2022 Tour de Wallonie

The 2022 Tour de Wallonie (known as the Ethias–Tour de Wallonie for sponsorship reasons) was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race mainly held in the Belgian region of Wallonia. It was a 2.Pro race as part of the 2022 UCI ProSeries calendar. It was the 49th edition of the Tour de Wallonie, which started on 23 July and finished on 27 July.^[1]

2022 Tour de Wallonie

2022 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	23–27 July 2022
Stages	5
Distance	962.4 km (598.0 mi)
Winning time	22h 49' 54"
Results
Winner  Robert Stannard (AUS) (Alpecin–Deceuninck)   Second  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux)   Third  Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) (Trek–Segafredo) Points  Robert Stannard (AUS) (Alpecin–Deceuninck) Mountains  Victor Campenaerts (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal) Youth  Robert Stannard (AUS) (Alpecin–Deceuninck) Sprints  Dries Van Gestel (BEL) (Team TotalEnergies)   Team Lotto–Soudal
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Teams

Fourteen of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams, six UCI ProTeams, and two UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën 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 DSM
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
• B&B Hotels–KTM
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Team TotalEnergies

UCI Continental Teams

• Baloise–Trek Lions
• Tarteletto–Isorex

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[1]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	23 July	Temploux to Huy	174.4 km (108.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2	24 July	Verviers to Herve	176.8 km (109.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Oier Lazkano (ESP)
3	25 July	Visé to Rochefort	195.6 km (121.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Arnaud De Lie (BEL)
4	26 July	Durbuy to Couvin	200.8 km (124.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Davide Ballerini (ITA)
5	27 July	Le Roeulx to Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont	214.8 km (133.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Jan Bakelants (BEL)
Total			938.7 km (583.3 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

23 July 2022 — Temploux to Huy, 174.4 km (108.4 mi)

Stage 1 Result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4h 06' 11" 2  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 1" 3  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 1" 4  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 5" 5  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) EF Education–EasyPost + 5" 6  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 5" 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 9" 8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 15" 9  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 15" 10  Cian Uijtdebroeks (BEL) Cofidis + 17"

General classification after Stage 1[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4h 06' 01" 2  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 5" 3  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 7" 4  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 15" 5  Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) EF Education–EasyPost + 15" 6  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 15" 7  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 19" 8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 25" 9  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 25" 10  Cian Uijtdebroeks (BEL) Cofidis + 27"

Stage 2

24 July 2022 — Verviers to Herve, 176.8 km (109.9 mi)

Stage 2 Result[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oier Lazkano (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 12' 40" 2  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 2" 3  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 7" 4  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 5  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 11" 6  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 11" 7  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 11" 8  James Shaw (GBR) EF Education–EasyPost + 11" 9  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 11" 10  Frederik Wandahl (DEN) Bora–Hansgrohe + 11"

General classification after Stage 2[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck 8h 18' 57" 2  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 7" 3  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 10" 4  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 11" 5  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 6  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 20" 7  Cian Uijtdebroeks (BEL) Cofidis + 22" 8  James Shaw (GBR) EF Education–EasyPost + 28" 9  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 29" 10  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 32"

Stage 3

25 July 2022 — Visé to Rochefort, 195.6 km (121.5 mi)

Stage 3 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Arnaud De Lie (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 4h 39' 22" 2  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 3  Axel Laurance (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 0" 4  Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 5  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 6  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 7  Milan Menten (BEL) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB + 0" 8  Oliviero Troia (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 9  Ben Turner (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Kim Heiduk (GER) Ineos Grenadiers + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck 12h 58' 23" 2  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 4" 3  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 6" 4  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 8" 5  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 6  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 20" 7  Cian Uijtdebroeks (BEL) Cofidis + 22" 8  James Shaw (GBR) EF Education–EasyPost + 28" 9  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 29" 10  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 32"

Stage 4

26 July 2022 — Durbuy to Couvin, 200.8 km (124.8 mi)

Stage 4 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 5h 10' 12" 2  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 3  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 5  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 6  Matteo Trentin (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Jake Stewart (GBR) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 8  Milan Menten (BEL) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB + 0" 9  Axel Laurance (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 0" 10  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck 18h 08' 35" 2  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 4" 3  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 6" 4  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 8" 5  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 11" 6  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 20" 7  Cian Uijtdebroeks (BEL) Cofidis + 22" 8  James Shaw (GBR) EF Education–EasyPost + 28" 9  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 29" 10  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 32"

