2022 Tour de Suisse

The 2022 Tour de Suisse was a road cycling stage race that took place between 12 and 19 June 2022 in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It was the 85th edition of the Tour de Suisse and the 22nd event of the 2022 UCI World Tour.

2022 Tour de Suisse

2022 UCI World Tour, race 22 of 32
The cycling pros at the Tour de Suisse 2022 in Küsnacht ZH
Race details
Dates	12–19 June 2022
Stages	8
Distance	1,339.6 km (832.4 mi)
Winning time	33h 07' 09"
Results
Winner  Geraint Thomas (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Second  Sergio Higuita (COL) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Third  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (Israel–Premier Tech) Mountains  Quinn Simmons (USA) (Trek–Segafredo) Youth  Sergio Higuita (COL) (Bora–Hansgrohe) Sprints  Michael Matthews (AUS) (Team BikeExchange–Jayco)   Team Bora–Hansgrohe
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Teams

All eighteen UCI WorldTeams are joined by three UCI ProTeams and the Swiss national team to make up the twenty-two teams that are participating 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–Fenix
• Human Powered Health
• Team TotalEnergies

National Teams

• Switzerland

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	12 June	Küsnacht to Küsnacht	178 km (111 mi)		Hilly stage	Stephen Williams (GBR)
2	13 June	Küsnacht to Aesch	199 km (124 mi)		Hilly stage	Andreas Leknessund (NOR)
3	14 June	Aesch to Grenchen	177 km (110 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Peter Sagan (SVK)
4	15 June	Grenchen to Brunnen	191 km (119 mi)		Hilly stage	Daryl Impey (RSA)
5	16 June	Ambrì to Novazzano	193 km (120 mi)		Hilly stage	Aleksandr Vlasov[a]
6	17 June	Locarno to Moosalp	180 km (110 mi)		Mountain stage	Nico Denz (GER)
7	18 June	Ambrì to Malbun	196 km (122 mi)		Mountain stage	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
8	19 June	Vaduz to Vaduz	25.6 km (15.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
Total			1,339.6 km (832.4 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

12 June 2022 — Küsnacht to Küsnacht, 178 km (111 mi)^[3]

Stage 1 Result[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious 4h 16' 51" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 4  Marc Hirschi (SUI) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 5  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 6  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 0" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 8  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 10  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious 4h 16' 41" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 3  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 6" 4  Marc Hirschi (SUI) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 5  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 10" 6  Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 10" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 8  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 9  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 10  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 10"

Stage 2

13 June 2022 — Küsnacht to Aesch, 199 km (124 mi)^[6]

Stage 2 Result[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM 4h 46' 22" 2  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 38" 3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 38" 4  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 38" 5  Matteo Trentin (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 38" 6  Nikias Arndt (GER) Team DSM + 38" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 38" 8  Edoardo Zambanini (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 38" 9  Daniel Oss (ITA) Team TotalEnergies + 38" 10  Stefano Oldani (ITA) Alpecin–Fenix + 38"

General classification after Stage 2[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious 9h 03' 41" 2  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 3  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 6" 4  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 7" 5  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 6  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 10" 7  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 8  Marc Hirschi (SUI) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 9  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 10" 10 Aleksandr Vlasov[a] Bora–Hansgrohe + 10"

Stage 3

14 June 2022 — Aesch to Grenchen, 177 km (110 mi)^[9]

Stage 3 Result[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Team TotalEnergies 4h 28' 38" 2  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 3  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 4  Thomas Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 5  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Matteo Trentin (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM + 0" 8  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 0" 9  Mike Teunissen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 10  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious 13h 32' 19" 2  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 6" 3  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 7" 4  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 5  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 6  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 7  Marc Hirschi (SUI) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 8  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 10" 9 Aleksandr Vlasov[a] Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 10  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10"

Stage 4

15 June 2022 — Grenchen to Brunnen, 191 km (119 mi)^[12]

Stage 4 Result[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel–Premier Tech 4h 14' 09" 2  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange–Jayco + 0" 3  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Team DSM + 0" 4  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 5  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 6  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 7  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 8  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 9  Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 10  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Stephen Williams (GBR) Team Bahrain Victorious 17h 46' 28" 2  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 6" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 4  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 7" 5  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 6  Marc Hirschi (SUI) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 7  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 10" 8  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 10" 9 Aleksandr Vlasov[a] Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 10  Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 10"

Stage 5

16 June 2022 — Ambrì to Novazzano, 193 km (120 mi), 177 km (110 mi)^[15]

Stage 5 Result[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1 Aleksandr Vlasov[a] Bora–Hansgrohe 4h 30' 28" 2  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 4  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 5  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 5" 6  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 8  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 9  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 10  Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 9"

General classification after Stage 5[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1 Aleksandr Vlasov[a] Bora–Hansgrohe 22h 16' 56" 2  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 6" 3  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 7" 4  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 14" 5  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 16" 6  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 16" 7  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 28" 8  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 40" 9  Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 43" 10  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 44"

Stage 6

17 June 2022 — Locarno to Moosalp, 180 km (110 mi), 120.2 km (74.7 mi)^[18]

The leader Alexandr Vlasov and several other riders did not start, as a result of a positive COVID-19 test.^[19]

