2022 Tour de France Femmes

2022 Tour de France Femmes

2022 UCI Women's World Tour, race 16 of 23
Route of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes
Race details
Dates	24–31 July 2022
Stages	8
Distance	1,033.6[1] km (642.2 mi)
Winning time	26 h 55 m 44 s
Results
Winner  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Movistar Team)   Second  Demi Vollering (NED) (SD Worx)   Third  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) (Canyon–SRAM) Points  Marianne Vos (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Mountains  Demi Vollering (NED) (SD Worx) Youth  Shirin van Anrooij (NED) (Trek–Segafredo) Combativity  Marianne Vos (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Team Canyon–SRAM
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The 2022 Tour de France Femmes (officially Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) was the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, a professional women's cycling race which took place from 24 to 31 July. It was the 16th event in the 2022 UCI Women's World Tour. The Tour consisted of 8 stages, covering a distance of 1,033 kilometres (642 mi).

Various cycling races have been held as an equivalent to the Tour de France for women, such as Tour de France Féminin between 1984 and 1989. The first edition of Tour de France Femmes followed years of campaigning by the women's professional peloton for an equivalent race to the men's Tour de France. The race drew large crowds, had substantial international media coverage, and was highly praised by the public, media, teams, and riders.

The race was won by Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team), taking the general classification (GC) leader's yellow jersey (French: maillot jaune) by winning both mountain stages in the latter part of the race. Demi Vollering (SD Worx) finished in second place after finishing behind van Vleuten on both mountain stages. Vollering also took the polka-dot jersey as winner of the Queen of the Mountains (QoM) classification. Third place went to Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon–SRAM), who put in a consistent performance during the first six stages and finished in the top five on both mountain stages.

Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo–Visma) won the green jersey for points classification and the super-combativity award award for the most combative rider, following consistent stage finishes and two stage wins in the early part of the race. Another two stages were won by sprinter Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM). Shirin van Anrooij (Trek–Segafredo) took the white jersey as the winner of the young rider classification, which was awarded to the best-placed GC rider under the age of 23. Canyon–SRAM won the team classification as the team with the lowest aggregate time among their three best-placed riders.