The Vuelta Andalucía is presented with the best participation in its history

Mikel Landa (Bharain)the Colombian Miguel Ángel López (Astana), the Spaniards Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos), the Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and the Englishman Simon Yates (BikeExchange) will be the main figures of the 68th edition of the Cycling Tour of Andalusia-Ruta del Solwhich will be held from February 16 to 20 and which was presented this Thursday in Ubrique (Cádiz).

Joaquin Cuevasgeneral director of the Andalusian round, congratulated himself at the event that “it will be the best participation in history with powerful squads and runners with brutal potential”.

What’s more, in the list of participants stand out the Spanish Luis León Sánchez and the Italian Damiano Caruso -second in the 2021 Giro-, who will escort Mikel Landa; the British Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos) -winner of the 2020 Giro d’Italia-; Julen Amezqueta and Mikel Nieve (Caja Rural) and the Dutch Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe).

The 68th edition, which will start in Ubrique and end in Chiclana de Segura (Jaén)will bring together twelve ‘World Tour’ teams, the highest category in world cycling, and ten ‘Pro Continentals’, with a total of 154 cyclists, seven for each of the twenty-two teams.

The general director of the test also announced the presence of formations such as the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team, world number one; Ineos Grenadiers, second in the ranking of the International Cycling Union (UCI) or Bahrain Victorius and the UAE Emirates, fourth and fifth, respectively.

The list also includes Bora Hansgrohe (6), Alpecin-Fenix ​​(7), AG2R (8), Israel Start-Up Nation (10), Astana (12), Movistar Team (13), Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux (14), Team BikeExchange (18), LottoSoudal (19), TotalEnergies (22), Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise (26), Gazprom-Rusvelo (28), Caja Rural Seguros RGA (31), Euskaltel Euskadi (34), Kern Pharma (36)Rally (37), Eolo Kometa (38) and Burgos BH (40).