The Vuelta a San Juan has announced the list of teams participating in next year's 39th edition of the Argentine stage race.

The race, which was not held this year due to the COVID-19 epidemic, held a gala presentation on Thursday with special guest Peter Sagan to finalize the starting team lineup for the 2022 event, which will run from January 30 to February 6. With the cancellation of the Tour Down Under and Tour Colombia, teams are hoping to open the 2022 season in South America.

Two years after Remco Evenpole's overall victory, Quick Step Alfavinir leads the list, with Trek Segafredo, Bora Hansgrohe, Cofidis, Lot Soudal, Movistar, and Israel Startup Nation also joining past to the race.

Ineos Grenadiers and Astana Qazaqstan will be on the list of World Tour entrants for 2022. They will be joined by pro teams Eolo Kometa, Team Total Energy, Drone Hopper Androni Giocattoli, and Bardiani CSF.

Peter Sagan will make his Total Energies debut in this race, and 2020 winner Evenpoel will return; La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that time trial world champion Filippo Ganna and his new teammate Elia Viviani of Ineos Grenadier will also participate. [Seven Argentine Continental teams will start: Muniparida de Pocito, Muniparida de Lawson, Agrupacion Virgen de Fatima, Sep San Juan, Chimbas Te Quiero, Gremios por el Deporte, and Expo Continental San Luis. list.

Colombia's Team Medellín and Ecuador's Best PC Ecuador join the Italian and Argentine national teams with 24 confirmed representatives.

The race will kick off in San Juan on January 30 and will feature eight stages around Argentina's western provinces, including the traditional summit finish in Alto Colorado, before finishing in the city on February 6.