In just a few hours the teams will set off towards the Principality of Monaco where the Vuelta España will start on Saturday: tomorrow medical visits are scheduled, Thursday the official presentation of the teams and so in the last hours, we can say in the last minutes, the teams are finalizing their rosters for the Spanish race.

Felix Gall will be the captain of Decathlon CMA CGM: after his second place at the Giro d'Italia, the Austrian is positioning himself as one of the most credible contenders for the podium. Alongside him will be Frenchmen Leo Bisiaux and Jordan Labrosse, Belgian Sander De Pestel, Australians Oscar Chamberlain and Callum Scotson, fellow Austrian Gregor Muhlberger and American climber Matthew Riccitello.

Alpecin Premier Tech will rely on the speed and versatility of Kaden Groves and young Ramses Debruyne, on the experience of Michael Gogl and Hugo Houle, then on Sente Sentjens, Lindsay De Vylder, on emerging Slovenian Gal Glivar and Italian Francesco Busatto who will try to achieve a personal result.

Young Belgian talent Jarno Widar will be the reference point of Lotto Intermarchè. Supporting him will be his compatriots Lars Craps, Luca Van Boven, Vito Braet and Steffe De Schuyteneer, Dutchman Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk, Australian Reuben Thompson and our Lorenzo Rota.

The two captains of Lidl Trek on Spanish roads will be Danish: Mattias Skjelmose for the general classification and Mads Pedersen for hunting stage wins and the green jersey. With them the German team will field fellow Dane Mathias Sunekaer Noorsgaard, Belgian Thibau Nys, Frenchman Julien Bernard, German Lennard Kamna, Austrian Patrick Konrad and Jacopo Mosca who will be the team's race director as always.

Movistar, which surprisingly excluded Nairo Quintana from its lineup, entrusts its general classification ambitions to Enric Mas and Cian Uijtdebroeks, while Venezuelan Orluis Aular will aim to perform well in the sprinters' stages. Alongside them are Spaniards Ivan Romeo, Carlos Canal, Jorge Arcas, Raul Garcia Pierna and Pablo Castrillo.

Wout Van Aert and Matthew Brennan to hunt for stage wins, Jorgen Nordhaug to manage the general classification with the support of Sepp Kuss, who will once again tackle three Grand Tours in a single season: these are the choices of Visma Lease a Bike which will also field Ben Tulett, Steven Kruijswijk, Christophe Laporte and Bruno Armirail, with the latter aiming for the first red jersey.

Spaniard Cristian Rodriguez will be the general classification man for XdS Astana in which Lorenzo Fortunato will have freedom of action to pursue a stage victory and the polka dot jersey. With them Eritrean Henok Mulubrhan, Colombian Harold Tejada, Monegasque Victor Langellotti, Dutchman Darren Van Bekkum, Kazakh Yevgeniy Fedorov and fellow Italian Alessandro Romele, at his first Grand Tour.

As always of great quality, the Uno-X Mobility lineup which will be captained by Tobias Johannessen. At his side are Norwegians Fredrik Dversnes Lavik, Rasmus Tiller, Martin Tjotta and Andreas Leknessund and Danes Simon Dalby, Magnus Cort and Andreas Kron.

Marco Brenner to manage the general classification, Stefan Küng to pursue the first red jersey: this is the plan of Tudor which also fields Americans Will Barta and Larry Warbasse, Swiss Roland Thalmann and Fabian Weiss, German Hannes Wilksch and Dutchman Arthur Kluckers.

Burgos BH Burpellet has also announced its lineup which will be led by experienced Spaniard Jesus Herrada who will have alongside him fellow countrymen José Manuel Diaz, José Luis Faura, Mario Aparicio and Sinuhé Fernandes, Frenchman Clement Alleno, Guatemalan Sergio Geovani Chumil and Mexican Cesar Macias.

Equipo Kern Pharma has also been confirmed and will hunt for a stage win relying on Spaniards Ivan Cobo, Urko Berrade, Marc Brustenga, Inigo Elosegui, Ibon Ruiz and Diego Uriarte, Colombian Ivan Ramiro Sosa and Luxembourger Mats Wenzel.

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