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2022 UCI Women's World Tour

{{short description|Series of women's road cycling races}}

{{for|the men's 2022 UCI World Tour|2022 UCI World Tour}}

{{Infobox cycling season

|Details

| name = 2022 UCI Women's World Tour

| edition = 7

| competition = UCI Women's World Tour

| image =

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| dates = 5 March – 9 October 2022

| location = {{ubl|Europe}}

| rounds = 23

| individual_champion = Annemiek van Vleuten

| individual_champion_team = {{UCI team code|MOV women|2022}}

| teams_champion = {{UCI team code|SDW|2022}}

| previous = 2021

| next = 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.

Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten ({{UCI team code|MOV women|2021}}) 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

File:2022 AGR finish Annemiek van Vleuten1.jpg (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race) won the overall classification]]

File:2022 AGR finish Shirin van Anrooij.jpg (pictured at the Amstel Gold Race) won the youth classification]]

The race calendar for the 2022 season was announced in June 2021,{{cite web |title=Road calendar |url=https://www.uci.org/calendar/road/2ruOnavHX0dMGTCRozdYAU?discipline=ROA&raceCategory=WE&seasonId=854 |website=Union Cycliste International |access-date=14 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Mickey |first1=Abby|authorlink=Abigail Mickey|title=2022 Women's WorldTour Calendar includes Tour de France Femmes |url=https://cyclingtips.com/2021/06/2022-womens-worldtour-calendar-includes-tour-de-france-femmes-and-giro-ditalia-donne/ |website=Cyclingtips |access-date=14 February 2022}} 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. The Giro Donne also returned to the calendar, following promises of live television coverage.{{cite news |last=Dabbs |first=Ryan |date=30 June 2022 |title=Giro Donne 2022: Everything you need to know about the 33rd edition |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/giro-rosa-385143 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107225226/https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/giro-rosa-385143 |archive-date=7 January 2023 |accessdate=30 May 2023 |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Future plc}} In September 2021, the Tour de Romandie Féminin was added to make a total of twenty-five races.{{cite web |last1=Frattini |first1=Kirsten |title=Three-day Tour de Romandie added to the Women's WorldTour in 2022 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/three-day-tour-de-romandie-added-to-the-womens-worldtour-in-2022/ |website=cyclingnews |access-date=14 February 2022}} The two Chinese races were cancelled in June 2022, making a total of twenty-three races.{{Cite web |last=Ostanek |first=Daniel |date=2022-06-21 |title=Women's WorldTour closer Tour of Chongming Island cancelled |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/womens-worldtour-closer-tour-of-chongming-island-cancelled/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-06-17 |title=UCI WorldTours shortened as Tours of Guangxi cancelled |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-worldtours-shortened-as-tours-of-guangxi-cancelled/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ 2022 UCI Women's World Tour

scope=col| Race

!scope=col| Date

!scope=col| First

!scope=col| Second

!scope=col| Third

!scope=col| 20px Leader

scope=row| {{flagicon|ITA}} Strade Bianche Donne

| 5 March

| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Ashleigh Moolman|RSA}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|NED}} Ronde van Drenthe

| 12 March

| {{flagathlete|Lorena Wiebes|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|ITA}} Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

| 20 March

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Sofia Bertizzolo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Soraya Paladin|ITA}}

|rowspan=5| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|BEL}} Classic Brugge–De Panne

| 24 March

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Lorena Wiebes|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Marta Bastianelli|ITA}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|BEL}} Gent–Wevelgem

| 27 March

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Maria Giulia Confalonieri|ITA}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|BEL}} Tour of Flanders

| 3 April

| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Chantal van den Broek-Blaak|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|NED}} Amstel Gold Race

| 10 April

| {{flagathlete|Marta Cavalli|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Liane Lippert|GER}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris–Roubaix Femmes

| 16 April

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}}

|rowspan=4| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|BEL}} La Flèche Wallonne Femmes

| 20 April

| {{flagathlete|Marta Cavalli|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|BEL}} Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

| 24 April

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Grace Brown|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|ESP}} Itzulia Women

| 13–15 May

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Pauliena Rooijakkers|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Kristen Faulkner|USA}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|ESP}} Vuelta a Burgos Feminas

| 19–22 May

| {{flagathlete|Juliette Labous|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Évita Muzic|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|GBR}} RideLondon Classique

| 27–29 May

| {{flagathlete|Lorena Wiebes|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Emma Norsgaard|DEN}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|GBR}} The Women's Tour

| 6–11 June

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Grace Brown|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Katarzyna Niewiadoma|POL}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giro Donne

| 30 June–10 July

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Marta Cavalli|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Margarita Victoria García|ESP}}

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Balsamo|ITA}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|FRA}} Tour de France Femmes

| 24–31 July

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Katarzyna Niewiadoma|POL}}

|rowspan=8| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|SWE}} Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT

| 6 August

| {{UCI team code|TFS women|2022}}

| {{UCI team code|SDW|2022}}

| {{UCI team code|DSM women|2022}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|SWE}} Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden RR

| 7 August

| {{flagathlete|Audrey Cordon-Ragot|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Pfeiffer Georgi|GBR}}

| {{flagathlete|Valerie Demey|BEL}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|NOR}}/{{flagicon|DEN}}/{{flagicon|SWE}} Tour of Scandinavia

| 9–14 August

| {{flagathlete|Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig|DEN}}

| {{flagathlete|Liane Lippert|GER}}

| {{flagathlete|Alexandra Manly|AUS}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|FRA}} Classic Lorient Agglomération

| 27 August

| {{flagathlete|Margarita Victoria García|ESP}}

| {{flagathlete|Amber Kraak|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Grace Brown|AUS}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|NED}} Simac Ladies Tour

| 30 August – 4 September

| {{flagathlete|Lorena Wiebes|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Audrey Cordon-Ragot|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Karlijn Swinkels|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|ESP}} Challenge by La Vuelta

| 7–11 September

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Elisa Longo Borghini|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Demi Vollering|NED}}

scope=row| {{flagicon|SWI}} Tour de Romandie Féminin

| 7–9 October

| {{flagathlete|Ashleigh Moolman|RSA}}

| {{flagathlete|Annemiek van Vleuten|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.it/ciclismo/tour-down-under/2021/ciclismo-emergenza-covid-tour-down-under-cancellato-anche-nel-2022-salta-anche-cadel-evans-great-oce_sto8563890/story.shtml|title=Ciclismo, emergenza Covid – Tour Down Under cancellato anche nel 2022, salta anche Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race|website=www.eurosport.it|language=it|date=30 September 2021|access-date=14 February 2022}} 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.

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.{{cite web |date=30 March 2022 |title=The 24 teams selected |url=https://www.letourfemmes.fr/en/news/2022/the-24-teams-selected/1291832 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312132736/https://www.letourfemmes.fr/en/news/2022/the-24-teams-selected/1291832 |archive-date=12 March 2023 |access-date=30 March 2022 |website=Tour de France Femmes |publisher=ASO}}{{div col|colwidth=20em|style=margin-right:20%;}}

  • {{UCI team code|CSR|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|TIB|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|FUT|2022b}}
  • {{UCI team code|HPW|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|LIV|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|MOV women|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|CGS|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|SDW|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|BEX women|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|DSM women|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|JVW|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|TFS women|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|ALE|2022}}
  • {{UCI team code|UXT women|2022}}

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References

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