2023 Vuelta a España

The 2023 Vuelta a España was a three-week men's cycling race taking place in Spain between 26 August and 17 September 2023. It was the 78th edition of the Vuelta a España and was won by Sepp Kuss. The race started in Barcelona, and it also went through parts of Andorra and France.

Teams
22 teams were scheduled to take part in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams - the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2022 (Lotto–Dstny and Team TotalEnergies), along with Burgos BH and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA who were selected by the organisers. The teams were announced on 8 March 2023.

UCI WorldTeams



UCI ProTeams



Pre race favourites
The main pre race favourites to win the general classification are; the 2023 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, 2022 Vuelta a España winner Remco Evenepoel, as well as 2023 Giro d'Italia winner Primož Roglič. Juan Ayuso, Geraint Thomas, and Enric Mas were also mentioned as competitors for a podium finish. Outside contenders included; Mikel Landa, Eddie Dunbar and Aleksandr Vlasov.

The pre-race favourites for the sprinters to win the points classification are Kaden Groves and Bryan Coquard.

Classification leadership



 * On stage 2, the distinctive jerseys were worn by members of Team DSM-Firmenich. The green jersey was worn by Romain Bardet, the polka dot jersey was worn by Sean Flynn, and the white jersey was worn by Max Poole, on behalf of Lorenzo Milesi.
 * On stage 3, the white jersey was worn by Javier Romo, on behalf of Andrea Piccolo.
 * On stage 4, the white jersey was worn by Lenny Martinez and the polka dot jersey was worn by Eduardo Sepúlveda, both on behalf of Remco Evenepoel.
 * On stage 5, the white jersey was worn by Lenny Martinez, on behalf of Remco Evenepoel.
 * On stage 6 and stage 7, the white jersey was worn by Juan Ayuso, on behalf of Lenny Martinez.