2022 Tour de Pologne

The 2022 Tour de Pologne was the 79th edition of the Tour de Pologne road cycling stage race, which was part of the 2022 UCI World Tour. It started on 30 July in Kielce and finished on 5 August in Kraków.

2022 Tour de Pologne

2022 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 31
Race details
Dates	30 July–5 August 2022
Stages	7
Distance	1,209.4 km (751.5 mi)
Winning time	28h 26' 23"
Results
Winner  Ethan Hayter (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Second  Thymen Arensman (NED) (Team DSM)   Third  Pello Bilbao (ESP) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Mountains  Jarrad Drizners (AUS) (Lotto–Soudal) Sprints  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Combativity  Patryk Stosz (POL) (Poland)   Team Ineos Grenadiers
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Teams

All eighteen UCI WorldTeams, four UCI ProTeams, and the Polish national team made up the twenty-three teams that participated in the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
• Israel–Premier Tech
• Lotto–Soudal
• Movistar Team
• Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team BikeExchange–Jayco
• Team DSM
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

National Teams

• Poland

Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	30 July	Kielce to Lublin	218.8 km (136.0 mi)		Flat stage	Olav Kooij (NED)
2	31 July	Chełm to Zamość	205.6 km (127.8 mi)		Flat stage	Gerben Thijssen (BEL)
3	1 August	Kraśnik to Przemyśl	237.9 km (147.8 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Sergio Higuita (COL)
4	2 August	Lesko to Sanok	179.4 km (111.5 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Pascal Ackermann (GER)
5	3 August	Łańcut to Rzeszów	178.1 km (110.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Phil Bauhaus (GER)
6	4 August	Nowy Targ, Gronków to Bukovina Resort	11.8 km (7.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Thymen Arensman (NED)
7	5 August	Skawina to Kraków	177.8 km (110.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Arnaud Démare (FRA)
Total			1,209.4 km (751.5 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

30 July 2022 – Kielce to Lublin, 218.8 km (136.0 mi)^[2]

Stage 1 Result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 5h 18' 01" 2  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 4  Mike Teunissen (NED) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 5  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 7  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 0" 8  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 9  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 10  Tobias Bayer (AUT) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma 5h 17' 51" 2  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 4" 3  Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 4" 4  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 6" 5  Mike Teunissen (NED) Trek–Segafredo + 10" 6  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 7  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 10" 8  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 10" 9  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 10" 10  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10"

Stage 2

31 July 2022 – Chełm to Zamość, 205.6 km (127.8 mi)^[4]

Stage 2 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux 4h 47' 23" 2  Pascal Ackermann (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 4  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 5  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 6  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 7  Elia Viviani (ITA) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 8  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 9  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 10  Mark Cavendish (GBR) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 10h 05' 12" 2  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2" 3  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 2" 4  Pascal Ackermann (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 6" 5  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 6" 6  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 8" 7  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 8" 8  Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 8" 9  Sam Brand (GBR) Team Novo Nordisk + 11" 10  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 12"

Stage 3

1 August 2022 – Kraśnik to Przemyśl, 237.9 km (147.8 mi)^[6]

Stage 3 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe 5h 25' 46" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3  Quinten Hermans (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 4  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 0" 5  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 6  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 7  Felix Gall (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 8  Stephen Williams (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 0" 10  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe 15h 31' 00" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 4" 3  Quinten Hermans (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 6" 4  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 5  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 6  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 10" 7  Richard Carapaz (ECU) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 8  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 10" 9  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 10"

Stage 4

2 August 2022 – Lesko to Sanok, 179.4 km (111.5 mi)^[8]

Stage 4 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Pascal Ackermann (GER) UAE Team Emirates 4h 21' 26" 2  Jordi Meeus (BEL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 4  Quinten Hermans (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 5  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 6  Cristian Scaroni (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 7  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 9  Stanislaw Aniolkowski (POL) Poland + 0" 10  Nikias Arndt (GER) Team DSM + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe 19h 52' 46" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 4" 3  Quinten Hermans (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 6" 4  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 5  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 10" 6  Richard Carapaz (ECU) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 7  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 10" 8  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 9  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 10  Felix Gall (AUT) AG2R Citroën Team + 10"

Stage 5

3 August 2022 – Łańcut to Rzeszów, 178.1 km (110.7 mi)^[10]

Stage 5 Result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious 4h 16' 19" 2  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 3  Nikias Arndt (GER) Team DSM + 0" 4  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 6  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 7  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 8  Ryan Mullen (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 9  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 10  Patryk Stosz (POL) Poland + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe 24h 09' 05" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 4" 3  Quinten Hermans (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 6" 4  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 5  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 10" 6  Richard Carapaz (ECU) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 7  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10" 8  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 9  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 10" 10  Steff Cras (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 10"

