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Cameron Meyer, the winner of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour
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Dates | February 4, 2015 | –February 8, 2015||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 556.6 km (345.9 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 12h 30' 55" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | (Orica–GreenEDGE) | |
Second | Patrick Bevin (NZL) | (Avanti Racing Team) | |
Third | Joseph Cooper (AUS) | (Avanti Racing Team) | |
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Points | Cameron Meyer (AUS) | (Orica–GreenEDGE) | |
Mountains | Cameron Bayly (AUS) | ||
Youth | Robert Power (AUS) | (Jayco-AIS) | |
Team | Orica–GreenEDGE |
The 2015 Herald Sun Tour was the 62nd edition of the Herald Sun Tour road cycling stage race. The race was rated as 2.1 and was part of the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour.
The 2015 race consisted of five stages. It took place in Victoria, starting in Melbourne on 4 February 2015 and finished on the summit finish at Arthur's Seat on 8 February.
The race was won by Australian Cameron Meyer of the Orica–GreenEDGE cycling team. Meyer succeeded his teammate Simon Clarke, who won the 2014 edition of the race and finished fourth in the 2015 race. Meyer had taken over the overall lead following a victory in the first road stage of the race and was able to defend his lead through the remaining stages. The other riders to finish on the overall podium were Patrick Bevin and Joseph Cooper (both Avanti Racing Team).
Meyer also won the points classification, while Cameron Bayly (search2retain-health.com.au) won the mountains classification and Robert Power (Jayco-AIS) won the young rider classification. Orica–GreenEDGE won the teams classification.
16 teams entered the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, of which one (Orica–GreenEDGE) was a UCI World Tour team and three were national teams.