The ones responsible for revealing the 2022 World Tour calendar are the good folks at the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) of Switzerland.
The TDF and Vuelta a España
Date / Event / Location / Route / Mileage / Stages
The 2022 Tour de France starts this year in Copenhagen in Denmark, and the Vuelta a España starts in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Both Grand Tours have decided to schedule an extra rest day for the cyclists after they start on foreign land.
Other races
Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico (both over, by the time you read this) will overlap in 2022 which means that the cyclists will use both races to remain in form ahead of Milano-Sanremo on March 19th.
Missing from the 2022 UCI World Tour calendar are Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race which have been cancelled due to COVID-19, as Australia fails to vaccinate it's population.
Missing from the 2022 UCI World Tour calendar are Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race which have been cancelled due to COVID-19, as Australia fails to vaccinate it's population.
What, where?
As you will judge from the map, more than 95% of the action takes place on European soil.
So, where does Pakistan appear in this competitive sport? You guessed it! Nowhere! Even stamp-sized Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel have their cycling teams with excellent riders, coaches and technicians. With cycling events taking place on Arab and Jewish lands, our Muslim identity has not improved our standing in any discipline of sports.
With this bit of necessary comment, I will leave you alone to watch TV (EuroSport 1 cable channel) and pedal harder.
Date / Event / Location / Route / Mileage / Stages
Jan 30 2022 Vuelta a San Juan San Juan, Argentina 7 stages
Feb 02 - Feb 06 2022 Volta a La Comunitat Valenciana Castelló de la Plana, Spain 5 stages
Feb 08 - Feb 13 2022 Tour of Oman Al Sawadi Beach, Oman 6 stages
Feb 16 - Feb 20 2022 Volta ao Algarve Loule, Portugal 5 stages
Feb 20 - Feb 26 2022 UAE Tour Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 7 stages
Feb 26 2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Ghent, Flanders, Belgium 196 km
Feb 27 2022 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Kuurne, Belgium 201 km
Mar 05 2022 Strade Bianche Siena, Tuscany, Italy 176 km
Mar 06 - Mar 13 2022 Paris-Nice Paris, France 7 stages
July 24 to 31 July 2022
Mar 07 - Mar 13 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico Lido di Camaiore, Italy 7 stages
More races to come...
Mar 19 2022 Milano Sanremo Milan, Italy 291 km
Mar 21 - Mar 27 2022 Volta a Catalunya Calella, Spain 7 stages
Mar 25 2022 E3 Saxo Bank Classic Harelbeke, Belgium 203 km
Mar 27 2022 Gent-Wevelgem Ghent, Belgium 243 km
Apr 03 2022 Tour of Flanders Antwerp, Belgium 255 km
Apr 04 - Apr 09 2022 Tour of the Basque Country Etxebarria, Spain 6 stages
Apr 06 2022 Scheldeprijs Antwerp, Belgium 208 km
Apr 11 - Apr 16 2022 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 8 stages
Apr 13 2022 Brabantse Pijl Overijse, Belgium 205 km
Apr 17 2022 Amstel Gold Race Maastricht, Netherlands 250 km
Apr 18 - Apr 22 2022 Tour of the Alps Arco, Italy 5 stages
Apr 20 2022 La Fleche Wallonne Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium 196 km
Apr 23 - Apr 30 2022 Brittany Classic-Ouest France Plouay, France 229 km
Apr 24 2022 Liege–Bastogne–Liege Liege, Belgium 250 km
Apr 28 2022 Tour de Romandie La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 6 stages
Apr 30 2022 Eschborn-Frankfurt Eschborn-Frankfurt, Germany 217 km
May 06 - May 29 2022 Giro d'Italia Palmero, Sicily, Italy 21 stages
May 18 - May 22 2022 Ruta del Sol Almonaster La Real, Spain 5 stages
May 29 - Jun 05 2022 Criterium du Dauphine Saint-Etienne, France 8 stages
Jun 12 - Jun 19 2022 Tour of Suisse Baar, Switzerland 9 stages
Jul 01 - Jul 24 2022 Tour De France Copenhagen, Denmark 21 stages
Watch this video
The 2022 Tour de France Femmes, (officially Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift), will be the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, one of women's cycling's two grand tours.
The race is scheduled for 24 to 31 July 2022, and will be the 16th event in the 2022 UCI Women's World Tour.
Jul 30 2022 Clásica San Sebastián San-Sebastian, Spain 219 km
Aug 08 - Aug 14 2022 Tour of Poland Radzymin, Poland 7 stages
Aug 19 - Sep 11 2022 La Vuelta Utrecht, Netherlands 21 stages
Aug 21 2022 EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg Hamburg, Germany 250 km
Aug 29 - Sep 04 2022 Benelux Tour Breda, Netherlands 7 stages
Sep 09 2022 Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec Quebec City, Canada 200 km
Sep 11 2022 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal Montreal, Canada 206 km
Sep 14 2022 Grand Prix de Wallonie Beaufays, Belgium 205 km
Oct 02 2022 Paris-Roubaix Compiègne, France 258 km
Oct 08 2022 Il Lombardia Bergamo, Italy 255 km
Thanks to Granfondoguide.com for the world map and some text.
Thanks to Granfondoguide.com for the world map and some text.
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©Tahir Gul Hasan, 2022
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