2022 The Women's Tour

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2022 The Women's Tour
UCI Women's World Tour, race 14 of 25
2022 Women's Tour - 1st place 111 Elisa Longo Borghini.JPG
Elisa Longo Borghini, winner of 2022 Women's Tour
Race details
Dates6–11 June 2021
Stages6
Distance736.3 km (457.5 mi)
Winning time19h 19' 07"
Results
Jersey yellow.svg WinnerFlag of Italy.svg  Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo)
  SecondFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS) (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope)
  ThirdFlag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL) (Canyon–SRAM)

Jersey pink.svg PointsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Lorena Wiebes  (NED) (Team DSM)
Jersey green.svg MountainsFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Elise Chabbey  (SUI) (Canyon–SRAM)
Jersey red.svg SprintsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Maike van der Duin  (NED) (Le Col–Wahoo)
  CombativityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS) (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope)
  Team Canyon–SRAM
  2021
2023  

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.

Contents

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]
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner
16 June Colchester to Bury St Edmunds 142.1 km (88.3 mi) Plainstage.svg Flat stageFlag of France.svg  Clara Copponi  (FRA)
27 June Harlow to Harlow 92.1 km (57.2 mi) Plainstage.svg Flat stageFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Lorena Wiebes  (NED)
38 June Tewkesbury to Gloucester 107.9 km (67.0 mi) Hillystage.svg Hilly stageFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Lorena Wiebes  (NED)
49 June Wrexham to Welshpool 144.7 km (89.9 mi) Hillystage.svg Hilly stageFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS)
510 June Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain 106.6 km (66.2 mi) Mountainstage.svg Mountain stageFlag of Italy.svg  Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA)
611 June Chipping Norton to Oxford 142.9 km (88.8 mi) Plainstage.svg Flat stageFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Lorena Wiebes  (NED)
Total736.3 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]
StageWinner General classification
Jersey yellow.svg
Points classification
Jersey pink.svg
Mountains classification
Jersey green.svg
Sprints classification
Jersey red.svg
Team classification
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
  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]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 19h 19' 07"
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grace Brown  (AUS) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope +1"
3Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL) Canyon–SRAM +5"
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alexandra Manly  (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco +24"
5Flag of South Africa.svg  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio  (RSA) SD Worx +32"
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Elise Chabbey  (SUI) Canyon–SRAM +49"
7Flag of the United States.svg  Kristen Faulkner  (USA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco +54"
8Flag of the United States.svg  Veronica Ewers  (USA) EF Education–Tibco–SVB +1'45"
9Flag of Italy.svg  Sofia Bertizzolo  (ITA) UAE Team ADQ +1'50"
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  Mikayla Harvey  (NZL) Canyon–SRAM +1'56"

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