2022 UCI Women's World Tour

The 2022 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition that includes twenty-five road cycling events throughout the 2022 women's cycling season. It is the seventh edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition will begin with Strade Bianche on 5 March, and finishes with the Tour of Guangxi on 18 October.

2022 UCI Women's World Tour
Seventh edition of the UCI Women's World Tour
Details
Dates5 March – 18 October 2022
Location
Races25

Events

Previous overall leader Elisa Balsamo
Shirin van Anrooij, leader U23
Pfeiffer Georgi, previous leader U23

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. In September 2021, the Tour de Romandie Féminin was added to make a total of twenty-five races.[3]

2022 UCI Women's World Tour
Race Date First Second Third Leader
Strade Bianche Donne 5 March  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Ronde van Drenthe 12 March  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 20 March  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)  Soraya Paladin (ITA)  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Classic Brugge–De Panne 24 March  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Lorena Wiebes (NED)  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)
Gent–Wevelgem 27 March  Elisa Balsamo (ITA)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
Tour of Flanders 3 April  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)
Amstel Gold Race 10 April  Marta Cavalli (ITA)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Liane Lippert (GER)
Paris–Roubaix Femmes 16 April  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 20 April  Marta Cavalli (ITA)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Demi Vollering (NED)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes 24 April  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Grace Brown (AUS)  Demi Vollering (NED)
Itzulia Women 13–15 May
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 19–22 May
RideLondon Classique 27–29 May
The Women's Tour 6–11 June
Giro d'Italia Donne 1–10 July
Tour de France Femmes 24–31 July
Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT 6 August
Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden RR 7 August
// Tour of Scandinavia 9–14 August
GP de Plouay–Lorient–Agglomération Trophée Ceratizit 27 August
Simac Ladies Tour 30 August – 4 September
Ceratizit Challenge 8–11 September
Tour de Romandie Féminin 7–9 October
Tour de Chongming 13–15 October
Tour of Guangxi 18 October

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.[4]

References

  1. "Road calendar". Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. Mickey, Abby. "2022 Women's WorldTour Calendar includes Tour de France Femmes". Cyclingtips. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. Frattini, Kirsten. "Three-day Tour de Romandie added to the Women's WorldTour in 2022". cyclingnews. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. "Ciclismo, emergenza Covid – Tour Down Under cancellato anche nel 2022, salta anche Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". www.eurosport.it (in Italian). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.


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