2015 French Road Cycling Cup

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The 2015 French Road Cycling Cup was the 24th edition of the French Road Cycling Cup and was won by Nacer Bouhanni.

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Compared to the previous edition, the Châteauroux Classic and the Tour de la Somme had been replaced by the Grand Prix de Fourmies and La Roue Tourangelle. The defending champion from the last season was Julien Simon.

Events

DateEventWinnerTeamSeries leaderLeading Team
1 February Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Pim Ligthart  (NED) Lotto–Soudal Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kenneth Vanbilsen  (BEL) Roubaix–Lille Métropole
21 March Classic Loire Atlantique Flag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale Flag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA)
22 March Cholet-Pays de Loire Flag of France.svg  Pierrick Fédrigo  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement Flag of France.svg  Pierrick Fédrigo  (FRA)
3 April Route Adélie Flag of France.svg  Romain Feillu  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Baptiste Planckaert  (BEL)
5 April Paris–Camembert Flag of France.svg  Julien Loubet  (FRA) Team Marseille 13 KTM Flag of France.svg  Pierrick Fédrigo  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement
16 April Grand Prix de Denain Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Cofidis Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA)
18 April Tour du Finistère Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim De Troyer  (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert Flag of France.svg  Pierrick Fédrigo  (FRA)
19 April Tro-Bro Léon Flag of France.svg  Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) FDJ
26 April La Roue Tourangelle Flag of France.svg  Lorenzo Manzin  (FRA) FDJ
30 May Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Flag of France.svg  Alexis Vuillermoz  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
31 May Boucles de l'Aulne Flag of Estonia.svg  Alo Jakin  (EST) Auber 93
2 August Polynormande Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Oliver Naesen  (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
6 September Grand Prix de Fourmies Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Felline  (ITA) Trek Factory Racing
13 September Tour du Doubs Flag of Argentina.svg  Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement
20 September Grand Prix d'Isbergues Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Cofidis Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA)
4 October Tour de Vendée Flag of France.svg  Christophe Laporte  (FRA) Cofidis

Final Points standings

Individual

In order to be eligible for the classification, riders either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Cofidis 178
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Baptiste Planckaert  (BEL) Roubaix–Lille Métropole 172
3Flag of France.svg  Pierrick Fédrigo  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 151
4Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 103
5Flag of France.svg  Samuel Loubet  (FRA) Team Marseille 13 KTM 91
6Flag of France.svg  Alexandre Geniez  (FRA) FDJ 80
7Flag of France.svg  Maxime Renault  (FRA) Auber 93 74
8Flag of France.svg  Romain Feillu  (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 65
9Flag of France.svg  Julien Simon  (FRA) Cofidis 63
10Flag of France.svg  Steven Tronet  (FRA) Auber 93 63

Young rider classification

In order to be eligible for the classification, riders had to be younger than 25 and either had to be French or competed for a French-licensed team.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Cofidis 178
2Flag of France.svg  Maxime Renault  (FRA) Auber 93 74
3Flag of France.svg  Lorenzo Manzin  (FRA) FDJ 62
4Flag of France.svg  Christophe Laporte  (FRA) Cofidis 53
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Eduardo Sepúlveda  (ARG) Bretagne–Séché Environnement 50
6Flag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 50
7Flag of France.svg  Romain Combaud  (FRA) Armée de Terre 46
8Flag of France.svg  Rudy Barbier  (FRA) Roubaix–Lille Métropole 45
9Flag of France.svg  Florian Sénéchal  (FRA) Cofidis 41
10Flag of France.svg  Clément Venturini  (FRA) Cofidis 35

Teams

Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.

Pos.TeamPoints
1 Bretagne–Séché Environnement 139
2 Auber 93 126
3 Roubaix–Lille Métropole 118
4 Team Marseille 13 KTM 101
5 Armée de Terre 95
6 FDJ 88
7 Team Europcar 74
8 Cofidis 68
9 AG2R La Mondiale 63

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