Grand Prix Ouest France 2015
| Grand Prix Ouest France 2015 | |
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour - Category 1.UWT |
| Host country |
 France
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| Competition period | August 30, 2015 |
| overall length | 229.1 km |
| Starting field | 190 from 32 nations in 24 teams (129 of them arrived at the finish) |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Alexander Kristoff (KAT) 5:31:32 h 2. Simone Ponzi (STH) same time 3. Ramūnas Navardauskas (TCG) same time  
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The Grand Prix Ouest France 2015 was the 79th edition of this cycling race and took place on August 30, 2015. The race was held on a Sunday during the Vuelta a España . The one-day race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2015 and within this the 24th of 28 races. The total distance of the race was 229.1 kilometers. The Norwegian Alexander Kristoff from the Russian team Katusha won ahead of the Italian Simone Ponzi from the Italian team Southeast and the Lithuanian Ramūnas Navardauskas from the US team Cannondale-Garmin .
For Alexander Kristoff it was the first victory at the Grand Prix Ouest France. He was the second Norwegian rider, after Edvald Boasson Hagen ( 2012 ), who won the GP Ouest France. So it was the second Norwegian 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 seven UCI Professional Continental Teams . The 24 participating teams competed with eight drivers each, with the exception of the Katusha and Southeast teams, which started with only seven drivers each. This resulted in a starting field of 190 drivers from 32 nations. The drivers included nine Germans, two Austrians and seven Swiss.
Result
UCI WorldTour
The Grand Prix Ouest France 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 190 registered drivers, all started, of which 129 made it to the finish.
| space | driver | nation | team | time | Points |
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| 1. | Alexander Kristoff | NOR |
Team Katusha | 5:31:32 h (41.462 km / h) |
80 |
| 2. | Simone Ponzi |
ITA
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Southeast | same time | - |
| 3. | Ramūnas Navardauskas |
LTU
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Team Cannondale-Garmin | same time | 50 |
| 4th | Grega Bole |
 SLO
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CCC Sprandi Polkowice | same time | - |
| 5. | Jürgen Roelandts |
 BEL
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Lotto Soudal | same time | 30th |
| 6th | Anthony Roux |
FRA
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FDJ | same time | 22nd |
| 7th | Armindo Fonseca |
FRA
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Brittany-Séché Environnement | same time | - |
| 8th. | Wouter Poels |
 NED
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Team Sky | same time | 10 |
| 9. | Rasmus Guldhammer |
 THE
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Cult Energy Pro Cycling | same time | - |
| 10. | Magnus Cort Nielsen |
THE
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Orica GreenEdge | same time | 2 |
Web links
- Official website (French)
- GP Ouest France, GP Plouay in the Radsportseiten.net database
- GP Ouest France - Plouay (1st UWT) in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Graham Watson: UCI WorldTour: Kristoff wins GP Ouest France-Plouay. In: uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale , August 30, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Results GP Ouest France - Plouay (FRA / UWT) - 2015. (No longer available online.) In: uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale , August 30, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 1, 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.