Stage 6 Result[20][21] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nico Denz (GER) Team DSM 5h 11' 14" 2  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 3  Jose Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 0" 3  Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 5  Fausto Masnada (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 11" 6  Quentin Pacher (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 33" 7  Roland Thalmann (SUI) Switzerland + 1' 46" 8  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 2' 14" 9  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 14" 10  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 2' 14"

General classification after Stage 6[20][21] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech 27h 30 30" 2  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 1" 3  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 10" 4  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 26" 5  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 34" 6  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 46" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 49" 8  Andreas Kron (DEN) Lotto–Soudal + 1' 00" 9  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 1' 07" 10  Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 1' 29"

Stage 7

18 June 2022 — Ambrì to Malbun (Liechtenstein), 196 km (122 mi)^[22]

Stage 7 Result[23][24] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 5h 06' 39" 2  Oscar Rodríguez (ESP) Movistar Team + 25" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 38" 4  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 19" 5  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 1' 30" 6  Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 40" 7  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 1' 48" 8  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 1' 59" 9  Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 09" 10  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 2' 19"

General classification after Stage 7[23][24] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe 32h 38' 38" 2  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 2" 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 19" 4  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 1' 16" 5  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 1' 37" 6  Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 09" 7  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 19" 8  Bob Jungels (LUX) AG2R Citroën Team + 2' 31" 9  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 47" 10  Andreas Leknessund (NOR) Team DSM + 2' 59"

Stage 8

19 June 2022 — Vaduz (Liechtenstein) to Vaduz (Liechtenstein), 25.6 km (15.9 mi) (ITT)^[25]

Stage 8 Result[26][27] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 28h'26" 2  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 3" 3  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 11" 4  Daniel Martínez (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 28" 5  Bob Jungels (LUX) AG2R Citroën Team + 33" 6  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 39" 7  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 55" 8  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 59" 9  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 1' 02" 10  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Ineos Grenadiers + 1' 05"

General classification after Stage 8[26][27] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 33h 37' 09" 2  Sergio Higuita (COL) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 12" 3  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Israel–Premier Tech + 1' 16" 4  Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education–EasyPost + 2' 10" 5  Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 25" 6  Bob Jungels (LUX) AG2R Citroën Team + 2' 59" 7  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3' 37" 8  Daniel Martínez (COL) Ineos Grenadiers + 3' 39" 9  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 3' 42" 10  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 3' 45"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprints classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Most active rider award
1	Stephen Williams	Stephen Williams	Stephen Williams	Quinn Simmons	Andreas Kron	Bora–Hansgrohe
2	Andreas Leknessund		Andreas Leknessund
3	Peter Sagan
4	Daryl Impey
5	Aleksandr Vlasov	Aleksandr Vlasov
6	Nico Denz	Jakob Fuglsang	Michael Matthews		Sergio Higuita
7	Thibaut Pinot	Sergio Higuita				Groupama–FDJ
8	Remco Evenepoel	Geraint Thomas				Bora–Hansgrohe
Final		Geraint Thomas	Michael Matthews	Quinn Simmons	Sergio Higuita	Bora–Hansgrohe

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the team classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[26][27]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	33h 07' 09"
2	Sergio Higuita (COL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 12"
3	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 1' 16"
4	Neilson Powless (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 2' 10"
5	Stefan Küng (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 2' 25"
6	Bob Jungels (LUX)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 2' 59"
7	Felix Großschartner (AUT)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 3' 37"
8	Daniel Martínez (COL)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 3' 39"
9	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 3' 42"
10	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 3' 45"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[26][27]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Team BikeExchange–Jayco	30
2	Andreas Leknessund (NOR)	Team DSM	20
3	Quinn Simmons (USA)	Trek–Segafredo	18
4	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	18
5	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	13
6	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	12
7	Nico Denz (GER)	Team DSM	12
8	Matthew Holmes (GBR)	Lotto–Soudal	12
9	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	10
10	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	9

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[26][27]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Quinn Simmons (USA)	Trek–Segafredo	60
2	Fausto Masnada (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	31
3	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	28
4	Nico Denz (GER)	Team DSM	20
5	Óscar Rodríguez (ESP)	Movistar Team	16
6	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	15
7	Clément Berthet (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	14
8	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	12
9	Andreas Leknessund (NOR)	Team DSM	10
10	Alexander Kamp (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	10

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[26][27]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Sergio Higuita (COL)	Bora–Hansgrohe	33h 08' 21"
2	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 2' 52"
3	Andreas Leknessund (NOR)	Team DSM	+ 3' 14"
4	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 5' 55"
5	Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 7' 25"
6	Clément Berthet (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 19' 40"
7	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 30' 03"
8	Sylvain Moniquet (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 39' 23"
9	Yannis Voisard (SUI)	Switzerland	+ 44' 45"
10	Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 48' 19"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[26][27]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Bora–Hansgrohe	99h 28' 46"
2	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 07"
3	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 17' 22"
4	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 31' 30"
5	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	+ 38' 35"
6	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 39' 22"
7	Movistar Team	+ 42' 09"
8	Cofidis	+ 1h 03' 34"
9	Lotto–Soudal	+ 1h 18' 05"
10	Team DSM	+ 1h 27' 56"

Notes

^a As of 1 March 2022, the UCI announced that cyclists from Russia and Belarus would no longer compete under the name or flag of those respective countries due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[28]