The 2022 Tour of Romania was a six-day cycling stage race that took place in Romania in September 2022. The race was the 55th edition of the Tour of Romania. The tour was rated as a 2.1 event, as part of the 2022 UCI Europe Tour.
Mark Stewart became the first British rider to win the Tour of Romania.
Route
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| Prologue | 6 September | Satu Mare (ITT) | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Tom Sexton (NZL)
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| 1 | 7 September | Satu Mare to Bistrița | 205.2 km (127.5 mi) | 
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Plain stage |  Lucas Carstensen (GER)
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| 2 | 8 September | Bistrița to Târgu Mureș | 166.4 km (103.4 mi) |
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Plain stage |  Daniel Babor (CZE)
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| 3 | 9 September | Târgu Mureș to Făgăraș | 154 km (96 mi) | 
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Intermediate stage |  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU)
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| 4 | 10 September | Cristian to Curtea de Argeș | 208 km (129 mi) | 
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Mountain stage | Jakub Otruba (CZE)
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| 5 | 11 September | Bucharest (circuit) | 52 km (32 mi) |
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Plain stage | Daniel Babor (CZE)
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| Total | 787.7 km (489.5 mi) | ||||||
Teams
25 teams were at the start of the race.[2] These included two UCI Pro teams, 21 Continental teams and two national teams.
UCI Pro teams
UCI Continental teams
- Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
- EvoPro Racing
- Voster ATS Team
- Mentorise Elite Team CFX
- Giotti Victoria–Savini Due
- Team Novak
- Team Medellín–EPM
- ATT Investments
- Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega
- MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM
- WSA KTM Graz p/b Leomo
- Bike Aid
- Abloc CT
- Elkov–Kasper
- Electro Hiper Europa–Caldas
- Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
- Premier Tech U-23 Cycling Project
- China Glory Continental Cycling Team
- HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski
- Meiyo CCN Pro Cycling
- Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli
National teams
Stages
Prologue
Stage 1
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Stage 2
- 8 September 2022 — Bistrița to Târgu Mureș, 181 km (112 mi)
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Stage 3
- 9 September 2022 — Târgu Mureș to Făgăraș, 154 km (96 mi)
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Stage 4
- 10 September 2022 — Cristian to Curtea de Argeș, 209 km (130 mi)
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Stage 5
- 11 September 2022 — Bucharest, 96 km (60 mi)
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Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Young rider classification
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Best Romanian rider
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Team classification
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| P | Tom Sexton | Tom Sexton | Not awarded | Not awarded | Miká Heming | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling |
| 1 | Lucas Carstensen | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Lucas Carstensen | Cormac McGeough | |||
| 2 | Daniel Babor | Daniel Babor | Daniel Babor | ||||
| 3 | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Eduard-Michael Grosu | ATT Investments | |||
| 4 | Jakub Otruba | Mark Stewart | Cristian Raileanu | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling | |||
| 5 | Daniel Babor | ||||||
| Final | Mark Stewart | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Cormac McGeough | Miká Heming | Cristian Raileanu | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling | |
Standings
General classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mark Stewart (GBR)  
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Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling | 16h 56' 20" |
| 2 | Cristian Raileanu (ROU) 
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Romania | + 13" |
| 3 | Jakub Otruba (CZE)
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Elkov–Kasper | + 14" |
| 4 |  Alan Banaszek (POL)
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HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | + 1' 04" |
| 5 | Miká Heming (GER) 
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ATT Investments | + 1' 08" |
| 6 | Emil Dima (ROU)
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Giotti Victoria–Savini Due | + 1' 11" |
| 7 |  Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI)
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Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli | + 1' 12" |
| 8 |  Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (ECU)
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Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 1' 13" |
| 9 |  Nicolas Dalla Valle (ITA)
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Giotti Victoria–Savini Due | + 1' 15" |
| 10 | Tomasz Budziński (POL)
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HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | + 1' 15" |
Points classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) 
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Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli | 68 |
| 2 | Alan Banaszek (POL)
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HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | 49 |
| 3 | Daniel Babor (CZE)
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Elkov–Kasper | 47 |
| 4 | Nicolas Dalla Valle (ITA)
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Giotti Victoria–Savini Due | 37 |
| 5 |  Joren Bloem (NED)
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Abloc CT | 32 |
| 6 | Mark Stewart (GBR)
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Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling | 26 |
| 7 | Jakub Otruba (CZE)
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Elkov–Kasper | 25 |
| 8 | Lucas Carstensen (GER)
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Bike Aid | 25 |
| 9 | Cristian Raileanu (ROU)
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Abloc CT | 24 |
| 10 |  Brendan Rhim (USA)
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Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 20 |
Mountains classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 |  Cormac McGeough (IRL) 
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Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 31 |
| 2 | Mark Stewart (GBR)
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Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling | 26 |
| 3 | Jakub Otruba (CZE)
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Elkov–Kasper | 24 |
| 4 | Cristian Raileanu (ROU)
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Abloc CT | 16 |
| 5 |  Robin Plamondon (CAN)
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Premier Tech U-23 Cycling Project | 14 |
| 6 | Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI)
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Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli | 14 |
| 7 | Michal Schuran (CZE)
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ATT Investments | 12 |
| 8 |  Óscar Sevilla (ESP)
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Team Medellín–EPM | 12 |
| 9 |  Lucas De Rossi (FRA)
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China Glory Continental Cycling Team | 10 |
| 10 | Stijn Appel (NED)
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Abloc CT | 8 |
Young rider classification
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Miká Heming (GER)
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ATT Investments | 16h 57' 28" |
| 2 | Lorenzo Ginestra (ITA)
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Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega | + 23" |
| 3 | Jokin Murguialday (ESP)
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Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 25" |
| 4 | Callum Macleod (GBR)
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Abloc CT | + 25" |
| 5 |  Philipp Hofbauer (AUT)
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WSA KTM Graz p/b Leomo | + 46" |
| 6 | Mattia Gardi (ITA)
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Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli | + 1' 03" |
| 7 | Daan Hoeks (NED)
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MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM | + 15' 27" |
| 8 | Matteo Freddi (ITA)
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Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli | + 15' 47" |
| 9 | Ioan Dobrin (ROU)
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Mentorise Elite Team CFX | + 17' 01" |
| 10 | Kylian Senicourt (FRA)
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Premier Tech U-23 Cycling Project | + 21' 44" |
Best Romanian rider classification
Team classification
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
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50h 51' 54" |
| 2 | Elkov–Kasper | + 23" |
| 3 | HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | + 55" |
| 4 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA | + 57" |
| 5 | ATT Investments | + 1' 10" |
| 6 | Abloc CT | + 1' 13" |
| 7 | Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega | + 1' 50" |
| 8 | Team Medellín–EPM | + 1' 56" |
| 9 | Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | + 2' 35" |
| 10 | MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM | + 17' 16" |
See also
References
- ^ "Turul României 2022" (in Romanian). turulromaniei.ro. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Amir Kiarash (11 August 2022). "Lovitură mediatică: Turul României va fi transmis în 50 de ţări de Eurosport. Audienţa va fi uriaşă". Adevărul.
- ^ Țenea, Mihai (6 September 2022). "Ciclism: Neozeelandezul Thomas Sexton a câștigat prologul Turului României" [Cycling: New-Zeeland's Thomas Sexton won the prologue of the Tour of Romania] (in Romanian). Agerpres. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Prologue results". ProCyclingStats. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 1 results". ProCyclingStats. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 2 results". ProCyclingStats. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 3 results". ProCyclingStats. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 4 results". ProCyclingStats. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links
- Official website
- "2022 Tour of Romania". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.