2015 Tour Down Under

The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under was the 17th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 20 to 25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour.^[1] The overall winner was Rohan Dennis.

2015 Tour Down Under

2015 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 28
Race details
Dates	20–25 January 2015
Stages	6
Distance	812.3 km (504.7 mi)
Winning time	19h 15' 18"
Results
Winner  Rohan Dennis (AUS) (BMC Racing Team)   Second  Richie Porte (AUS) (Team Sky)   Third  Cadel Evans (AUS) (BMC Racing Team) Mountains  Jack Bobridge (AUS) (UniSA–Australia) Youth  Rohan Dennis (AUS) (BMC Racing Team) Sprints  Daryl Impey (RSA) (Orica–GreenEDGE)   Team Movistar Team
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Schedule

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	20 January	Tanunda to Campbelltown	132.6 km (82 mi)		Flat stage	Jack Bobridge (AUS)
2	21 January	Unley to Stirling	150.5 km (94 mi)		Flat stage	Juan José Lobato (ESP)
3	22 January	Norwood to Paracombe	143.2 km (89 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Rohan Dennis (AUS)
4	23 January	Glenelg to Mount Barker	144.5 km (90 mi)		Flat stage	Steele Von Hoff (AUS)
5	24 January	McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill	151.5 km (94 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Richie Porte (AUS)
6	25 January	Adelaide	90 km (56 mi)		Flat stage	Wouter Wippert (NED)

Participating teams

As the Tour Down Under is a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Australian team Drapac Professional Cycling received a wildcard invitation and, together with a selection of Australian riders forming the UniSA–Australia squad, this formed the event's 19 team peloton.

Cadel Evans stated that it would be his last race in his professional career.

The 19 teams invited to the race are:

AG2R La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Drapac Professional Cycling Etixx–Quick-Step FDJ IAM Cycling Lampre–Merida Lotto–Soudal Movistar Team

Orica–GreenEDGE Cannondale–Garmin Team Giant–Alpecin Team Katusha LottoNL–Jumbo Team Sky Tinkoff–Saxo Trek Factory Racing UniSA–Australia

Stages

Stage 1

20 January 2015 – Tanunda to Campbelltown, 132.6 km (82.4 mi)^[2]

Stage 1

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Jack Bobridge (AUS) UniSA–Australia 2h 59' 44" 2  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 0" 3  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 4  Maxim Belkov (RUS) Team Katusha + 0" 5  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 6  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Etixx–Quick-Step + 0" 7  Juan José Lobato (SPA) Movistar Team + 0" 8  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) IAM Cycling + 0" 9  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 0" 10  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0"

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Jack Bobridge (AUS) UniSA–Australia 2h 59' 31" 2  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 4" 3  Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE + 6" 4  Maxim Belkov (RUS) Team Katusha + 10" 5  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 13" 6  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Etixx–Quick-Step + 13" 7  Juan José Lobato (SPA) Movistar Team + 13" 8  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) IAM Cycling + 13" 9  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 13" 10  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 13"

Stage 2

21 January 2015 – Unley to Stirling, 150.5 km (93.5 mi)^[3]

Stage 2

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Juan José Lobato (SPA) Movistar Team 3h 42' 24" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 3  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 4  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 0" 5  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 0" 6  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana + 0" 7  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky + 0" 8  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 9  Nathan Haas (AUS) Cannondale–Garmin + 0" 10  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 0"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Jack Bobridge (AUS) UniSA–Australia 6h 41' 55" 2  Juan José Lobato (SPA) Movistar Team + 3" 3  Lieuwe Westra (NED) Astana + 4" 4  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 7" 5  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 9" 6  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 13" 7  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Etixx–Quick-Step + 13" 8  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 13" 9  Nathan Haas (AUS) Cannondale–Garmin + 13" 10  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 13"

Stage 3

22 January 2015 – Norwood to Paracombe, 143.2 km (89.0 mi)^[4]

Stage 3

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team 3h 35' 08" 2  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 3" 3  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 3" 4  Maxime Bouet (FRA) Etixx–Quick-Step + 5" 5  Michael Rogers (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 5" 6  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky + 5" 7  Jack Haig (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 5" 8  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 5" 9  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 5" 10  Simon Geschke (GER) Team Giant–Alpecin + 13"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team 10h 17' 06" 2  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 7" 3  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 9" 4  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky + 15" 5  Jack Haig (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 15" 6  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 15" 7  Michael Rogers (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 15" 8  Maxime Bouet (FRA) Etixx–Quick-Step + 15" 9  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 15" 10  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 22"

