2022 Vuelta a Asturias

2022 Vuelta Asturias

2022 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	29 April – 1 May 2022
Stages	3
Distance	491 km (305.1 mi)
Results
Winner Iván Sosa (COL) (Movistar Team)   Second Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) (Eolo–Kometa)   Third Nicolas Edet (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic) Points Simon Yates (GBR) (Team BikeExchange–Jayco) Mountains Isaac Cantón (ESP) (Manuela Fundación) Sprints Jesús Ezquerra (ESP) (Burgos BH) Team Arkéa–Samsic

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: Arkéa–Samsic, Electro Hiper Europa–Caldas and Team TotalEnergies entered six and BAI–Sicasal–Petro de Luanda entered five. There was a total of 100 riders that started the race.

UCI WorldTeams

• Team BikeExchange–Jayco
• Movistar Team

UCI ProTeams

• Arkéa–Samsic
• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Eolo–Kometa
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Team TotalEnergies

UCI Continental Teams

• BAI–Sicasal–Petro de Luanda
• Efapel Cycling
• Electro Hiper Europa–Caldas
• Java Kiwi Atlántico
• Aviludo–Louletano–Loulé Concelho
• Manuela Fundación

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	29 April	Oviedo to Pola de Lena	169 km (105 mi)		Mountain stage	Simon Yates (GBR)
2	30 April	Candás to Cangas del Narcea	200 km (120 mi)		Mountain stage	Iván Sosa (COL)
3	1 May	Cangas del Narcea to Oviedo	122 km (76 mi)		Mountain stage	Simon Yates (GBR)
Total			491 km (305 mi)