The 2022 Tour of the Basque Country (officially known as Itzulia Basque Country 2022) was a

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held between 4 and 9 April 2022 in the

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region in northern Spain. It was the 61st edition of the

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

and the 13th race of the 2022 UCI World Tour.

Teams

All 18 UCI WorldTeams and five UCI Professional Continental, UCI ProTeams made up the 23 teams that participated in the race. All but five teams entered a full squad of seven riders; , , , , and entered six riders each. With one late non-starter, was also reduced to six riders. In total, 155 riders started the race, of which only 54 finished; there were 25 riders who did not finish the last stage, while a further 39 riders finished over the time limit on the final stage. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * *

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;4 April 2022 — Hondarribia to Hondarribia, (Individual time trial, ITT)

Stage 2

;5 April 2022 — Leitza to Viana, Spain, Viana,

Stage 3

;6 April 2022 — Laudio to Amurrio,

Stage 4

;7 April 2022 — Vitoria-Gasteiz to :es:Ingeteam, Ingeteam Parke Zamudio,

Stage 5

;8 April 2022 — Ingeteam Parke Zamudio to Mallabia,

Stage 6

;9 April 2022 — Eibar to :es:Arrate, Arrate,

Classification leadership table

* On stage 2, Geraint Thomas, who was fourth in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Primož Roglič wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification, second-placed Remco Evenepoel wore the polka-dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification, and third-placed Rémi Cavagna wore the French national champion's jersey as the defending French National Road Race Championships, French national road race champion. * On stage 2, Ben Tulett, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Remco Evenepoel wore the polka-dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. * On stage 3, Adam Yates, who was fourth in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Primož Roglič wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification, second-placed Remco Evenepoel wore the blue jersey as the leader of the young rider classification, and third-placed Julian Alaphilippe wore the world champion's jersey as the defending 2021 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, world road race champion. * On stage 6, Felix Gall, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Remco Evenepoel wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Basque rider classification

Team classification

Notes

As of 1 March 2022, the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI announced that cyclists from Russia and Belarus would no longer compete under the name or flag of those respective countries due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

Sources

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour of the Basque Country, 2022 2022 UCI World Tour, Tour of the Basque Country 2022 in Spanish road cycling, Tour of the Basque Country April 2022 sports events in Spain, Tour of the Basque Country Tour of the Basque Country by year, 2022 2022 in the Basque Country (autonomous community)