2015 Tour de Yorkshire
| 2015 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1–3 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 515 km (320.0 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12h 47' 56" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)
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(Team Sky) |
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| Second |
 Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
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(BMC Racing Team) | |
| Third |
 Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
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(Team Europcar) | |
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Points |
Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)
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(Team Sky) |
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Mountains |
Nicolas Edet (FRA)
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(Cofidis) |
| Team | Team Sky | ||
The 2015 Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling stage race that took place in Yorkshire in May 2015. It was the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire and was organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation, who also organised the Yorkshire stages of the 2014 Tour de France. The race started in Bridlington on 1 May and ended in Leeds on 3 May. It included three stages and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.
The first stage of the race was won by Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) in a sprint from a small group. He kept his lead through the second stage, which ended in a bunch sprint, and was able to extend it slightly in the third and final stage of the race. He won the general classification in the race by eleven seconds. Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team) was second and Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) was third. Nordhaug also won the points classification and Team Sky won the teams classification. The mountains classification was won by Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
The race was first discussed publicly in July 2014, after the first stages of the 2014 Tour de France that took place in Yorkshire. It was organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, the organisers of the Tour de France, and Welcome to Yorkshire, who had been the organisers of the Yorkshire stages of the 2014 Tour de France. On 22 December 2014, the start and finish locations for the event were released, these were Bridlington, Leeds, Scarborough, Selby, Wakefield and York. On 21 January 2015, details of the three stages of the route were unveiled at the Bridlington Spa. The first two stages (especially the second) were expected to suit the sprinters, while the third stage was described as the "queen stage". It included several roads and climbs that had been part of the second stage of the 2014 Tour de France between York and Sheffield. The stage was rated as a 2.1 event.
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