend
No.	Starting number worn by the rider during the Vuelta
Pos.	Position in the general classification
Time	Deficit to the winner of the general classification
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Pos.	Time	Ref
1	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	Festina–Lotus	8	+ 6' 05"	[1]
2	Laurent Brochard	France	Festina–Lotus	33	+ 57' 56"	[1]
3	Laurent Dufaux	Switzerland	Festina–Lotus	DNF	—	[1]
4	Félix García Casas	Spain	Festina–Lotus	20	+ 31' 58"	[1]
5	Pascal Hervé	France	Festina–Lotus	DNF	—	[1]
6	Didier Rous	France	Festina–Lotus	DNF	—	[1]
7	José Ramón Uriarte	Spain	Festina–Lotus	29	+ 54' 09"	[1]
8	Richard Virenque	France	Festina–Lotus	11	+ 13' 33"	[1]
9	Marcel Wüst	Germany	Festina–Lotus	106	+ 3h 45' 21"	[1]
11	José Castelblanco	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	15	+ 21' 28"	[1]
12	Julio César Aguirre	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	45	+ 1h 18' 41"	[1]
13	Jairo Hernández	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	DNF	—	[1]
14	Francisco León Mane	Spain	Avianca-Telecom	98	+ 3h 11' 36"	[1]
15	Javier Pascual Llorente	Spain	Avianca-Telecom	38	+ 1h 08' 38"	[1]
16	Luis Ricardo Mesa	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	DNF	—	[1]
17	Federico Muñoz	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	44	+ 1h 16' 09"	[1]
18	Carlos Osorio	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	DNF	—	[1]
19	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	Avianca-Telecom	DNF	—	[1]
21	Abraham Olano	Spain	Banesto	1	93h 44' 08"	[1]
22	Manuel Beltrán	Spain	Banesto	13	+ 16' 42"	[1]
23	Armand de Las Cuevas	France	Banesto	DNF	—	[1]
24	Manuel Fernández Ginés	Spain	Banesto	69	+ 2h 11' 50"	[1]
25	José Vicente García	Spain	Banesto	48	+ 1h 27' 08"	[1]
26	Aitor Garmendia	Spain	Banesto	DNF	—	[1]
27	José María Jiménez	Spain	Banesto	3	+ 2' 12"	[1]
28	Jon Odriozola	Spain	Banesto	12	+ 14' 05"	[1]
29	Aitor Osa	Spain	Banesto	22	+ 36' 39"	[1]
31	Daniele Contrini	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	DNF	—	[1]
32	Cristiano Frattini	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	68	+ 2h 10' 58"	[1]
33	Ruslan Ivanov	Moldova	Brescialat–Liquigas	99	+ 3h 12' 32"	[1]
34	Marco Milesi	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	DNF	—	[1]
35	Mariano Piccoli	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	77	+ 2h 32' 49"	[1]
36	Giancarlo Raimondi	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	96	+ 3h 09' 44"	[1]
37	Marco Serpellini	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	9	+ 8' 58"	[1]
38	Roberto Sgambelluri	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	37	+ 1h 03' 53"	[1]
39	Cristian Moreni	Italy	Brescialat–Liquigas	DNF	—	[1]
41	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	DNF	—	[1]
42	Maurizio Frizzo	Italy	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	78	+ 2h 32' 51"	[1]
43	Massimiliano Gentili	Italy	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	DNF	—	[1]
44	Massimo Giunti	Italy	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	DNF	—	[1]
45	Martin Hvastija	Slovenia	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	DNF	—	[1]
46	Martin Rittsel	Sweden	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	DNF	—	[1]
47	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	19	+ 30' 32"	[1]
48	Massimo Strazzer	Italy	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	DNF	—	[1]
49	Guido Trenti	United States	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio	105	+ 3h 42' 27"	[1]
51	Christophe Agnolutto	France	Casino–Ag2r	101	+ 3h 30' 43"	[1]
52	Lauri Aus	Estonia	Casino–Ag2r	DNF	—	[1]
