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.
The race was won by Elisa Longo Borghini of Trek–Segafredo, by a margin of just 1 second.
Route The 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%. +Stage scheduleStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner16 JuneColchester to Bury St EdmundsFlat stage27 JuneHarlow to HarlowFlat stage38 JuneTewkesbury to GloucesterHilly stage49 JuneWrexham to WelshpoolHilly stage510 JunePembrey Country Park to Black MountainMountain stage611 JuneChipping Norton to OxfordFlat stageTotal
Summary 97 riders from 17 teams were entered in the race, with 13 of the teams being from the UCI Women's World Tour. For the first time, all stages were broadcast live.
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. To honour journalist Richard Moore, a special award for the rider who "went above and beyond with the media" was presented to Clara Copponi.
Classification leadership table +Classification leadership by stageStageWinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationSprints classificationTeam classification1Clara CopponiClara CopponiClara CopponiChristine MajerusMaike van der Duin 2 Lorena Wiebes3 Lorena Wiebes Lorena Wiebes Lorena Wiebes4 Grace Brown Grace BrownLorena WiebesElise Chabbey5 Elisa Longo Borghini6 Lorena Wiebes Elisa Longo BorghiniFinal Elise Chabbey Maike van der Duin Canyon–SRAM
Result +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime12 +1"3 +5"4 +24"5 +32"6 +49"7 +54"8 +1'45"9 +1'50"10 +1'56"
See also
2022 in women's road cycling
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