6 conclusions from the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2022

Classification winners at 2022 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas (L to R): Evita Muzic (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) as best young rider, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) in green points jersey, Juliette Labous (Team DSM) GC winner and Demi Vollering (SD Worx) in red mountain jersey
Classification winners at 2022 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas (L to R): Evita Muzic (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) as best young rider, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) in green points jersey, Juliette Labous (Team DSM) GC winner and Demi Vollering (SD Worx) in red mountain jersey (Image credit: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)

The block of Spanish races has been building and growing in the last few years, and this year an exciting three weeks of races culminated in the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas, a tough four-day tour of northern Spain. Every day was hilly, but the race had something for every type of rider: sprints, a punchy uphill finish, and a showpiece finale on the Lagunas de Neila climb on Sunday.

Showing her unstoppable form, Itzulia Women winner Demi Vollering (SD Worx) conquered the final climb on stage 4 to take victory, whilst Team DSM’s Juliette Labous held on behind to secure the overall win. After a tight three days of racing, the general classification came down to the very last metres of climbing, but that didn’t mean the first three stages were any less action-packed. From dominant sprints to surprise wins, the second WorldTour stage race of the season gave us a lot to talk about.

Matilda Price is a freelance cycling journalist and digital producer based in the UK. She is a graduate of modern languages, and recently completed an MA in sports journalism, during which she wrote her dissertation on the lives of young cyclists. Matilda began covering cycling in 2016 whilst still at university, working mainly in the British domestic scene at first. Since then, she has covered everything from the Tour Series to the Tour de France. These days, Matilda focuses most of her attention on the women’s sport, writing for Cyclingnews and working on women’s cycling show The Bunnyhop. As well as the Women’s WorldTour, Matilda loves following cyclo-cross and is a recent convert to downhill mountain biking.