Winners of The Women's Tour in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 17–21 June 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 596.2 km (370.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 15h 03' 24" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Aviva Women's Tour was the second staging of The Women's Tour, a women's stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 17 to 21 June 2015 and had a UCI rating of 2.1. As in 2014, the race consisted of 5 stages and ran through southern and eastern England. The race was won by German rider Lisa Brennauer of Velocio–SRAM. [1]
Non-UCI women's teams
National teams
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1 | 17 June | Bury St Edmunds to Aldeburgh | 112.6 km (70.0 mi) | ![]() | Flat stage | ![]() |
2 | 18 June | Braintree to Clacton-on-Sea | 138 km (85.7 mi) | ![]() | Flat stage | ![]() |
3 | 19 June | Oundle to Kettering | 139.2 km (86.5 mi) | ![]() | Hilly stage | ![]() |
4 | 20 June | Waltham Cross to Stevenage | 103.8 km (64.5 mi) | ![]() | Hilly stage | ![]() |
5 | 21 June | Marlow to Hemel Hempstead | 102.6 km (63.8 mi) | ![]() | Hilly stage | ![]() |
Total | 596.2 km (370.5 mi) |
The defending champion, Marianne Vos, was unable to participate due to injury. The winner of the first stage, Lizzie Armitstead (Boels–Dolmans), was unable to participate further in the race after she crashed crossing the finishing line, sustaining a sprained wrist and heavy bruising. [2] Lisa Brennauer (Velocio–SRAM) assumed the race lead after Armitstead's withdrawal, and after briefly losing the lead to Christine Majerus (Boels–Dolmans) on stage three, her stage win on stage 4 to allowed her to reassume the race lead which she held to the end of the race. [3] [1] As well as winning the overall classification, Brennauer also won the points classification. Jolien D'Hoore (Wiggle–Honda) finished second overall, with Majerus third. [1]
Stage 1 result [5]
| General classification after Stage 1 [5]
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Stage 2 result [7]
| General classification after Stage 2 [7]
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Stage 3 result [9]
| General classification after Stage 3 [9]
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Stage 4 result [11]
| General classification after Stage 4 [11]
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Stage 5 result [13]
| Final general classification [13]
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