2015 Tour of Belgium | |
Series: | 2015 UCI Europe Tour |
Date: | 27–31 May |
Stages: | 5 (including prologue) |
Distance: | 743.15 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 18h 01' 16" |
Speed: | 41.24 |
First: | Greg Van Avermaet |
First Nat: | BEL |
First Color: | red |
Second: | Tiesj Benoot |
Second Nat: | BEL |
Third: | Gaëtan Bille |
Third Nat: | BEL |
Points: | Tom Boonen |
Points Nat: | BEL |
Points Color: | blue |
Combativity: | Philipp Walsleben |
Combativity Nat: | GER |
Combativity Color: | dark green |
Previous: | 2014 |
Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 Tour of Belgium (known as the 2015 Baloise Belgium Tour for sponsorship purposes) was the 85th edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 27 to 31 May 2015 in Belgium, and was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. It was won by home rider Greg Van Avermaet, riding for the .[1]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | Ref | ||
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P | 27 May | Bornem to Bornem | 6.85km (04.26miles) | Individual time trial | [2] [3] | |||
1 | 28 May | Lochristi to Knokke-Heist | 178.5km (110.9miles) | Flat stage | [4] | |||
2 | 29 May | Knokke-Heist to Herzele | 201.1km (125miles) | Flat stage | [5] | |||
3 | 30 May | Eau d'Heure lakes to Eau d'Heure lakes | 157.5km (97.9miles) | Intermediate stage | [6] | |||
4 | 31 May | St. Vith to St. Vith | 199.2km (123.8miles) | Intermediate stage | ||||
Total | 743.15km (461.77miles) |
20 teams were invited to the 2015 Tour of Belgium: 8 UCI WorldTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental teams and 6 UCI Continental teams.[7]
Stage | Winner | General classification Dutch; Flemish: Algemeen klassement | Points classification Dutch; Flemish: Puntenklassement | Combativity classification Dutch; Flemish: Prijs van de strijdlust | Teams classification Dutch; Flemish: Ploegenklassement | |
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P | Matthias Brändle | Matthias Brändle | Matthias Brändle | Not awarded | ||
1 | Tom Boonen | Tom Boonen | Benjamin Verraes | |||
2 | Arnaud Démare | Arnaud Démare | ||||
3 | Arnaud Démare | |||||
4 | Greg Van Avermaet | Greg Van Avermaet | Tom Boonen | Philipp Walsleben | ||
Final | Greg Van Avermaet | Tom Boonen | Philipp Walsleben |