2022 Vuelta a Asturias explained

2022 Vuelta Asturias
Series:2022 UCI Europe Tour
Date:29 April – 1 May 2022
Stages:3
Distance:491
Unit:km
First:Iván Sosa
First Nat:COL
First Color:cyan
Second:Lorenzo Fortunato
Second Nat:ITA
Third:Nicolas Edet
Third Nat:FRA
Points:Simon Yates
Points Nat:GBR
Points Color:green
Mountains:Isaac Cantón
Mountains Nat:ESP
Mountains Color:blue polkadot
Sprints:Jesús Ezquerra
Sprints Nat:ESP
Sprints Color:newspaper
Team Color:red number
Previous:2021
Next:2023

The 2022 Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo was a road cycling stage race that took place between 29 April and 1 May 2021 in the Asturias region of northwestern Spain. It was the 64th edition of the Vuelta Asturias and was part of the 2022 UCI Europe Tour calendar as a category 2.1 event.

Teams

Two UCI WorldTeam, seven UCI ProTeams, and five UCI Continental teams made up the fifteen teams that participated in the race. All but three teams fielded the maximum of seven riders:, and entered six and entered five. There was a total of 100 riders that started the race.

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

Route

Stage characteristics and winners
scope=col Stagescope=col Datescope=col Routescope=col Distancescope=col colspan="2" Typescope=col Winner
129 AprilOviedo to Pola de Lena169km (105miles)Mountain stage
230 AprilCandás to Cangas del Narcea200km (100miles)Mountain stage
31 MayCangas del Narcea to Oviedo122km (76miles)Mountain stage
Total491km (305miles)