2022 Vuelta a España

2022 Vuelta a España
2022 UCI World Tour, race 26 of 31
	Peloton in Stage 2, Netherlands
Race details
Dates	19 August – 11 September
Stages	21
Distance	3,280.5 km (2,038 mi)
Winning time	80h 26' 59"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Youth
	Combativity
	Team
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Dates19 August – 11 September

Stages21

Distance3,280.5 km (2,038 mi)

Winning time80h 26' 59"

The 2022 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in the Netherlands and Spain between 19 August and 11 September 2022. It was the 77th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2022 men's road cycling season. The race started in Utrecht and finished in Madrid.^[1] In the third stage, the route briefly passed through Baarle-Hertog, in Belgium.

The race was won by Belgium's Remco Evenepoel which was his first Grand Tour triumph.^[2]^[3]

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Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner	Ref
1	19 August	Utrecht (Netherlands) to Utrecht (Netherlands)	23.2 km (14.4 mi)	Team time trial	Team Jumbo–Visma	^[5]
2	20 August	's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) to Utrecht (Netherlands)	175.1 km (108.8 mi)	Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)	^[6]
3	21 August	Breda (Netherlands) to Breda (Netherlands)	193.2 km (120.0 mi)	Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)	^[7]
	22 August	Transfer
4	23 August	Vitoria-Gasteiz to Laguardia	153.5 km (95.4 mi)	Medium-mountain stage	Primož Roglič (SLO)	^[8]
5	24 August	Irun to Bilbao	187 km (116 mi)	Medium-mountain stage	Marc Soler (ESP)	^[9]
6	25 August	Bilbao to Pico Jano (San Miguel de Aguayo)	180 km (110 mi)	Mountain stage	Jay Vine (AUS)	^[10]
7	26 August	Camargo to Cistierna	190.1 km (118.1 mi)	Medium-mountain stage	Jesús Herrada (ESP)	^[11]
8	27 August	La Pola Llaviana to Colláu Fancuaya	154.5 km (96.0 mi)	Mountain stage	Jay Vine (AUS)	^[12]
9	28 August	Villaviciosa to Les Praeres	175.5 km (109.1 mi)	Mountain stage	Louis Meintjes (RSA)	^[13]
	29 August	Elche	Rest day
10	30 August	Elche to Alicante	31.1 km (19.3 mi)	Individual time trial	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	^[14]
11	31 August	ElPozo Alimentación to Cabo de Gata	193 km (120 mi)	Flat stage	Kaden Groves (AUS)	^[15]
12	1 September	Salobreña to Peñas Blancas	195.5 km (121.5 mi)	Medium-mountain stage	Richard Carapaz (ECU)	^[16]
13	2 September	Ronda to Montilla	171 km (106 mi)	Flat stage	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	^[17]
14	3 September	Montoro to Sierra de La Pandera	160.3 km (99.6 mi)	Mountain stage	Richard Carapaz (ECU)	^[18]
15	4 September	Martos to Sierra Nevada	148.1 km (92.0 mi)	Mountain stage	Thymen Arensman (NED)	^[19]
	5 September	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	Rest day
16	6 September	Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Tomares	188.9 km (117.4 mi)	Flat stage	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	^[20]
17	7 September	Aracena to Monasterio de Tentudía	160 km (99 mi)	Medium-mountain stage	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	^[21]
18	8 September	Trujillo to Alto del Piornal	191.7 km (119.1 mi)	Mountain stage	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	^[22]
19	9 September	Talavera de la Reina to Talavera de la Reina	132.7 km (82.5 mi)	Medium-mountain stage	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	^[23]
20	10 September	Moralzarzal to Puerto de Navacerrada	175.5 km (109.1 mi)	Mountain stage	Richard Carapaz (ECU)
21	11 September	Las Rozas to Madrid	100.5 km (62.4 mi)	Flat stage	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)
Total			3,280.5 km (2,038.4 mi)

