The 2022 Giro d'Italia was the 105th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Budapest, Hungary, and finished on 29 May in Verona, Italy.

The race was won by Jai Hindley of , taking his first Grand Tour victory and becoming the first Australian to win the Giro. Hindley came into the race as one of his team's three potential GC leaders before taking the team leadership when he won stage 9, which finished atop Blockhaus. Over the last half of the race, he emerged as one of the strongest climbers, staying within ten seconds of the race lead until stage 20 to Marmolada. On that stage, he rode away from the rest of the contenders on the final climb to move into the race lead, which he kept in the final day time trial. Second place went to Richard Carapaz of . Carapaz took the maglia rosa on stage 14, holding a slim advantage over Hindley. The two were inseparable until the penultimate stage, when Carapaz was dropped inside the final three kilometres. He dropped to second place, which he solidified in the final day time trial. Third place went to Mikel Landa of . He performed consistently in the mountains, emerging as one of the strongest climbers in the race to take his first podium result in a Grand Tour since the 2015 Giro.

In the race's other classifications, Arnaud Démare of won the points classification. He was the race's best sprinter, winning three sprint stages along the way. Koen Bouwman of won the mountains classification while also winning two stages from the breakaway. Juan Pedro López of won the young rider classification. Apart from finishing in the top ten, López also held the maglia rosa for ten days before losing it to Carapaz midway through the race. took both the teams classification and the fair play classification. Filippo Tagliani of won the intermediate sprint classification for taking the most points in intermediate sprints while his teammate, Mattia Bais, took the breakaway classification for spending the greatest number of kilometres in the break. Meanwhile, Mathieu van der Poel of won the combativity classification. He also won the first stage and held the maglia rosa for the first three days before getting into multiple breaks over the rest of the race.

Teams

Although are invited to all UCI World Tour events, they declined their invitation to this year's Giro deciding to focus on the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.

Pre-race favourites

Richard Carapaz (), the 2019 champion, was considered the pre-race favourite, followed by Simon Yates () and João Almeida (). Their closest challengers were seen to be Miguel Ángel López (), Mikel Landa () and 2017 champion Tom Dumoulin (). Other contenders were considered to be Wilco Kelderman (), Romain Bardet () and Hugh Carthy (). Defending champion Egan Bernal did not participate, as he had not recovered from injuries suffered on a training ride during the offseason.

Riders believed to be the main contenders for victories on the sprint stages were Mark Cavendish (), Mathieu van der Poel (), Arnaud Démare (), and Caleb Ewan ().

Route and stages

+ Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 6 May Budapest (Hungary) to Visegrád (Hungary) Flat stage 2 7 May Budapest (Hungary) Individual time trial 3 8 May Kaposvár (Hungary) to Balatonfüred (Hungary) Flat stage 9 May Avola Rest day 4 10 May Avola to Etna (Rif. Sapienza) Mountain stage 5 11 May Catania to Messina Flat stage 6 12 May Palmi to Scalea (Riviera dei Cedri) Flat stage 7 13 May Diamante to Potenza Intermediate stage 8 14 May Naples to Naples (Procida Capitale Italiana della Cultura) Hilly stage 9 15 May Isernia to Blockhaus Mountain stage 16 May Pescara Rest day 10 17 May Pescara to Jesi Hilly stage 11 18 May Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia Flat stage 12 19 May Parma to Genoa Intermediate stage 13 20 May Sanremo to Cuneo Flat stage 14 21 May Santena to Turin Mountain stage 15 22 May Rivarolo Canavese to Cogne Mountain stage 23 May Salò Rest day 16 24 May Salò to Aprica (Sforzato Wine Stage) Mountain stage 17 25 May Ponte di Legno to Lavarone Mountain stage 18 26 May Borgo Valsugana to Treviso Flat stage 19 27 May Marano Lagunare to Santuario di Castelmonte Mountain stage 20 28 May Belluno to Marmolada (Passo Fedaia) Mountain stage 21 29 May Verona (Cronometro delle Colline Veronesi) Individual time trial Total

