2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen
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| Dates | March 25, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 200.2 km (124.4 mi) | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Jelle Wallays (BEL)
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(Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) | |
| Second |
Edward Theuns (BEL)
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(Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise}) | |
| Third |
 Dylan van Baarle (NED)
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(Cannondale–Garmin) |
The 2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen (English: "Across Flanders") was the 70th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycling one-day classic. It took place on 25 March 2015 and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race was 200.2 kilometres (124.4 mi) in length. It was organised as part of the Flanders Classics organisation.
The 2014 winner was Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step), who won the race in a solo breakaway. He was the favourite for the 2015 race and raced as part of a strong Etixx–Quick-Step team in 2015. The team also included world champion Michał Kwiatkowski, former world champion Mark Cavendish and Iljo Keisse. Other favourites included Lars Boom (Astana), Stijn Devolder, Gert Steegmans (both Trek Factory Racing) and former winners Matti Breschel (Tinkoff–Saxo) and Oscar Gatto (Androni Giocattoli), as well as a large number of other riders. The race was also notable for the presence of Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), racing on the cobblestones for the first time in his career as part of his preparation for cobbled stages in the 2015 Tour de France.
The first part of the race was generally flat, but it became more hilly towards the end of the race. It included 12 major climbs, five of them cobbled, and three flat sections of cobbled roads. The race included several of the climbs used in the Tour of Flanders, which takes place the following week, such as the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg.
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