E3 Harelbeke 2015

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E3 Harelbeke 2015
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Racing series UCI WorldTour  -  Category 1.UWT
Host country BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Competition period March 27, 2015
overall length 215.3 km
Starting field 191 from 34 nations in 24 teams
(126 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating 1. Geraint Thomas (SKY) 5:15:00 h 2. Zdeněk Štybar (EQS) + 0:25 min 3. Matteo Trentin (EQS) + 0:38 minUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
ItalyItaly 
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The 2015 E3 Harelbeke cycling race was the 58th edition of this cycling classic and took place on March 27, 2015. As in the previous year, the race was held on a Friday. The one-day race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2015 and within this the sixth of 28 races. The total distance of the race was 215.3 kilometers.

It won the Briton Geraint Thomas of the British Team Sky before the Czechs Zdeněk Štybar and the Italians Matteo Trentin , both for the Belgian team Team Quick Step lead. Thomas attacked in the last four kilometers from a three-man leading group with Stybar and Peter Sagan , which had formed 40 kilometers from the finish.

For Geraint Thomas it was the first victory at E3 Harelbeke. In addition, he was the very first Briton to win the race.

Attendees

Overview of the participating teams
17 UCI WorldTeams
FranceFrance Ag2r La Mondiale (ALM)
KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana Pro Team (AST)
United StatesUnited States BMC Racing Team (BMC)
BelgiumBelgium Etixx-Quick Step (EQS)
FranceFrance FDJ (FDJ)
SwitzerlandSwitzerland IAM Cycling (IAM)
 
RussiaRussia Team Katusha (KAT)
ItalyItaly Lampre-Merida (LAM)
BelgiumBelgium Lotto Soudal (LTS)
SpainSpain Movistar Team (MOV)
AustraliaAustralia Orica GreenEdge (OGE)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Sky (SKY)
 
United StatesUnited States Team Cannondale-Garmin (TCG)
RussiaRussia Tinkoff Saxo (TCS)
United StatesUnited States Trek Factory Racing (TFR)
GermanyGermany Team Giant-Alpecin (TGA)
NetherlandsNetherlands Team Lotto NL-Jumbo (TLJ)
 
7 UCI Professional Continental Teams
ItalyItaly Androni Giocattoli (AND)
FranceFrance Team Europcar (EUC)
South AfricaSouth Africa MTN-Qhubeka (MTN)
 
NetherlandsNetherlands Roompot Oranje Peloton (ROP)
ItalyItaly Southeast (STH)
BelgiumBelgium Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV)
 
BelgiumBelgium Wanty-Groupe Gobert (WGG)
 
 

The 17 UCI WorldTeams of the 2015 season were eligible to start . In addition, the organizer gave wildcards to seven UCI Professional Continental Teams . The 24 participating teams competed with eight drivers each, with the exception of the Southeast team, which started with only seven drivers. This resulted in a starting field of 191 drivers from 34 nations. Among the drivers were nine Germans, two Austrians and five Swiss.

Result

UCI WorldTour

E3 Harelbeke was a 4th category race within the UCI WorldTour 2015. This is why the ten best drivers - provided they drive for a UCI WorldTeam  - received points for the UCI WorldTour Ranking with the following points distribution:

Distribution of points
placement 1. 2. 3. 4th 5. 6th 7th 8th. 9. 10.
Points 80 60 50 40 30th 22nd 14th 10 6th 2

Final score

Winner's podium with Zdeněk Štybar (2nd), Geraint Thomas (1st) and Matteo Trentin (3rd)

Of the 191 registered drivers, 190 started, of which 126 made it to the finish.

space driver nation team time Points
01. Geraint Thomas United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Team Sky 5:15:00 h
(41.010 km / h)
80
02. Zdeněk Štybar Czech RepublicCzech Republic CZE Etixx-Quick Step + 0:25 min 60
03. Matteo Trentin ItalyItaly ITA Etixx-Quick Step + 0:38 min 50
04th Alexander Kristoff NorwayNorway NOR Team Katusha same time 40
05. Sep Vanmarcke BelgiumBelgium BEL Team Lotto NL-Jumbo same time 30th
06th Matti Breschel DenmarkDenmark THE Tinkoff-Saxo same time 22nd
07th Jürgen Roelandts BelgiumBelgium BEL Lotto Soudal same time 14th
08th. Jack Bauer New ZealandNew Zealand NZL Team Cannondale-Garmin same time 10
09. Jens Keukeleire BelgiumBelgium BEL Orica GreenEdge same time 06th
10. Daniel Oss ItalyItaly ITA BMC Racing Team same time 02

Web links

Commons : E3 Harelbeke 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Thomas celebrates the greatest success of his career. radsport-news.com, March 27, 2015, accessed April 17, 2017 .
  2. Results E3 Harelbeke (BEL / UWT) - 2015. (No longer available online.) In: uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale , March 27, 2015, archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on April 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uci.html.infostradasports.com