| 2022 UCI Women's World Tour, race 16 of 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Route of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 24–31 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,033.6[1] km (642.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 26 h 55 m 44 s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Tour de France Femmes (officially 2022 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) was the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, a professional women's cycling race which took place from 24 to 31 July. It was the 16th event in the 2022 UCI Women's World Tour. The Tour consisted of 8 stages, covering a distance of 1,033 kilometres (642 mi).
Starting in 1955, various cycling races for women have been held similar to the Tour de France for men, using different names (for example, Tour de France Féminin and Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale) and to a shorter length, unlike the three-weeks races for the men. The first edition of Tour de France Femmes followed years of campaigning by the women's professional peloton for an equivalent race to the men's Tour de France. The race drew large crowds, had substantial international media coverage, and was highly praised by the public, media, teams, and riders.
The race was won by Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team), taking the general classification (GC) leader's yellow jersey by winning both mountain stages in the latter part of the race. Demi Vollering (SD Worx) finished in second place after placing behind van Vleuten on both mountain stages. Vollering also took the polka-dot jersey as winner of the Queen of the Mountains (QoM) classification. Third place went to Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon–SRAM), who secured a podium position after top five finishes on both mountain stages.
Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo–Visma) won the green jersey for the points classification following top five finishes in the first six stages, including two wins, as well as the super-combativity award award for the most combative rider. Another two stages were won by sprinter Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM). Shirin van Anrooij (Trek–Segafredo) took the white jersey as the winner of the young rider classification, which was awarded to the best-placed GC rider under the age of 23. Canyon–SRAM won the team classification as the team with the lowest aggregate time among their three best-placed riders.
- ^ "2022 Route". Tour de France Femmes. ASO. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.