Vuelta a España 2022


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Start: Utrecht (Netherlands)
Finish: Madrid
TV Coverage (UK): Eurosport, GCN+

Running from Friday 19 August to Sunday 11 September 2022, La Vuelta 22 will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3280.5 kilometers.

  • 6 flat stages
  • 2 flat stages with high-altitude finales
  • 4 hilly stages
  • 7 mountain stages
  • 1 team trial stage and 1 individual time-trial stages
  • 3 rest days

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Stage one Utrecht to Utrecht 23.3km TTT
Stage two Hertogenbosch to Utrecht 175.1km flat
Stage three Breda to Breda 193.2km flat
Rest day
Stage four Vitoria-Gasteiz to Laguardia 153.5km hilly
Stage five Irun to Bilbao 187km hilly
Stage six Bilbao to Pico Jano 180km mountains
Stage seven Camargo to Cistierna 190.1km hilly
Stage eight Pola de Laviana to Colláu Fancuay 154.5km mountains
Stage nine Villaviciosa to Les Praeres 175.5km mountains
Rest day
Stage ten Elche to Alicante 31.1km ITT
Stage 11 ElPozo Alimentación to Cabo de Gata 193km flat
Stage 12 Salobreña to Peñas Blancas 195.5km mountains
Stage 13 Ronda to Montilla 171km flat
Stage 14 Montoro to Sierra de La Pandera 160.3km mountains
Stage 15 Martos to Sierra Nevada 148.1km mountains
Rest day
Stage 16 Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Tomares 188.9km flat
Stage 17 Aracena to Monasterio de Tentudía 160km hilly
Stage 18 Trujillo to Alto de Piorna 191.7km mountains
Stage 19 Talavera de la Reina to Talavera de la Reina 132.7km hilly
Stage 20 Moralzarzal to Puerto de Navacerrada 175.5km mountains
Stage 21 Las Rozas to Madrid 100.5km flat
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VUELTA A ESPAÑA: PAST WINNERS

2000: Roberto Herasdagger (Esp) Kelme–Costa Blanca
2001: Ángel Casero (Esp) Festina
2002: Aitor González (Esp) Kelme–Costa Blanca
2003: Roberto Heras (Esp) U.S. Postal Service
2004: Roberto Heras (Esp) Liberty Seguros
2005: Roberto Heras (Esp) Liberty Seguros–Würth
2006: Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
2007: Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
2008: Alberto Contador (Esp) Astana
2009: Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d’Epargne
2010: Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas–Doimo
2011: Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
2012: Alberto Contador (Esp) Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
2013: Chris Horner (USA) RadioShack–Leopard
2014: Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff–Saxo
2015: Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana
2016: Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
2017: Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
2018: Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton–Scott
2019: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
2020: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
2021: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma

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VUELTA A ESPAÑA 2022 START LIST

JUMBO - VISMA \ 25x15

1 ROGLIC Primoz Slovenia


2 AFFINI Edoardo Italy
3 DENNIS Rohan Australia
4 GESINK Robert Netherlands
5 HARPER Chris Australia
6 KUSS Sepp United States
7 OOMEN Sam Netherlands
8 TEUNISSEN Mike Netherlands

AG2R CITROEN TEAM \ 25x15

11 O’CONNOR Ben Alexander Australia


12 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément France
13 HÄNNINEN Jaakko Finland
14 JUNGELS Bob Luxembourg
15 PETERS Nans France
16 PRODHOMME Nicolas France
17 RAUGEL Antoine France
18 VENDRAME Andrea Italy

ASTANA – QAZAQSTAN \ 25x15

21 LÓPEZ MORENO Miguel Ángel Colombia


22 BATTISTELLA Samuele Italy
23 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David Spain
24 FEDOROV Yevgeniy Kazahkstan
25 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazahkstan
26 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy
27 PRONSKIY Vadim Kazahkstan
28 TEJADA CANACUE Harold Colombia

BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS \ 25x15

31 LANDA MEANA Mikel Basque Country


32 BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago Colombia
33 MÄDER Gino Switzerland
34 POELS Wouter Netherlands
35 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
36 SÜTTERLIN Jasha Germany
37 WRIGHT Fred United Kingdom
38 ZAMBANINI Edoardo Italy

