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2022 UCI World Tour
The 2022 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included thirty-one road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2022 in men's road cycling, 2022 cycling season. The tour started with the 2022 UAE Tour, UAE Tour on 20 February, and concluded with the 2022 Il Lombardia, Il Lombardia on 8 October. Events The 2022 calendar was announced in the autumn of 2021. Cancelled events Due to COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19-related logistical concerns raised by teams regarding travel to Australia (including strict quarantine requirements), the Tour Down Under (18–23 January) and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (30 January) were cancelled. On 8 June 2022, the Benelux Tour (29 August – 4 September) was cancelled due to a pressurised calendar. On 17 June 2022, the Tour of Guangxi (13–18 October) was also cancelled due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams The eighteen UCI WorldTeam, WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI WorldTour
The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon performances in these. The World Ranking was launched in 2009, (known from 2009–2010 as the ''UCI World Ranking'') and merged fully with its predecessor the UCI ProTour in 2011. UCI WorldTeams must compete at all events that were part of the tour prior to the 2017 expansion. History Until the end of 2004, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) maintained both the UCI Road World Rankings, which awarded results for all its sanctioned races, and the UCI Road World Cup, which was awarded on the basis of performance in ten selected one-day events. Both were replaced from the 2005 season by the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits. However, disputes between the UCI and ASO, the organisers of the Tour de France and other classics, and eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Paris–Nice
The 2022 Paris–Nice was a road cycling stage race that took place between 6 and 13 March 2022 in France. It was the 80th edition of Paris–Nice and the fourth race of the 2022 UCI World Tour. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams and four UCI ProTeams made up the 22 teams that participated in the race. Each team entered a full squad of seven riders, for a total of 154 riders who started the race. A wave of flu-like symptoms, although with no positive COVID-19 test results, resulted in an unusually high attrition rate as many riders were forced to withdraw from the race. A total of 37 riders withdrew before the final stage or abandoned during the stage, as most of them were not in contention for any of the final classifications. As a result, only 59 riders finished the race, which was the fewest number since the 1985 edition. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * Route Stages Stage 1 ;6 March 2022 — Mantes-la-V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Carapaz
Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race. In July 2021, he won the gold medal in the road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Ecuadorian cyclist to win a medal and only the second Ecuadorian in any sport to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. In doing so, he became the first cyclist to achieve an Olympic road race gold medal and a podium finish in each of the three Grand Tours. Early life Carapaz was born in El Carmelo, Tulcán Canton. Whilst at school, he was mentored by one of his teachers, former Olympic racing cyclist Juan Carlos Rosero, who started a cycling club at the school. The club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including Jhonatan Narváez and Jonathan Caicedo. Prior to taking up cycling, Carapaz competed for his school as a runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Higuita
Sergio Andrés Higuita García (born 1 August 1997) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career He moved to EF Education First from UCI Continental team in May 2019, having initially been set to join in the summer. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. In early 2020 he finished 3rd in Paris-Nice and won the best young rider jersey. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He did not finish the Tour but the following year he placed 25th overall. Higuita moved to Bora–Hansgrohe for the 2022 season. On stage 6 of the 2022 Volta a Catalunya he went on a long distance attack with Richard Carapaz. The pair stayed away for over 100 kilometers and Higuita moved into the leader's jersey. He defended his position on the final stage in Barcelona and also won the Mountains and Best Young Rider classifications. Major results ;2016 : 9th Overall Tour de Gironde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Volta A Catalunya
The 2022 Volta a Catalunya was a road bicycle racing, road cycling cycling stage race, stage race that took place between 21 and 27 March 2022. The race took place primarily in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, with the rest of the route in the Departments of France, department of Pyrénées-Orientales (known as Northern Catalonia) in southern France. It was the 101st edition of the Volta a Catalunya and the seventh race of the 2022 UCI World Tour. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams and six UCI Professional Continental, UCI ProTeams made up the 24 teams that participated in the race. UCI ProTeam was among the original invitees, but on 1 March 2022, the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI revoked the licences of Russian and Belarusian teams due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine. Of the invited teams, all but three entered a full squad of seven riders; , , each entered six riders. was reduce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Van Der Poel
Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Belgian-born Dutch professional Cycle sport, cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, mountain biking, Gravel cycling, gravel and road bicycle racing, road racing disciplines of the sport. Van der Poel has won seven UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Cyclo-cross World Championships (2015 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2015, 2019 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2019, 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2020, 2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2021, 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2023, 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2024, 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, 2025), one UCI Gravel World Championships, Gravel World Championship (2024 UCI Gravel World Championships, 2024) and one Road World Championship (2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2023), becoming the only Men's World Champion in three different cycling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Turgis
