For the 1996 Vuelta a España, the field consisted of 180 riders; 115 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 1 Laurent Jalabert 19 + 27' 44" 2 Íñigo Cuesta 46 + 1h 24' 14" 3 Herminio Díaz Zabala 63 + 2h 00' 57" 4 Alberto Leanizbarrutia DNF — 5 Melcior Mauri 32 + 57' 35" 6 Oliverio Rincón 49 + 1h 27' 32" 7 Neil Stephens DNF — 8 Mikel Zarrabeitia 31 + 50' 29" 9 Alex Zülle 1 97h 31' 46" 11 Dimitri Konyshev 35 + 1h 06' 03" 12 Stefano Faustini 5 + 11' 21" 13 Giuseppe Citterio 107 + 3h 10' 10" 14 Luca Colombo DNF — 15 Denis Zanette 71 + 2h 24' 01" 16 Gianluca Gorini DNF — 17 Franco Vona 104 + 3h 06' 49" 18 Luca Pavanello 81 + 2h 39' 18" 19 Roberto Dal Sie 68 + 2h 15' 40" 21 Miguel Induráin DNF — 22 Ángel Casero 24 + 35' 09" 23 Santiago Blanco 33 + 1h 02' 28" 24 Erwin Nijboer DNF — 25 Ramón González Arrieta 26 + 41' 35" 26 José María Jiménez 12 + 20' 19" 27 Vicente Aparicio DNF — 28 Orlando Rodrigues 34 + 1h 03' 50" 29 Marino Alonso 57 + 1h 51' 42" 31 111 + 3h 29' 56" 32 Marco Antonio Di Renzo 102 + 3h 05' 33" 33 Massimiliano Gentili DNF — 34 Andrea Paluan 93 + 2h 57' 47" 35 Germano Pierdomenico DNF — 36 Martin Hvastija 99 + 3h 01' 02" 37 Lorenzo Di Silvestro 105 + 3h 07' 28" 38 Yuri Recanati 112 + 3h 33' 19" 39 Paolo Valoti 74 + 2h 26' 00" 41 David García DNF — 42 Álvaro González de Galdeano 62 + 1h 59' 39" 43 César Solaun 38 + 1h 08' 00" 44 70 + 2h 22' 09" 45 Igor González de Galdeano 106 + 3h 09' 15" 46 Asier Guenetxea 95 + 2h 58' 44" 47 Roberto Laiseka 79 + 2h 38' 42" 48 Iñigo González de Heredia DNF — 49 Iñaki Ayarzaguena Urkidi 28 + 45' 52" 51 Vladislav Bobrik 16 + 26' 00" 52 Nicola Minali 96 + 2h 58' 49" 53 Stefano Zanini 64 + 2h 03' 08" 54 Mauro-Antonio Santaromita DNF — 55 Ermanno Brignoli 97 + 2h 59' 42" 56 Jon Odriozola 75 + 2h 28' 06" 57 Dario Bottaro DNF — 58 Ivan Cerioli DNF — 59 Andrea Brognara 110 + 3h 27' 05" 61 Fernando Escartín 10 + 18' 35" 62 Hernán Buenahora DNF — 63 Francisco Cabello 94 + 2h 58' 42" 64 Ignacio García Camacho 91 + 2h 47' 31" 65 Marcos-Antonio Serrano 11 + 19' 19" 66 Santos González 51 + 1h 36' 11" 67 Juan Carlos Domínguez 72 + 2h 25' 09" 68 José Luis Rodriguez Garcia 65 + 2h 04' 51" 69 Ángel Edo 85 + 2h 44' 08" 71 Laurent Dufaux 2 + 6' 23" 72 Juan Rodrigo Arenas Gonzalez 53 + 1h 41' 44" 73 Stéphane Goubert DNF — 74 Stephen Hodge 76 + 2h 34' 06" 75 Fabian Jeker 22 + 32' 21" 76 Lylian Lebreton DNF — 77 David Plaza 66 + 2h 05' 10" 78 Yvan Martin DNF — 79 Valerio Tebaldi 50 + 1h 28' 41" 81 Maia-Jumbo-CIN 42 + 1h 16' 19" 82 Joaquim Andrade Maia-Jumbo-CIN 82 + 2h 40' 26" 83 José Azevedo Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 84 Paulo Barroso Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 85 Ricardo Felgueiras Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 86 Paulo Ferreira Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 87 Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 88 João Silva Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 89 Manuel Rodríguez Maia-Jumbo-CIN DNF — 91 Tony Rominger 3 + 8' 29" 92 Arsenio González 36 + 1h 06' 14" 93 Francisco Javier Mauleón 18 + 27' 38" 94 Gianluca Bortolami DNF — 95 Jon Unzaga DNF — 96 Bart Leysen 77 + 2h 35' 13" 97 Miguel Ángel Peña DNF — 98 Daniele Nardello 15 + 22' 37" 99 Tom Steels 86 + 2h 44' 50" 101 Fabio Baldato DNF — 102 Gianni Bugno 56 + 1h 47' 09" 103 Nicola Loda DNF — 104 Rolf Järmann DNF — 105 Angelo Lecchi 27 + 44' 12" 106 Marco Lietti 37 + 1h 07' 01" 107 Maurizio Molinari DNF — 108 Roberto Pistore 4 + 10' 23" 109 Lorenzo Ferdeghini DNF — 111 Bobby Julich 9 + 15' 10" 112 Kevin Livingston 61 + 1h 53' 21" 113 Axel Merckx 17 + 27' 34" 114 Jesús Montoya DNF — 115 Kaspars Ozers DNF — 116 Andrea Peron 8 + 14' 46" 117 Max Sciandri DNF — 118 Max van Heeswijk DNF — 119 Flavio Vanzella DNF — 121 Marcel Wüst DNF — 122 Tom Cordes 103 + 3h 06' 19" 123 Claus Michael Møller 45 + 1h 23' 40" 124 Vítor Gamito DNF — 125 Francisco Cerezo 39 + 1h 10' 24" 126 Eleuterio Anguita 59 + 1h 52' 20" 127 DNF — 128 DNF — 129 Daniel Clavero 14 + 21' 49" 131 Armand de Las Cuevas DNF — 132 Christophe Agnolutto 90 + 2h 46' 39" 133 Martial Locatelli 83 + 2h 43' 05" 134 Frédéric Bessy DNF — 135 Pascal Chanteur 21 + 31' 21" 136 Fabrice Gougot 30 + 47' 16" 137 Artūras Kasputis DNF — 138 Jaan Kirsipuu DNF — 139 Christophe Mengin DNF — 141 Davide Rebellin 7 + 13' 15" 142 Mauro Gianetti 13 + 21' 15" 143 Giovanni Lombardi DNF — 144 Georg Totschnig 6 + 11' 33" 145 Serguei Outschakov DNF — 146 Iñigo Chaurreau 29 + 46' 04" 147 Mirko Crepaldi DNF — 148 Mirko Celestino 73 + 2h 25' 13" 149 109 + 3h 17' 39" 151 Francesco Casagrande DNF — 152 Giorgio Furlan 43 + 1h 17' 43" 153 54 + 1h 43' 04" 154 Eddy Mazzoleni DNF — 155 Antonio Politano 88 + 2h 46' 00" 156 52 + 1h 40' 07" 157 47 + 1h 24' 49" 158 Massimiliano Lelli DNF — 159 Massimiliano Mori 89 + 2h 46' 08" 161 Romes Gainetdinov 55 + 1h 45' 24" 162 Oscar Aranguren Armino 113 + 3h 36' 30" 163 Jonathan Vaughters DNF — 164 Chann McRae 108 + 3h 10' 23" 165 Joaquín Migueláñez Arribas 114 + 3h 44' 37" 166 Javier Pascual Rodríguez 48 + 1h 25' 34" 167 Javier Pascual Llorente 69 + 2h 16' 22" 168 Serguei Smetanine 92 + 2h 55' 34" 169 Andrei Zintchenko 41 + 1h 14' 30" 171 DNF — 172 Davide Casarotto DNF — 173 DNF — 174 Daniele Cignali 60 + 1h 52' 31" 175 Sauro Gallorini 87 + 2h 45' 42" 176 DNF — 177 Biagio Conte DNF — 178 Massimo Apollonio 25 + 37' 48" 179 Alessandro Petacchi 101 + 3h 02' 16" 181 Michael Andersson DNF — 182 Bert Dietz DNF — 183 Mario Kummer 84 + 2h 43' 35" 184 Peter Meinert Nielsen 20 + 29' 56" 185 Steffen Wesemann 80 + 2h 39' 05" 186 Gerd Audehm 58 + 1h 52' 06" 187 Kai Hundertmarck 23 + 32' 28" 188 Michel Lafis DNF — 189 Jürgen Werner 67 + 2h 08' 16" 191 Maarten den Bakker 40 + 1h 13' 02" 192 Bo Hamburger 44 + 1h 19' 12" 193 Tristan Hoffman 78 + 2h 37' 35" 194 Lars Kristian Johnsen 98 + 3h 00' 40" 195 Hendrik Redant 115 + 3h 52' 40" 196 Jeroen Blijlevens 100 + 3h 01' 32" 197 Vladimir Poulnikov DNF — 198 Jesper Skibby DNF — 199 Bart Voskamp DNF —

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