Gent-Wevelgem Women 2022

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Gent Wevelgem Women 2022 9th Edition Ypres Wevelgem 159 km 27032022 Elisa Balsamo ITA Trek Segafredo Marianne Vos NED Team Jumbo Visma Maria Giulia Confalonieri ITA Ceratizit WNT Pro Cycling photo Rafa GomezSprintCyclingAgency2022
Elisa Balsamo wins Gent-Wevelgem in a bunch sprint(Image credit: Spring Cycling Agency)


Elisa Balsamo wins Gent-Wevelgem Women in bunch sprint

Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) secured a bunch-sprint victory at Gent-Wevelgem in Belgium. The world champion blasted to the finish line taking the win ahead of Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) and Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT) in what she said was her favourite race on the calendar.

“Today, I won my favorite race. It’s a dream come true. I am very, very happy," Balsamo said.

After a last breakaway attempt by Grace Brown (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) was reeled in just before the last kilometre, Balsamo was the fastest in the sprint, coming off the wheel of Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx), and sprinting across the line first.

Her victory at Gent-Wevelgem marked her fourth of the season after winning the opening stage at Setmana Valenciana. She also won back-to-back Women's WorldTour races at Trofeo Alfredo Binda and Brugge-De Panne.

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Results - Top 10
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 3:19:15
2Marianne Vos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women
3Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
4Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx
5Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Den) Movistar Team Women
6Marta Bastianelli (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
7Susanne Andersen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Women
8Tamara Dronova (Rus) Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad
9Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
10Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope

Date: March 27, 2022
Start: Ypres - 1:50pm CET
Finish: Wevelgem - 6:15pm CET
Live coverage on Cyclingnews: Start to Finish

Gent-Wevelgem Women marks the fifth round of the 2022 Women's WorldTour held on March 27 in Belgium. The women will race 159km from Ypres to Wevelgem with new route features that include the windswept De Moeren and the Ossuaire side of the Kemmelberg raising the difficulty of the prized one-day race.

The event has been part of the women's international calendar since 2014 when American Lauren Hall secured the victory and Floortje Mackaij won the race in 2015. The event joined the Women's WorldTour in 2016, the inception of the top-tier series, when Chantal van den Broek-Blaak took a solo victory. Former champions of the one-day race also include Lotta Henttala (2017), Marta Bastianelli (2018), Kirsten Wild (2019), Jolien D'hoore (2020) and defending champion Marianne Vos (2021).

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2022 Gent-Wevelgem Women route

Gent-Wevelgem Women 2022 - Map

Gent-Wevelgem Women 2022 - Map (Image credit: Gent-Wevelgem Women Road Book)

It’s one of the flatter one-day races and typically sees a clash of the sprinters. The start of the race was moved from Ypres' Grote Markt to the Menin Gate.

The women will race 159km that begins by travelling northward to De Moeren and will encounter a traditionally windy stretch en route to the coast of the North Sea. 

The race will then travel southbound toward the decisive collection of seven climbs beginning with the Scherpenberg, Beneberg, Monteberg, Kemmelberg (Belvedere), and again the Scherpenberg, Beneberg, and lastly the new addition to the route, the Kemmelberg (Ossuaire), before the 34km to the finish in Wevelgem.

Gent-Wevelgem Women 2022 - Profile

Gent-Wevelgem Women 2022 - Profile (Image credit: Gent-Wevelgem Women Road Book)

2022 Gent-Wevelgem Women climbs

  • Scherpenberg
  • Beneberg
  • Monteberg
  • Kemmelberg (Belvedere)
  • Scherpenberg
  • Beneberg
  • Kemmelberg (Ossuaire)

2022 Gent-Wevelgem Women contenders

2022 Gent-Wevelgem Women teams

  • Team Jumbo-Visma
  • Team SD Worx
  • Trek - Segafredo
  • Canyon-SRAM Racing
  • EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
  • FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
  • Human Powered Health
  • Liv Racing Xstra
  • Movistar Team
  • Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad
  • Team BikeExchange - Jayco
  • Team DSM
  • UAE Team ADQ
  • Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
  • Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
  • Parkhotel Valkenburg
  • Valcar - Travel & Service
  • Bingoal Casino - Chevalmeire - Van Eyck Sport
  • Cofidis Women Team
  • Lotto Soudal Ladies
  • Le Col - Wahoo
  • Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
  • AG Insurance - NXTG Team
  • Plantur-Pura

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