The 2022 Giro d'Italia was the 105th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Budapest on 6 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 19 May with a stage from Parma. The race finished in Verona on 29 May.
Classification standings
Stage 12
19 May 2022 — Parma to Genoa,
The twelfth stage featured a hilly parcours, with the riders heading from Parma to Genoa for the race's longest stage at . From the start of the stage, the riders went on a false flat uphill, passing through the intermediate sprint for points after , before going up the third-category Passo del Bocco. The Giro went back to the climb for the first time since Wouter Weylandt passed away after crashing on the climb's descent eleven years ago. Following the descent and a short flat section, the riders reached the intermediate sprint for bonus seconds with remaining. Shortly afterwards, the riders climbed the third-category La Colletta. The descent immediately led to the foot of the toughest climb of the day, the third-category Valico di Trensasco, a climb with an average gradient of 8 per cent. The climb was crested with left. After the descent, the rest of the stage was mostly flat.
Before the start of the stage, Caleb Ewan () announced that he was leaving the race to prepare for the upcoming Tour de France. A large fight for the break ensued during the initial kilometres. Multiple groups went up the road, but they were caught each time. At the intermediate sprint for points, with no break established yet, Arnaud Démare () took maximum points to extend his lead for the maglia ciclamino. Immediately after the sprint, a large group of 22 riders went off the front. At one point, a group containing Richard Carapaz () tried to bridge to the break but they were reeled back in. Alessandro De Marchi () and Dries De Bondt () also tried to bridge to the break but they were swept up. Eventually, the pair of Luca Covili and Davide Gabburo as well as Edoardo Zardini () were successful in their attempt to make it to the break, making it 25 riders up front. The highest placed GC rider in the break was Wilco Kelderman (), who was 11 minutes down. The peloton let their gap increase and they were content to let the break contest for the stage win.
The break worked together over the Passo del Bocco before safely negotiating the descent. On the climb of La Colletta, Lorenzo Rota () attacked from the break. Stefano Oldani () and Gijs Leemreize () chased him before eventually catching him to make it three leaders up front. On the descent, multiple riders tried to bridge up to the leading group, but the leaders maintained their advantage. The three leaders reached the foot of the last climb of the day, the Valico di Trensasco, with a lead of around a minute over the chasing group. As the chasers reached the climb, Santiago Buitrago () began to distance the group. The only chasers able to go with him were Lucas Hamilton (), Bauke Mollema (), and Kelderman. The four chasers managed to decrease the leaders' advantage to around half a minute at the top of the climb. Despite the best efforts of the chasers to reduce the advantage of the lead group, they never came close to making the catch, with the leaders' advantage going back up towards a minute. Inside the final kilometre, Leemreize made a late attack, but Oldani and Rota quickly reeled him back. Leemreize opened his sprint inside the final . Oldani and Rota went around him, with Oldani holding off Rota to take his first professional victory. The chasing group crossed the line at 57 seconds down while the peloton finished at just over nine minutes down. This meant that Kelderman rose to 13th on GC at just less than three minutes behind while Hamilton rose to 16th. Juan Pedro López () kept the maglia rosa as there were no changes in the top ten.
Stage 13
20 May 2022 — Sanremo to Cuneo,
The thirteenth stage featured the penultimate chance for the sprinters to take a win, with the riders tackling from Sanremo to Cuneo. After a flat start, the riders gradually went uphill before reaching the intermediate sprint for points after . Immediately afterwards, the riders tackled the only categorised climb of the day, the third-category Colle di Nava. The climb is long with an average gradient of 6.7 per cent, providing a chance for the riders to drop the pure sprinters. The climb was crested with remaining. The rest of the stage was mostly flat, apart from a few lumps on the way. The intermediate sprint for bonus seconds took place with left.