Cycling race
The 2015 Aviva Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the twelfth running of the 2004 incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 76th British tour in total. The race started on 6 September in Beaumaris and finished on 13 September in London.[1] The race was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.
Teams
The twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain are:[2]
UCI ProTeams | UCI Professional Continental Teams | UCI Continental Teams | National Teams |
Stages
Stage 1
6 September 2015 — Beaumaris to Wrexham, 177 kilometres (110 mi)
Stage 1 Result | | General Classification after Stage 1 |
Stage 2
7 September 2015 — Clitheroe to Colne, 162 kilometres (101 mi)
Stage 2 Result | | General Classification after Stage 2 |
Stage 3
8 September 2015 — Cockermouth to Floors Castle, 216 kilometres (134 mi)
Stage 3 Result | | General Classification after Stage 3 |
Stage 4
9 September 2015 — Edinburgh to Blyth, 135 kilometres (84 mi)
Stage 4 Result | | General Classification after Stage 4 |
Stage 5
10 September 2015 — Prudhoe to Hartside Fell, Cumbria, 171 kilometres (106 mi)
Stage 5 Result | | General Classification after Stage 5 |
Stage 6
11 September 2015 — Stoke-on-Trent to Nottingham, 189 kilometres (117 mi)
Stage 6 Result | | General Classification after Stage 6 |
Stage 7
12 September 2015 — Fakenham to Ipswich, 227 kilometres (141 mi)
Stage 7 Result | | General Classification after Stage 7 |
Stage 8
13 September 2015 — London, 93 kilometres (58 mi)
Stage 8 Result | | General Classification after Stage 8 |
Classification leadership
Standings
Legend |
| Denotes the leader of the General classification | | Denotes the leader of the Points classification |
| Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification | | Denotes the leader of the Sprints classification |
Team classification
References
- ^ "Tour of Britain returns to Suffolk and Norfolk". BBC News. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Cycling News. "Tour of Britain announces 2015 teams". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Tour of Britain 2015: Team Sky's Elia Viviani wins first stage". BBC Sport. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Tour of Britain: Petr Vakoc wins stage two to take overall lead". BBC Sport. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Tour of Britain: Elia Viviani wins stage three as Petr Vakoc crashes". BBC Sport. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish helps Fernando Gaviria to stage win". BBC Sport. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Team Sky's Woet Poels wins Tour of Britain stage five". BBC Sport. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Mark Cavendish crashes out of Tour of Britain with shoulder injury". BBC Sport. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Tour of Britain: Andre Greipel wins stage seven in Ipswich". BBC Sport. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Tour of Britain: Edvald Boasson Hagen claims race win". BBC Sport. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
External links
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