2022 Saudi Tour

The 2022 Saudi Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2022 in Saudi Arabia. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2022 UCI Asia Tour calendar, and was the sixth edition of the Saudi Tour.^[1]

2022 Saudi Tour

2022 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates	1–5 February 2022
Stages	5
Distance	831.3 km (516.5 mi)
Winning time	20h 05' 48"
Results
Winner  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal)   Second  Santiago Buitrago (COL) (Team Bahrain Victorious)   Third  Rui Costa (POR) (UAE Team Emirates) Points  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) (Team BikeExchange–Jayco) Youth  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal) Sprints  Martin Urianstad (NOR) (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)   Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
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Teams

Eight of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, five UCI ProTeams, and two UCI Continental teams made up the 15 teams that participated in the race. Of these teams, only eight entered a full squad of seven riders. Five teams (Alpecin–Fenix, B&B Hotels–KTM, Cofidis, Kuwait Pro Cycling Team, and UAE Team Emirates) entered six riders each, while the remaining two teams (Arkéa–Samsic and Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team) entered five riders each.^[2] In total, 96 riders started the race, of which 86 finished.^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• Lotto–Soudal
• Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team BikeExchange–Jayco
• Team DSM
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels–KTM
• Team TotalEnergies
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• Kuwait Pro Cycling Team
• Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[4][5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	1 February	Winter Park to Winter Park	198 km (123 mi)		Flat stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
2	2 February	Taibah University to Abu Rakah	163.9 km (101.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Santiago Buitrago (COL)
3	3 February	Tayma Hadaj Well to Al Ula Old Town	181.2 km (112.6 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
4	4 February	Winter Park to Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid	149.3 km (92.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)
5	5 February	Al Ula Old Town to Al Ula Old Town	138.9 km (86.3 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
Total			831.3 km (516.5 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

1 February 2022 — Winter Park to Winter Park, 198 km (123 mi)^[6]

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 4h 41' 52" 2  Martin Laas (EST) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 5  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 6  Felix Groß (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Simon Dehairs (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 8  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 9  Jérémy Lecroq (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 0" 10  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 4h 41' 42" 2  Martin Laas (EST) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 3  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 6" 4  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 7" 5  Martin Urianstad (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 8" 6  Tim Declercq (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 9" 7  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 10" 8  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 10" 9  Felix Groß (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 10  Simon Dehairs (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 10"

Stage 2

2 February 2022 — Taibah University to Abu Rakah, 163.9 km (101.8 mi)^[9]

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious 3h 43' 51" 2  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 1" 3  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 7" 4  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 7" 5  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 7" 6  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 7" 7  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 8  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 11" 9  Cyril Barthe (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 11" 10  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Arkéa–Samsic + 11"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious 8h 25' 33" 2  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 7" 3  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 13" 4  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 14" 5  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 17" 6  Tim Declercq (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 20" 7  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 21" 8  Cyril Barthe (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 21" 9  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 21" 10  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Cofidis + 21"

Stage 3

3 February 2022 — Tayma Hadaj Well to Al Ula Old Town, 181.2 km (112.6 mi)^[12]

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team BikeExchange–Jayco 5h 11' 22" 2  Daniel McLay (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 3  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 4  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team DSM + 0" 6  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Erlend Blikra (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 8  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 0" 10  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious 13h 36' 55" 2  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 3" 3  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 13" 4  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 13" 5  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 17" 6  Tim Declercq (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 20" 7  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 21" 8  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 21" 9  Cyril Barthe (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 21" 10  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Cofidis + 21"

Stage 4

4 February 2022 — Winter Park to Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid, 149.3 km (92.8 mi)^[15]

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 3h 32' 39" 2  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 40" 3  Tim Declercq (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 40" 4  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 40" 5  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 40" 6  Daniel Oss (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 40" 7  Alexis Renard (FRA) Cofidis + 40" 8  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 40" 9  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 44" 10  Alexandre Geniez (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 1' 19"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10)[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 17h 09' 38" 2  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 36" 3  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 48" 4  Tim Declercq (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 52" 5  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 57" 6  Daniel Oss (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 57" 7  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 1' 29" 8  Alexandre Geniez (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 1' 36" 9  Alexis Renard (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 45" 10  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 1' 46"

