# 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships

The 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships was the second edition of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, the annual world championships for esport road bicycle racing. It was held on 26 February 2022 on the platform Zwift. Regional qualifiers took place 27–28 November 2021.
Along with professional riders, invited by their respective national cycling organisations to compete in the championships, Zwift held a number of qualification events. The first round Continental Open event series was open to all eligible riders in the Zwift community. The second round of Continental Qualifiers then determined those community riders that won a place in the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships in February 2022.
The men's race was won by 2020 Zwift Academy winner Jay Vine, while the women's race was won by Loes Adegeest.

## Qualifiers

| Date | Platform | Location | Event | Distance |
| 13 November 2021 | Zwift | Watopia | Continental Open event series | 28 km (17 mi) |
| 14 November 2021 | Zwift | London | Continental Open event series | 30 km (19 mi) |
| 20 November 2021 | Zwift | Watopia | Continental Open event series | 28 km (17 mi) |
| 21 November 2021 | Zwift | London | Continental Open event series | 30 km (19 mi) |
| 27 November 2021 | Zwift | | Women's Oceania Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 27 November 2021 | Zwift | | Women's Asian Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 27 November 2021 | Zwift | | Women's European Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 27 November 2021 | Zwift | | Women's African Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 27 November 2021 | Zwift | | Women's Pan American Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 28 November 2021 | Zwift | | Men's Oceania Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 28 November 2021 | Zwift | | Men's Asian Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 28 November 2021 | Zwift | | Men's European Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 28 November 2021 | Zwift | | Men's African Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |
| 28 November 2021 | Zwift | | Men's Pan American Qualifiers to UCI 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships | |

## Schedule

| Date | Platform | Location | Event | Distance |
| 26 February 2022 | Zwift | New York | Men's road race | 54.9 km (34.1 mi) |
| 26 February 2022 | Zwift | New York | Women's road race | 54.9 km (34.1 mi) |

## Results
### Men's race

Result (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| | Jay Vine (AUS) | Australia | 1h 15' 41" |
| | Freddy Ovett (AUS) | Australia | + 0.85" |
| | Jason Osborne (GER) | Germany | + 1.45" |
| 4 | Ben Hill (AUS) | Australia | + 1.95" |
| 5 | Lionel Vujasin (BEL) | Belgium | + 1.95" |
| 6 | Oskar Hvid (DEN) | Denmark | + 2.15" |
| 7 | Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) | Austria | + 3.83" |
| 8 | Thomas Thrall (CAN) | Canada | + 4.29" |
| 9 | Niki Hug (SUI) | Switzerland | + 7.71" |
| 10 | Håvard Gjeldnes (NOR) | Norway | + 8.00" |

### Women's race

Result (1–10) :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| | Loes Adegeest (NED) | Netherlands | 1h 23' 19" |
| | Cecilia Hansen (SWE) | Sweden | + 1.40" |
| | Zoe Langham (GBR) | Great Britain | + 1.48" |
| 4 | Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) | South Africa | + 10.21" |
| 5 | Liz Van Houweling (USA) | United States | + 13.94" |
| 6 | Mary Wilkinson (GBR) | Great Britain | + 16.26" |
| 7 | Emma Belforth (SWE) | Sweden | + 16.27" |
| 8 | Courtney Nelson (USA) | United States | + 16.61" |
| 9 | Jacquie Godbe (USA) | United States | + 17.13" |
| 10 | Caroline Bohé (DEN) | Denmark | + 17.30" |