2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
| 2015 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | March 6, 2015–March 8, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 365.6 km (227.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8hr 24' 37" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Yves Lampaert (BEL)
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(Etixx–Quick-Step) |
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| Second |
 Anton Vorobyev (RUS)
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(Team Katusha) | |
| Third |
 Jesse Sergent (NZL)
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(Trek Factory Racing) | |
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Points |
Yves Lampaert (BEL)
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(Etixx–Quick-Step) |
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Youth |
Yves Lampaert (BEL)
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(Etixx–Quick-Step) |
| Team | Etixx–Quick-Step | ||
The 2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen was the 69th edition of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (English: Three Days of West Flanders) cycling stage race. Rated as a 2.1 event by the UCI as part of the UCI Europe Tour, the race took place from 6 to 8 March 2015.
The defending champion was Gert Jõeäär (Cofidis), who won the 2014 race, which used a very similar course, after victory in the opening time trial. He was succeeded in 2015 by Yves Lampaert (Etixx–Quick-Step), who came fourth in the prologue, won the first road stage of the race from a breakaway and defended his race lead in the final stage. As well as winning the overall classification, he won the points and youth classifications, while his team won the teams classification.
24 teams were selected to take part in the race. Eight of these were UCI WorldTeams; 11 were UCI Professional Continental teams; five were UCI Continental teams.
WorldTeams
Professional Continental teams
Continental teams
The 2015 race included three stages. The first of these was a 7 km (4.3 mi) prologue individual time trial, which was followed by two road stages. The first road stage was mostly flat, except for the climb of the Oude Kwaremont midway through. The second similarly included three hills (the Rodeberg, the Kemmelberg and the Monteberg) in the middle part of the race, with a finale that again included some small climbs.
The first stage of the race was a 7 km (4.3 mi) prologue individual time trial in Middelkerke. The course was an out-and-back route along the northern Belgian coast; it took place in sunny conditions with some gusts of wind.
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