Stage 5

5 February 2022 — Al Ula Old Town to Al Ula Old Town, 138.9 km (86.3 mi)^[18]

Stage 5 Result (1–10)[19][20] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team BikeExchange–Jayco 2h 56' 10" 2  Daniel McLay (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 3  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 4  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 5  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 6  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 7  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 8  Jérémy Lecroq (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 0" 9  Erlend Blikra (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team DSM + 0"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10)[19][20] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 20h 05' 48" 2  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 36" 3  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 48" 4  Tim Declercq (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 52" 5  Danny van Poppel (NED) Bora–Hansgrohe + 54" 6  Daniel Oss (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 57" 7  Anthon Charmig (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 1' 29" 8  Alexandre Geniez (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 1' 36" 9  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) Arkéa–Samsic + 1' 45" 10  Alexis Renard (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 45"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Active rider classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Martin Urianstad	Martin Urianstad	Lotto–Soudal
2	Santiago Buitrago	Santiago Buitrago			Santiago Buitrago	Cofidis
3	Dylan Groenewegen
4	Maxim Van Gils	Maxim Van Gils			Maxim Van Gils	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
5	Dylan Groenewegen		Dylan Groenewegen
Final		Maxim Van Gils	Dylan Groenewegen	Martin Urianstad	Maxim Van Gils	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

• On stage 2, Martin Laas, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first-placed Caleb Ewan wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stage 2, Polychronis Tzortzakis, who was second in the active rider classification, wore the blue jersey, because first-placed Martin Urianstad wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification.
• On stages 3 and 4, Anthon Charmig, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Santiago Buitrago wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, on stage 5, Buitrago wore the white jersey with Maxim Van Gils leading the general classification.

Final classification standings

Legend[21]
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the active rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[19][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	20h 05' 48"
2	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 36"
3	Rui Costa (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 48"
4	Tim Declercq (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 52"
5	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 54"
6	Daniel Oss (ITA)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 57"
7	Anthon Charmig (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 29"
8	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 1' 36"
9	Benjamin Declercq (BEL)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 1' 45"
10	Alexis Renard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 45"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[20][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	30
2	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	29
3	Daniel McLay (GBR)	Arkéa–Samsic	24
4	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	22
5	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	UAE Team Emirates	21
6	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	20
7	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Team Bahrain Victorious	18
8	Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	14
9	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	14
10	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	13

Active rider classification

Final active rider classification (1–10)^[20][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Martin Urianstad (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	23
2	Polychronis Tzortzakis (GRE)	Kuwait Pro Cycling Team	15
3	Anthony Turgis (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	11
4	Rui Costa (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	5
5	Jannik Steimle (GER)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	5
6	Jeroen Meijers (NED)	Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	4
7	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	3
8	Danny van Poppel (NED)	Bora–Hansgrohe	3
9	Edward Planckaert (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	3
10	Simone Consonni (ITA)	Cofidis	2

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[20][22]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	20h 05' 48"
2	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 36"
3	Anthon Charmig (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 29"
4	Alexis Renard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 45"
5	Donavan Grondin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 2' 13"
6	Filip Maciejuk (POL)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 4' 03"
7	Alberto Dainese (ITA)	Team DSM	+ 5' 17"
8	Casper Van Uden (NED)	Team DSM	+ 8' 22"
9	Alexander Konychev (ITA)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 11' 35"
10	Jordi Meeus (BEL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 13' 48"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[20][22]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	60h 22' 44"
2	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 41"
3	Team TotalEnergies	+ 45"
4	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 10"
5	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 2' 45"
6	B&B Hotels–KTM	+ 5' 25"
7	Lotto–Soudal	+ 9' 13"
8	UAE Team Emirates	+ 9' 59"
9	Cofidis	+ 10' 16"
10	Team DSM	+ 13' 28"