BORA - HANSGROHE \ 25x15

41 BENNETT Sam Ireland


42 FABBRO Matteo Italy
43 HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres Colombia
44 HINDLEY Jai Australia
45 KELDERMAN Wilco Netherlands
46 KOCH Jonas Germany
47 MULLEN Ryan Ireland
48 VAN POPPEL Danny Netherlands

COFIDIS \ 25x15

51 HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús Spain


52 COQUARD Bryan France
53 CIMOLAI Davide Italy
54 CHAMPION Thomas France
55 FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Rubén Spain
56 HERRADA LOPEZ José Spain
57 ROCHAS Rémy France
58 VILLELLA Davide Italy

EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST \ 25x15

61 URAN URAN Rigoberto Colombia


62 CAICEDO CEPEDA Jonathan Klever Ecuador
63 CARTHY Hugh United Kingdom
64 CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban Colombia
65 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi Eritrea
66 PADUN Mark Ukraine
67 SHAW James Callum United Kingdom
68 VAN DEN BERG Julius Netherlands

GROUPAMA - FDJ \ 25x15

71 PINOT Thibaut France


72 ARMIRAIL Bruno France
73 LIENHARD Fabian Switzerland
74 MOLARD Rudy France
75 PACHER Quentin France
76 REICHENBACH Sébastien Switzerland
77 SCOTSON Miles Australia
78 STEWART Jake United Kingdom

INEOS GRENADIERS \ 25x15

81 CARAPAZ Richard Ecuador


82 VAN BAARLE Dylan Netherlands
83 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao United Kingdom
84 HAYTER Ethan United Kingdom
85 PLAPP Luke Australia
86 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos Spain
87 SIVAKOV Pavel Russia
88 TURNER Ben United Kingdom

INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX \ 25x15

91 BAKELANTS Jan Belgium


92 HIRT Jan Czech Republic
93 JOHANSEN Julius Denmark
94 MEINTJES Louis South Africa
95 POZZOVIVO Domenico Italy
96 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia
97 THIJSSEN Gerben Belgium
98 VAN POPPEL Boy Netherlands

ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH \ 25x15

101 WOODS Michael Canada


102 BEVIN Patrick New Zealand
103 DE MARCHI Alessandro Italy
104 EINHORN Itamar Israel
105 FROOME Christopher United Kingdom
106 GOLDSTEIN Omer Israel
107 HAGEN Carl Fredrik Norway
108 IMPEY Daryl South Africa

LOTTO SOUDAL \ 25x15

111 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium


112 BEULLENS Cedric Belgium
113 CONCA Filippo Italy
114 CRAS Steff Belgium
115 DRIZNERS Jarrad Australia
116 MALECKI Kamil Poland
117 SWEENY Harry Australia
118 VAN GILS Maxim Belgium

MOVISTAR TEAM \ 25x15

121 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain


122 NORSGAARD JØRGENSEN Mathias Denmark
123 MAS BONET Lluis Spain
124 MAS NICOLAU Enric Spain
125 MÜHLBERGER Gregor Austria
126 OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Portugal
127 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
128 VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos Spain

QUICK-STEP - ALPHA VINYL \ 25x15

131 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France


132 CAVAGNA Rémi France
133 DEVENYNS Dries Belgium
134 EVENEPOEL Remco Belgium
135 MASNADA Fausto Italy
136 SERRY Pieter Belgium
137 VAN WILDER Ilan Belgium
138 VERVAEKE Louis Belgium

TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE - JAYCO \ 25x15

141 YATES Simon United Kingdom


142 CRADDOCK Lawson United States
143 DURBRIDGE Luke Australia
144 GROVES Kaden Australia
145 HAMILTON Lucas Australia
146 HEPBURN Michael Australia
147 O’BRIEN Kelland Australia
148 SCOTSON Callum Australia

TEAM DSM \ 25x15

151 ARENSMAN Thymen Netherlands


152 ARNDT Nikias Germany
153 BRENNER Marco Germany
154 DEGENKOLB John Germany
155 DONOVAN Mark United Kingdom
156 HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby Norway
157 NIEUWENHUIS Joris Netherlands
158 VANDENABEELE Henri Belgium