53	Frédéric Bessy	France	Casino–Ag2r	43	+ 1h 15' 04"	[1]
54	Vincent Cali	France	Casino–Ag2r	51	+ 1h 33' 45"	[1]
55	Pascal Chanteur	France	Casino–Ag2r	47	+ 1h 19' 03"	[1]
56	Fabrice Gougot	France	Casino–Ag2r	18	+ 30' 05"	[1]
57	Artūras Kasputis	Lithuania	Casino–Ag2r	DNF	—	[1]
58	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	Casino–Ag2r	DNF	—	[1]
59	Rodolfo Massi	Italy	Casino–Ag2r	DNF	—	[1]
61	Alessandro Bertolini	Italy	Cofidis	83	+ 2h 45' 09"	[1]
62	Christophe Capelle	France	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
63	Maurizio Fondriest	Italy	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
64	Philippe Gaumont	France	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
65	Stéphane Goubert	France	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
66	Grzegorz Gwiazdowski	Poland	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
67	David Plaza	Spain	Cofidis	17	+ 26' 00"	[1]
68	Cyril Saugrain	France	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
69	Bruno Thibout	France	Cofidis	DNF	—	[1]
71	Chris Boardman	Great Britain	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
72	Cyril Bos	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
73	Frédéric Moncassin	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
74	Olivier Perraudeau	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
75	Stéphane Pétilleau	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
76	Arnaud Prétot	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
77	Eddy Seigneur	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
78	Cédric Vasseur	France	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
79	Henk Vogels	Australia	Crédit Agricole	DNF	—	[1]
81	Eleuterio Anguita	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	50	+ 1h 33' 31"	[1]
82	Matías Cagigas Amedo	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	93	+ 3h 04' 54"	[1]
83	Francisco Cerezo	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	DNF	—	[1]
84	Ivan Cerioli	Italy	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	DNF	—	[1]
85	Carmelo Miranda	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	DNF	—	[1]
86	Victor Moratilla	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	DNF	—	[1]
87	Germán Nieto	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	108	+ 4h 09' 30"	[1]
88	Uwe Peschel	Germany	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	91	+ 2h 59' 55"	[1]
89	Juan Carlos Vicario	Spain	Estepona en Marcha–Brepac	39	+ 1h 09' 30"	[1]
91	Íñigo Chaurreau	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	28	+ 50' 33"	[1]
92	Unai Etxebarria	Venezuela	Euskaltel–Euskadi	42	+ 1h 14' 28"	[1]
93	Bingen Fernández	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	DNF	—	[1]
94	Ángel Castresana	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	24	+ 44' 28"	[1]
95	Ramón González Arrieta	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	DNF	—	[1]
96	Álvaro González de Galdeano	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	7	+ 5' 51"	[1]
97	Igor González de Galdeano	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	DNF	—	[1]
98	Roberto Laiseka	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	DNF	—	[1]
99	Iñaki Ayarzaguena Urkidi	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	23	+ 40' 55"	[1]
101	Fernando Escartín	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	2	+ 1' 23"	[1]
102	Francisco Cabello	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	80	+ 2h 38' 20"	[1]
103	Ángel Edo	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	76	+ 2h 27' 43"	[1]
