# 2022 Belgian Road Cycling Cup

The 2022 Belgian Road Cycling Cup (known as the Exterioo Cycling Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh edition of the Belgian Road Cycling Cup. With the inclusion of the Dutch races Ronde van Drenthe and Veenendaal–Veenendaal, this marks the first season in which the Belgian Road Cycling Cup includes races outside of Belgium.
The defending champion is Tim Merlier of Alpecin–Fenix.

## Events

The event schedule was revealed on 9 February 2022. With respect to the previous season, the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, Halle–Ingooigem, the Schaal Sels, and the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen were removed, the last three of which were not held in 2021 for various reasons, resulting in the 2021 season only having eight races. These four races were replaced with the Ronde van Drenthe, the Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic, the Elfstedenronde, and the Circuit Franco–Belge to keep the total number of races at eleven, all of which are also part of the 2022 UCI Europe Tour.
| Date | Event | Winner | Team | Series leader |
| 1 March | Le Samyn | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | Matteo Trentin (ITA) |
| 6 March | Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Dries De Bondt (BEL) |
| 13 March | Ronde van Drenthe | Dries Van Gestel (BEL) | Team TotalEnergies | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) |
| 21 May | Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) |
| 22 May | Antwerp Port Epic | Florian Vermeersch (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
| 26 May | Circuit de Wallonie | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
| 29 May | Grote Prijs Marcel Kint | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
| 11 June | Dwars door het Hageland | Oscar Riesebeek (NED) | Alpecin–Fenix | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
| 12 June | Elfstedenronde | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
| 10 August | Circuit Franco–Belge | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
| 16 September | Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |

## Race results
### Le Samyn

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | UAE Team Emirates | 4h 49' 29" |
| 2 | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |
| 3 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 0" |
| 4 | Stan Dewulf (BEL) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 0" |
| 5 | Loïc Vliegen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 0" |
| 6 | Victor Campenaerts (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 0" |
| 7 | Dries Van Gestel (BEL) | Team TotalEnergies | + 0" |
| 8 | Bert Van Lerberghe (BEL) | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | + 0" |
| 9 | Rasmus Tiller (NOR) | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | + 4" |
| 10 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 4" |
| 11 | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 4" |
| 12 | Oliver Naesen (BEL) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 4" |
| 13 | Amaury Capiot (BEL) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 4" |
| 14 | Luca Mozzato (ITA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 4" |
| 15 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 4" |

### Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 4h 45' 03" |
| 2 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 0" |
| 3 | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |
| 4 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 0" |
| 5 | Ethan Vernon (GBR) | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | + 0" |
| 6 | Pierre Barbier (FRA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 0" |
| 7 | Donavan Grondin (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |
| 8 | Laurence Pithie (NZL) | Groupama–FDJ Continental Team | + 0" |
| 9 | Jensen Plowright (AUS) | Groupama–FDJ Continental Team | + 0" |
| 10 | Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 0" |
| 11 | Sandy Dujardin (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 0" |
| 12 | Kenneth Van Rooy (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 0" |
| 13 | Oliver Wood (GBR) | WiV SunGod | + 0" |
| 14 | Axel Zingle (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 15 | Vito Braet (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 0" |

### Ronde van Drenthe

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Dries Van Gestel (BEL) | Team TotalEnergies | 5h 08' 47" |
| 2 | Barnabás Peák (HUN) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 5" |
| 3 | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 5" |
| 4 | Timo Roosen (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 5" |
| 5 | Joren Bloem (NED) | Abloc CT | + 5" |
| 6 | Mick van Dijke (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 5" |
| 7 | Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 23" |
| 8 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 27" |
| 9 | Rick Ottema (NED) | Metec–Solarwatt p/b Mantel | + 27" |
| 10 | Rick Pluimers (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 27" |
| 11 | Casper van Uden (NED) | Development Team DSM | + 27" |
| 12 | Benjamin Declercq (BEL) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 29" |
| 13 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 31" |
| 14 | Tomáš Kopecký (CZE) | Abloc CT | + 32" |
| 15 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 1' 14" |

### Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | 4h 32' 40" |
| 2 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 0" |
| 3 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 0" |
| 4 | Jakub Mareczko (ITA) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 0" |
| 5 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 0" |
| 6 | Sasha Weemaes (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 0" |
| 7 | Pierre Barbier (FRA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 0" |
| 8 | Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 0" |
| 9 | Arvid de Kleijn (NED) | Human Powered Health | + 0" |
| 10 | Jordi Warlop (BEL) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 0" |
| 11 | Casper van Uden (NED) | Team DSM | + 0" |
| 12 | Thimo Willems (BEL) | Minerva Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 13 | Tim van Dijke (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 0" |
| 14 | Loe van Belle (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | + 0" |
| 15 | Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | + 0" |

### Antwerp Port Epic

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Florian Vermeersch (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 4h 17' 22" |
| 2 | Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 5" |
| 3 | Thibau Nys (BEL) | Baloise–Trek Lions | + 13" |
| 4 | Jens Reynders (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 17" |
| 5 | Adrien Petit (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 17" |
| 6 | Timo Kielich (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 26" |
| 7 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 3' 19" |
| 8 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 3' 19" |
| 9 | Milan Menten (BEL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 3' 19" |
| 10 | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 3' 19" |
| 11 | Ward Vanhoof (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 3' 19" |
| 12 | Toon Vandebosch (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 3' 19" |
| 13 | Niels Vandeputte (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 3' 19" |
| 14 | Coen Vermeltfoort (NED) | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | + 3' 19" |
| 15 | Jules Hesters (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 3' 19" |

### Circuit de Wallonie

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | 4h 22' 39" |
| 2 | Axel Zingle (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 3 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 3" |
| 4 | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 3" |
| 5 | Piet Allegaert (BEL) | Cofidis | + 3" |
| 6 | Maxim Van Gils (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 3" |
| 7 | Milan Menten (BEL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 3" |
| 8 | Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 3" |
| 9 | Lennert Teugels (BEL) | Tarteletto–Isorex | + 3" |
| 10 | Sandy Dujardin (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 3" |
| 11 | Aaron Gate (NZL) | Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling | + 3" |
| 12 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 3" |
| 13 | Maurice Ballerstedt (GER) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 3" |
| 14 | Jordi Warlop (BEL) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 3" |
| 15 | Obie Vidts (BEL) | Elevate p/b Home Solution–Soenens | + 3" |

### Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 4h 38' 49" |
| 2 | Luca Mozzato (ITA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 0" |
| 3 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 0" |
| 4 | Chris Lawless (GBR) | Team TotalEnergies | + 0" |
| 5 | Piet Allegaert (BEL) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 6 | Pierre Barbier (FRA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 0" |
| 7 | Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | + 0" |
| 8 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | Israel–Premier Tech | + 0" |
| 9 | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 0" |
| 10 | Axel Zingle (FRA) | Cofidis | + 0" |
| 11 | Maxime De Poorter (BEL) | Tarteletto–Isorex | + 0" |
| 12 | Clément Russo (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |
| 13 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | + 0" |
| 14 | Joren Bloem (NED) | Abloc CT | + 0" |
| 15 | Daniel McLay (GBR) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 0" |

## Finalcup standings

    As of 14 October 2022
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 83 |
| 2 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | 58 |
| 3 | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 40 |
| 4 | Dries Van Gestel (BEL) | Team TotalEnergies | 39 |
| 5 | Pierre Barbier (FRA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | 36 |
| 6 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | 35 |
| 7 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 32 |
| 8 | Piet Allegaert (BEL) | Cofidis | 32 |
| 9 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | 29 |
| 10 | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Lotto–Soudal | 28 |