The 2022 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 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 a ...
stage race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a racing, 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 race, multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages ...
that took place between 18 and 20 February 2022 in the
departments
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
* Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes (; ; ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the France–Italy border, Italian border and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'A ...
and
Var in southeastern France. The race was rated as a category
2.1 event on the
2022 UCI Europe Tour calendar, and was the 54th edition of the
Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var.
Teams
Seven 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 bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
s, six
UCI ProTeams, and three
UCI Continental
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
teams made up the 18 teams that participated in the race. 11 teams entered a full squad of seven riders each, and six teams entered six riders each, while was the only team to enter five riders. There was one non-starter, which reduced to six riders, so a total of 117 riders started the race. Of these riders, 96 finished.
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;18 February 2022 –
Saint-Raphaël to
La Seyne-sur-Mer
La Seyne-sur-Mer (; "La Seyne on Sea"; ), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, is situated adja ...
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Stage 2
;19 February 2022 –
Puget-Théniers to
La Turbie,
Stage 3
;20 February 2022 –
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer (, ; ; ) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located southwest of the Principality of Monaco, which is just west of the French-Italian ...
to
Blausasc,
Classification leadership table
* On stage 2,
Anthony Turgis, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed
Caleb Ewan wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. On stage 3, Ewan wore the green jersey in place of
Tim Wellens
Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgium, Belgian professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Since turning professional in 2012, and coming from a family of professional cyclists, Wellens has taken almost for ...
, who took over the lead in both classifications.
Final classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
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External links
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2022
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Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var