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
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Dates5 March – 9 October 2022
Location
Races23
Champions
Individual champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team)
Teams' champion SD Worx
  2021
2023  

The 2022 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-three road cycling events throughout the 2022 women's cycling season. It was the seventh edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with Strade Bianche on 5 March, and finished with the final stage of the Tour de Romandie Féminin on 9 October.

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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 Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) who won three events. Third place was taken by Elisa Longo Borghini (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 SD Worx - their sixth win in seven seasons. The youth classification was won by Dutch rider Shirin van Anrooij (Trek–Segafredo).

Events

Annemiek van Vleuten (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race) won the overall classification 2022 AGR finish Annemiek van Vleuten1.jpg
Annemiek van Vleuten (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race) won the overall classification
Shirin van Anrooij (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race) won the youth classification 2022 AGR finish Shirin van Anrooij.jpg
Shirin van Anrooij (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race) won the youth classification

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

Teams

The fourteen Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with the three best 2021 UCI Women's Continental Teams (Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling, Parkhotel Valkenburg and Valcar–Travel & Service) also invited automatically. Other Continental women's teams were invited by the organisers of each race. [7]

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