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.^[1]

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2022 Giro d'Italia

2022 UCI World Tour, race 20 of 32
The Gruppetto on Stage 15
Race details
Dates	6–29 May 2022
Stages	21
Distance	3,445.6 km (2,141 mi)
Winning time	86h 31' 14"
Results
Winner  Jai Hindley (AUS) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Second  Richard Carapaz (ECU) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Third  Mikel Landa (ESP) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Points  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Mountains  Koen Bouwman (NED) (Team Jumbo–Visma) Youth  Juan Pedro López Pérez (ESP) (Trek–Segafredo)   Sprints  Filippo Tagliani (ITA) (Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli)   Team Team Bahrain Victorious
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The race was won by Jai Hindley of Bora–Hansgrohe, 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.^[2] 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,^[3] which he kept in the final day time trial. Second place went to Richard Carapaz of Ineos Grenadiers. Carapaz took the maglia rosa on stage 14, holding a slim advantage over Hindley.^[4] 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 Team Bahrain Victorious. 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 Groupama–FDJ won the points classification. He was the race's best sprinter, winning three sprint stages along the way. Koen Bouwman of Team Jumbo–Visma won the mountains classification while also winning two stages from the breakaway. Juan Pedro López of Trek–Segafredo 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. Team Bahrain Victorious took both the teams classification and the fair play classification. Filippo Tagliani of Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli 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 Alpecin–Fenix won the combativity classification. He also won the first stage^[5] and held the maglia rosa for the first three days before getting into multiple breaks over the rest of the race.

Although Arkéa–Samsic 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.^[6]

Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), the 2019 champion, was considered the pre-race favourite, followed by Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange–Jayco) and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates). Their closest challengers were seen to be Miguel Ángel López (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Mikel Landa (Team Bahrain Victorious) and 2017 champion Tom Dumoulin (Team Jumbo–Visma). Other contenders were considered to be Wilco Kelderman (Bora–Hansgrohe), Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Hugh Carthy (EF Education–EasyPost).^[7] Defending champion Egan Bernal did not participate, as he had not recovered from injuries suffered on a training ride during the offseason.^[8]

Riders believed to be the main contenders for victories on the sprint stages were Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Fenix), Arnaud Démare (Groupama–FDJ), and Caleb Ewan (Lotto–Soudal).^[9][10]

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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	Ineos Grenadiers	Filippo Tagliani	Lennard Kämna	Mattia Bais	Alpecin–Fenix
2	Simon Yates				Matteo Sobrero	Team Jumbo–Visma	Mattia Bais	Rick Zabel
3	Mark Cavendish			Rick Zabel			Filippo Tagliani	Mattia Bais
4	Lennard Kämna	Juan Pedro López		Lennard Kämna	Juan Pedro López	Bora–Hansgrohe		Stefano Oldani		Trek–Segafredo
5	Arnaud Démare		Arnaud Démare					Mattia Bais
6	Arnaud Démare							Diego Rosa
7	Koen Bouwman			Koen Bouwman		Trek–Segafredo		Tom Dumoulin
8	Thomas De Gendt					Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux		Thomas De Gendt		Bora–Hansgrohe
9	Jai Hindley			Diego Rosa		Bora–Hansgrohe		João Almeida		Team DSM
10	Biniam Girmay							Alessandro De Marchi
11	Alberto Dainese							Dries De Bondt
12	Stefano Oldani					Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux		Lorenzo Rota
13	Arnaud Démare							Pascal Eenkhoorn		Bora–Hansgrohe
14	Simon Yates	Richard Carapaz			João Almeida	Bora–Hansgrohe		Richard Carapaz		Team Bahrain Victorious
15	Giulio Ciccone			Koen Bouwman				Giulio Ciccone
16	Jan Hirt							Thymen Arensman
17	Santiago Buitrago					Team Bahrain Victorious		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	Arnaud Démare	Koen Bouwman	Juan Pedro López	Team Bahrain Victorious	Filippo Tagliani	Mathieu van der Poel	Mattia Bais	Team Bahrain Victorious

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• 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.