Stage 6

4 August 2022 – Nowy Targ, Gronków to Bukovina Resort, 11.8 km (7.3 mi) (ITT)^[12]

Stage 6 Result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thymen Arensman (NED) Team DSM 17' 40" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 3  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 8" 4  Remi Cavagna (FRA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 20" 5  Marco Brenner (GER) Team DSM + 26" 6  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 28" 7  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 30" 8  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 31" 9  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 32" 10  Mark Padun (UKR) EF Education–EasyPost + 35"

General classification after Stage 6[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 24h 27' 03" 2  Thymen Arensman (NED) Team DSM + 11" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 18" 4  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 23" 5  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 25" 6  Remi Cavagna (FRA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 31" 7  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 32" 8  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 32" 9  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 45" 10  Bruno Armirail (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 50"

Stage 7

5 August 2022 – Skawina to Kraków, 177.8 km (110.5 mi)^[14]

Stage 7 Result[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 3h 59' 20" 2  Olav Kooij (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 3  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 4  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 5  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 6  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 7  Davide Cimolai (ITA) Cofidis + 0" 8  Edward Theuns (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 9  Pascal Ackermann (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 10  Kaden Groves (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 0"

Final general classification[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 28h 26' 23" 2  Thymen Arensman (NED) Team DSM + 11" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 18" 4  Matteo Sobrero (ITA) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 23" 5  Ben Tulett (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 25" 6  Remi Cavagna (FRA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 31" 7  Samuele Battistella (ITA) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 32" 8  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 32" 9  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 45" 10  Bruno Armirail (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 50"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification (Polish: Żółta koszulka)	Sprints classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja sprinterska)	Mountains classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja górska)	Active rider classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja najaktywniejszych)	Polish rider classification (Polish: Najlepszy Polak)	Team classification (Polish: Klasyfikacja drużynowa)
1	Olav Kooij	Olav Kooij	Olav Kooij [a]	Jonas Abrahamsen [b]	Patryk Stosz	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	AG2R Citroën Team
2	Gerben Thijssen	Jonas Abrahamsen					UAE Team Emirates
3	Sergio Higuita	Sergio Higuita		Michel Hessmann		Jakub Kaczmarek	Ineos Grenadiers
4	Pascal Ackermann			Kamil Malecki
5	Phil Bauhaus		Arnaud Démare
6	Thymen Arensman	Ethan Hayter
7	Arnaud Démare			Jarrad Drizners
Final		Ethan Hayter	Arnaud Démare	Jarrad Drizners	Patryk Stosz	Jakub Kaczmarek	Ineos Grenadiers

1. On stage 2, Phil Bauhaus, who was second in the sprints classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Olav Kooij wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.
2. On stage 3, Piotr Brożyna, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka-dot jersey, because first-placed Jonas Abrahamsen wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the sprints classification		Denotes the winner of the active rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ethan Hayter (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	28h 26' 23"
2	Thymen Arensman (NED)	Team DSM	+ 11"
3	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 18"
4	Matteo Sobrero (ITA)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 23"
5	Ben Tulett (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 25"
6	Remi Cavagna (FRA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 31"
7	Samuele Battistella (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 32"
8	Sergio Higuita (COL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 32"
9	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 45"
10	Bruno Armirail (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 50"

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	74
2	Olav Kooij (NED)	Team Jumbo–Visma	72
3	Max Kanter (GER)	Movistar Team	62
4	Phil Bauhaus (GER)	Team Bahrain Victorious	57
5	Pascal Ackermann (GER)	UAE Team Emirates	51
6	Jonathan Milan (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	51
7	Gerben Thijssen (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	42
8	Ethan Hayter (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	42
9	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	40
10	Nikias Arndt (GER)	Team DSM	39

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jarrad Drizners (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	23
2	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)	Israel–Premier Tech	16
3	Kamil Malecki (POL)	Lotto–Soudal	15
4	Michel Hessmann (GER)	Team Jumbo–Visma	11
5	Syver Wærsted (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	11
6	Rui Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	8
7	Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN)	Israel–Premier Tech	7
8	Julius Johansen (DEN)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	7
9	Nans Peters (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	5
10	Felix Gall (AUT)	AG2R Citroën Team	4

Active rider classification

Final active rider classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Patryk Stosz (POL)	Poland	16
2	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Trek–Segafredo	8
3	Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN)	Israel–Premier Tech	6
4	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)	Israel–Premier Tech	6
5	Marcin Budziński (POL)	Poland	5
6	Piotr Brożyna (POL)	Poland	4
7	Sean Quinn (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	3
8	Nans Peters (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	3
9	Jarrad Drizners (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	3
10	Syver Wærsted (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	3

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Ineos Grenadiers	85h 19' 33"
2	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 2' 43"
3	Team DSM	+ 2' 46"
4	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 2' 48"
5	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 3' 56"
6	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 4' 20"
7	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	+ 4' 22"
8	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 4' 41"
9	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 5' 51"
10	Movistar Team	+ 5' 56"

External links

• Official website