The race was won for the second time in a row by Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates. Pogačar with his teammate Rafał Majka controlled the race and especially all of the climbs. The only other rider who was competitive in the ascents was Matej Mohorič (Team Bahrain Victorious). Powerful climbing duo Pogačar-Majka (UAE Team Emirates) showed to be strong competition against similar duo Roglič-Vingegaard from Team Jumbo–Visma (who showed domination in the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné) for season main race - 2022 Tour de France.[2]
The Tour consisted of 5 stages with 791.4 km (491.8 mi) and 9.152 m of ascent. Total sum of prizes was €70,975 .[3] Tour attracted around 300,000 people who were watching the race by the road. [a]
Four UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and the Slovenian national team made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race with 144 riders at the start (124 finished it).[4][5]
^Official statement of Race director Bogdan Fink "...Dirka je postala s prenosom na Eurosportu še bolj mednarodno prepoznana, 300 tisoč navijačev ob cestah letošnje izvedbe pa je potrditev, da smo Slovenci tudi kolesarski narod."