2022 The Women's Tour

2022 The Women's Tour

UCI Women's World Tour, race 14 of 25
Elisa Longo Borghini, winner of 2022 Women's Tour
Race details
Dates	6–11 June 2021
Stages	6
Distance	736.3 km (457.5 mi)
Winning time	19h 19' 07"
Results
Winner   Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo)   Second   Grace Brown  (AUS) (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope)   Third   Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL) (Canyon–SRAM) Points   Lorena Wiebes  (NED) (Team DSM) Mountains   Elise Chabbey  (SUI) (Canyon–SRAM) Sprints   Maike van der Duin  (NED) (Le Col–Wahoo)   Combativity   Grace Brown  (AUS) (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope)   Team Canyon–SRAM
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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]}

Route

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 schedule ^[5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
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)

Summary

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]}

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage ^[2]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Team classification
1	Clara Copponi	Clara Copponi	Clara Copponi [a]	Christine Majerus	Maike van der Duin	FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
2	Lorena Wiebes					Canyon–SRAM
3	Lorena Wiebes	Lorena Wiebes	Lorena Wiebes [b]
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

1. On stage 2, Sofia Bertizzolo, who was second in the points classification, wore the pink jersey, because first-placed Clara Copponi wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Lorena Wiebes wore the pink jersey in stage 3
2. On stage 4, Clara Copponi, who was second in the points classification, wore the pink jersey, because first-placed Lorena Wiebes wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Result

Final general classification ^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
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"

See also

• 2022 in women's road cycling

References

1. Rogers, Owen (11 June 2022). "Elisa Longo Borghini wins the Women's Tour by slender bonus seconds margin". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
2. "Women's Tour Results - The Official Home of The Women's Tour". The Women's Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
3. Dabbs, Ryan (1 June 2022). "Women's Tour 2022: Start list, route and where to watch". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
4. "Tough Welsh double-header to shape 2022 Women's Tour". The Women's Tour. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. This will be the second hill-top finish in Women's Tour history, although this one is significantly harder than that at Burton Dassett Country Park, which featured in the 2019 race. Measuring 7.2 kilometres in length, Black Mountain averages a gradient of 5.3% and ramps up to 21% in places.
5. "Women's Tour Route Stages - The Official Home of The Women's Tour". The Women's Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
6. "Final Women's Tour startlist released". The Women's Tour. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
7. Frattini, Kirsten (1 June 2022). "Women's Tour secures live broadcasting deal for 2022". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
8. Price, Matilda (11 June 2022). "'We thought we were safe' - Brown loses Women's Tour lead in final sprint". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
9. "Clara Copponi presented with inaugural Richard Moore Award". The Women's Tour. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
10. Price, Matilda (11 June 2022). "Clara Copponi wins Richard Moore Award at Women's Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

External links

• Official website