The 2022 Tour of the Alps was the 45th edition of the

Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

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and the sixth edition since its renaming from the Giro del Trentino. It was held from 18 to 22 April 2022 in the Austrian state of

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and in the Italian provinces of

Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

and

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, which all make up the

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Teams

Ten of the eighteen

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s, seven UCI ProTeams, and one

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team made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams *

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;18 April 2022 —

Cles Cles (german: Glöß; Nones: ''Clés'' or ''Cliès'') is a town and ''comune'' in Trentino, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of northern Italy. It is the main town of Val di Non. It is the main town of and is located in Val di Non. Mo ...

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Stage 2

;19 April 2022 — Primiero San Martino di Castrozza to

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Stage 3

;20 April 2022 — Lana to Niederdorf/Villabassa,

Stage 4

;21 April 2022 — Niederdorf/Villabassa to

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Stage 5

;22 April 2022 —

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to Lienz,

Classification leadership table

* On stage 2, Ben Zwiehoff, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the light blue jersey, because first-placed

Geoffrey Bouchard Geoffrey Bouchard (born 1 April 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. He took over the lead in the King of the Mountains competition follow ...

wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

General classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Sprints classification

Team classification

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour of the Alps, 2022

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