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Team Jumbo–Visma	Robert Gesink	Primož Roglič^[a]	Chris Harper^[b]	Ethan Hayter	Team Jumbo–Visma	not awarded
2	Sam Bennett	Mike Teunissen	Sam Bennett	Julius van den Berg			Jetse Bol
3	Sam Bennett	Edoardo Affini		Julius van den Berg			Pau Miquel
4	Primož Roglič	Primož Roglič		Joan Bou		Ineos Grenadiers	Alessandro De Marchi
5	Marc Soler	Rudy Molard		Victor Langellotti	Fred Wright	Groupama–FDJ	Marc Soler
6	Jay Vine	Remco Evenepoel			Remco Evenepoel^[c]^[d]^[e]	UAE Team Emirates	Mark Padun
7	Jesús Herrada					Team Bahrain Victorious	Jesús Herrada
8	Jay Vine		Mads Pedersen	Jay Vine		UAE Team Emirates	Mikel Landa
9	Louis Meintjes					UAE Team Emirates	José Manuel Díaz
10	Remco Evenepoel					Ineos Grenadiers	not awarded
11	Kaden Groves					Ineos Grenadiers	Jetse Bol
12	Richard Carapaz					UAE Team Emirates	Samuele Battistella
13	Mads Pedersen						Joan Bou
14	Richard Carapaz						Luis León Sánchez
15	Thymen Arensman						Lawson Craddock
16	Mads Pedersen						Luis Ángel Maté
17	Rigoberto Urán						Lawson Craddock
18	Remco Evenepoel			Richard Carapaz			Robert Gesink
19	Mads Pedersen						Ander Okamika
20	Richard Carapaz						Alejandro Valverde
21	Juan Sebastián Molano						not awarded
Final		Remco Evenepoel	Mads Pedersen	Richard Carapaz	Remco Evenepoel	UAE Team Emirates	Marc Soler

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the team classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the combativity award

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	80h 26' 59"
2	Enric Mas (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 2' 02"
3	Juan Ayuso (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 4' 57"
4	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 5' 56"
5	João Almeida (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 7' 24"
6	Thymen Arensman (NED)	Team DSM	+ 7' 45"
7	Carlos Rodríguez (ESP)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 7' 57"
8	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 10' 30"
9	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 11' 04"
10	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 12' 01"

