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2022 Tour of Romania
2022 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates6–11 September
Stages5 + Prologue
Distance787.7 km (489.5 mi)
Winning time16h 56' 20"
Results
Winner   Mark Stewart ( GBR) ( Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling)
  Second   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) (Romania)
  Third   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) ( Elkov–Kasper)

Points   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) ( Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli)
Mountains   Cormac McGeough ( IRL) ( Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling)
  Team Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
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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

Stages of the 2022 Tour of Romania [1]
Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner
Prologue 6 September Satu Mare (ITT) 2.1 km (1.3 mi) Individual time trial   Tom Sexton ( NZL)
1 7 September Satu Mare to Bistrița 205.2 km (127.5 mi) Plain stage   Lucas Carstensen ( GER)
2 8 September Bistrița to Târgu Mureș 166.4 km (103.4 mi) Plain stage   Daniel Babor ( CZE)
3 9 September Târgu Mureș to Făgăraș 154 km (96 mi) Intermediate stage   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU)
4 10 September Cristian to Curtea de Argeș 208 km (129 mi) Mountain stage   Jakub Otruba ( CZE)
5 11 September Bucharest (circuit) 52 km (32 mi) Plain stage   Daniel Babor ( CZE)
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

National teams

Stages

Prologue

6 September 2022 — Satu Mare, 2.1 km (1.3 mi) ( ITT)
Prologue Result [3] [4]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Tom Sexton ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 2' 30"
2   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1"
3   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 1"
4   Aaron Gate ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 2"
5   Daniel Crista ( ROU) Romania + 2"
6   Brendan Rhim ( USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 3"
7   Davide Plebani ( ITA) Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega + 4"
8   Tobiasz Pawlak ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 4"
9   Filippo Tagliani ( POL) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 4"
10   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 4"
General classification after Prologue [4]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Tom Sexton ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 2' 30"
2   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1"
3   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 1"
4   Aaron Gate ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 2"
5   Daniel Crista ( ROU) Romania + 2"
6   Brendan Rhim ( USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 3"
7   Davide Plebani ( ITA) Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega + 4"
8   Tobiasz Pawlak ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 4"
9   Filippo Tagliani ( POL) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 4"
10   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 4"

Stage 1

7 September 2022 — Satu Mare to Bistrița, 205.2 km (127.5 mi)
Stage 1 Result [5]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Lucas Carstensen ( GER) Bike Aid 4h 58' 25"
2   Daniel Babor ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 0"
3   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 0"
4   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0"
5   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 0"
6   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Romania + 0"
7   Matúš Štoček ( SVK) ATT Investments + 0"
8   Léo Bouvier ( FRA) Bike Aid + 0"
9   Andrea Biancalani ( ITA) Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli + 0"
10   Jesper Rasch ( FRA) Abloc CT + 0"
General classification after Stage 1 [5]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli 5h 00' 50"
2   Cormac McGeough ( IRL) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 3"
3   Tom Sexton ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 4"
4   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 5"
5   Daniel Babor ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 5"
6   Aaron Gate ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 5"
7   Lucas Carstensen ( GER) Bike Aid + 5"
8   Daniel Crista ( ROU) Romania + 6"
9   Brendan Rhim ( USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 7"
10   Davide Plebani ( ITA) Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega + 8"

Stage 2

8 September 2022 — Bistrița to Târgu Mureș, 181 km (112 mi)
Stage 2 Result [6]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Daniel Babor ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 3h 49' 50"
2   Joren Bloem ( NED) Abloc CT + 0"
3   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 0"
4   Matteo Malucelli ( ITA) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad + 0"
5   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0"
6   Luke Mudgway ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 0"
7   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 0"
8   Samuele Zambelli ( ITA) Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega + 0"
9   Jakub Murias ( POL) Voster ATS Team + 0"
10   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 0"
General classification after Stage 2 [6]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Daniel Babor ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 8h 50' 35"
2   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 2"
3   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 6"
4   Joren Bloem ( NED) Abloc CT + 8"
5   Aaron Gate ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 8"
6   Cormac McGeough ( IRL) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 8"
7   Tom Sexton ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 8"
8   Lucas Carstensen ( GER) Bike Aid + 10"
9   Daniel Crista ( ROU) Romania + 11"
10   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 12"

Stage 3

9 September 2022 — Târgu Mureș to Făgăraș, 154 km (96 mi)
Stage 3 Result [7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli 3h 30 15"
2   Brendan Rhim ( USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 0"
3   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0"
4   Joren Bloem ( NED) Abloc CT + 0"
5   Tomasz Budziński ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0"
6   Jakub Murias ( POL) Voster ATS Team + 0"
7   Antti-Jussi Juntunen ( FIN) Abloc CT + 0"
8   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 0"
9   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 0"
10   Tom Sexton ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 0"
General classification after Stage 3 [7]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli 12h 20' 34"
2   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 17"
3   Brendan Rhim ( USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling + 21"
4   Tom Sexton ( NZL) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 22"
5   Joren Bloem ( NED) Abloc CT + 23"
6   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 25"
7   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 27"
8   Matúš Štoček ( SVK) ATT Investments + 28"
9   David González ( ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 29"
10   Emil Dima ( ROU) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 30"

