Tour of Poland 2015

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Tour of Poland 2015
Racing series UCI WorldTour
Host country PolandPoland Poland
Competition period August 2-8, 2015
Stages 7 stages
overall length 1076 km
Starting field 151 in 19 teams
(113 of which arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating 1. Jon Izaguirre (MOV) 26h: 04: 38 h 2. Bart De Clercq (LTS) + 0:02 min 3. Ben Hermans (BMC) + 0:03 minSpainSpain
BelgiumBelgium
BelgiumBelgium
Team evaluation BelgiumBelgium Lotto Soudal 78:21:52 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating Overall rating SpainSpain Jon Izaguirre (MOV)
Scoring Scoring GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (TGA)
Mountain scoring Mountain scoring PolandPoland Maciej Paterski (CCC)
Intermediate sprints Intermediate sprints PolandPoland Kamil Gradek (POL)
Team ranking Team ranking BelgiumBelgium Lotto Soudal
2014 2016

The 72nd Tour of Poland was held from August 2nd to 8th, 2015 in seven stages and covered a total distance of 1076 km from Warsaw to Krakow . The cycling stage race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2015 .

Jon Izaguirre couldn't win a stage, but after 14 seconds behind the leader Sergio Henao he prevailed before the time trial. With just two seconds ahead of runner-up Bart De Clercq , he took the win this time after finishing runner-up in 2013 and 2014.

Participating teams

The 17 UCI WorldTeams , the Polish UCI Professional Continental Team CCC Sprandi Polkowice and a Polish national team competed .

FranceFrance Ag2r La Mondiale
KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana Pro Team
United StatesUnited States BMC Racing Team
BelgiumBelgium Etixx-Quick Step
FranceFrance FDJ
SwitzerlandSwitzerland IAM Cycling
RussiaRussia Team Katusha
ItalyItaly Lampre-Merida
BelgiumBelgium Lotto Soudal
SpainSpain Movistar team
AustraliaAustralia Orica GreenEdge
United StatesUnited States Team Cannondale-Garmin
GermanyGermany Team Giant-Alpecin
 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Sky
NetherlandsNetherlands Team Lotto NL-Jumbo
RussiaRussia Tinkoff-Saxo
United StatesUnited States Trek Factory Racing
PolandPoland CCC Sprandi Polkowice
PolandPoland Team Poland
 

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall rating
1st stage August 2nd Warsaw 122.0 GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (TGA) GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (TGA)
2nd stage 3rd August Częstochowa (Czestochowa) - Dąbrowa Górnicza 146.0 ItalyItaly Matteo Pelucchi (IAM)
3rd stage 4th of August Zawiercie - Katowice 166.0 ItalyItaly Matteo Pelucchi (IAM)
4th stage 5th of August Jaworzno - Nowy Sącz 220.0 PolandPoland Maciej Bodnar (TCS) PolandPoland Kamil Zieliński (POL)
5th stage 6th of August Nowy Sącz - Zakopane 223.0 BelgiumBelgium Bart De Clercq (LTS) BelgiumBelgium Bart De Clercq (LTS)
6th stage August 7th Bukovina Terma Hotel Spa - Bukowina Tatrzańska 174.0 ColombiaColombia Sergio Henao (SKY) ColombiaColombia Sergio Henao (SKY)
7th stage 8th August Krakow (EZF) 025.0 PolandPoland Marcin Białobłocki (POL) SpainSpain Jon Izaguirre (MOV)

Ratings in the course of the race

stage Yellow jersey
total
White-red jersey
Points
Pink jersey
mountain
Red jersey
Intermediate sprints
team
1. GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (TGA) GermanyGermany Marcel Kittel (TGA) PolandPoland Adrian Kurek (CCC) SloveniaSlovenia Matej Mohorič (TCG) NetherlandsNetherlands Team Lotto NL-Jumbo
2. PolandPoland Kamil Gradek (POL) 1
3. PolandPoland Marcin Białobłocki (POL) 2
4th PolandPoland Kamil Zieliński (POL) PolandPoland Kamil Zieliński (POL) PolandPolandKamil Gradek (POL) 2 RussiaRussia Tinkoff-Saxo
5. BelgiumBelgium Bart De Clercq (LTS) SloveniaSlovenia Grega Bole (CCC) United StatesUnited States BMC Racing Team
6th ColombiaColombia Sergio Henao (SKY) PolandPoland Maciej Paterski (CCC) BelgiumBelgium Lotto Soudal
7th SpainSpain Jon Izaguirre (MOV)
1 After the second stage the Poles Kamil Gradek and Adrian Kurek were tied on points.
2 From the end of the 3rd stage, the Poles Marcin Białobłocki and Kamil Gradek were always tied on points until the end.

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