List of teams and cyclists in the 2015 Tour de France explained

The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race took place from 4 July to 26 July 2015, starting in Utrecht in the Netherlands and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.^[1]

All seventeen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In January 2015, five UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race by the race organisers – Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team peloton.^[2] Among the wildcard teams was, the first African trade team to participate in the Tour.^[3] As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton on the first stage consisted of 198 riders.^[4] These came from 32 countries. 41 riders – approximately a fifth of the peloton – were French; no other nation had more than 20 riders in the race.^[5] Merhawi Kudus and Daniel Teklehaimanot were the first ever Eritrean riders to participate in the Tour.^[6]

160 riders completed the final stage in Paris, with 38 of the riders failing to finish the race. The race was won by Chris Froome, the champion from the 2013 Tour. Froome first took the lead of the race following the third stage – the first uphill finish of the race. He lost the yellow jersey of the race leader to Tony Martin at the end of the fourth stage, but Martin's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of the sixth stage put Froome back into the lead. He extended this lead during the stages in the Pyrenees and defended it successfully against attacks from Nairo Quintana during the final stages that took place in the Alps.^[7] Quintana finished second, 1 minute and 12 seconds behind Froome, with Quintana's teammate Alejandro Valverde in third.^[8] Quintana won the competition for the best young rider.^[9] The points classification was won for the fourth consecutive year by Peter Sagan, although he failed to win any stages during the race.^[10] As well as winning the general classification, Froome won the mountains classification, while Movistar won the team classification.

Teams

The 17 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate in the Tour. In addition, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the race organisers, invited five wildcard teams.^[2] Three of the teams (and) were prominent French teams. The race director, Christian Prudhomme, pointed to Europcar's strength as a team and the presence of several prominent French riders and to Cofidis's Nacer Bouhanni as reasons for their inclusion. He also recalled 's performance in 2014 and the team's base in Brittany, a region used by the 2015 race. had also performed strongly in 2014 and, as a German-based team, their presence was important as ASO had recently signed a new broadcast agreement with ARD, a German broadcaster. The final team to be invited was, who made their debut in the Tour and were the first African trade team ever to participate in the race. Prudhomme explained that their invitation was part of ASO's strategy to build cycling's popularity in Africa.^[3]

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Cyclists

No.

Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
Pos.	Position in the general classification
Time	Deficit to the winner of the general classification
‡	Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1990 eligible for the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification (eligibility indicated by ‡)
	Denotes riders that represent the winner of the team classification
	Denotes the winner of the super-combativity award
DNS	Denotes a rider who did not start a stage, followed by the stage before which he withdrew
DNF	Denotes a rider who did not finish a stage, followed by the stage in which he withdrew
DSQ	Denotes a rider who was disqualified from the race, followed by the stage in which this occurred
Age correct as of 4 July 2015, the date on which the Tour began

