Bavaria Tour 2015

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Bavaria Tour 2015
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Racing series UCI Europe Tour 2015  -  Category 2nd HC
Host country GermanyGermany Germany
Competition period May 13th to May 17th, 2015
Stages 5
overall length 830.6 km
Starting field 131 in 19 teams
winner
Overall rating 1. Alex Dowsett 20:07:29 2. Tiago Machado +2 sec 3. Jan Bárta +18 secUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
PortugalPortugal 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Team evaluation Team Cannondale-Garmin 60: 24: 14.0
Scoring jerseys
Scoring Scoring GermanyGermany John Degenkolb
Mountain scoring Mountain scoring BelgiumBelgium Frederik Veuchelen
Young talent evaluation Young talent evaluation NetherlandsNetherlands Dylan van Baarle
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The 36th Bavaria Tour took place from May 13th to May 17th, 2015. The category 2nd HC cycling race was held in five stages, including an individual time trial , over a total of 830.6 kilometers. The Briton Alex Dowsett of the Movistar Team also won the overall standings after his victory in the time trial. John Degenkolb won the sprint classification, Frederik Veuchelen the mountain classification. The Cannondale-Garmin team won the team classification .

Teams

UCI WorldTeam UCI Pro Continental Teams UCI Continental Teams

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Type Stage winner Jersey yellow.svg Overall rating
1st stage May 13th Regensburg - Waldsassen 221.3 Flat stage IrelandIreland Sam Bennett IrelandIreland Sam Bennett
2nd stage May 14th Waldsassen - Selb 179.5 Mountain stage GermanyGermany John Degenkolb GermanyGermany John Degenkolb
3rd stage May 15 Selb - boars 205.9 Mountain stage IrelandIreland Sam Bennett IrelandIreland Sam Bennett
4th stage May 16 Hassfurt 26.1 Individual time trial United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex Dowsett United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex Dowsett
5th stage 17th of May Hassfurt - Nuremberg 197.8 Flat stage GermanyGermany John Degenkolb United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex Dowsett

The first stage, which started in Regensburg and ran over 221.3 km, was won by Irishman Sam Bennett (Team Bora-Argon 18 ) in Waldsassen in the sprint ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Team Cofidis, Solutions Crédits ) and John Degenkolb ( Team Giant-Alpecin ).

The second stage, which started in Waldsassen and ran over 179.5 km, was won by John Degenkolb in the sprint in Selb ahead of Nacer Bouhanni and Enrique Sanz ( Movistar Team ). As on the previous day, the second stage was dominated by a top group of six for a long time.

In the third stage over 205.9 km, which led from Selb via Mödlareuth past the former inner-German border to Ebern , Sam Bennett won the sprint ahead of Nacer Bouhanni and Ramūnas Navardauskas ( Cannondale-Garmin team ).

The hour record holder Alex Dowsett from the Movistar Team took the lead in the overall standings with his victory in the time trial . He won the 26.1-kilometer route in 31: 33.15 minutes with a narrow 1.45-second lead over the Portuguese Tiago Machado from the Katusha team. Third was the Czech Jan Bárta from the Bavarian team Bora-Argon 18 .

John Degenkolb won the fifth and final stage of the 2015 Bayern Tour over 197.8 km in the sprint ahead of Rüdiger Selig from the Katusha team and Sam Bennett. In the meantime, a breakaway group had a lead of between two and three minutes over the peloton and was only overtaken on the final circuit in Nuremberg's old town.

Overall rating

After his victory in the time trial, the Briton Alex Dowsett from the Movistar Team also won the overall ranking of the Bayern Tour with a two-second lead over the Portuguese Tiago Machado from the Katusha team. As in 2013, the Czech Jan Bárta from the Bavarian team Bora-Argon 18 came third in the overall ranking .

The sprint classification was won by John Degenkolb (Team Giant-Alpecin) ahead of Eduard Worganow (Team Katusha) and Sam Bennett (Team Bora-Argon 18). The mountain classification was won by Frederik Veuchelen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) ahead of Simone Antonini (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Louis Meintjes (MTN Qhubeka). Dylan van Baarle (Team Cannondale-Garmin) won the junior competition ahead of Nils Politt (Team Stölting) and Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar Team).

In the team classification, the Cannondale-Garmin team won ahead of the Movistar team and the Katusha team .

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