Stage 5

27 July 2022 — Le Roeulx to Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, 214.8 km (133.5 mi)

Stage 5 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux 4h 41' 25" 2  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 3  Axel Laurance (FRA) B&B Hotels–KTM + 0" 4  Thibau Nys (BEL) Baloise–Trek Lions + 0" 5  Matteo Trentin (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6  Dimitri Peyskens (BEL) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB + 0" 7  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 0" 8  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 9  Marijn van den Berg (NED) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 10  Filippo Baroncini (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Robert Stannard (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck 22h 49' 54" 2  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 10" 3  Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 12" 4  Lorenzo Rota (ITA) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux + 14" 5  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) AG2R Citroën Team + 26" 6  Maxim Van Gils (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 38" 7  Frederik Wandahl (DEN) Bora–Hansgrohe + 43" 8  Omer Goldstein (ISR) Israel–Premier Tech + 46" 9  Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis + 51" 10  Oier Lazkano (ESP) Movistar Team + 55"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Julian Alaphilippe	Julian Alaphilippe	Julian Alaphilippe	Lennert Teugels	Fabien Lienhard	Robert Stannard	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
2	Oier Lazkano	Robert Stannard	Oier Lazkano	Gianni Vermeersch			Lotto–Soudal
3	Arnaud De Lie		Alex Aranburu	Victor Campenaerts	Casper Pedersen
4	Davide Ballerini		Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
5	Jan Bakelants		Robert Stannard		Dries van Gestel
Final		Robert Stannard	Robert Stannard	Victor Campenaerts	Dries van Gestel	Robert Stannard	Lotto–Soudal

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the sprints classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Robert Stannard (AUS)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	22h 49' 54"
2	Loïc Vliegen (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 10"
3	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 12"
4	Lorenzo Rota (ITA)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 14"
5	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 26"
6	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 38"
7	Frederik Wandahl (DEN)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 43"
8	Omer Goldstein (ISR)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 46"
9	Guillaume Martin (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 51"
10	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 55"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Robert Stannard (AUS)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	45
2	Axel Laurance (FRA)	B&B Hotels–KTM	32
3	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	31
4	Alex Aranburu (ESP)	Movistar Team	26
5	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	25
6	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	25
7	Loïc Vliegen (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	24
8	Jan Bakelants (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	20
9	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Movistar Team	20
10	Jesús Herrada (ESP)	Cofidis	15

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	50
2	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	30
3	Lennert Teugels (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	28
4	Rui Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	28
5	Ivo Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	26
6	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Movistar Team	22
7	Thijs Aerts (BEL)	Baloise–Trek Lions	20
8	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	20
9	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Trek–Segafredo	14
10	Maxime Chevalier (FRA)	B&B Hotels–KTM	14

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Dries van Gestel (BEL)	Team TotalEnergies	15
2	Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL)	Cofidis	11
3	Fabian Lienhard (SUI)	Groupama–FDJ	10
4	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	9
5	Thijs Aerts (BEL)	Baloise–Trek Lions	7
6	Loïc Vliegen (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	5
7	Guillaume Martin (FRA)	Cofidis	5
8	Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	5
9	Rui Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	5
10	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	5

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Robert Stannard (AUS)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	22h 49' 54"
2	Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 12"
3	Maxim Van Gils (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 38"
4	Frederik Wandahl (DEN)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 43"
5	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 55"
6	Filippo Baroncini (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 1' 41"
7	Ben Healy (IRL)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3' 03"
8	Pim Ronhaar (NED)	Baloise–Trek Lions	+ 10' 40"
9	Kévin Vauquelin (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 11' 42"
10	Ben Turner (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 12' 11"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[7]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Lotto–Soudal	68h 34' 36"
2	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 4' 28"
3	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 6' 30"
4	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 7' 15"
5	Trek–Segafredo	+ 7' 58"
6	Cofidis	+ 9' 10"
7	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 10' 22"
8	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 14' 17"
9	Movistar Team	+ 15' 18"
10	Alpecin–Deceuninck	+ 23' 54"

References

1. "Parcours de panache" [Course of panache]. Tour de Wallonie (in French). TRW Organisation. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
2. "Le peloton 2022 - ETHIAS TOUR DE WALLONIE" [The peloton 2022 – ETHIAS TOUR DE WALLONIE]. Tour de Wallonie (in French). TRW Organisation. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. "Julian Alaphilippe soars on Huy to win opening stage of Tour de Wallonie". CyclingNews. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
4. "Lazkano wins stage 2 at Tour de Wallonie". CyclingNews. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
5. "Arnaud De Lie tops Girmay on stage 3 of Tour de Wallonie". CyclingNews. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
6. "Ballerini wins stage 4 of Tour de Wallonie as breakaway holds on". CyclingNews. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
7. "Ballerini wins stage 4 of Tour de Wallonie as breakaway holds on". CyclingNews. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

External links

• Official website (in French)