By starting number

No.	Name	Nationality	Team	Age	Pos.	Time
1	Vincenzo Nibali				4	+ 8' 36"	^[11]
2	Lars Boom				DNS-10	—	^[12]
3	Jakob Fuglsang				23	+ 1h 25' 23"
4	Andriy Hrivko				64	+ 2h 38' 06"
5	Dmitriy Gruzdev				131	+ 4h 01' 12"
6	Tanel Kangert				22	+ 1h 24' 58"
7	Michele Scarponi				41	+ 2h 05' 03"
8	Rein Taaramäe				DNF-11	—	^[13]
9	Lieuwe Westra				77	+ 3h 03' 09"
11	Jean-Christophe Péraud				61	+ 2h 35' 10"	^[14]
12	Romain Bardet ‡				9	+ 16' 00"
13	Jan Bakelants				20	+ 1h 16' 36"
14	Mikaël Cherel				18	+ 1h 05' 00"
15	Ben Gastauer				DNF-11	—
16	Damien Gaudin				146	+ 4h 16' 13"
17	Christophe Riblon				68	+ 2h 48' 19"
18	Johan Vansummeren				DNF-11	—
19	Alexis Vuillermoz				26	+ 1h 28' 29"
21	Thibaut Pinot ‡				16	+ 38' 52"	^[15]
22	William Bonnet				DNF-3	—	^[16]
23	Sébastien Chavanel				160	+ 4h 56' 59"
24	Arnaud Démare ‡				138	+ 4h 05' 28"
25	Alexandre Geniez				112	+ 3h 42' 57"
26	Mathieu Ladagnous				71	+ 2h 53' 22"
27	Steve Morabito				DNF-14	—	^[17]
28	Jérémy Roy				105	+ 3h 32' 12"
29	Benoît Vaugrenard				113	+ 3h 43' 08"
31					1	84h 46' 14"	^[18]
32	Peter Kennaugh				DNF-16	—	^[19]
33	Leopold König				70	+ 2h 53' 09"
34	Wout Poels				44	+ 2h 12' 44"
35	Richie Porte				48	+ 2h 16' 05"
36	Nicolas Roche				35	+ 1h 54' 08"
37	Luke Rowe ‡				136	+ 4h 04' 45"
38	Ian Stannard				128	+ 3h 59' 37"
39	Geraint Thomas				15	+ 31' 39"
41	Alberto Contador				5	+ 9' 48"	^[20]
42	Ivan Basso				DNS-10	—	^[21]
43	Daniele Bennati				DNF-11	—
44	Roman Kreuziger				17	+ 1h 02' 51"
45	Rafał Majka				28	+ 1h 35' 06"
46	Michael Rogers				36	+ 1h 56' 13"
47	Peter Sagan ‡				46	+ 2h 14' 55"
48	Matteo Tosatto				132	+ 4h 01' 15"
49	Michael Valgren ‡				DNF-19	—	^[22]
51	Nairo Quintana ‡				2	+ 1' 12"	^[23]
52	Winner Anacona				57	+ 2h 31' 14"
53	Jonathan Castroviejo				24	+ 1h 26' 05"
54	Alex Dowsett				DNF-12	—	^[24]
55	Imanol Erviti				115	+ 3h 47' 14"
56	José Herrada				65	+ 2h 40' 06"
57	Gorka Izagirre				32	+ 1h 41' 34"
58	Adriano Malori				107	+ 3h 37' 28"
59	Alejandro Valverde				3	+ 5' 25"
61	Tejay van Garderen				DNF-17	—	^[25] ^[26]
62	Damiano Caruso				53	+ 2h 26' 32"
63	Rohan Dennis ‡				101	+ 3h 27' 34"
64	Daniel Oss				97	+ 3h 22' 14"
65	Manuel Quinziato				120	+ 3h 53' 21"
66	Samuel Sánchez				12	+ 22' 50"
67	Michael Schär				56	+ 2h 31' 13"
68	Greg Van Avermaet				DNS-16	—
69	Danilo Wyss				63	+ 2h 37' 17"
71	Tony Gallopin				31	+ 1h 40' 44"	^[27]
72	Lars Bak				37	+ 1h 56' 57"
73	Thomas De Gendt				67	+ 2h 48' 02"
74	Jens Debusschere				145	+ 4h 16' 06"
