UCI Women's World Tour, race 14 of 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 6–11 June 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 736.3 km (457.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 19h 19' 07" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 The Women's Tour was the eighth staging of The Women's Tour, a women's cycling stage race held in Great Britain. It ran from 6 to 11 June 2022, as part of the 2022 UCI Women's World Tour.
The race was won by Elisa Longo Borghini of Trek–Segafredo, by a margin of just 1 second. [1] [2]
The route was announced in spring 2022, with stage 5 having a mountain top finish on Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons in Wales. The finish was noted to be the hardest mountain top finish of a Women's Tour, with an average gradient of 5.3%. [3] [4]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1 | 6 June | Colchester to Bury St Edmunds | 142.1 km (88.3 mi) | Flat stage | Clara Copponi (FRA) | |
2 | 7 June | Harlow to Harlow | 92.1 km (57.2 mi) | Flat stage | Lorena Wiebes (NED) | |
3 | 8 June | Tewkesbury to Gloucester | 107.9 km (67.0 mi) | Hilly stage | Lorena Wiebes (NED) | |
4 | 9 June | Wrexham to Welshpool | 144.7 km (89.9 mi) | Hilly stage | Grace Brown (AUS) | |
5 | 10 June | Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain | 106.6 km (66.2 mi) | Mountain stage | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | |
6 | 11 June | Chipping Norton to Oxford | 142.9 km (88.8 mi) | Flat stage | Lorena Wiebes (NED) | |
Total | 736.3 km (457.5 mi) |
97 riders from 17 teams were entered in the race, with 13 of the teams being from the UCI Women's World Tour. [3] [6] For the first time, all stages were broadcast live. [3] [7]
Elisa Longo Borghini came third in the final bunch sprint in Oxford, gaining 4 bonus seconds and taking the overall classification by just 1 second from Grace Brown. [1] [8] To honour journalist Richard Moore, a special award for the rider who "went above and beyond with the media" was presented to Clara Copponi. [9] [10]
Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Sprints classification | Team classification |
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1 | Clara Copponi | Clara Copponi | Clara Copponi [lower-alpha 1] | Christine Majerus | Maike van der Duin | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope |
2 | Lorena Wiebes | Canyon–SRAM | ||||
3 | Lorena Wiebes | Lorena Wiebes | Lorena Wiebes [lower-alpha 2] | |||
4 | Grace Brown | Grace Brown | Lorena Wiebes | Elise Chabbey | ||
5 | Elisa Longo Borghini | |||||
6 | Lorena Wiebes | Elisa Longo Borghini | ||||
Final | Elisa Longo Borghini | Lorena Wiebes | Elise Chabbey | Maike van der Duin | Canyon–SRAM |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Trek–Segafredo | 19h 19' 07" |
2 | Grace Brown (AUS) | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | +1" |
3 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | Canyon–SRAM | +5" |
4 | Alexandra Manly (AUS) | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | +24" |
5 | Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) | SD Worx | +32" |
6 | Elise Chabbey (SUI) | Canyon–SRAM | +49" |
7 | Kristen Faulkner (USA) | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | +54" |
8 | Veronica Ewers (USA) | EF Education–Tibco–SVB | +1'45" |
9 | Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) | UAE Team ADQ | +1'50" |
10 | Mikayla Harvey (NZL) | Canyon–SRAM | +1'56" |
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