2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali | |
Series: | 2015 UCI Europe Tour |
Date: | 26–29 March 2015 |
Stages: | 5 |
Distance: | 580.3 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 14h 31' 42" |
First: | Louis Meintjes |
First Nat: | RSA |
First Color: | green |
Second: | Ben Swift |
Second Nat: | GBR |
Third: | Matija Kvasina |
Third Nat: | CRO |
Points: | Ben Swift |
Points Nat: | GBR |
Points Color: | white |
Mountains: | Primož Roglič |
Mountains Nat: | SLO |
Mountains Color: | white dots on green |
Youth: | Simone Petilli |
Youth Nat: | ITA |
Youth Color: | orange |
Previous: | 2014 |
Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was the 30th edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Gatteo and ended on 29 March in Roccapelago.[1] The race consisted of four stages. As in the 2014 edition, the first stage was divided into two half-stages, with the second half of the first stage being a team time trial.
The race was won by South African rider Louis Meintjes, who claimed the leader's jersey with his win on the final stage. Meintjes beat Ben Swift in the general classification by two seconds. The podium was completed by Croatian rider Matija Kvasina, of .[2] Swift won the second stage and the points classification, Slovenian rider Primož Roglič of won the mountains classification and 's Simone Petilli from Italy, finished first in the young rider classification for the second year in a row.[3] The team classification was won by .[3]
The 2015 race had four days of racing. The first of these was a split stage, with a road stage followed by a team time trial the same day. The following three days each had one stage, with the final stage a hill-top finish.[4]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1a | align=right rowspan=2 | 26 March | Gatteo to Gatteo | 101.8km (63.3miles) | Hilly stage | [5] [6] | |
1b | to Gatteo | 13.3km (08.3miles) | Team time trial | A[7] | |||
2 | 27 March | Cesenatico to Sogliano al Rubicone | 153.8km (95.6miles) | Medium-mountain stage | [8] | ||
3 | 28 March | Calderara di Reno to Crevalcore | 170.1km (105.7miles) | Flat stage | [9] | ||
4 | 29 March | Pavullo to Roccapelago | 141.3km (87.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
Total | 580.3km (360.6miles) |
The start list includes 25 teams (1 UCI WorldTeam, 10 Professional Continental Teams, 13 Continental Teams), and an Italian national team.[1]
Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Teams classification | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1a | Manuel Belletti | Manuel Belletti | Manuel Belletti | Gianfranco Zilioli | Davide Ballerini | ||
1b | Davide Rebellin | Ildar Arslanov | |||||
2 | Ben Swift | Ben Swift | Ben Swift | Nicola Gaffurini | Søren Kragh Andersen | ||
3 | Francesco Chicchi | Manuel Belletti | |||||
4 | Louis Meintjes | Louis Meintjes | Ben Swift | Primož Roglič | Simone Petilli | ||
Final | Louis Meintjes | Ben Swift | Primož Roglič | Simone Petilli |