Stage 4

23 January 2015 – Glenelg to Mount Barker, 144.5 km (90 mi)^[5]

Stage 4

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) UniSA–Australia 3h 24' 28" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 3  Wouter Wippert (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling + 0" 4  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) IAM Cycling + 0" 5  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 6  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 7  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Team Katusha + 0" 8  Gianni Meersman (BEL) Etixx–Quick-Step + 0" 9  Eugenio Alafaci (ITA) Trek Factory Racing + 0" 10  Koen de Kort (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 0"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team 13h 41' 34" 2  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 7" 3  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 9" 4  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 13" 5  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky + 15" 6  Michael Rogers (AUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 15" 7  Jack Haig (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 15" 8  Maxime Bouet (FRA) Etixx–Quick-Step + 15" 9  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 15" 10  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 15"

Stage 5

24 January 2015 – McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill, 151.5 km (94 mi)^[6]

Stage 5

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky 3h 37' 32" 2  Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 9" 3  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 16" 4  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 16" 5  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 16" 6  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 19" 7  Tiago Machado (POR) Team Katusha + 24" 8  Moreno Moser (ITA) Cannondale–Garmin + 26" 9  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 28" 10  Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) FDJ + 28"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team 17h 19' 09" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky + 2" 3  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 20" 4  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 22" 5  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 24" 6  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 31" 7  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 38" 8  Tiago Machado (POR) Team Katusha + 46" 9  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 52" 10  Jarlinson Pantano (COL) IAM Cycling + 53"

Stage 6

25 January 2015 – Adelaide, 90 km (56 mi)^[7]

Stage 6

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1  Wouter Wippert (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling 1h 56' 09" 2  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) IAM Cycling + 0" 3  Boris Vallée (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 4  Pavel Brutt (RUS) Tinkoff–Saxo + 0" 5  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 6  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) Lampre–Merida + 0" 7  Steele Von Hoff (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 0" 8  Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) Astana + 0" 9  Rüdiger Selig (GER) Team Katusha + 0" 10  Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) FDJ + 0"

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) BMC Racing Team 19h 15' 18" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Team Sky + 2" 3  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team + 20" 4  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 22" 5  Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 24" 6  Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 31" 7  Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica–GreenEDGE + 35" 8  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 52" 9  Jarlinson Pantano (COL) IAM Cycling + 53" 10  George Bennett (NZL) LottoNL–Jumbo + 57"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Sprint classification	Young rider classification	Most competitive rider	Team classification
1	Jack Bobridge	Jack Bobridge	Jack Bobridge	Jack Bobridge	Luke Durbridge	Luke Durbridge	UniSA–Australia
2	Juan José Lobato			Juan José Lobato	Niccolò Bonifazio	Thomas De Gendt	Movistar Team
3	Rohan Dennis	Rohan Dennis	Rohan Dennis	Cadel Evans	Rohan Dennis	Will Clarke	BMC Racing Team
4	Steele Von Hoff		Jack Bobridge	Daryl Impey		Cédric Pineau
5	Richie Porte					Greg Henderson	Movistar Team
6	Wouter Wippert					Manuele Boaro
Final		Rohan Dennis	Jack Bobridge	Daryl Impey	Rohan Dennis	No final award	Movistar Team

References

1. "Dates confirmed for 2015 Santos Tour Down Under". Tour Down Under. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
2. "Bobridge wins Tour Down Under opening stage". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
3. Woodpower, Zeb (21 January 2015). "Tour Down Under: Lobato wins in Stirling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
4. Woodpower, Zeb (22 January 2015). "Tour Down Under: Rohan Dennis wins in Paracombe". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
5. "Tour Down Under: Von Hoff steels the stage in Mount Barker". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
6. "Tour Down Under: Porte wins atop Willunga Hill". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
7. "Tour Down Under: Wippert wins final stage in Adelaide". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

External links

• Official website