2015 Tour of Britain explained

2015 Tour of Britain
Series:	2015 UCI Europe Tour
Date:	6–13 September 2015
Stages:	8
Distance:	1451
Unit:	km
Time:	34h 52' 52"
First:	Edvald Boasson Hagen
First Nat:	NOR
First Color:	gold
Second:	Wout Poels
Second Nat:	NED
Third:	Owain Doull
Third Nat:	GBR
Mountains:	Peter Williams
Mountains Nat:	GBR
Mountains Color:	white
Sprints:	Peter Williams
Sprints Nat:	GBR
Sprints Color:	green
Points:	Owain Doull
Points Nat:	GBR
Points Color:	blue
Previous:	2014
Next:	2016

The 2015 Aviva Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the twelfth running of the 2004 incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 76th British tour in total. The race started on 6 September in Beaumaris and finished on 13 September in London.^[1] The race was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.

Teams

The twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain are:^[2]

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

National Teams

Great Britain

Stages

List of stages
Stage	Date	Distance		Ref
1	6 September	177km (110miles)	Hilly stage	^[3]
2	7 September	162km (101miles)	Hilly stage	^[4]
3	8 September	216km (134miles)	Flat stage	^[5]
4	9 September	218km (135miles)	Flat stage	^[6]
5	10 September	171km (106miles)	Medium-mountain stage	^[7]
6	11 September	189km (117miles)	Hilly stage	^[8]
7	12 September	225km (140miles)	Flat stage	^[9]
8	13 September	93km (58miles)	Flat stage	^[10]

Stage 1

6 September 2015 — Beaumaris to Wrexham,

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 6"
4			+ 10"
5			+ 10"
6			+ 10"
7			+ 10"
8			+ 10"
9			+ 10"
10			+ 10"

Stage 2

7 September 2015 — Clitheroe to Colne,

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 7"
3			+ 9"
4			+ 9"
5			+ 9"
6			+ 9"
7			+ 9"
8			+ 9"
9			+ 9"
10			+ 9"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 11"
3			+ 15"
4			+ 17"
5			+ 18"
6			+ 18"
7			+ 19"
8			+ 19"
9			+ 19"
10			+ 25"

Stage 3

8 September 2015 — Cockermouth to Floors Castle,

Stage 3 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Great Britain	s.t.
10		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 10"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 13"
5			+ 13"
6			+ 14"
7			+ 14"
8			+ 14"
9			+ 18"
10			+ 20"

Stage 4

9 September 2015 — Edinburgh to Blyth,

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 6"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 13"
5			+ 13"
6			+ 14"
7			+ 14"
8			+ 14"
9			+ 18"
10			+ 20"

Stage 5

10 September 2015 — Prudhoe to Hartside Fell, Cumbria,

Stage 5 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 2"
3			+ 17"
4			+ 18"
5			+ 18"
6			+ 18"
7			+ 18"
8			+ 18"
9			+ 18"
10			+ 18"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1"
3			+ 30"
4			+ 33"
5			+ 37"
6			+ 38"
7			+ 38"
8			+ 38"
9			+ 38"
10			+ 38"

Stage 6

11 September 2015 — Stoke-on-Trent to Nottingham,

Stage 6 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		+ 4"
4		+ 4"
5		+ 4"
6		+ 4"
7	Great Britain	+ 4"
8		+ 4"
9		+ 4"
10		+ 4"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 13"
3			+ 43"
4			+ 44"
5			+ 51"
6			+ 51"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 51"
9			+ 51"
10			+ 51"

Stage 7

12 September 2015 — Fakenham to Ipswich,

Stage 7 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 7

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 13"
3			+ 43"
4			+ 44"
5			+ 51"
6			+ 51"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 59"
9			+ 59"
10			+ 1' 02"

Stage 8

13 September 2015 — London,

Stage 8 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 8

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 13"
3			+ 42"
4			+ 43"
5			+ 51"
6			+ 51"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 53"
9			+ 59"
10			+ 1' 02"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprint Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification
1	Elia Viviani	Elia Viviani	Conor Dunne	Kristian House	Elia Viviani
2	Petr Vakoč	Petr Vakoč	Peter Williams	Tom Stewart	Juan José Lobato
3	Elia Viviani	Juan José Lobato
4	Fernando Gaviria	Owain Doull
5	Wout Poels	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Peter Williams
6	Matteo Trentin
7	André Greipel
8	Elia Viviani
Final		Edvald Boasson Hagen	Peter Williams	Peter Williams	Owain Doull

Standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 13"
3			+ 42"
4			+ 43"
5			+ 51"
6			+ 51"
7			+ 51"
8			+ 53"
9			+ 59"
10			+ 1' 02"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			78
2			77
3			59
4			53
5			52
6			43
7			40
8			32
9			31
10			31

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			36
2			34
3			29
4			28
5			26
6			21
7			20
8			18
9			15
10			14

Sprints classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			18
2			11
3			10
4			8
5			8
6			7
7			7
8			6
9			6
10			4

Team classification

	Team	Time
1
2		+ 5' 35"
3		+ 5' 35"
4		+ 44' 37"
5		+ 47' 35"
6		+ 52' 46"
7	Great Britain	+ 55' 01"
8		+ 1h 01' 51"
9		+ 1h 09' 40"
10		+ 1h 43' 55"

Notes and References

Web site: Tour of Britain returns to Suffolk and Norfolk . 18 March 2015 . BBC News.
Web site: Tour of Britain announces 2015 teams. Cycling News. Cyclingnews.com.
Web site: Tour of Britain 2015: Team Sky's Elia Viviani wins first stage . BBC Sport . 6 September 2015 . 6 September 2015 .
Web site: Tour of Britain: Petr Vakoc wins stage two to take overall lead . BBC Sport . 7 September 2015 . 7 September 2015 .
Web site: Tour of Britain: Elia Viviani wins stage three as Petr Vakoc crashes . BBC Sport . 8 September 2015 . 10 September 2015 .
Web site: Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish helps Fernando Gaviria to stage win . BBC Sport . 9 September 2015 . 10 September 2015 .
Web site: Team Sky's Woet Poels wins Tour of Britain stage five . BBC Sport . 10 September 2015 . 10 September 2015 .
Web site: Mark Cavendish crashes out of Tour of Britain with shoulder injury . BBC Sport . 11 September 2015 . 11 September 2015 .
Web site: Tour of Britain: Andre Greipel wins stage seven in Ipswich . BBC Sport . 12 September 2015 . 12 September 2015 .
Web site: Tour of Britain: Edvald Boasson Hagen claims race win . BBC Sport . 13 September 2015 . 13 September 2015 .