Anthony Turgis (born 16 May 1994) is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Professional since 2015, he won the ninth stage of the 2024 Tour de France from a small bunch sprint. Other professional wins of his include the 2019 Grand Prix La Marseillaise, the 2015 Boucles de la Mayenne, the 2016 Classic Loire Atlantique and the 2019 Paris–Chauny. He also finished second in the 2019 Dwars door Vlaanderen and 2022 Milan–San Remo and has competed in eight Grand Tours. Personal life His brothers Jimmy and Tanguy also competed professionally in cycling. Both had to retire due to heart conditions. Major results Road ;2012 : 1st Stage 2a ( TTT) Liège–La Gleize : UEC European Junior Championships ::2nd Road race ::10th Time trial : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors : 7th Bernaudeau Junior ;2014 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships : 3rd Road race, National Amateur Championships ;201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matej Mohorič
Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Mohorič turned professional in 2014. He won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2021, and the UCI Gravel World Championships in 2023. Early and personal life Born on 19 October 1994, in Kranj, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in Šenčur, Slovenia. Career Mohorič won the 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race, 2012 UCI World Junior Road Race Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Championships#Under-23 events, 2013 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, becoming the first rider to win world junior and under-23 titles in consecutive years. He signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season. Mohorič signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España, but he withdrew on the 6th stage. Subsequently, it was announced that he would join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Milan–San Remo
The 2022 Milan–San Remo was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 19 March 2022 in northwestern Italy. It was the 113th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Originally the eighth event on the 2022 UCI World Tour calendar, it became the sixth event after the cancellation of the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. In a similar move to the one that won Jasper Stuyven the previous edition, Matej Mohorič attacked on the descent of the Poggio di San Remo with under to go and soloed to the win. Anthony Turgis, who had attacked in the final kilometre to try to bridge the gap to Mohorič, stayed ahead of the chasing group to finish second, with Mathieu van der Poel winning the sprint for third from the aforementioned group. Teams All eighteen UCI WorldTeams and the top two UCI ProTeams from the 2021 season, and , were automatically invited. The next best ProTeam from the 2021 season, also received an automatic invitation, while fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikel Landa
Mikel Landa Meana (born 13 December 1989) is a Spanish Basques, Basque professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . His career breakthrough came at the 2015 Giro d'Italia where he won two stages and finished third overall. Career Early career Landa was born in Murgia (Álava), in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country in northern Spain. Like many Basque cyclists he began his career at the development team, in 2009, before graduating to the professional team in 2011. After three years with the squad, Landa left the team at the end of the 2013 season – due to its disestablishment – to join . In 2018, as president of the Euskadi Cycling Foundation, a new UCI Continental squad was established, with expectations of returning to the top races. Astana (2014–2015) Landa won a stage of the 2014 Giro del Trentino before riding the 2014 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia as one of Fabio Aru's mountain domestiques. He hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Vingegaard
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen (; ; born 10 December 1996) is a Danish professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Described as one of the best Climbing specialist, climbers of his generation, his rivalry with Tadej Pogačar is considered one of the greatest of all time. He is best known for winning the 2022 Tour de France, 2022 and 2023 Tour de France, 2023 editions of the Tour de France. Vingegaard, whose youth career initially saw little success, made his Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour debut at the 2020 Vuelta a España. Then, in 2021 Tour de France, 2021, he participated in his first Tour de France and secured a second-place finish overall. In 2022, he returned to the Tour as one of the pre-race favourites, winning List of Tour de France general classification winners, the overall classification alongside two stage victories and the Mountains classification in the Tour de France, polka dot jersey. This made him the second Danish cyclist ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2022 Tirreno–Adriatico was a road cycling stage race that took between 7 and 13 March 2022 in Italy. It was the 57th edition of Tirreno–Adriatico and the fifth race of the 2022 UCI World Tour. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ProTeams made up the 24 teams that participated in the race. , with six riders, was the only team to not enter a full squad of seven riders. A wave of flu-like symptoms, although with no positive COVID-19 test results, resulted in an unusually high attrition rate as many riders were forced to withdraw from the race. Of the 167 riders who started the race, 143 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * Route Stages Stage 1 ;7 March 2022 — Lido di Camaiore, ( ITT) Stage 2 ;8 March 2022 — Camaiore to Sovicille, Stage 3 ;9 March 2022 — Murlo to Terni, Stage 4 ;10 March 2022 — Cascata delle Marmore to Bellante, Stage 5 ;11 March 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
