2015 Tour of Utah

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2015 Tour of Utah
2015 UCI America Tour
Race details
DatesAugust 3–9, 2015
Stages7
Distance1,147.7 km (713.1 mi)
Winning time28h 06' 48"
Results
Jersey gold.svg WinnerFlag of the United States.svg  Joe Dombrowski  (USA) (Cannondale–Garmin)
  SecondFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Woods  (CAN) (Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies)
  ThirdFlag of the United States.svg  Brent Bookwalter  (USA) (BMC Racing Team)

Jersey bluedot.svg MountainsFlag of the United States.svg  Gregory Daniel  (USA) (Axeon Cycling Team)
Jersey light blue.svg YouthFlag of Colombia.svg  Daniel Martínez  (COL) (Colombia)
Jersey white.svg SprintsFlag of the United States.svg  Brent Bookwalter  (USA) (BMC Racing Team)
  Team Colombia
  2014
2016  

The 2015 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah is the twelfth edition of the Tour of Utah. It starts on August 3 in Logan and finishes on August 9 in Park City. [1] It is rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI America Tour.

Contents

Teams

The fifteen teams invited to participate in the Tour of Utah are: [2]

World Tour teams

Professional Continental teams

Continental teams

Stages

List of stages
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner
1August 3 Logan 212.5 km (132.0 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stageFlag of the United States.svg  Kiel Reijnen  (USA)
2August 4 TremontonOgden 161.8 km (100.5 mi)Plainstage.svgFlat stageFlag of Slovenia.svg  Jure Kocjan  (SLO)
3August 5 Antelope Island State ParkBountiful 176.5 km (109.7 mi)Hillystage.svgHilly stageFlag of the United States.svg  Logan Owen  (USA)
4August 6 Heber Valley 205.2 km (127.5 mi)Mediummountainstage.svgMedium mountain stageFlag of the United States.svg  Eric Young  (USA)
5August 7 Salt Lake City 88.5 km (55.0 mi)Plainstage.svgFlat stageFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Woods  (CAN)
6August 8 Salt Lake CitySnowbird 177.7 km (110.4 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of the United States.svg  Joe Dombrowski  (USA)
7August 9 Park City 125.5 km (78.0 mi)Mountainstage.svgMountain stageFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Lachlan Norris  (AUS)
Total1,147.7 km (713.1 mi)

Classification leadership

StageWinnerGeneral classification
Jersey gold.svg
Sprints Classification
Jersey white.svg
Mountains Classification
Jersey bluedot.svg
Young Rider Classification
Jersey light blue.svg
Most Aggressive Classification
Jersey orange.svg
Team Classification
1 [3] Kiel Reijnen Kiel Reijnen Kiel Reijnen Gregory Daniel Gregory Daniel Johann van Zyl Cannondale–Garmin
2 [4] Jure Kocjan Robin Carpenter Daniel Eaton Team SmartStop
3 [5] Logan Owen Johann van Zyl Logan Owen Joey Rosskopf BMC Racing Team
4 Eric Young Jure Kocjan Jure Kocjan Gregory Daniel Robin Carpenter Robin Carpenter Axeon Cycling Team
5 Michael Woods Michael Woods Kiel Reijnen Dion Smith Songezo Jim
6 Joe Dombrowski Joe Dombrowski Daniel Martínez Ben King Colombia
7 Lachlan Norris Brent Bookwalter Natnael Berhane
Final Joe Dombrowski Brent Bookwalter Gregory Daniel Daniel Martínez not awarded Colombia

[6]

Final classification

Final general classification [7]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  Joe Dombrowski  (USA) Jersey gold.svg Cannondale–Garmin 28h 06' 48"
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Woods  (CAN) Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies + 50"
3Flag of the United States.svg  Brent Bookwalter  (USA) Jersey white.svg BMC Racing Team + 1' 05"
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Fränk Schleck  (LUX) Trek Factory Racing + 1' 07"
5Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Horner  (USA) Airgas–Safeway + 1' 09"
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lachlan Norris  (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling + 1' 12"
7Flag of Eritrea.svg  Natnael Berhane  (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 22"
8Flag of Colombia.svg  Daniel Martínez  (COL) Jersey light blue.svg Colombia + 1' 41"
9Flag of the United States.svg  Rob Squire  (USA) Hincapie Racing Team + 1' 46"
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lachlan Morton  (AUS) Jelly Belly–Maxxis + 1' 50"

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