Tour de Suisse 2015

79th Tour de Suisse 2015
Racing series	UCI WorldTour
Host country	Switzerland Liechtenstein Austria
Competition period	13.-21. June 2015
Stages	9
overall length	1263 km
Starting field	152 in 19 teams (120 of which arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Simon Špilak 48:36:53 h 2. Geraint Thomas + 0:05 min 3. Tom Dumoulin + 0:19 min
Team evaluation	Team Sky 90:55:38 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Simon Špilak
Scoring	Peter Sagan
Mountain scoring	Stefan Denifl
Best Swiss	Steve Morabito
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The 79th Tour de Suisse ran over nine stages from June 13, 2015. It was a race of the UCI WorldTour 2015 .

For the first time, the Tour offered a race for everyone, the Tour de Suisse Challenge . It took place on four days of racing, on the first and second stage, the Alpine stage into the Ötztal and the final time trial in Bern . In front of the racing cyclists, hobby cyclists could ride the route for an entry fee.

Attendees

Drivers from different teams on the 2nd stage

All UCI WorldTeams were entitled to start . There were also two Professional Continental Teams that received a wildcard from the organizer .

UCI WorldTeams Ag2r La Mondiale (ALM) Astana Pro Team (AST) BMC Racing Team (BMC) Etixx-Quick Step (EQS) FDJ (FDJ) IAM Cycling (IAM)	Team Katusha (KAT) Lampre-Merida (LAM) Lotto Soudal (LTS) Movistar Team (MOV) Orica GreenEdge (OGE) Team Sky (SKY)	Team Cannondale-Garmin (TCG) Tinkoff Saxo (TCS) Trek Factory Racing (TFR) Team Giant-Alpecin (TGA) Team Lotto NL-Jumbo (TLJ)
UCI Professional Continental Teams CCC Sprandi Polkowice (CCC)	Wanty-Groupe Gobert (WGG)

Stage overview

The 2015 Tour de Suisse began with a prologue in Rotkreuz ZG and ended with an individual time trial in Bern . The last time the federal city was the destination of the Tour de Suisse in 2009.

Brunnen was planned as the starting point for the third stage . Due to the closure of the Schöllenen Gorge after a rock slide on May 20th, the start had to be postponed to the southern side of the Alps. The stage led first on the old pass road to the Gotthard Pass and after a loop in northern Ticino to the stage town of Olivone .

stage	date	Start and finish	km	Type	Stage winner	Most active driver	Yellow jersey
1.	Sat, June 13th	Rotkreuz - Rotkreuz	5.1		Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin
2.	Sun June 14th	Rotkreuz - Rotkreuz	161.1		Kristijan Đurasek	Cameron Meyer
3.	Mon, June 15th	Quinto - Olivone	117.3		Peter Sagan	Stefan Denifl
4th	Tuesday June 16	Flims - Schwarzenbach	193.2		Michael Matthews	Thomas De Gendt
5.	Wed June 17th	Unterterzen - Sölden - Rettenbachferner (AUT)	237.3		Thibaut Pinot	Stefan Denifl	Thibaut Pinot
6th	Thursday June 18	Wil - Biel / Bienne	193.1		Peter Sagan	Marek Rutkiewicz
7th	Fri June 19	Biel / Bienne - Düdingen	164.6		Alexander Kristoff	Michał Kwiatkowski
8th.	Sat, June 20	Bern - Bern	152.5		Alexei Lutsenko	Alexei Lutsenko
9.	Sun June 21	Bern - Bern	38.4		Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin	Simon Špilak

Stages

1st stage: Rotkreuz - Rotkreuz (EZF)

Track of the individual time trial in Rotkreuz

Result and overall classification driver team time 1. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 5:41 min 2. Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 0:02 min 3. Matthias Brändle IAM Cycling + 0:04 min 4th Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:05 min 5. Steve Morabito FDJ + 0:05 min 6th Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 0:05 min 7th Cameron Meyer Orica GreenEdge + 0:06 min 8th. Jon Izaguirre Movistar team + 0:06 min 9. Adriano Malori Movistar team + 0:06 min 10. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:07 min