104	Arsenio González	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	31	+ 57' 09"	[1]
105	Chepe González	Colombia	Kelme–Costa Blanca	DNF	—	[1]
106	Roberto Heras	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	6	+ 2' 58"	[1]
107	José Luis Rodriguez Garcia	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	64	+ 2h 05' 05"	[1]
108	José Luis Rubiera	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	26	+ 47' 30"	[1]
109	Marcos-Antonio Serrano	Spain	Kelme–Costa Blanca	10	+ 10' 17"	[1]
111	Mario Aerts	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	41	+ 1h 11' 23"	[1]
112	Steve De Wolf	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	65	+ 2h 09' 02"	[1]
113	Ludo Dierckxsens	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	34	+ 1h 01' 02"	[1]
114	Joona Laukka	Finland	Lotto–Mobistar	85	+ 2h 51' 27"	[1]
115	Laurent Madouas	France	Lotto–Mobistar	DNF	—	[1]
116	Thierry Marichal	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	86	+ 2h 52' 02"	[1]
117	Chris Peers	Belgium	Lotto–Mobistar	73	+ 2h 21' 30"	[1]
118	Andrei Tchmil	Ukraine	Lotto–Mobistar	DNF	—	[1]
119	Andrey Teteryuk	Kazakhstan	Lotto–Mobistar	DNF	—	[1]
121	Frank Vandenbroucke	Belgium	Mapei–Bricobi	DNF	—	[1]
122	Davide Bramati	Italy	Mapei–Bricobi	102	+ 3h 31' 07"	[1]
123	Gianni Bugno	Italy	Mapei–Bricobi	84	+ 2h 49' 18"	[1]
124	Giuseppe Di Grande	Italy	Mapei–Bricobi	DNF	—	[1]
125	Giuliano Figueras	Italy	Mapei–Bricobi	56	+ 1h 43' 02"	[1]
126	Paolo Lanfranchi	Italy	Mapei–Bricobi	DNF	—	[1]
127	Nico Mattan	Belgium	Mapei–Bricobi	67	+ 2h 09' 37"	[1]
128	Ján Svorada	Czech Republic	Mapei–Bricobi	DNF	—	[1]
129	Oscar Camenzind	Switzerland	Mapei–Bricobi	16	+ 22' 25"	[1]
131	Laurent Jalabert	France	ONCE	5	+ 2' 37"	[1]
132	Íñigo Cuesta	Spain	ONCE	52	+ 1h 35' 38"	[1]
133	Luis María Díaz De Otazu	Spain	ONCE	75	+ 2h 27' 04"	[1]
134	Herminio Díaz Zabala	Spain	ONCE	72	+ 2h 20' 53"	[1]
135	David Etxebarria	Spain	ONCE	30	+ 55' 25"	[1]
136	Alberto Leanizbarrutia	Spain	ONCE	55	+ 1h 42' 46"	[1]
137	Melcior Mauri	Spain	ONCE	35	+ 1h 02' 41"	[1]
138	José Roberto Sierra	Spain	ONCE	54	+ 1h 42' 34"	[1]
139	Mikel Zarrabeitia	Spain	ONCE	36	+ 1h 03' 42"	[1]
141	Giuseppe Guerini	Italy	Team Polti	DNF	—	[1]
142	Daniel Atienza	Spain	Team Polti	DNF	—	[1]
143	Mirko Crepaldi	Italy	Team Polti	DNF	—	[1]
144	Mirco Gualdi	Italy	Team Polti	21	+ 36' 01"	[1]
145	Fabrizio Guidi	Italy	Team Polti	63	+ 2h 03' 08"	[1]
146	Anthony Rokia	France	Team Polti	104	+ 3h 38' 59"	[1]
147	Cristian Salvato	Italy	Team Polti	89	+ 2h 54' 43"	[1]
148	Gianluca Valoti	Italy	Team Polti	46	+ 1h 18' 42"	[1]
149	Mauro Zinetti	Italy	Team Polti	DNF	—	[1]
151	Niki Aebersold	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	27	+ 47' 43"	[1]
152	Roger Beuchat	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	100	+ 3h 29' 04"	[1]
153	Pierre Bourquenoud	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	60	+ 1h 59' 05"	[1]
154	Richard Chassot	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	87	+ 2h 52' 44"	[1]
155	Franz Hotz	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	66	+ 2h 09' 03"	[1]
156	Rolf Huser	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	58	+ 1h 47' 13"	[1]
157	Daniel Paradis	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	88	+ 2h 53' 26"	[1]
158	Guido Wirz	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	DNF	—	[1]
159	Markus Zberg	Switzerland	Post Swiss Team	57	+ 1h 43' 32"	[1]
161	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Rabobank	49	+ 1h 32' 35"	[1]
162	Erik Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	DNF	—	[1]
163	Marc Lotz	Netherlands	Rabobank	103	+ 3h 36' 03"	[1]