Classification leadership

+ Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification General Super Team Intermediate sprint classification Combativity classification Breakaway classification Fair play classification 1 Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel Biniam Girmay Filippo Tagliani Lennard Kämna Mattia Bais 2 Simon Yates Matteo Sobrero Mattia Bais Rick Zabel 3 Mark Cavendish Rick Zabel Filippo Tagliani Mattia Bais 4 Lennard Kämna Juan Pedro López Lennard Kämna Juan Pedro López Stefano Oldani 5 Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare Mattia Bais 6 Arnaud Démare Diego Rosa 7 Koen Bouwman Koen Bouwman Tom Dumoulin 8 Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt 9 Jai Hindley Diego Rosa João Almeida 10 Biniam Girmay Alessandro De Marchi 11 Alberto Dainese Dries De Bondt 12 Stefano Oldani Lorenzo Rota 13 Arnaud Démare Pascal Eenkhoorn 14 Simon Yates Richard Carapaz João Almeida Richard Carapaz 15 Giulio Ciccone Koen Bouwman Giulio Ciccone 16 Jan Hirt Thymen Arensman 17 Santiago Buitrago Mathieu van der Poel 18 Dries De Bondt Juan Pedro López Edoardo Affini 19 Koen Bouwman Andrea Vendrame 20 Alessandro Covi Jai Hindley Alessandro Covi 21 Matteo Sobrero Mathieu van der Poel Final Jai Hindley Juan Pedro López Filippo Tagliani Mattia Bais

On stage 2, Pello Bilbao, who was third in the points classification, wore the cyclamen jersey, because first placed Mathieu van der Poel wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification, and second placed Biniam Girmay wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification. Additionally, Magnus Cort Nielsen wore the blue jersey, although Van der Poel, Girmay and Bilbao were the only riders to score in the mountains classification until that point. On stages 3 and 4, Biniam Girmay, who was second in the points classification, wore the cyclamen jersey, because first placed Mathieu van der Poel wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification. Because Van der Poel also led the mountains classification before stage 3, Rick Zabel, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the blue jersey on that stage. On stages 5–9, Mauri Vansevenant, who was second in the young riders classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Juan Pedro López wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification. On stages 10–14, João Almeida wore the white jersey for the same reason. On stage 18, Juan Pedro López, who was second in the young riders classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed João Almeida withdrew before the start of the stage.

