| 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta | |
| Date: | 7–11 September 2022 |
| Series: | 2022 UCI Women's World Tour |
| Race No: | 22 |
| Season No: | 23 |
| Stages: | 5 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 12h 21' 46" |
| First Nat: | NED |
| First Color: | red |
| Second Nat: | ITA |
| Third Nat: | NED |
| Points: | Silvia Persico |
| Points Nat: | ITA |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Lucinda Brand |
| Mountains Nat: | NED |
| Mountains Color: | blue polkadot |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta is a women's road cycling stage race 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 calendar.[1] [2] As with previous editions, the final day of the race coincided with the final day of the men's race.[3]
See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2022 Challenge by La Vuelta.
All fourteen UCI Women's WorldTeams and seven UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race.[4] was the only team not to enter a full squad of six riders. In total, 131 riders started the race.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
The 2022 edition increased the number of stages to 5, with the race finishing in Madrid. Ahead of the race, 3 time Giro Donne winner Annemiek van Vleuten 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".[5]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 September | Marina de Cudeyo to Marina de Cudeyo | 19.9km (12.4miles) | Team time trial | |||
| 2 | 8 September | Colindres de Colindres | 105.9km (65.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 3 | 9 September | Camargo to Aguilar de Campoo | 96.4km (59.9miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 4 | 10 September | Palencia to Segovia | 160km (100miles) | Flat stage | |||
| 5 | 11 September | Madrid to Madrid | 95.6km (59.4miles) | Flat stage | |||
| Total | 447.8km (278.3miles) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Team classification | Combativity award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisa Longo Borghini | not awarded | not awarded | not awarded | |||
| 2 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Annemiek van Vleuten | Annemiek van Vleuten | Lucinda Brand | Sarah Roy | ||
| 3 | Grace Brown | Mavi García | |||||
| 4 | Silvia Persico | Silvia Persico | Anna Kiesenhofer | ||||
| 5 | Elisa Balsamo | Mavi García | |||||
| Final | Silvia Persico | not awarded | |||||
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the winner of the team classification | ||
| Denotes the winner of the points classification | Denotes the winner of the combativity award | ||
| Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | |||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12h 21' 46" | |||
| 2 | + 1' 44" | |||
| 3 | + 2' 11" | |||
| 4 | + 2' 34" | |||
| 5 | + 2' 43" | |||
| 6 | + 3' 03" | |||
| 7 | + 3' 07" | |||
| 8 | + 3' 29" | |||
| 9 | + 3' 35" | |||
| 10 | + 3' 38" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | |||
| 2 | 48 | |||
| 3 | 44 | |||
| 4 | 41 | |||
| 5 | 41 | |||
| 6 | 34 | |||
| 7 | 33 | |||
| 8 | 32 | |||
| 9 | 25 | |||
| 10 | 23 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | |||
| 2 | 32 | |||
| 3 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 7 | |||
| 10 | 6 |
| Rank | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36h 27' 46" | ||
| 2 | + 5' 45" | ||
| 3 | + 6' 09" | ||
| 4 | + 6' 38" | ||
| 5 | + 9' 28" | ||
| 6 | + 10' 29" | ||
| 7 | + 18' 49" | ||
| 8 | + 19' 12" | ||
| 9 | + 31' 48" | ||
| 10 | + 32' 05" |