The 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta is a women's
road cycling
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stage race
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that was held in Spain from 7 to 11 September 2022. It was the eighth edition of the
Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta and was the twenty-second event on the
2022 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2022 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-three road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2022 in women's road cycling, 2022 women's cycling season. It was the seventh edition of the UCI Women's World To ...
calendar.
As with previous editions, the final day of the race coincided with the final day of the
men's race.
Teams
All fourteen
UCI Women's WorldTeams and seven
UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race. was the only team not to enter a full squad of six riders. In total, 131 riders started the race.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
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UCI Women's Continental Teams
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Soltec Team
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Route
The 2022 edition increased the number of stages to 5, with the race finishing in
Madrid
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. Ahead of the race, 3 time
Giro Donne
The is an annual women's cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was previously b ...
winner
Annemiek van Vleuten
Annemiek van Vleuten (; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional Bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Van Vleuten is twice a winner of both the UCI Road World Cha ...
criticised the race for not being difficult enough, stating "if you look at the course you can conclude that the Vuelta ''(sic)'' is not yet ready to call itself a grand tour".
Stages
Stage 1
;7 September 2022 —
Marina de Cudeyo to Marina de Cudeyo, (
TTT)
Stage 2
;8 September 2022 —
Colindres to Colindres,
Stage 3
;9 September 2022 —
Camargo to
Aguilar de Campoo
Aguilar de Campoo () is a town and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located in the North of province of Palencia, autonomous community of Castile and León. The River Pisuerga flows through its historic centre. Its 2011 population was ...
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Stage 4
;10 September 2022 —
Palencia
Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia.
Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of ...
to
Segovia
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Stage 5
;11 September 2022 —
Madrid
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to Madrid,
Classification leadership table
Classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Team classification
See also
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2022 in women's road cycling
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Challenge by La Vuelta, 2022
2022 UCI Women's World Tour
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2022 in Spanish sport
September 2022 sports events in Spain