2nd stage: Rotkreuz - Rotkreuz

Result driver team time 1. Kristijan Đurasek Lampre-Merida 3:36:52 h 2. Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 0:04 min 3. Julián Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 0:04 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:04 min 5. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:04 min 6th Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:04 min 7th Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 0:04 min 8th. Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 0:04 min 9. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 0:04 min 10. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:14 min

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage driver team time 1. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 3:42:27 h 2. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:07 min 3. Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 0:11 min 4th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 0:14 min 5. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:15 min 6th Steve Morabito FDJ + 0:15 min 7th Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:16 min 8th. Kristijan Đurasek Lampre-Merida + 0:18 min 9. Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 0:19 min 10. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:19 min

3rd stage: Quinto - Olivone

Result driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 3:00:35 h 2. Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 0:00 min 3. Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:00 min 4th Julián Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 0:00 min 5. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 0:00 min 6th Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:00 min 7th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 0:00 min 8th. Esteban Chaves Orica GreenEdge + 0:00 min 9. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 0:00 min 10.  José Rojas Movistar team + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage driver team time 1. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 6:43:12 h 2. Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 0:05 min 3. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:05 min 4th Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:07 min 5. Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:12 min 6th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 0:14 min 7th Steve Morabito FDJ + 0:15 min 8th. Kristijan Đurasek Lampre-Merida + 0:18 min 9. Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 0:19 min 10. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:19 min

4th stage: Flims - Schwarzenbach

4th stage route

Result driver team time 1. Michael Matthews Orica GreenEdge 4:36:00 h 2. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:00 min 3. Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 4th John Degenkolb Team Giant-Alpecin + 0:00 min 5. Jasper Stuyven Trek Factory Racing + 0:00 min 6th Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 0:00 min 7th Silvan Dillier BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 8th. Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:00 min 9. Matteo Trentin Etixx-Quick Step + 0:00 min 10. Robert Gesink Team Lotto NL-Jumbo + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 4th stage driver team time 1. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 11:19:09 h 2. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:00 min 3. Daniel Moreno Team Katusha + 0:08 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:15 min 5. Jakob Fuglsang Team Cannondale-Garmin + 0:17 min 6th Steve Morabito FDJ + 0:18 min 7th Julián Arredondo Trek Factory Racing + 0:22 min 8th. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:27 min 9. Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 0:29 min 10. Simon Špilak Lampre-Merida + 0:31 min

5th stage: Unterterzen - Sölden

Result driver team time 1. Thibaut Pinot FDJ 6:22:47 h 2. Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:34 min 3. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:37 min 4th Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 0:43 min 5. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:43 min 6th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 1:15 min 7th Jan Hirt CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 1:18 min 8th. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 1:29 min 9. Stefan Denifl IAM Cycling + 1:31 min 10. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1:37 min

Overall ranking after the 5th stage driver team time 1. Thibaut Pinot FDJ 17:42:01 h 2. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:47 min 3. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:50 min 4th Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:55 min 5. Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 1:07 min 6th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 1:27 min 7th Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1:32 min 8th. Steve Morabito Tinkoff-Saxo + 2:29 min 9. Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 2:43 min 10. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 2:46 min

6th stage: Wil - Biel

Result driver team time 1. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo 4:43:19 h 2. Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal + 0:00 min 3. Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha + 0:00 min 4th Jean-Pierre Drucker BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 5. Daniele Bennati Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:00 min 6th Mark Cavendish Etixx-Quick Step + 0:02 min 7th Tom Van Asbroeck Team Lotto NL-Jumbo + 0:02 min 8th. Alexei Lutsenko Astana Pro Team + 0:02 min 9. Borut Božič Astana Pro Team + 0:02 min 10. Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 0:02 min

Overall ranking after the 6th stage driver team time 1. Thibaut Pinot FDJ 22:16:51 h 2. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:42 min 3. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:50 min 4th Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:55 min 5. Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 1:07 min 6th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 1:22 min 7th Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1:32 min 8th. Steve Morabito FDJ + 2:29 min 9. Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 2:43 min 10. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 2:46 min