Final classification standings

Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 86h 31' 14" 2 + 1' 18" 3 + 3' 24" 4 + 9' 02" 5 + 9' 14" 6 + 9' 28" 7 + 13' 19" 8 + 17' 29" 9 + 17' 54" 10 + 18' 40" Final general classification (11–149) Rank Rider Team Time 11 + 23' 24" 12 + 24' 23" 13 + 28' 02" 14 + 28' 37" 15 + 33' 15" 16 + 41' 43" 17 + 41' 45" 18 + 42' 31" 19 + 43' 58" 20 + 1h 04' 22" 21 + 1h 06' 03" 22 + 1h 12' 21" 23 + 1h 22' 20" 24 + 1h 30' 24" 25 + 1h 32' 25" 26 + 1h 39' 47" 27 + 1h 50' 13" 28 + 1h 59' 40" 29 + 2h 03' 10" 30 + 2h 03' 44" 31 + 2h 08' 46" 32 + 2h 09' 53" 33 + 2h 14' 31" 34 + 2h 15' 18" 35 + 2h 15' 53" 36 + 2h 20' 58" 37 + 2h 26' 30" 38 + 2h 27' 26" 39 + 2h 29' 45" 40 + 2h 33' 10" 41 + 2h 36' 40" 42 + 2h 37' 05" 43 + 2h 38' 00" 44 + 2h 38' 11" 45 + 2h 50' 07" 46 + 2h 51' 22" 47 + 2h 53' 56" 48 + 2h 54' 15" 49 + 2h 55' 35" 50 + 2h 58' 05" 51 + 2h 59' 37" 52 + 3h 04' 45" 53 + 3h 09' 09" 54 + 3h 09' 19" 55 + 3h 10' 26" 56 + 3h 12' 38" 57 + 3h 14' 39" 58 + 3h 16' 00" 59 + 3h 16' 57" 60 + 3h 18' 44" 61 + 3h 19' 16" 62 + 3h 21' 01" 63 + 3h 23' 54" 64 + 3h 24' 18" 65 + 3h 27' 00" 66 + 3h 27' 26" 67 + 3h 35' 13" 68 + 3h 35' 53" 69 + 3h 37' 21" 70 + 3h 44' 44" 71 + 3h 46' 28" 72 + 3h 48' 32" 73 + 3h 49' 24" 74 + 3h 49' 52" 75 + 3h 52' 22" 76 + 3h 54' 40" 77 + 3h 58' 26" 78 + 4h 03' 18" 79 + 4h 05' 46" 80 + 4h 05' 51" 81 + 4h 09' 18" 82 + 4h 12' 26" 83 + 4h 12' 51" 84 + 4h 13' 50" 85 + 4h 14' 36" 86 + 4h 17' 30" 87 + 4h 23' 10" 88 + 4h 26' 42" 89 + 4h 31' 35" 90 + 4h 32' 32" 91 + 4h 32' 42" 92 + 4h 34' 50" 93 + 4h 41' 31" 94 + 4h 43' 35" 95 + 4h 44' 51" 96 + 4h 45' 59" 97 + 4h 48' 11" 98 + 4h 52' 44" 99 + 4h 56' 56" 100 + 4h 57' 16" 101 + 5h 01' 44" 102 + 5h 02' 16" 103 + 5h 03' 07" 104 + 5h 03' 35" 105 + 5h 03' 53" 106 + 5h 12' 56" 107 + 5h 13' 16" 108 + 5h 13' 44" 109 + 5h 17' 20" 110 + 5h 19' 47" 111 + 5h 24' 09" 112 + 5h 26' 35" 113 + 5h 27' 57" 114 + 5h 28' 00" 115 + 5h 30' 15" 116 + 5h 33' 05" 117 + 5h 33' 47" 118 + 5h 38' 59" 119 + 5h 39' 05" 120 + 5h 41' 28" 121 + 5h 41' 36" 122 + 5h 41' 37" 123 + 5h 42' 24" 124 + 5h 45' 54" 125 + 5h 47' 49" 126 + 5h 48' 28" 127 + 5h 48' 32" 128 + 5h 50' 24" 129 + 5h 51' 25" 130 + 5h 54' 06" 131 + 5h 58' 13" 132 + 6h 01' 25" 133 + 6h 08' 22" 134 + 6h 10' 38" 135 + 6h 16' 34" 136 + 6h 16' 35" 137 + 6h 19' 48" 138 + 6h 20' 13" 139 + 6h 22' 10" 140 + 6h 24' 30" 141 + 6h 27' 39" 142 + 6h 27' 58" 143 + 6h 29' 04" 144 + 6h 34' 20" 145 + 6h 46' 38" 146 + 6h 48' 50" 147 + 6h 52' 52" 148 + 6h 57' 02" 149 + 7h 13' 57"

Points classification

+ Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 254 2 136 3 132 4 105 5 95 6 83 7 73 8 72 9 71 10 70

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 294 2 163 3 102 4 94 5 87 6 78 7 78 8 71 9 65 10 57

Young rider classification

+ Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 86h 49' 54" 2 + 5' 43" 3 + 23' 03" 4 + 23' 51" 5 + 1h 11' 44" 6 + 1h 41' 00" 7 + 1h 44' 30" 8 + 1h 45' 04" 9 + 1h 57' 13" 10 + 2h 08' 46"

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 259h 48' 12" 2 + 4' 07" 3 + 1h 22' 29" 4 + 1h 23' 57" 5 + 2h 18' 46" 6 + 2h 21' 10" 7 + 2h 40' 16" 8 + 3h 21' 02" 9 + 3h 29' 58" 10 + 3h 39' 45"

Intermediate sprint classification

+ Final intermediate sprint classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 78 2 45 3 32 4 29 5 28 6 25 7 22 8 19 9 19 10 19

Breakaway classification

+ Final breakaway classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Kilometres 1 617 2 581 3 301 4 293 5 247 6 207 7 192 8 188 9 182 10 172

Fair play classification

+ Final fair play classification (1–10) Rank Team Points 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 20 5 30 6 30 7 50 8 50 9 60 10 70

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