2015 Clásica de San Sebastián
| 2015 UCI World Tour, race 19 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 219 km (136.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 30' 22" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Adam Yates (GBR)
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(Orica–GreenEDGE) | |
| Second |
 Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
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(BMC Racing Team) | |
| Third |
 Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
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(Movistar Team) |
The 2015 Clásica de San Sebastián was a one-day cycling classic that took place in the Basque Country in Spain on 1 August 2015. It was the 35th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián and was the nineteenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The defending champion was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), who won a solo victory in the 2014 race.
The race took place in and around the city of San Sebastián and was 219 kilometres (136 mi) in length. The principal difficulty in the race was the sequence of climbs in the final part of the course. Adam Yates (Orica–GreenEDGE) attacked on the final climb, the Bordako Tontorra. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) was leading the race at the time, but he was hit by a race motorbike, forcing him out of the race. Yates went on to win a solo victory, 15 seconds ahead of the chasing group, becoming the first British rider to win the race. Valverde came third behind Philippe Gilbert (BMC).
The race began in San Sebastián with a 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) neutral zone and left the city to the west, along the coast of the Bay of Biscay. After 22.6 kilometres (14.0 mi), in Zarautz, the course turned to the south for another 24 kilometres (15 mi) to come to Azpeitia. Here the route turned to the east and began climbing towards the first categorised climb of the day. The road gradually climbed for over 13 kilometres (8.1 mi), but only the final 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) were categorised. This section of road, the Alto de Iturburu, had an average gradient of 5% and was a first-category climb. The summit of the climb came after 59.5 kilometres (37.0 mi).
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