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. 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.
Teams
Twenty-three teams participated in the 2022 Vuelta a España. All eighteen UCI WorldTeams were obliged to participate. Five UCI ProTeams also participated: and were automatically invited as the two best-performing ProTeams in 2021.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Route and stages
+ Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner Ref 1 19 August Utrecht (Netherlands) to Utrecht (Netherlands) Team time trial 2 20 August 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) to Utrecht (Netherlands) Flat stage 3 21 August Breda (Netherlands) to Breda (Netherlands) Flat stage 22 August Transfer 4 23 August Vitoria-Gasteiz to Laguardia Medium-mountain stage 5 24 August Irun to Bilbao Medium-mountain stage 6 25 August Bilbao to Pico Jano (San Miguel de Aguayo) Mountain stage 7 26 August Camargo to Cistierna Medium-mountain stage 8 27 August La Pola Llaviana to Colláu Fancuaya Mountain stage 9 28 August Villaviciosa to Les Praeres Mountain stage 29 August Elche Rest day 10 30 August Elche to Alicante Individual time trial 11 31 August ElPozo Alimentación to Cabo de Gata Flat stage 12 1 September Salobreña to Peñas Blancas Medium-mountain stage 13 2 September Ronda to Montilla Flat stage 14 3 September Montoro to Sierra de La Pandera Mountain stage 15 4 September Martos to Sierra Nevada Mountain stage 5 September Sanlúcar de Barrameda Rest day 16 6 September Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Tomares Flat stage 17 7 September Aracena to Monasterio de Tentudía Medium-mountain stage 18 8 September Trujillo to Alto del Piornal Mountain stage 19 9 September Talavera de la Reina to Talavera de la Reina Medium-mountain stage 20 10 September Moralzarzal to Puerto de Navacerrada Mountain stage 21 11 September Las Rozas to Madrid Flat stage Total
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification Combativity award 1 Robert Gesink Primož Roglič Chris Harper Ethan Hayter not awarded 2 Sam Bennett Mike Teunissen Sam Bennett Julius van den Berg Jetse Bol 3 Sam Bennett Edoardo Affini Pau Miquel 4 Primož Roglič Primož Roglič Joan Bou Alessandro De Marchi 5 Marc Soler Rudy Molard Victor Langellotti Fred Wright Marc Soler 6 Jay Vine Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel Mark Padun 7 Jesús Herrada Jesús Herrada 8 Jay Vine Mads Pedersen Jay Vine Mikel Landa 9 Louis Meintjes José Manuel Díaz 10 Remco Evenepoel not awarded 11 Kaden Groves Jetse Bol 12 Richard Carapaz 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 Mads Pedersen Richard Carapaz Remco Evenepoel Marc Soler
Classification standings 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
