Gent – Wevelgem 2015
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour - Category 1.UWT |
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 Belgium France
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| Competition period | March 29, 2015 |
| overall length | 239.1 km |
| Starting field | 200 from 33 nations in 25 teams (39 of which arrived at the finish) |
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| Overall rating | 1. Luca Paolini (KAT) 6:20:55 h 2. Niki Terpstra (EQS) + 0:11 min 3. Geraint Thomas (SKY) same time  
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The Gent – Wevelgem 2015 cycling race was the 77th edition of this cycling classic and took place on March 29, 2015. As in the previous year, the race was held on a Sunday. The one-day race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2015 and within this the seventh of 28 races. The total distance of the race was 239.1 kilometers. The Italian Luca Paolini from the Russian team Katusha won ahead of the Dutch Niki Terpstra from the Belgian team Etixx-Quick Step and the British Geraint Thomas from the British team Sky .
For Luca Paolini it was the first victory at Gent – Wevelgem. He was the fourth Italian professional after Francesco Moser ( 1979 ), Guido Bontempi ( 1984 , 1986 ) and Mario Cipollini ( 1992 , 1993 , 2002 ) to win the Gent-Wevelgem race. So it was the seventh Italian victory in this race.
Attendees
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The 17 UCI WorldTeams of the 2015 season were eligible to start . In addition, the organizer gave wildcards to eight UCI Professional Continental Teams . The 25 participating teams competed with eight drivers each. This resulted in a starting field of 200 drivers from 33 nations. Among the drivers were 17 Germans, two Austrians and four Swiss.
Result
UCI WorldTour
Gent – Wevelgem 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:
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | 9. | 10. |
| Points | 80 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30th | 22nd | 14th | 10 | 6th | 2 |
Final score
Of the 200 registered drivers, all started, 39 of them made it to the finish. One driver has been disqualified.
| space | driver | nation | team | time | Points |
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| 1. | Luca Paolini | ITA |
Team Katusha | 6:20:55 h (37.662 km / h) |
80 |
| 2. | Niki Terpstra |
NED
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Etixx-Quick Step | + 0:11 min | 60 |
| 3. | Geraint Thomas |
GBR
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Team Sky | same time | 50 |
| 4th | Stijn Vandenbergh |
BEL
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Etixx-Quick Step | + 0:18 min | 40 |
| 5. | Jens Debusschere |
BEL
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Lotto Soudal | + 0:26 min | 30th |
| 6th | Sep Vanmarcke |
BEL
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Team Lotto NL-Jumbo | + 0:40 min | 22nd |
| 7th | Jürgen Roelandts |
BEL
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Lotto Soudal | + 1:51 min | 14th |
| 8th. | Daniel Oss |
ITA
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BMC Racing Team | + 4:15 min | 10 |
| 9. | Alexander Kristoff |
 NOR
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Team Katusha | + 6:54 min | 6th |
| 10. | Peter Sagan |
 SVK
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Tinkoff-Saxo | same time | 2 |
Web links
- Official website (Dutch, French and English)
- Gent - Wevelgem 2015 in the Radsportseiten.net database
- 77th Gent - Wevelgem (1st UWT) in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Classic cycling: Paolini wins at Gent-Wevelgem. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH , March 29, 2015, accessed on May 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Results Gent - Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (BEL / UWT) - 2015. (No longer available online.) In: uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale , March 29, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 8, 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.