TREK - SEGAFREDO \ 25x15

161 BERNARD Julien France


162 CATALDO Dario Italy
163 ELISSONDE Kenny France
164 HOOLE Daan Netherlands
165 KIRSCH Alex Luxembourg
166 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro Spain
167 PEDERSEN Mads Denmark
168 TIBERI Antonio Italy

UAE TEAM EMIRATES \ 25x15

171 SOLER GIMENEZ Marc Spain


172 ACKERMANN Pascal Germany
173 OLIVEIRA Ivo Portugal
174 AYUSO PESQUERA Juan Spain
175 ALMEIDA João Portugal
176 MCNULTY Brandon United States
177 MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastián Colombia
178 POLANC Jan Slovenia

ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK \ 25x15

181 MERLIER Tim Belgium


182 JANSSENS Jimmy Belgium
183 MEURISSE Xandro Belgium
184 RIESEBEEK Oscar Netherlands
185 STANNARD Robert Australia
186 TAMINIAUX Lionel Belgium
187 VERMEERSCH Gianni Belgium
188 VINE Jay Australia

BURGOS - BH \ 25x15

191 BOL Jetse Netherlands


192 CABEDO CARDA Oscar Spain
193 DÍAZ GALLEGO José Manuel Spain
194 EZQUERRA MUELA Jesús Spain
195 MADRAZO RUIZ Ángel Spain
196 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel Spain
197 OKAMIKA BENGOETXEA Ander Basque Country
198 PENALVER ANIORTE Manuel Spain

EQUIPO KERN PHARMA \ 25x15

201 ADRIÁ OLIVERAS Roger Spain


202 BERRADE FERNANDEZ Urko Spain
203 CARRETERO Hector Spain
204 GALVÁN FERNÁNDEZ Francisco Kiko Spain
205 GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl Spain
206 MIQUEL DELGADO Pau Spain
207 PARRA CUERDA José Félix Spain
208 REPA Vojtech Czech Republic

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI \ 25x15

211 BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL Mikel Basque Country


212 AZPARREN IRURZUN Xavier Mikel Basque Country
213 AZURMENDI SAGASTIBELTZA Ibai Spain
214 BOU COMPANY Joan Spain
215 CANAL BLANCO Carlos Spain
216 ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel Basque Country
217 MARTIN SANZ Gotzon Basque Country
218 MATÉ MARDONES Luis Ángel Spain

TEAM ARKÉA - SAMSIC \ 25x15

222 DELAPLACE Anthony France


223 GESBERT Elie France
224 GUERNALEC Thibault France
225 GUGLIELMI Simon France
226 MCLAY Daniel United Kingdom
227 OWSIAN Lukasz Poland
228 RUSSO Clement France

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Good to see Bernal back for Ineos, but a shame there’s no young guns such as Hayter or Rodrigues.
Hope Roglic goes well for TJV before his rumoured transfer to Ineos

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Is Fabio Aru coming out of retirement to ride for Qhubeka Assos? , and are Qhubeka competing as a wildcard entry? They’re still on the go at Continental tour level after losing their World Tour licence.

I’ve just watched the replay of yesterdays XCO from Canada. They mentioned that Tom Pidcock will be riding the World XCO champs in 3 weeks time. I wonder how long he’ll stay at the Vuelta if that is true?

Is this the 21 or 22 startlist? Post says 21 at the moment.

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It was last years, the 2022 start list is still getting pencilled in :writing_hand: :grinning:

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A Team Time Trial to start could be fun. I guess Jumbo will be hoping to get Dennis in the Red jersey.

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On Saturday the Vuelta will (nearly - sigh) pass my house.

You may see a lot of these:

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Silk Paisley bedspreads? :upside_down_face:

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The 2022 VUELTA A ESPAÑA START LIST is almost complete - post 3 above ^

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Breaking News:
Apparently a rider no longer on the list is Nairo Quintana (Team Arkéa Samsic)

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Thanks @Debs , great to start this thread for the race again. Much appreciated!

Hoping for good things from Mike Woods (CA; Israel P-T) in the GC… they need to do well to keep their classification. Fingers crossed no post-covid issues for him or anyone.