Stage 4

10 September 2022 — Cristian to Curtea de Argeș, 209 km (130 mi)
Stage 4 Result [8]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 5h 06 55"
2   Mark Stewart ( GBR) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling + 0"
3   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Romania + 0"
4   Natnael Tesfatsion ( ERI) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 1' 02"
5   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 02"
6   Lorenzo Ginestra ( ITA) Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega + 1' 02"
7   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 1' 02"
8   Michal Schlegel ( CZE) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 02"
9   Emil Dima ( ROU) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 02"
10   Michael Kukrle ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 1' 02"
General classification after Stage 4 [8]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Mark Stewart ( GBR) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 16h 56' 20"
2   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Romania + 13"
3   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 14"
4   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 04"
5   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 1' 08"
6   Emil Dima ( ROU) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 11"
7   Natnael Tesfatsion ( ERI) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 1' 12"
8   Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda ( ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 13"
9   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 15"
10   Tomasz Budziński ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 15"

Stage 5

11 September 2022 — Bucharest, 96 km (60 mi)
Stage 5 Result [9]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Daniel Babor ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 1h 03' 07"
2   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0"
3   Matteo Malucelli ( ITA) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad + 0"
4   David González ( ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0"
5   Filippo Tagliani ( ITA) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 0"
6   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 0"
7   Jakub Murias ( POL) Voster ATS Team + 0"
8   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 0"
9   Jesper Rasch ( NED) Abloc CT + 0"
10   Andrea Biancalani ( ITA) Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli + 0"
General classification after Stage 5 [9]
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Mark Stewart ( GBR) Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 16h 56' 20"
2   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Romania + 13"
3   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 14"
4   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 04"
5   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 1' 08"
6   Emil Dima ( ROU) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 11"
7   Natnael Tesfatsion ( ERI) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 1' 12"
8   Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda ( ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 13"
9   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 15"
10   Tomasz Budziński ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 15"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Best Romanian rider
Team classification
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

General classification (1–10)
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Mark Stewart ( GBR) Team classification Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 16h 56' 20"
2   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Best Romanian rider classification Romania + 13"
3   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 14"
4   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 04"
5   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments + 1' 08"
6   Emil Dima ( ROU) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 11"
7   Natnael Tesfatsion ( ERI) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli + 1' 12"
8   Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda ( ECU) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 1' 13"
9   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due + 1' 15"
10   Tomasz Budziński ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 1' 15"

Points classification

Points classification (1–10)
Rank Rider Team Points
1   Eduard-Michael Grosu ( ROU) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli 68
2   Alan Banaszek ( POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski 49
3   Daniel Babor ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 47
4   Nicolas Dalla Valle ( ITA) Giotti Victoria–Savini Due 37
5   Joren Bloem ( NED) Abloc CT 32
6   Mark Stewart ( GBR) Team classification Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 26
7   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 25
8   Lucas Carstensen ( GER) Bike Aid 25
9   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Best Romanian rider classification Abloc CT 24
10   Brendan Rhim ( USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 20

Mountains classification

Mountains classification (1–10)
Rank Rider Team Points
1   Cormac McGeough ( IRL) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 31
2   Mark Stewart ( GBR) Team classification Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling 26
3   Jakub Otruba ( CZE) Elkov–Kasper 24
4   Cristian Raileanu ( ROU) Best Romanian rider classification Abloc CT 16
5   Robin Plamondon ( CAN) Premier Tech U-23 Cycling Project 14
6   Natnael Tesfatsion ( ERI) Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli 14
7   Michal Schuran ( CZE) ATT Investments 12
8   Óscar Sevilla ( ESP) Team Medellín–EPM 12
9   Lucas De Rossi ( FRA) China Glory Continental Cycling Team 10
10   Stijn Appel ( NED) Abloc CT 8

Young rider classification

Young rider classification (1–10)
Rank Rider Team Time
1   Miká Heming ( GER) ATT Investments 16h 57' 28"
2   Lorenzo Ginestra ( ITA) Work Service–Vitalcare–Vega + 23"
3   Jokin Murguialday ( ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 25"
4   Callum Macleod ( GBR) Abloc CT + 25"
5   Philipp Hofbauer ( AUT) WSA KTM Graz p/b Leomo + 46"
6   Mattia Gardi ( ITA) Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli + 1' 03"
7   Daan Hoeks ( NED) MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM + 15' 27"
8   Matteo Freddi ( ITA) Beltrami TSA–Tre Colli + 15' 47"
9   Ioan Dobrin ( ROU) Mentorise Elite Team CFX + 17' 01"
10   Kylian Senicourt ( FRA) Premier Tech U-23 Cycling Project + 21' 44"

Best Romanian rider classification

Team classification

Team classification (1–10)
Rank Team Time
1 Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling Team classification 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

  1. ^ "Turul României 2022" (in Romanian). turulromaniei.ro. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ Amir Kiarash (11 August 2022). "Lovitură mediatică: Turul României va fi transmis în 50 de ţări de Eurosport. Audienţa va fi uriaşă". Adevărul.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Prologue results". ProCyclingStats. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 1 results". ProCyclingStats. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 2 results". ProCyclingStats. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 3 results". ProCyclingStats. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 4 results". ProCyclingStats. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Turul României 2022 Stage 5 results". ProCyclingStats. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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