2015 in women's road cycling explained

2015 in women's road cycling is about the 2015 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2015 UCI Women's Teams.

UCI Road World Rankings

See main article: 2015 UCI Women's Road World Rankings. Final ranking 2015.^[1]

World Championships

See main article: 2015 UCI Road World Championships. The World Road Championships is set to be held in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
World Championship Team Time Trial
World Championship Time Trial
World Championship Road Race

UCI World Cup

See main article: 2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Ronde van Drenthe
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
Tour of Flanders
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
The Philadelphia Cycling Classic
Sparkassen Giro
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
Open de Suède Vårgårda
GP de Plouay
Final standings

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Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)

Race	Date	†	Winner	Second	Third
Gran Prix San Luis Femenino	January 10	1.2
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	February 28	1.2
Le Samyn des Dames	March 4	1.2
Strade Bianche	March 7	1.1
Omloop van het Hageland	March 8	1.2
Acht van Westerveld	March 12	1.1
Novilon EDR Cup	March 15	1.2
Cholet Pays de Loire Dames	March 22	1.2
Gent–Wevelgem	March 29	1.2
Grand Prix de Dottignies	April 6	1.2
Ronde van Gelderland	April 19	1.2
EPZ Omloop van Borsele	April 25	1.2
Dwars door de Westhoek	April 26	1.1
PMB Road Classic	April 27	1.2
Ronde van Overijssel	May 1	1.1
Hibiscus Cycle Classic	May 3	1.2
Rabobank Marianne Vos Classic	May 9	1.1
Amgen Tour of California	May 16	1.1
Trofee Maarten Wynants	May 16	1.2
Copa Federación Venezolana de Ciclismo	May 16	1.2
Clasico FVCiclismo Corre Por la VIDA	May 17	1.2
Boels Rental Hills Classic	May 29	1.1
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames	May 30	1.2
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik	May 31	1.1
SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn	May 31	1.2
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic	May 31	1.2
Grand Prix of Maykop	June 2	1.2
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau	June 4	1.1
Chrono Gatineau	June 5	1.1
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria	June 9	1.2
Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT	June 12	1.2
GP du Canton d'Argovie	June 14	1.2
Diamond Tour	June 14	1.2
Salverda Omloop van de IJsseldelta	June 20	1.2
White Spot / Delta Road Race	July 12	1.2
La Course by Le Tour de France	July 26	1.1
Erondegemse Pijl (Erpe-Mere)	August 1	1.2
La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta	September 13	1.1
Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen	September 13	1.1
Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite	October 10	1.2
Chrono des Nations	October 18	1.1
94.7 Cycle Challenge	November 15	1.1

^[3] † The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial.

Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)

Race	Date		Winner	Second	Third
Tour Femenino de San Luis	January 11–16	2.2
Ladies Tour of Qatar	February 3–6	2.1
Women's Tour of New Zealand	February 18–22	2.2
The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup	April 8–10	2.2
Energiewacht Tour	April 8–12	2.2
Joe Martin Stage Race	April 23–26	2.2
Tour of the Gila	April 29– May 3	2.2
Gracia–Orlová	April 30– May 3	2.2
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs	May 1–3	2.1
Tour of California	May 8–10	2.1
Tour of Chongming Island	May 13–15	2.1
Tour of Zhoushan Island	May 20–22	2.1
Tour of Adygeya	June 3–06	2.2
Auensteiner-Radsporttage	June 6–07	2.2
Emakumeen Euskal Bira	June 10–14	2.1
The Women's Tour	June 17–21	2.1
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol	June 19–21	2.1
Giro d'Italia Femminile	July 3–12	2.1
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska	July 9–12	2.2
Tour de Bretagne Féminin	July 16–19	2.2
BeNe Ladies Tour	July 17–19	2.2
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen	July 17–23	2.1
La Route de France	August 8–16	2.1
Ladies Tour of Norway	August 14–16	2.2
Trophée d'Or Féminin	August 22–26	2.2
Boels Rental Ladies Tour	September 1–6	2.1
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche	September 2–7	2.2
Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour	September 10–14	2.2

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Cancelled Events

Race	Date
Golan I	August 19	1.2
Golan II	August 21	1.2
Golan III	August 23	1.2
	July 21–24	2.2

Championships

International Games

Championships	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
All-Africa Games	Team time trial		Rosemary Marcus Gladys Grikpa Tombrapa Happy Okafor Glory Odiase	Lise Olivier Catherine Colyn Heidi Dalton Zanele Tshoko	Gebre Tsega Beyene Hadnet Asmelash Tesfoam Eyeru Gebru Sendel Hafte Tewele
	Individual time trial
	Road race
European Games	Individual time trial
	Road race
Pan American Games	Individual time trial
	Road race
Island Games	Individual time trial

Continental Championships

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
	Road race
	Individual time trial
Oceania Cycling Championships	Road race
	Individual time trial
	Road race
	Individual time trial
Asian Cycling Championships Thailand (2015 summary)	Road race
	Individual time trial
European Road Championships Estonia (2015 summary)	Road race (under-23)

UCI teams

See main article: List of 2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders. The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.^[4] \

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result. 28 December 2015. UCI. https://web.archive.org/web/20160107120029/http://www.uci.html.infostradasports.com/cache/2/TheASP.asp%40PageID%3D19007%26TaalCode%3D2%26StyleID%3D0%26SportID%3D102%26CompetitionID%3D22204%26EventID%3D12146%26GenderID%3D2%26ClassID%3D1%26SeasonID%3D488%26EventPhaseID%3D1139723%26Phase1ID%3D0%26ContainerEventID%3D12146%26Detail%3D1%26Cache%3D2.html?109005. 7 January 2016. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: ProCyclingStats . 2014-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201125806/http://www.procyclingstats.com/rcs/-2015-CDM . 2014-12-01 . dead .
3. Web site: Women Cycling Fever – It's all about professional women cycling – Get the Cycling fever!.
4. Book: UCI Cycling Regulations, Part 2: Road Races . . Clause 2.17.006, page 160 . 1 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623174023/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTkzNg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 . 23 June 2011 .