General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 80h 26' 59" 2 + 2' 02" 3 + 4' 57" 4 + 5' 56" 5 + 7' 24" 6 + 7' 45" 7 + 7' 57" 8 + 10' 30" 9 + 11' 04" 10 + 12' 01" Final general classification (11–134) Rank Rider Team Time 11 + 15' 41" 12 + 21' 39" 13 + 25' 39" 14 + 29' 19" 15 + 44' 13" 16 + 45' 49" 17 + 46' 20" 18 + 48' 37" 19 + 49' 11" 20 + 52' 25" 21 + 1h 00' 15" 22 + 1h 00' 54" 23 + 1h 01' 23" 24 + 1h 01' 39" 25 + 1h 04' 31" 26 + 1h 05' 02" 27 + 1h 17' 08" 28 + 1h 20' 34" 29 + 1h 21' 33" 30 + 1h 22' 43" 31 + 1h 23' 20" 32 + 1h 24' 39" 33 + 1h 25' 40" 34 + 1h 26' 35" 35 + 1h 28' 33" 36 + 1h 31' 40" 37 + 1h 31' 42" 38 + 1h 35' 03" 39 + 1h 42' 47" 40 + 1h 45' 24" 41 + 1h 47' 49" 42 + 1h 55' 17" 43 + 1h 55' 36" 44 + 2h 04' 57" 45 + 2h 05' 45" 46 + 2h 14' 34" 47 + 2h 15' 48" 48 + 2h 17' 50" 49 + 2h 18' 25" 50 + 2h 25' 08" 51 + 2h 30' 17" 52 + 2h 30' 38" 53 + 2h 31' 31" 54 + 2h 32' 05" 55 + 2h 32' 14" 56 + 2h 35' 06" 57 + 2h 38' 11" 58 + 2h 38' 29" 59 + 2h 39' 15" 60 + 2h 40' 00" 61 + 2h 43' 45" 62 + 2h 44' 52" 63 + 2h 51' 38" 64 + 3h 00' 24" 65 + 3h 10' 54" 66 + 3h 06' 38" 67 + 3h 07' 51" 68 + 3h 09' 07" 69 + 3h 10' 33" 70 + 3h 03' 18" 71 + 3h 14' 22" 72 + 3h 15' 34" 73 + 3h 16' 03" 74 + 3h 19' 54" 75 + 3h 20' 37" 76 + 3h 22' 03" 77 + 3h 27' 42" 78 + 3h 28' 54" 79 + 3h 30' 00" 80 + 3h 33' 27" 81 + 3h 33' 44" 82 + 3h 42' 48" 83 + 3h 43' 14" 84 + 3h 43' 36" 85 + 3h 44' 28" 86 + 3h 48' 06" 87 + 3h 48' 57" 88 + 3h 51' 02" 89 + 3h 51' 27" 90 + 3h 51' 50" 91 + 3h 52' 29" 92 + 3h 52' 58" 93 + 3h 57' 28" 94 + 3h 59' 57" 95 + 4h 00' 04" 96 + 4h 01' 39" 97 + 4h 03' 39" 98 + 4h 07' 57" 99 + 4h 08' 48" 100 + 4h 09' 15" 101 + 4h 10' 52" 102 + 4h 14' 48" 103 + 4h 16' 06" 104 + 4h 16' 33" 105 + 4h 16' 50" 106 + 4h 19' 29" 107 + 4h 23' 20" 108 + 4h 25' 23" 109 + 4h 27' 35" 110 + 4h 33' 12" 111 + 4h 33' 23" 112 + 4h 35' 38" 113 + 4h 38' 00" 114 + 4h 39' 31" 115 + 4h 41' 39" 116 + 4h 42' 15" 117 + 4h 48' 07" 118 + 4h 48' 17" 119 + 4h 50' 17" 120 + 4h 50' 41" 121 + 4h 51' 49" 122 + 4h 53' 56" 123 + 4h 48' 07" 124 + 4h 56' 40" 125 + 5h 00' 05" 126 + 5h 09' 31" 127 + 5h 11' 20" 128 + 5h 13' 47" 129 + 5h 14' 17" 130 + 5h 15' 43" 131 + 5h 19' 55" 132 + 5h 21' 23" 133 + 5h 27' 42" 134 + 5h 31' 26"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 409 2 186 3 138 4 133 5 133 6 108 7 106 8 105 9 74 10 69
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 73 2 36 3 28 4 23 5 23 6 23 7 18 8 17 9 17 10 15
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 80h 26' 59" 2 + 4' 57" 3 + 7' 24" 4 + 7' 45" 5 + 7' 57" 6 + 52' 25" 7 + 1h 01' 23" 8 + 1h 05' 02" 9 + 1h 24' 39" 10
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 240h 36' 32" 2 + 55' 35" 3 + 1h 16' 52" 4 + 1h 17' 36" 5 + 1h 34' 18" 6 + 1h 38' 20" 7 + 2h 12' 14" 8 + 2h 25' 47" 9 + 2h 33' 37" 10 + 2h 47' 09"
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