7th stage: Biel - Düdingen

Result driver team time 1. Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha 3:38:07 h 2. Peter Sagan Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:00 min 3. Davide Cimolai Lampre-Merida + 0:00 min 4th Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team + 0:00 min 5. Arnaud Démare FDJ + 0:00 min 6th Jürgen Roelandts Lotto Soudal + 0:00 min 7th Sep Vanmarcke Team Lotto NL-Jumbo + 0:00 min 8th. Michael Albasini Orica GreenEdge + 0:00 min 9. Marco Marcato Wanty-Groupe Gobert + 0:00 min 10. José Joaquín Rojas Gil Movistar team + 0:00 min

Overall ranking after the 7th stage driver team time 1. Thibaut Pinot FDJ 25:55:03 h 2. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:37 min 3. Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:50 min 4th Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:50 min 5. Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 1:07 min 6th Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 1:22 min 7th Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1:27 min 8th. Steve Morabito FDJ + 2:29 min 9. Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 2:43 min 10. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 2:46 min

8th stage: Bern - Bern

Result driver team time 1. Alexei Lutsenko Astana Pro Team 3:28:11 h 2. Jan Bakelants Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:01 min 3. Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 0:17 min 4th Marco Haller Team Katusha + 0:22 min 5. Daniele Bennati Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:22 min 6th Michael Albasini Orica GreenEdge + 0:22 min 7th Matteo Trentin Etixx-Quick Step + 0:22 min 8th. Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 0:22 min 9. Winner Anacona Movistar team + 0:22 min 10. Stijn Devolder Trek Factory Racing + 0:22 min

Overall ranking after the 8th stage driver team time 1. Thibaut Pinot FDJ 29:25:28 h 2. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:34 min 3. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:47 min 4th Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 0:50 min 5. Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 1:14 min 6th Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 1:24 min 7th Steve Morabito FDJ + 2:29 min 8th. Sébastien Reichenbach IAM Cycling + 2:43 min 9. Sergio Henao Team Sky + 2:46 min 10. Warren Barguil Team Giant-Alpecin + 2:51 min

9th stage: Bern - Bern (EZF)

Route of the 9th stage

Result driver team time 1. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin 48:36 min 2. Simon Špilak Team Katusha + 0:18 min 3. Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing + 0:19 min 4th Adriano Malori Movistar team + 0:34 min 5. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:36 min 6th Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 0:41 min 7th Jérôme Coppel IAM Cycling + 0:44 min 8th. Cameron Meyer Orica GreenEdge + 1:07 min 9. Rafał Majka Tinkoff-Saxo + 1:26 min 10. Robert Gesink Team Lotto NL-Jumbo + 1:32 min

Overall ranking after the 9th stage driver team time 1. Simon Špilak Team Katusha 48:36:53 h 2. Geraint Thomas Team Sky + 0:05 min 3. Tom Dumoulin Team Giant-Alpecin + 0:19 min 4th Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 0:45 min 5. Domenico Pozzovivo Ag2r La Mondiale + 2:21 min 6th Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing + 2:58 min 7th Miguel Ángel López Astana Pro Team + 3:06 min 8th. Steve Morabito FDJ + 3:17 min 9. Robert Gesink Team Lotto NL-Jumbo + 3:19 min 10. Rafał Majka Tinkoff-Saxo + 3:20 min

Overall rating and special ratings

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Mountain scoring	Scoring	Best Swiss	Team evaluation
1.	Tom Dumoulin	not forgiven	Tom Dumoulin	Fabian Cancellara	IAM Cycling
2.		Luka Pibernik		Steve Morabito	Astana Pro Team
3.		Stefan Denifl	Daniel Moreno		Team Sky
4th			Peter Sagan		Astana Pro Team
5.	Thibaut Pinot				Team Sky
6th
7th
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9.	Simon Špilak

Web links

Commons : Tour de Suisse 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Tour de Suisse 2015 in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tour de Suisse Challenge: on the trail of the world's elite , radsport-news.com, March 17, 2015, accessed on June 7, 2015.
2. ↑ Gotthard stage new via Tremola pass road , srf.ch, June 3, 2015, accessed on June 7, 2015.
3. ↑ Start of the 3rd stage in Quinto , srf.ch, June 4, 2015, accessed on June 7, 2015.