2022 UCI Women's World Tour

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2022 UCI Women's World Tour
Seventh edition of the UCI Women's World Tour
Details
Dates5 March – 9 October 2022
Location
Races23
Champions
Individual championAnnemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team)
Teams' championSD Worx
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-three

Strade Bianche on 5 March, and finished with the final stage of the Tour de Romandie Féminin
on 9 October.

Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) became the first rider to win the individual classification for a third time, having previously won the 2018 and 2021 titles. She won four overall victories during the season, including the Giro Donne and the inaugural Tour de France Femmes - becoming the first woman to complete a Giro–Tour double in the same year.

Second place went to fellow Dutch rider

Trek–Segafredo) for the second year in succession - Borghini won five events, including Paris–Roubaix Femmes
. Twelve different riders won races, with five riders holding the individual classification lead during the season.

As in previous years, the teams classification was won by

Trek–Segafredo
).

Events

Previous overall leader Elisa Balsamo
Shirin van Anrooij, leader U23
Pfeiffer Georgi, previous leader U23

The race calendar for the 2022 season was announced in June 2021,[1][2] with twenty-four races initially scheduled – up from eighteen that were held in 2021. The calendar featured several new events, including Tour de France Femmes. In September 2021, the Tour de Romandie Féminin was added to make a total of twenty-five races.[3] The two Chinese races were cancelled in June 2022, making a total of twenty-three races.[4][5]

2022 UCI Women's World Tour
Race Date First Second Third Leader
Italy Strade Bianche Donne 5 March  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  
Ashleigh Moolman
 (RSA) 		 Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Netherlands Ronde van Drenthe 12 March  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Italy Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 20 March  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)  Soraya Paladin (ITA)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Belgium Classic Brugge–De Panne 24 March  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Belgium Gent–Wevelgem 27 March  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
Belgium Tour of Flanders 3 April  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)
Netherlands Amstel Gold Race 10 April  Marta Cavalli (ITA)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Liane Lippert (GER)
France Paris–Roubaix Femmes 16 April  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Belgium La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 20 April  Marta Cavalli (ITA)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Demi Vollering (NED)
Belgium Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes 24 April  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Grace Brown (AUS)  Demi Vollering (NED)
Spain Itzulia Women 13–15 May  Demi Vollering (NED)  Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED)  Kristen Faulkner (USA)
Spain Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 19–22 May  Juliette Labous (FRA)  Évita Muzic (FRA)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Demi Vollering (NED)
United Kingdom RideLondon Classique 27–29 May  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Emma Norsgaard (DEN)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
United Kingdom The Women's Tour 6–11 June  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Grace Brown (AUS)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
Italy Giro Donne 30 June–10 July  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Marta Cavalli (ITA)  
Margarita Victoria García
 (ESP) 		 Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
France Tour de France Femmes 24–31 July  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
Sweden Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT 6 August Trek–Segafredo SD Worx Team DSM
Sweden Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden RR 7 August  Audrey Cordon-Ragot (FRA)  Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR)  Valerie Demey (BEL)
Norway/Denmark/Sweden Tour of Scandinavia 9–14 August  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)  Liane Lippert (GER)  Alexandra Manly (AUS)
Classic Lorient Agglomération
 27 August  
Margarita Victoria García
 (ESP) 		 Amber Kraak (NED)  Grace Brown (AUS)
Netherlands Simac Ladies Tour 30 August – 4 September  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Audrey Cordon-Ragot (FRA)  Karlijn Swinkels (NED)
Spain Challenge by La Vuelta 7–11 September  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Demi Vollering (NED)
Switzerland Tour de Romandie Féminin 7–9 October  
Ashleigh Moolman
 (RSA) 		 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)

Cancelled events

Due to COVID-19-related logistical concerns raised by teams regarding travel to Australia (including strict quarantine requirements), the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was cancelled.[6] In June 2022, the planned Chinese races (Tour of Chongming Island and Tour of Guangxi) were cancelled as the organisers did not wish to stage the events due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Road calendar". Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ Mickey, Abby. "2022 Women's WorldTour Calendar includes Tour de France Femmes". Cyclingtips. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ Frattini, Kirsten. "Three-day Tour de Romandie added to the Women's WorldTour in 2022". cyclingnews. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b Ostanek, Daniel (2022-06-21). "Women's WorldTour closer Tour of Chongming Island cancelled". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  5. ^ a b "UCI WorldTours shortened as Tours of Guangxi cancelled". cyclingnews.com. 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  6. ^ "Ciclismo, emergenza Covid – Tour Down Under cancellato anche nel 2022, salta anche Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". www.eurosport.it (in Italian). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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