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.
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 Elisa Longo Borghini, winner of 2022 Women's Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 race was won by Elisa Longo Borghini of Trek–Segafredo, by a margin of just 1 second.[1][2]
Route
editThe 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) | 
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Flat stage |  Clara Copponi (FRA)
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| 2 | 7 June | Harlow to Harlow | 92.1 km (57.2 mi) |
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Flat stage |  Lorena Wiebes (NED)
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| 3 | 8 June | Tewkesbury to Gloucester | 107.9 km (67.0 mi) | 
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Hilly stage | Lorena Wiebes (NED)
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| 4 | 9 June | Wrexham to Welshpool | 144.7 km (89.9 mi) |
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Hilly stage |  Grace Brown (AUS)
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| 5 | 10 June | Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain | 106.6 km (66.2 mi) | 
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Mountain stage |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
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| 6 | 11 June | Chipping Norton to Oxford | 142.9 km (88.8 mi) |
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Flat stage | Lorena Wiebes (NED)
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| Total | 736.3 km (457.5 mi) | |||||
Summary
edit97 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
edit| Stage | Winner | General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Sprints classification
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Team classification |
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| 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 | |
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
edit| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
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Trek–Segafredo | 19h 19' 07" |
| 2 | Grace Brown (AUS)
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FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | +1" |
| 3 |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
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Canyon–SRAM | +5" |
| 4 | Alexandra Manly (AUS)
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Team BikeExchange–Jayco | +24" |
| 5 |  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA)
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SD Worx | +32" |
| 6 |  Elise Chabbey (SUI)
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Canyon–SRAM | +49" |
| 7 |  Kristen Faulkner (USA)
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Team BikeExchange–Jayco | +54" |
| 8 | Veronica Ewers (USA)
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EF Education–Tibco–SVB | +1'45" |
| 9 | Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)
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UAE Team ADQ | +1'50" |
| 10 |  Mikayla Harvey (NZL)
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Canyon–SRAM | +1'56" |
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Rogers, Owen (11 June 2022). "Elisa Longo Borghini wins the Women's Tour by slender bonus seconds margin". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Women's Tour Results - The Official Home of The Women's Tour". The Women's Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Dabbs, Ryan (1 June 2022). "Women's Tour 2022: Start list, route and where to watch". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Women's Tour Route Stages - The Official Home of The Women's Tour". The Women's Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Final Women's Tour startlist released". The Women's Tour. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (1 June 2022). "Women's Tour secures live broadcasting deal for 2022". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Clara Copponi presented with inaugural Richard Moore Award". The Women's Tour. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Price, Matilda (11 June 2022). "Clara Copponi wins Richard Moore Award at Women's Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.