75	André Greipel				134	+ 4h 03' 28"
76	Adam Hansen				114	+ 3h 45' 18"
77	Greg Henderson				DNS-7	—	^[28]
78	Marcel Sieberg				150	+ 4h 24' 52"
79	Tim Wellens ‡				129	+ 3h 59' 39"
81	John Degenkolb				109	+ 3h 39' 43"	^[29]
82	Warren Barguil ‡				14	+ 31' 15"
83	Roy Curvers				106	+ 3h 35' 40"
84	Koen de Kort				73	+ 2h 57' 05"
85	Tom Dumoulin ‡				DNF-3	—
86	Simon Geschke				38	+ 1h 58' 14"
87	Georg Preidler ‡				87	+ 3h 14' 14"
88	Ramon Sinkeldam				DNF-14	—	^[30]
89	Albert Timmer				139	+ 4h 05' 30"
91	Joaquim Rodríguez				29	+ 1h 36' 07"	^[31]
92	Giampaolo Caruso				90	+ 3h 17' 03"
93	Jacopo Guarnieri				149	+ 4h 22' 20"
94	Marco Haller ‡				126	+ 3h 59' 04"
95	Dmitry Kozonchuk				DNF-3	—
96	Alexander Kristoff				130	+ 4h 01' 06"
97	Alberto Losada				58	+ 2h 32' 30"
98	Tiago Machado				72	+ 2h 54' 31"
99	Luca Paolini				DNS-8	—	^[32]
101	Simon Gerrans				DNF-3	—	^[33]
102	Michael Albasini				DNS-6	—	^[34]
103	Luke Durbridge ‡				151	+ 4h 24' 03"
104	Daryl Impey				DNS-4	—	^[35]
105	Michael Matthews ‡				152	+ 4h 26' 33"
106	Svein Tuft				159	+ 4h 48' 08"
107	Pieter Weening				144	+ 4h 15' 20"
108	Adam Yates ‡				50	+ 2h 16' 36"
109	Simon Yates ‡				89	+ 3h 16' 04"
111	Michał Kwiatkowski ‡				DNF-17	—	^[36]
112	Mark Cavendish				142	+ 4h 12' 05"
113	Michał Gołaś				95	+ 3h 21' 17"
114	Tony Martin				DNS-7	—	^[37]
115	Mark Renshaw				DNF-18	—	^[38]
116	Zdeněk Štybar				103	+ 3h 30' 13"
117	Matteo Trentin				117	+ 3h 50' 59"
118	Rigoberto Urán				42	+ 2h 08' 20"
119	Julien Vermote				116	+ 3h 50' 32"
121	Pierre Rolland				10	+ 17' 30"	^[39]
122	Bryan Coquard ‡				110	+ 3h 42' 36"
123	Cyril Gautier				34	+ 1h 51' 51"
124	Yohann Gène				137	+ 4h 04' 56"
125	Bryan Nauleau				157	+ 4h 40' 12"
126	Perrig Quéméneur				74	+ 2h 57' 19"
127	Romain Sicard				33	+ 1h 51' 32"
128	Angelo Tulik ‡				91	+ 3h 19' 44"
129	Thomas Voeckler				45	+ 2h 14' 08"
131	Robert Gesink				6	+ 10' 47"	^[40]
132	Wilco Kelderman ‡				79	+ 3h 04' 07"
133	Steven Kruijswijk				21	+ 1h 21' 27"
134	Tom Leezer				153	+ 4h 26' 47"
135	Paul Martens				80	+ 3h 04' 52"
136	Bram Tankink				55	+ 2h 30' 12"
137	Laurens ten Dam				92	+ 3h 17' 43"
138	Jos van Emden				121	+ 3h 54' 19"
139	Sep Vanmarcke				104	+ 3h 31' 15"
141	Bauke Mollema				7	+ 15' 14"	^[41]
142	Julián Arredondo				124	+ 3h 56' 49"
143	Fabian Cancellara				DNS-4	—	^[42]
144	Stijn Devolder				148	+ 4h 21' 31"
145	Laurent Didier				DNS-17	—
146	Markel Irizar				93	+ 3h 19' 44"
147	Bob Jungels ‡				27	+ 1h 33' 21"
148	Grégory Rast				102	+ 3h 29' 00"
