The 2022 Saudi Tour was a

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws as ...

stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...

that took place between 1 and 5 February 2022 in Saudi Arabia. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the

2022 UCI Asia Tour The 2022 UCI Asia Tour is the 18th season of the UCI Asia Tour. The season began on 6 November 2021 with the Giro d'Italia Criterium and ended on 15 October 2022 with Japan Cup Criterium. The points leader, based on the cumulative results of pre ...

calendar, and was the sixth edition of the Saudi Tour.

Teams

Eight of the 18

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour ...

s, five

UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer In ...

s, and two

UCI Continental The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gove ...

teams made up the 15 teams that participated in the race. Of these teams, only eight entered a full squad of seven riders. Five teams (, , , , and ) entered six riders each, while the remaining two teams ( and ) entered five riders each. In total, 96 riders started the race, of which 86 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * *

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;1 February 2022 — Winter Park to Winter Park,

Stage 2

;2 February 2022 — Taibah University to

Abu Rakah Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian universit ...

Stage 3

;3 February 2022 — Tayma Hadaj Well to Al Ula Old Town,

Stage 4

;4 February 2022 — Winter Park to Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid,

Stage 5

;5 February 2022 — Al Ula Old Town to Al Ula Old Town,

Classification leadership table

* On stage 2, Martin Laas, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first-placed

Caleb Ewan Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of Mark Cavendish, taking an extremely low position that offers him an aerodynamic advantag ...

wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification. * On stage 2, Polychronis Tzortzakis, who was second in the active rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Martin Urianstad wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification. * On stages 3 and 4, Anthon Charmig, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed

Santiago Buitrago Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (born 26 September 1999) is a Colombian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2019 : 6th Overall Giro dell ...

wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, on stage 5, Buitrago wore the white jersey with

Maxim Van Gils Maxim Van Gils (born 25 November 1999) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2017 : 1st La Classique des Alpes Juniors ;2019 : 6th Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23 ;2020 : ...

leading the general classification.

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Active rider classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saudi Tour, 2022

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...

Saudi Tour Saudi Tour Saudi Tour