| 2022 Vuelta a Andalucía | |
| Series: | 2022 UCI ProSeries |
| Date: | 16–20 February 2022 |
| Stages: | 5 |
| Distance: | 818.3 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 20h 51' 27" |
| First: | Wout Poels |
| First Nat: | NED |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Cristián Rodríguez |
| Second Nat: | ESP |
| Third: | Miguel Ángel López |
| Third Nat: | COL |
| Points: | Alessandro Covi |
| Points Nat: | ITA |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Jon Barrenetxea |
| Mountains Nat: | ESP |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Sprints: | Diego Pablo Sevilla |
| Sprints Nat: | ESP |
| Sprints Color: | blue |
| Combination: | Miguel Ángel López |
| Combination Nat: | COL |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta del Sol (English: Tour of Andalucia Route of the Sun) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 16 and 20 February 2022 in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain.[1] The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2022 UCI ProSeries calendar, and was the 68th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía.[2]
After the 2021 edition was postponed to May due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain,[3] [4] the race returned to its traditional mid-February timeslot.[5]
12 of the 18 UCI WorldTeams and ten UCI ProTeams made up the 22 teams that participated in the race.[6] [7] Only 14 teams entered a full squad of seven riders each. Four teams entered six riders each, and three teams entered five riders each, while was the only team to enter four riders., with one non-starter, was reduced to six riders. In total, 140 riders started the race, of which 108 finished.[8]
Before stage 3, and both withdrew from the race after returning multiple positive COVID-19 test results.[9]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 February | Ubrique to Iznájar | 200.7km (124.7miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 2 | 17 February | Archidona to Alcalá la Real | 150.6km (93.6miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 3 | 18 February | Lucena to Otura | 153.2km (95.2miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 4 | 19 February | Cúllar Vega to Baza | 167.4km (104miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 5 | 20 February | Huesa to Chiclana de Segura | 146.4km (91miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| Total | 818.3km (508.5miles) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Sprints classification | Andalusian rider classification | Spanish rider classification | Combined classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rune Herregodts | Rune Herregodts | Rune Herregodts | Álvaro Cuadros | Stephen Bassett | Cristián Rodríguez | Ander Okamika | Rune Herregodts | ||
| 2 | Alessandro Covi | Alessandro Covi | Alessandro Covi | Jon Barrenetxea | Diego Pablo Sevilla | Ander Okamika | ||||
| 3 | Magnus Sheffield | Cristián Rodríguez | Xabier Isasa | |||||||
| 4 | Wout Poels | Wout Poels | Damiano Caruso | Miguel Ángel López | ||||||
| 5 | Lennard Kämna | Diego Pablo Sevilla | ||||||||
| Final | Wout Poels | Alessandro Covi | Jon Barrenetxea | Cristián Rodríguez | Cristián Rodríguez | |||||