149	Haimar Zubeldia				62	+ 2h 36' 50"
151	Rui Costa				DNF-11	—	^[43]
152	Matteo Bono				118	+ 3h 52' 17"
153	Davide Cimolai				155	+ 4h 33' 21"
154	Kristijan Đurasek				76	+ 3h 02' 14"
155	Nelson Oliveira				47	+ 2h 15' 32"
156	Rubén Plaza				30	+ 1h 38' 22"
157	Filippo Pozzato				125	+ 3h 58' 20"
158	José Serpa				122	+ 3h 54' 25"
159	Rafael Valls				78	+ 3h 03' 11"
161	Andrew Talansky				11	+ 22' 06"	^[44]
162	Jack Bauer				DNF-5	—
163	Nathan Haas				DNF-17	—
164	Ryder Hesjedal				40	+ 2h 04' 37"
165	Kristijan Koren				69	+ 2h 51' 44"
166	Sebastian Langeveld				DNF-15	—	^[45]
167	Dan Martin				39	+ 2h 03' 37"
168	Ramūnas Navardauskas				143	+ 4h 14' 40"
169	Dylan van Baarle ‡				147	+ 4h 18' 40"
171	Nacer Bouhanni ‡				DNF-5	—	^[46]
172	Nicolas Edet				111	+ 3h 42' 42"
173	Christophe Laporte ‡				127	+ 3h 59' 10"
174	Luis Ángel Maté				43	+ 2h 10' 12"
175	Daniel Navarro				66	+ 2h 43' 34"
176	Florian Sénéchal ‡				135	+ 4h 04' 06"
177	Julien Simon				94	+ 3h 19' 53"
178	Geoffrey Soupe				123	+ 3h 55' 35"
179	Kenneth Vanbilsen ‡				158	+ 4h 41' 27"
181	Mathias Frank				8	+ 15' 39"	^[47]
182	Matthias Brändle				156	+ 4h 37' 36"
183	Sylvain Chavanel				54	+ 2h 29' 28"
184	Stef Clement				59	+ 2h 33' 42"
185	Jérôme Coppel				DNF-17	—
186	Martin Elmiger				100	+ 3h 26' 47"
187	Reto Hollenstein				75	+ 2h 58' 30"
188	Jarlinson Pantano				19	+ 1h 09' 08"
189	Marcel Wyss				60	+ 2h 34' 38"
191	Dominik Nerz				DNF-11	—	^[48]
192	Jan Bárta				25	+ 1h 26' 36"
193	Sam Bennett ‡				DNF-17	—
194	Emanuel Buchmann ‡				83	+ 3h 08' 47"
195	Zak Dempster				DNF-12	—	^[49]
196	Bartosz Huzarski				108	+ 3h 38' 06"
197	José Mendes				140	+ 4h 07' 47"
198	Andreas Schillinger				DNS-4	—	^[50]
199	Paul Voss				99	+ 3h 24' 53"
201	Eduardo Sepúlveda ‡				DSQ-14	—	^[51]
202	Frédéric Brun				141	+ 4h 10' 32"
203	Anthony Delaplace				85	+ 3h 11' 28"
204	Pierrick Fédrigo				52	+ 2h 22' 54"
205	Brice Feillu				98	+ 3h 23' 11"
206	Armindo Fonseca				119	+ 3h 53' 13"
207	Arnaud Gérard				133	+ 4h 02' 06"
208	Pierre-Luc Périchon				81	+ 3h 05' 48"
209	Florian Vachon				88	+ 3h 15' 01"
211	Edvald Boasson Hagen				82	+ 3h 08' 02"	^[52]
212	Steve Cummings				86	+ 3h 12' 23"
213	Tyler Farrar				154	+ 4h 32' 32"
214	Jacques Janse van Rensburg				51	+ 2h 18' 16"
215	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg				96	+ 3h 21' 30"
216	Merhawi Kudus ‡				84	+ 3h 10' 36"
217	Louis Meintjes ‡				DNS-18	—	^[53]
218	Serge Pauwels				13	+ 31' 03"
219	Daniel Teklehaimanot				49	+ 2h 16' 15"