Final general classification (11–134)
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
11	Louis Meintjes (RSA)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 15' 41"
12	Jan Polanc (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 21' 39"
13	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 25' 39"
14	Richard Carapaz (ECU)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 29' 19"
15	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 44' 13"
16	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 45' 49"
17	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 46' 20"
18	Wilco Kelderman (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 48' 37"
19	Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 49' 11"
20	Gino Mäder (SUI)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 52' 25"
21	David de la Cruz (ESP)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 1h 00' 15"
22	Óscar Cabedo (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 1h 00' 54"
23	Sergio Higuita (COL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1h 01' 23"
24	Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1h 01' 39"
25	Hugh Carthy (GBR)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 1h 04' 31"
26	José Félix Parra (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1h 05' 02"
27	Marc Soler (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1h 17' 08"
28	Mikel Bizkarra (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1h 20' 34"
29	Jan Bakelants (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 1h 21' 33"
30	Sam Oomen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1h 22' 43"
31	Rudy Molard (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1h 23' 20"
32	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1h 24' 39"
33	Chris Harper (AUS)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1h 25' 40"
34	Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 1h 26' 35"
35	Carlos Verona (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1h 28' 33"
36	Edoardo Zambanini (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1h 31' 40"
37	Nelson Oliveira (POR)	Movistar Team	+ 1h 31' 42"
38	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 1h 35' 03"
39	Xandro Meurisse (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 1h 42' 47"
40	Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 1h 45' 24"
41	Robert Gesink (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 1h 47' 49"
42	Élie Gesbert (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 1h 55' 17"
43	José Manuel Díaz (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 1h 55' 36"
44	Daniel Navarro (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 2h 04' 57"
45	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 2h 05' 45"
46	Mark Padun (UKR)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 2h 14' 34"
47	Raúl García Pierna (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 2h 15' 48"
48	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 2h 17' 50"
49	Dylan van Baarle (NED)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 2h 18' 25"
50	Gregor Mühlberger (AUT)	Movistar Team	+ 2h 25' 08"
51	Bob Jungels (LUX)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 2h 30' 17"
52	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 2h 30' 38"
53	Davide Villella (ITA)	Cofidis	+ 2h 31' 31"
54	Matteo Fabbro (ITA)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 2h 32' 05"
55	Lawson Craddock (USA)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 2h 32' 14"
56	Jesús Herrada (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 2h 35' 06"
57	Fausto Masnada (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 2h 38' 11"
58	Louis Vervaeke (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 2h 38' 29"
59	Rubén Fernández (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 2h 39' 15"
60	Simon Guglielmi (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 2h 40' 00"
61	Nans Peters (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 2h 43' 45"
62	Luis Ángel Maté (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 2h 44' 52"
63	Omer Goldstein (ISR)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 2h 51' 38"
64	Kenny Elissonde (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 3h 00' 24"
65	Harold Tejada (COL)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 3h 10' 54"
66	Urko Berrade (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 3h 06' 38"
67	Fred Wright (GBR)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 3h 07' 51"
68	Jesús Ezquerra (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 3h 09' 07"
69	Jonathan Caicedo (ECU)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3h 10' 33"
70	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 3h 03' 18"
71	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 3h 14' 22"
72	Ben Turner (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 3h 15' 34"
73	Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 3h 16' 03"
74	Marco Brenner (GER)	Team DSM	+ 3h 19' 54"
75	Patrick Bevin (NZL)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 3h 20' 37"
76	Gotzon Martín (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3h 22' 03"
77	Vojtěch Řepa (CZE)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 3h 27' 42"
78	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 3h 28' 54"
79	Merhawi Kudus (ERI)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3h 30' 00"
80	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 3h 33' 27"
81	Robert Stannard (AUS)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 3h 33' 44"
82	Gianni Vermeersch (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 3h 42' 48"
83	Joan Bou (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3h 43' 14"
84	Carlos Canal (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3h 43' 36"
85	Jasha Sütterlin (GER)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 3h 44' 28"
86	Ibai Azurmendi (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3h 48' 06"
87	James Shaw (GBR)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3h 48' 57"
88	Julien Bernard (FRA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 3h 51' 02"
89	Jetse Bol (NED)	Burgos BH	+ 3h 51' 27"
90	Łukasz Owsian (POL)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 3h 51' 50"
91	Mike Teunissen (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 3h 52' 29"
92	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 3h 52' 58"
93	Mikel Iturria (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3h 57' 28"
94	Xabier Azparren (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3h 59' 57"
95	Lucas Plapp (AUS)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 4h 00' 04"
96	Ander Okamika (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 4h 01' 39"
97	Juan Pedro López (ESP)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 4h 03' 39"
98	Thomas Champion (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 4h 07' 57"
99	Jonas Koch (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 4h 08' 48"
100	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 4h 09' 15"
101	Daryl Impey (RSA)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 4h 10' 52"
102	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 4h 14' 48"
103	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 4h 16' 06"
104	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 4h 16' 33"
105	Kiko Galván (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 4h 16' 50"
106	Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED)	Team DSM	+ 4h 19' 29"
107	Jimmy Janssens (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 4h 23' 20"
108	Cedric Beullens (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 4h 25' 23"
109	Miles Scotson (AUS)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 4h 27' 35"
110	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (NOR)	Team DSM	+ 4h 33' 12"
111	Pascal Ackermann (GER)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 4h 33' 23"
112	Luke Durbridge (AUS)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 4h 35' 38"
113	Kaden Groves (AUS)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 4h 38' 00"
114	Chris Froome (GBR)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 4h 39' 31"
115	Antoine Raugel (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 4h 41' 39"
116	Clément Russo (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 4h 42' 15"
117	Dario Cataldo (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 4h 48' 07"
118	Michael Hepburn (AUS)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 4h 48' 17"
119	Alex Kirsch (LUX)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 4h 50' 17"
120	Daniel McLay (GBR)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 4h 50' 41"
121	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 4h 51' 49"
122	Fabian Lienhard (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 4h 53' 56"
123	Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 4h 48' 07"
124	John Degenkolb (GER)	Team DSM	+ 4h 56' 40"
125	Kamil Malecki (POL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 5h 00' 05"
126	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 5h 09' 31"
127	Lionel Taminiaux (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 5h 11' 20"
128	Ryan Mullen (IRL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 5h 13' 47"
129	Julius Johansen (DEN)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 5h 14' 17"
130	Julius van den Berg (NED)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 5h 15' 43"
131	Ivo Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 5h 19' 55"
132	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 5h 21' 23"
133	Lluís Mas (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 5h 27' 42"
134	Davide Cimolai (ITA)	Cofidis	+ 5h 31' 26"

2022 Vuelta a España

Route and stages

Classification leadership

Classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

References

External links

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Rank	Team	Time
1	UAE Team Emirates	240h 36' 32"
2	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 55' 35"
3	Movistar Team	+ 1h 16' 52"
4	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1h 17' 36"
5	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 1h 34' 18"
6	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1h 38' 20"
7	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 2h 12' 14"
8	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 2h 25' 47"
9	Groupama–FDJ	+ 2h 33' 37"
10	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 2h 47' 09"

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