The 2022 Eschborn–Frankfurt was a
road cycling
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws a ...
one-day race
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most ...
that took place on 1 May 2022 in the
Frankfurt Rhein-Main metro area in southwest Germany. It was the 59th edition of
Eschborn–Frankfurt
Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...
, and the 19th event of the
2022 UCI World Tour
The 2022 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included thirty-one road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2022 in men's road cycling, 2022 cycling season. The tour started with the 2022 UAE Tour, UAE Tour on 20 February, and ...
.
The race was won by
Sam Bennett (
) in a bunch sprint after the break was caught with 42km to go.
Teams
11 of the 18
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
s and eight
UCI ProTeams made up the nineteen teams that participated in the race. and , with six riders, were the only teams to not enter a full squad of seven riders. In total, 133 riders started the race, of which 116 finished.
The favourites for the race included
Jasper Philipsen
Jasper Philipsen (born 2 March 1998) is a Belgian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTour, UCI WorldTeam . Specialising as a Sprinter (cycling), sprinter, he has won nine stages in the Tour de France and three in the Vuelta a Es ...
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John Degenkolb
John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . His biggest wins to date are the 2015 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Paris–Roubaix, two of cycling's five Cycling monument, monuments ...
() and
Alexander Kristoff
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam .
A sprinter and classics rider, Kristoff is the most successful Norwegian cyclist by number of wins, having taken alm ...
().
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Result
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Eschborn–Frankfurt
Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...
Eschborn–Frankfurt
Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...
2022
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May 2022 sports events in Germany