By team

+ (AST) No. Rider Pos. 1 4 2 DNS-10 3 23 4 64 5 131 6 22 7 41 8 DNF-11 9 77 Directeur sportif Alexandr Shefer^[54]	+ (ALM) No. Rider Pos. 11 61 12 ‡ 9 13 20 14 18 15 DNF-11 16 146 17 68 18 DNF-11 19 26 Directeur sportif: Vincent Lavenu	+ (FDJ) No. Rider Pos. 21 ‡ 16 22 DNF-3 23 160 24 ‡ 138 25 112 26 71 27 DNF-14 28 105 29 113 Directeur sportif: Thierry Bricaud
+ (SKY) No. Rider Pos. 31 1 32 DNF-16 33 70 34 44 35 48 36 35 37 ‡ 136 38 128 39 15 Directeur sportif: Nicolas Portal	+ (SAX) No. Rider Pos. 41 5 42 DNS-10 43 DNF-11 44 17 45 28 46 36 47 ‡ 46 48 132 49 DNF-19 Directeur sportif: Steven de Jongh	+ (MOV) No. Rider Pos. 51 ‡ 2 52 57 53 24 54 DNF-12 55 115 56 65 57 32 58 107 59 3 Directeur sportif: José Luis Arrieta
+ (BMC) No. Rider Pos. 61 DNF-17 62 53 63 ‡ 101 64 97 65 120 66 12 67 56 68 DNS-16 69 63 Directeur sportif: Yvon Ledanois	+ (LTS) No. Rider Pos. 71 31 72 37 73 67 74 145 75 134 76 114 77 DNS-7 78 150 79 ‡ 129 Directeur sportif: Herman Frison	+ (GIA) No. Rider Pos. 81 109 82 ‡ 14 83 106 84 73 85 ‡ DNF-3 86 38 87 ‡ 87 88 DNS-14 89 139 Directeur sportif: Marc Reef
+ (KAT) No. Rider Pos. 91 29 92 90 93 149 94 ‡ 126 95 DNF-3 96 130 97 58 98 72 99 DNS-8 Directeur sportif: José Azevedo	+ (OGE) No. Rider Pos. 101 DNF-3 102 DNS-6 103 ‡ 151 104 DNS-4 105 ‡ 152 106 159 107 144 108 ‡ 50 109 ‡ 89 Directeur sportif: Matthew White	+ (EQS) No. Rider Pos. 111 ‡ DNF-17 112 142 113 95 114 DNS-7 115 DNF-18 116 103 117 117 118 42 119 116 Directeur sportif: Wilfried Peeters
+ (EUC) No. Rider Pos. 121 10 122 ‡ 110 123 34 124 137 125 157 126 74 127 33 128 ‡ 91 129 45 Directeur sportif: Andy Flickinger	+ (TLJ) No. Rider Pos. 131 6 132 ‡ 79 133 21 134 153 135 80 136 55 137 92 138 121 139 104 Directeur sportif: Nico Verhoeven	+ (TFR) No. Rider Pos. 141 7 142 124 143 DNS-4 144 148 145 DNS-17 146 93 147 ‡ 27 148 102 149 62 Directeur sportif: Kim Andersen
+ (LAM) No. Rider Pos. 151 DNF-11 152 118 153 155 154 76 155 47 156 30 157 125 158 122 159 78 Directeur sportif: Philippe Mauduit	+ (TCG) No. Rider Pos. 161 11 162 DNF-5 163 DNF-17 164 40 165 69 166 DNF-15 167 39 168 143 169 ‡ 147 Directeur sportif: Charly Wegelius	+ (COF) No. Rider Pos. 171 ‡ DNF-5 172 111 173 ‡ 127 174 43 175 66 176 135 177 94 178 123 179 158 Directeur sportif: Didier Rous
+ (IAM) No. Rider Pos. 181 8 182 156 183 54 184 59 185 DNF-17 186 100 187 75 188 19 189 60 Directeur sportif: Eddy Seigneur	+ (TNE) No. Rider Pos. 191 DNF-11 192 25 193 ‡ DNF-17 194 ‡ 83 195 DNF-12 196 108 197 140 198 DNS-4 199 99 Directeur sportif: Enrico Poitschke	+ (BSE) No. Rider Pos. 201 ‡ DSQ-14 202 141 203 85 204 52 205 98 206 119 207 133 208 81 209 88 Directeur sportif: Emmanuel Hubert
+ (MTN) No. Rider Pos. 211 82 212 86 213 154 214 51 215 96 216 ‡ 84 217 ‡ DNS-18 218 13 219 49 Directeur sportif: Jens Zemke

By nationality

The 198 riders that competed in the 2015 Tour de France represented 32 different countries.^[55] Riders from nine countries won stages during the race; German riders won the largest number of stages.^[56]

Country	No. of riders	Finishers	Stage wins
	1	0
	10	6	1 (Rohan Dennis)
	3	3
	11	9	1 (Greg Van Avermaet)
	2	2
	6	6
	1	1
	4	4	1 (Zdeněk Štybar)
	3	2
	2	2
	2	1
	41	38	3 (Romain Bardet, Thibaut Pinot, Alexis Vuillermoz)
	10	7	6 (André Greipel ×4, Simon Geschke, Tony Martin)
	10	8	3 (Mark Cavendish, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome)
	3	2
	16	13	1 (Vincenzo Nibali)
	1	1
	1	1
	3	1
	20	16
	2	0
	2	2
	4	3	1 (Rafał Majka)
	4	3
	1	0
	1	1
	1	1
	4	2
	15	15	3 (Joaquim Rodríguez ×2, Rubén Plaza)
	10	7
	1	1
	3	2
Total	198	160	20^[57]

