2022 Volta a Portugal | |
Series: | 2022 UCI Europe Tour |
Date: | 4 – 15 August 2022 |
Stages: | 10 + Prologue |
Distance: | 1559.9 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 38h 38' 31" |
First: | Mauricio Moreira |
First Nat: | URU |
First Color: | yellow |
Second: | Frederico Figueiredo |
Second Nat: | POR |
Third: | António Carvalho |
Third Nat: | POR |
Points: | Scott McGill |
Points Nat: | USA |
Points Color: | green |
Mountains: | Frederico Figueiredo |
Mountains Nat: | POR |
Mountains Color: | blue polkadot |
Youth: | Jokin Murguialday |
Youth Nat: | ESP |
Youth Color: | white |
Previous: | 2021 |
Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Volta a Portugal (also known as the 2022 Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Santander) was the 83rd edition of the Volta a Portugal road cycling stage race, which was held between August 4 to 15, 2022. It was rated as a 2.1[1] event in the 2022 UCI Europe Tour.
Four UCI ProTeams and 15 UCI Continental teams constituted the 18 teams that participated in the race. Unlike the previous year, no UCI WorldTeams competed. 106 of the initial 126 riders finished.[2]
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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P | 4 August | Lisbon | 5.4km (03.4miles) | Individual time trial | |||
1 | 5 August | Vila Franca de Xira to Elvas | 193km (120miles) | Hilly stage | |||
2 | 6 August | Badajoz to Castelo Branco | 181.5km (112.8miles) | Hilly stage | |||
3 | 7 August | Sertã to Covilhã (Torre) | 159km (99miles) | Mountain stage | |||
4 | 8 August | Guarda to Viseu | 169.1km (105.1miles) | Hilly stage | |||
9 August | Viseu | Rest day | |||||
5 | 10 August | Mealhada to Miranda do Corvo | 165.7km (103miles) | Mountain stage | |||
6 | 11 August | Águeda to Maia | 159.9km (99.4miles) | Hilly stage | |||
7 | 12 August | Santo Tirso to Braga | 150.1km (93.3miles) | Hilly stage | |||
8 | 13 August | Viana do Castelo to Fafe | 182.7km (113.5miles) | Hilly stage | |||
9 | 14 August | Paredes to Mondim de Basto (Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Graça) | 174.5km (108.4miles) | Mountain stage | |||
10 | 15 August | Porto to Vila Nova de Gaia | 18.6km (11.6miles) | Individual time trial | |||
Total | 1568.6km (974.7miles) |
As of 1 March 2022, the UCI announced that cyclists from Russia and Belarus would no longer compete under the name or flag of those respective countries due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]