164	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Rabobank	DNF	—	[1]
165	Koos Moerenhout	Netherlands	Rabobank	DNF	—	[1]
166	Rolf Sørensen	Denmark	Rabobank	59	+ 1h 49' 48"	[1]
167	Léon van Bon	Netherlands	Rabobank	DNF	—	[1]
168	Max van Heeswijk	Netherlands	Rabobank	94	+ 3h 05' 50"	[1]
169	Marc Wauters	Belgium	Rabobank	74	+ 2h 21' 43"	[1]
171	Harald Morscher	Austria	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	97	+ 3h 10' 13"	[1]
172	Philipp Buschor	Switzerland	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	62	+ 2h 01' 43"	[1]
173	Salvatore Commesso	Italy	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	53	+ 1h 38' 27"	[1]
174	Dario Frigo	Italy	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	DNF	—	[1]
175	Vitali Kokorine	Russia	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	40	+ 1h 11' 05"	[1]
176	Pavel Padrnos	Czech Republic	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	DNF	—	[1]
177	Alexandre Moos	Switzerland	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	DNF	—	[1]
178	Michael Rich	Germany	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	92	+ 3h 00' 57"	[1]
179	Paolo Savoldelli	Italy	Saeco Macchine per Caffè	DNF	—	[1]
181	Andreas Klöden	Germany	Team Telekom	DNF	—	[1]
182	Dirk Baldinger	Germany	Team Telekom	DNF	—	[1]
183	Michael Blaudzun	Denmark	Team Telekom	DNF	—	[1]
184	Bert Dietz	Germany	Team Telekom	79	+ 2h 36' 46"	[1]
185	Kai Hundertmarck	Germany	Team Telekom	81	+ 2h 40' 35"	[1]
186	Giovanni Lombardi	Italy	Team Telekom	DNF	—	[1]
187	Dirk Müller	Germany	Team Telekom	DNF	—	[1]
188	Jan Schaffrath	Germany	Team Telekom	DNF	—	[1]
189	Georg Totschnig	Austria	Team Telekom	71	+ 2h 17' 53"	[1]
191	Jeroen Blijlevens	Netherlands	TVM–Farm Frites	DNF	—	[1]
192	Steven de Jongh	Netherlands	TVM–Farm Frites	DNF	—	[1]
193	Servais Knaven	Netherlands	TVM–Farm Frites	DNF	—	[1]
194	Michel Lafis	Sweden	TVM–Farm Frites	70	+ 2h 13' 10"	[1]
195	Claus Michael Møller	Denmark	TVM–Farm Frites	25	+ 45' 06"	[1]
196	Serguei Outschakov	Ukraine	TVM–Farm Frites	DNF	—	[1]
197	Tristan Hoffman	Netherlands	TVM–Farm Frites	95	+ 3h 06' 06"	[1]
198	Peter Van Petegem	Belgium	TVM–Farm Frites	DNF	—	[1]
199	Bart Voskamp	Netherlands	TVM–Farm Frites	DNF	—	[1]
201	Lance Armstrong	United States	U.S. Postal Service	DSQ	–	[1]
202	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Russia	U.S. Postal Service	DNF	—	[1]
203	Joan Llaneras	Spain	U.S. Postal Service	DNF	—	[1]
204	Peter Meinert Nielsen	Denmark	U.S. Postal Service	82	+ 2h 41' 29"	[1]
205	Jean-Cyril Robin	France	U.S. Postal Service	DNF	—	[1]
206	Sven Teutenberg	Germany	U.S. Postal Service	DNF	—	[1]
207	Christian Vande Velde	United States	U.S. Postal Service	90	+ 2h 56' 33"	[1]
208	Jonathan Vaughters	United States	U.S. Postal Service	107	+ 3h 46' 13"	[1]
209	Anton Villatoro	Guatemala	U.S. Postal Service	DNF	—	[1]
211	Ángel Casero	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	DNF	—	[1]
212	Santiago Blanco	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	32	+ 57' 42"	[1]
213	Elio Aggiano	Italy	Vitalicio Seguros	DNF	—	[1]
214	Daniel Clavero	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	DNF	—	[1]
215	Juan Carlos Domínguez	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	DNF	—	[1]
216	David García Marquina	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	DNF	—	[1]
217	Prudencio Induráin	Spain	Vitalicio Seguros	DNF	—	[1]
218	Serguei Smetanine	Russia	Vitalicio Seguros	61	+ 2h 01' 11"	[1]
219	Andrei Zintchenko	Russia	Vitalicio Seguros	14	+ 19' 14"	[1]

References

1. "53ème Vuelta a España 1998". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.