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27. Web site: Lotto-Soudal - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909155945/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/lts.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
28. News: Tour de France shorts: Successful surgery for Tony Martin. Cyclingnews.com. 10 July 2015. 10 July 2015. Lotto–Soudal lose Greg Henderson to rib injury.
29. Web site: Team Giant-Alpecin - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160523/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/tga.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
30. News: Sinkeldam stapt af in veertiende etappe Tour de France. nl. Sinkeldam abandons in fourteenth stage of Tour de France. NU.nl. Sanoma. 18 July 2015. 18 July 2015.
31. Web site: Team Katusha - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160158/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/kat.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
32. News: Paolini informed of cocaine positive at Tour de France. Cyclingnews.com. 10 July 2015. 11 July 2015.
33. Web site: Orica Greenedge - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909095747/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/oge.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
34. News: Albasini stapt uit Tour, Orica telt nog maar zes renners. nl. Albasini gets off the Tour, Orica currently has only six riders. Sporza. Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 8 July 2015. 8 July 2015.
35. News: Disastrous day for Orica-GreenEdge at Tour de France. Sadhbh. O'Shea. Cyclingnews.com. 6 July 2015. 6 July 2015. Impey will not start tomorrow, however the team have not confirmed whether Matthews will continue..
36. Web site: Etixx-Quick Step - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909100739/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/eqs.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
37. News: Martin abandons Tour de France due to fractured collarbone. Cyclingnews.com. 9 July 2015. 9 July 2015.
38. News: Renshaw abandons after migraine trouble. Cycling Central. Special Broadcasting Service. 24 July 2015. 24 July 2015.
39. Web site: Team Europcar - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160456/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/euc.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
40. Web site: Team Lotto NL - Jumbo - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160048/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/tlj.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
41. Web site: Trek Factory Racing - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909104350/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/tfr.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
42. News: Cancellara abandons Tour de France after fracturing vertebrae in high-speed crash. Cyclingnews.com. 6 July 2015. 6 July 2015.
43. Web site: Lampre - Merida - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909100830/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/lam.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
44. Web site: Team Cannondale-Garmin - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160057/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/tcg.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
45. News: Sebastian Langeveld geeft op in vijftiende etappe Tour. nl. Sebastian Langeveld gives up in fifteenth stage of Tour. Algemeen Dagblad. PCM Uitgevers NV. 19 July 2015. 19 July 2015.
46. Web site: Cofidis, Solutions Credits - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160503/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/cof.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
47. Web site: IAM Cycling - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909095122/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/iam.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
48. Web site: Bora-Argon 18 - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160609/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/boa.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
49. News: Dempster abandons Tour de France and reveals just how hard the mountains are. Richard. Abraham. Cycling Weekly. 16 July 2015. 16 July 2015.
50. News: de. Schillinger gibt vorzeitig auf. Schillinger gives up prematurely. 7 July 2015. Spiegel Online. Spiegel Online GmbH. 7 July 2015.
51. Web site: Bretagne - Séché Environnement - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909160558/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/bse.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
52. Web site: MTN-Qhubeka - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 19 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909095555/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/teams/mtn.html. 9 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
53. News: Illness forces Meintjes out of TDF. SuperSport. MultiChoice (Pty) Ltd. 23 July 2015. 24 July 2015.
54. Web site: Teams - The riders, videos, photos - Tour de France 2015. letour.fr. ASO. 28 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151744/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/us/teams.html. 10 August 2015. dead. dmy-all.
55. Web site: Start list – Tour de France 2015. Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. 15 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706022521/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2015/us/starters.html. 6 July 2015. dead. dmy-all.
56. Web site: The history of the Tour de France – Year 2015 – The stage winners. 13 October 2016. Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918105807/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2015/vainqueurs.html. 18 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
57. The team time trial on stage 9, won by, is not counted in this total.

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