2022 Okolo Slovenska

The 2022 Okolo Slovenska (transl. Tour of Slovakia) is the 66th edition of the Okolo Slovenska road cycling stage race.^[2] It is being held between 13 and 17 September 2022, as a category 2.1 event on the 2022 UCI Europe Tour.^[3]

2022 Okolo Slovenska

2022 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	13 – 17 September 2021
Stages	4 + Prologue
Distance	729.5 km (453.3 mi)
Results
Winner  Josef Černý (CZE) (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team)   Second  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team)   Third  Koen Bouwman (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Points  Jasper Haest (NED) (VolkerWessels Cycling Team) Mountains  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) (Eolo–Kometa) Youth  Archie Ryan (IRL) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Combativity  Jefferson Cepeda[1] (ECU) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA)   Team Team Jumbo–Visma
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Teams

Five of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams, six UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovakian national team make up the twenty-one teams that are participating in the race.^[4]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
• Israel–Premier Tech
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Jumbo–Visma

UCI ProTeams

• Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Eolo–Kometa
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Human Powered Health
• Team Novo Nordisk

UCI Continental Teams

• Adria Mobil
• ATT Investments
• Biesse–Carrera
• Dukla Banská Bystrica
• Elkov–Kasper
• Maloja Pushbikers
• HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski
• Santic–Wibatech
• VolkerWessels Cycling Team

National Teams

• Slovakia

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[5]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
P	13 September	Bratislava	7.0 km (4.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Ethan Vernon (GBR)
1	14 September	Šamorín to Trnava	142.3 km (88.4 mi)		Flat stage	Ethan Vernon (GBR)
2	15 September	Hlohovec to Banská Štiavnica	186.3 km (115.8 mi)		Mountain stage	Archie Ryan (IRL)
3	16 September	Detva to Spišská Nová Ves	210.0 km (130.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Koen Bouwman (NED)
4	17 September	Levoča to Košice	182.1 km (113.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Jasper Haest (NED)
Total			727.7 km (452.2 mi)

Stages

Prologue

13 September 2022 — Bratislava, 7.0 km (4.3 mi) (ITT)^[6]

Prologue Result[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 7' 33" 2  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 7" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 15" 4  Loe van Belle (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 15" 5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 18" 6  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 19" 7  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 20" 8  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 21" 9  Martin Svrček (SVK) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 22" 10  Liam Bertazzo (ITA) Maloja Pushbikers + 24"

General classification after Prologue[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 7' 33" 2  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 7" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 15" 4  Loe van Belle (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 15" 5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 18" 6  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 19" 7  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 20" 8  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 21" 9  Martin Svrček (SVK) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 22" 10  Liam Bertazzo (ITA) Maloja Pushbikers + 24"

Stage 1

14 September 2022 — Bratislava to Trnava, 139.3 km (86.6 mi) ^[9]

Stage 1 Result[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 3h 09' 02" 2 Gleb Syritsa Astana Qazaqstan Team + 7" 3  Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 15" 4  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 15" 5  Tomáš Bárta (CZE) ATT Investments + 18" 6  Colin Joyce (USA) Human Powered Health + 19" 7  Loe van Belle (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 20" 8  Daniel Skerl (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 21" 9  Adam Toupalik (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 22" 10  Filippo Fortin (ITA) Maloja Pushbikers + 24"

General classification after Stage 1[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 3h 16' 25" 2  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 17" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 25" 4  Loe van Belle (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 25" 5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 28" 6  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 29" 7  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 30" 8 Gleb Syritsa Astana Qazaqstan Team + 30" 9  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 31" 10  Martin Svrček (SVK) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 32"

Stage 2

15 September 2022 — Hlohovec to Banská Štiavnica, 186.3 km (115.8 mi) ^[12]

Stage 2 Result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Archie Ryan (IRL) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 32' 22" 2  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 3  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) Elkov–Kasper + 0" 4  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 3" 5  Bart Lemmen (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 4" 6  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 4" 7  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 4" 8  Davide De Cassan (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 4" 9  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 7" 10  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 9"

General classification after Stage 2[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 7h 49' 14" 2  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 4" 3  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 5" 4  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 6" 5  Archie Ryan (IRL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 6  Bart Lemmen (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 13" 7  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 8  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 17" 9  Davide De Cassan (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 25" 10  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 27"

Stage 3

16 September 2022 — Detva to Spišská Nová Ves, 214.8 km (133.5 mi) ^[14]

Stage 3 Result[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 5h 04' 07" 2  Luca Colnaghi (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 3  Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 0" 4  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 5  Diego Pablo Sevilla (ESP) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 6  Davide Bais (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 0" 7  Tomasz Budziński (POL) HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski + 0" 8  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 9  Jiří Petruš (CZE) ATT Investments + 0" 10  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 12h 53' 21" 2  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 3" 3  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 3" 4  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 4" 5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 4" 6  Archie Ryan (IRL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 7  Bart Lemmen (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 12" 8  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 17" 9  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 23" 10  Davide De Cassan (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 24"

Stage 4

17 September 2022 — Levoča to Košice, 182.1 km (113.2 mi) ^[16]

Stage 4 Result[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jasper Haest (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team 3h 59' 41" 2  Peter Schulting (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 0" 3  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 13" 4  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 13" 5 Gleb Syritsa Astana Qazaqstan Team + 13" 6  Filippo Fortin (ITA) Maloja Pushbikers + 13" 7  Giovanni Leonardi (ITA) Eolo–Kometa + 13" 8  Yuval Ben Moshe (ISR) Israel–Premier Tech + 13" 9  Daniel Babor (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 13" 10  Daniel Skerl (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 13"

General classification after Stage 4[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Josef Černý (CZE) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 16h 53' 12" 2  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 6" 3  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6" 4  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 7" 5  Jakub Otruba (CZE) Elkov–Kasper + 7" 6  Archie Ryan (IRL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13" 7  Bart Lemmen (NED) VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 14" 8  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 20" 9  Jonathan Lastra (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 26" 10  Davide De Cassan (ITA) Cycling Team Friuli ASD + 27"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
P	Ethan Vernon	Ethan Vernon	not awarded	not awarded	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
1	Ethan Vernon		Ethan Vernon	Matúš Štocek
2	Archie Ryan	Josef Černý		Lorenzo Fortunato	Archie Ryan	Team Jumbo–Visma
3	Koen Bouwman
4	Jasper Haest		Jasper Haest
Final		Josef Černý	Jasper Haest	Lorenzo Fortunato	Archie Ryan	Team Jumbo–Visma