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Friday 19th Aug 2022

Stage 1 (Team Time Trial) Utrecht - Utrecht (23.3km)


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Will be interesting to see what happens in today’s Team Time Trial, the weather forecast has scattered showers, and if this is intermittent it could greatly benefit or hinder teams depending upon when they’re turn comes up to race, and how wet or dry it is at that particular moment.

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UK - Tonight at the later time of 11:00 - 12:00 PM

Freeview Channel 12 Quest

VUELTA A ESPAÑA HIGHLIGHTS Stage 1 (TTT)

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Usual time after today is 7:00 PM

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Thanks for the heads up @Debs I was literally just doing a search to find out when and where the highlights might be shown :+1:

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Discovery Plus is a real bargain for £59.99 a year, you get full live coverage of every stage of all the Grand Tours and full replays. There is also coverage of virtually every World Tour races and many other races including track racing. There are also many other good and interesting factual programs and many other sports to watch. Thanks to @Debs and Disvovery Plus for introducing the world of sport cycling to us.

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Stage 1 RESULTS (Team Time Trial) Utrecht - Utrecht (23.3km)

RANK - TEAM - TIMES - GAP

|1|JUMBO - VISMA|00H 24’ 40’’|-|-|
|2|INEOS GRENADIERS|00H 24’ 53’’|+ 00H 00’ 13’’|-|
|3|QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM|00H 24’ 54’’|+ 00H 00’ 14’’|-|
|4|TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO|00H 25’ 11’’|+ 00H 00’ 31’’|-|
|5|UAE TEAM EMIRATES|00H 25’ 13’’|+ 00H 00’ 33’’|-|
|6|GROUPAMA - FDJ|00H 25’ 18’’|+ 00H 00’ 38’’|-|
|7|BORA - HANSGROHE|00H 25’ 21’’|+ 00H 00’ 41’’|-|
|8|TREK - SEGAFREDO|00H 25’ 22’’|+ 00H 00’ 42’’|-|
|9|BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS|00H 25’ 22’’|+ 00H 00’ 42’’|-|
|10|MOVISTAR TEAM|00H 25’ 23’’|+ 00H 00’ 43’’|-|
|11|ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM|00H 25’ 26’’|+ 00H 00’ 46’’|-|
|12|TEAM DSM|00H 25’ 33’’|+ 00H 00’ 53’’|-|
|13|AG2R CITROEN TEAM|00H 25’ 35’’|+ 00H 00’ 55’’|-|
|14|EQUIPO KERN PHARMA|00H 25’ 37’’|+ 00H 00’ 57’’|-|
|15|ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK|00H 25’ 43’’|+ 00H 01’ 03’’|-|
|16|ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH|00H 25’ 44’’|+ 00H 01’ 04’’|-|
|17|EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST|00H 25’ 59’’|+ 00H 01’ 19’’|-|
|18|TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC|00H 26’ 05’’|+ 00H 01’ 25’’|-|
|19|INTERMARCHE - WANTY - GOBERT MATERIAUX|00H 26’ 05’’|+ 00H 01’ 25’’|-|
|20|EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI|00H 26’ 12’’|+ 00H 01’ 32’’|-|
|21|LOTTO SOUDAL|00H 26’ 29’’|+ 00H 01’ 49’’|-|
|22|COFIDIS|00H 26’ 30’’|+ 00H 01’ 50’’|-|
|23|BURGOS-BH|00H 26’ 38’’|+ 00H 01’ 58’’|-|

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Saturday 20th August 2022

Stage 2 's-Hertogenbosch - Utrecht (175.1km)

A sprinters finish race today, it will be fast, and with fears from cross winds.

:red_square: Robert Gesink :netherlands: (Jumbo-Visma) will wear the race leader’s Red Jersey
:white_large_square: Ethan Hayter :uk: (Ineos Grenadiers) will wear the White Youth leader’s jersey.

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Apologies as slightly off-topic but I note Tom Pidcock just added the European MTB title (after starting 34th and having a fall) to his World Cyclo-cross and Olympic MTB golds. Plus Mt Ventoux.

Absolute animal.

Bruce

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If you watch it today, notice the traditional handkerchiefs and the upside down flags.

There are rumours about protests - that’s my place.

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