| 2022 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 18–20 February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 438.04 km (272.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 10h 56' 01" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var was a road cycling stage race that took place between 18 and 20 February 2022 in the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Var in southeastern France. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2022 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and was the 54th edition of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var. [1]
Seven of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, six UCI ProTeams, and three UCI Continental teams made up the 18 teams that participated in the race. [2] 11 teams entered a full squad of seven riders each, and six teams entered six riders each, while Trek–Segafredo was the only team to enter five riders. There was one non-starter, which reduced Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole to six riders, so a total of 117 riders started the race. [3] Of these riders, 96 finished. [4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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| 1 | 18 February | Saint-Raphaël to La Seyne-sur-Mer | 176.3 km (109.5 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Caleb Ewan (AUS) |
| 2 | 19 February | Puget-Théniers to La Turbie | 149.13 km (92.67 mi) |  | Mountain stage |  Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| 3 | 20 February | Villefranche-sur-Mer to Blausasc | 112.61 km (69.97 mi) | | Mountain stage |  Nairo Quintana (COL) |
| Total | 438.04 km (272.19 mi) | |||||
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Young rider classification  | Team classification | Combativity award |
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| 1 | Caleb Ewan | Caleb Ewan | Caleb Ewan | Tristan Delacroix | Alexis Renard | Lotto–Soudal | Maël Guégan |
| 2 | Tim Wellens | Tim Wellens | Tim Wellens | Jonathan Couanon | Andreas Kron | AG2R Citroën Team | Nairo Quintana |
| 3 | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Groupama–FDJ | Thibaut Pinot | |
| Final | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Nairo Quintana | Andreas Kron | Groupama–FDJ | Not awarded | |
| Legend [19] | |||
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 | Denotes the winner of the general classification |  | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
 | Denotes the winner of the points classification |  | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Arkéa–Samsic | 10h 56' 01" |
| 2 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 1' 30" |
| 3 |  Guillaume Martin (FRA) | Cofidis | + 1' 48" |
| 4 | Valentin Madouas (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 2' 50" |
| 5 |  Bauke Mollema (NED) | Trek–Segafredo | + 2' 52" |
| 6 |  Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (ERI) | Trek–Segafredo | + 2' 55" |
| 7 | Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 2' 57" |
| 8 |  Andreas Kron (DEN) | Lotto–Soudal | + 3' 52" |
| 9 |  James Shaw (GBR) | EF Education–EasyPost | + 3' 56" |
| 10 |  Kévin Geniets (LUX) | Groupama–FDJ | + 3' 58" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Arkéa–Samsic | 45 |
| 2 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 41 |
| 3 | Guillaume Martin (FRA) | Cofidis | 32 |
| 4 |  Andrea Vendrame (ITA) | AG2R Citroën Team | 23 |
| 5 | Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 22 |
| 6 | Anthony Turgis (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 20 |
| 7 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Trek–Segafredo | 17 |
| 8 | Valentin Madouas (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 16 |
| 9 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 16 |
| 10 | Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 16 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Arkéa–Samsic | 18 |
| 2 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 16 |
| 3 | Jonathan Couanon (FRA) | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 14 |
| 4 | Lilian Calmejane (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | 14 |
| 5 |  Roger Adrià (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | 10 |
| 6 | Tristan Delacroix (FRA) | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | 10 |
| 7 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 10 |
| 8 | Guillaume Martin (FRA) | Cofidis | 10 |
| 9 | Michael Storer (AUS) | Groupama–FDJ | 10 |
| 10 |  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) | Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | 8 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Andreas Kron (DEN) | Lotto–Soudal | 10h 59' 53" |
| 2 | Mark Donovan (GBR) | Team DSM | + 19" |
| 3 | Andréa Mifsud (FRA) | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | + 1' 44" |
| 4 | Roger Adrià (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 3' 09" |
| 5 | Valentin Ferron (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 7' 03" |
| 6 | Maxime Chevalier (FRA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 10' 22" |
| 7 | Joris Delbove (FRA) | St. Michel–Auber93 | + 13' 48" |
| 8 | Louis Barré (FRA) | Team UC Nantes Atlantique | + 15' 09" |
| 9 | Eugenio Sánchez (ESP) | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 16' 26" |
| 10 | Maxime Jarnet (FRA) | Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | + 17' 27" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Groupama–FDJ | 33h 02' 30" |
| 2 | AG2R Citroën Team | + 30" |
| 3 | Arkéa–Samsic | + 2' 56" |
| 4 | Team DSM | + 3' 04" |
| 5 | Team TotalEnergies | + 8' 39" |
| 6 | Trek–Segafredo | + 8' 59" |
| 7 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 10' 27" |
| 8 | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 14' 48" |
| 9 | Lotto–Soudal | + 14' 49" |
| 10 | Cofidis | + 18' 27" |
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