2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
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| Dates | 26–29 March 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 595.4 km (370.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 14hr 31' 42" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Louis Meintjes (RSA)
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(MTN–Qhubeka) |
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| Second |
 Ben Swift (GBR)
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(Team Sky) | |
| Third |
 Matija Kvasina (CRO)
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(Team Felbermayr - Simplon Wels) | |
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Points |
Ben Swift (GBR)
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(Team Sky) |
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Mountains |
 Primož Roglič (SLO)
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(Adria Mobil) |
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Youth |
 Simone Petilli (ITA)
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(Unieuro–Wilier) |
| Team | Team Sky | ||
The 2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was the 30th edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali cycling stage race. It started on 26 March in Gatteo and ended on 29 March in Roccapelago.
The race consisted of four stages. As in the 2014 edition, the first stage will be divided into two half-stages, with the second half of the first stage being a team time trial.
The race was won by South African rider Louis Meintjes (Team MTN–Qhubeka), who claimed the leader's jersey with his win on the final stage. Meintjes beat Ben Swift (Team Sky) in the general classification by only two seconds. The podium was completed by Matija Kvasina, a Croatian rider of Team Felbermayr - Simplon Wels. Ben Swift won the second stage and the points classification, Slovenian rider and former sky jumper Primoz Roglic of Adria Mobil won the mountains classification and Unieuro–Wilier's Italian Simone Petilli finished first in the Young Rider classification for the second year in a row. The team classification was won by Team Sky.
The 2015 race has four days of racing. The first of this is a split stage, with a road stage followed by a team time trial the same day. The following three days each had one stage, with the final stage a hill-top finish.
The start list includes 25 teams (2 UCI WorldTeams, 10 Professional Continental Teams, 12 Continental Teams), and Italy National Team.
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