2015 Tour de Yorkshire

1st men's Tour de Yorkshire May 2015 2015 Tour de Yorkshire 2015 UCI Europe Tour 1–3 May 3 515 km 12h 47' 56" Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 light blue Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 green Nicolas Edet FRA COF 2015 pink SKY 2015 2016 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 (SKY 2015) 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 2015) was second and Thomas Voeckler (EUC 2015) was third. Nordhaug also won the points classification and Team Sky won the teams classification. The mountains classification was won by Nicolas Edet (COF 2015). Race route The race was first discussed publicly in July 2014, after the first stages of the Tour de France that took place in Yorkshire. Yorkshire's Tour de France legacy race "likely" for May 2015 http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/yorkshires-tour-de-france-legacy-race-may-2015-128865 11 May 2015 2 July 2014 Cycling Weekly Bull Nick 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.In full: Your guide to the Tour de Yorkshire http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/tdy/in-full-your-guide-to-the-tour-de-yorkshire-1-7220538 Yorkshire Evening Post 26 April 2015 24 April 2015 1 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150501065331/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/tdy/in-full-your-guide-to-the-tour-de-yorkshire-1-7220538 dead On 22 December 2014, the start and finish locations for the event were released, these were Bridlington, Leeds, Scarborough, Selby, Wakefield and York.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30574400 Tour de Yorkshire bosses reveal start and finish locations 22 December 2014 7 January 2014 BBC BBC News On 21 January 2015, details of the three stages of the route were unveiled at the Bridlington Spa.http://letour.yorkshire.com/tour-de-yorkshire We are proud to announce the route of the first ever Tour de Yorkshire: 21 January 2015 21 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150121134342/http://letour.yorkshire.com/tour-de-yorkshire 21 January 2015 dead dmy-allhttp://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/news/local/area-will-benefit-from-tour-de-yorkshire-cycle-race-1-7062815 Area will benefit from Tour de Yorkshire cycle race 21 January 2015 22 January 2015 Driffield Times & Post https://web.archive.org/web/20150122024809/http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/news/local/area-will-benefit-from-tour-de-yorkshire-cycle-race-1-7062815 22 January 2015 dead 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.Tour de Yorkshire 2015 - General Classification http://procyclingstats.com/race/ASOWTY_Yorkshire_3_Day_2015 ProCyclingStats 26 April 2015 There was also a women's race that took place as part of the Tour de Yorkshire event. This took place on the second day of the men's race over four laps of the 20 km on off route around York that was also the final part of the men's racing that day.Tour de Yorkshire in York - Q&As http://www.york.gov.uk/info/200721/tour_de_yorkshire/1266/tour_de_yorkshire_in_york_-_q_and_as york.gov.uk City of York Council 11 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150511073713/http://www.york.gov.uk/info/200721/tour_de_yorkshire/1266/tour_de_yorkshire_in_york_-_q_and_as 11 May 2015 Lizzie Armitstead, who did not compete in the event due to a conflicting event in Europe, expressed a hope that the women's race in future would be a three-day event like the men's race.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/31801452 Tour de Yorkshire: Armitstead wants longer women's race 9 March 2015 BBC Sport BBC 18 March 2015 The women's race was won by Louise Mahé (Ikon–Mazda) in a sprint finish.Richard Abraham Louise Mahé wins Tour de Yorkshire women’s race http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/louise-mahe-wins-tour-de-yorkshire-womens-race-169499 11 May 2015 Cycling Weekly 2 May 2015 +Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateStartFinishLengthTypeWinner 11 MayBridlingtonScarborough174 km miles 1 on22pxHilly stageLars Petter Nordhaug NOR 22 MaySelbyYork174 km miles 1 on off22pxFlat stage Moreno Hofland NED 33 MayWakefieldLeeds167 km miles 1 on off22pxIntermediate stage Ben Hermans BEL Teams 18 teams were selected to take part in the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire. Five of these were UCI WorldTeams; six were UCI Professional Continental teams; six were UCI Continental teams, with the Great Britain national team completing the field.Tour de Yorkshire 2015 - General Classification http://procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=150285&c=3 ProCyclingStats 26 April 2015 Teams could enter between five and eight riders.ASO 2015 32 Fourteen teams selected eight riders and four teams selected seven; 140 riders were therefore entered into the race.Tour de Yorkshire 2015 - General Classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ASOWTY_Yorkshire_3_Day_2015-startlist ProCyclingStats 6 May 2015 One rider (Caleb Fairly of GIA 2015) pulled out before the start, so the race began with a peloton of 139 riders.Tour de Yorkshire 2015 - Stage 1 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_Yorkshire_2015_Stage_1_Scarborough-result ProCyclingStats 6 May 2015 UCI WorldTeams BMC SKY IAM GIA BEL 2015 UCI Professional Continental teams COF CUL MTN EUC TSV ROO 2015 UCI Continental teams ONE NFT WGN MGT JLT RAL 2015 National teams Great Britain 2015 Pre-race expectations Much of the pre-race media focused on the presence of Bradley Wiggins, Britain's first ever winner of the Tour de France, who was riding his first race for his new team, WGN 2015. Wiggins was controversially not selected for SKY 2014 in the previous year's Tour de France; the race organisers expected his presence in the Tour de Yorkshire to be one of the principal attractions for British cycling fans. Wiggins was not, however, expected to attempt to win the overall classification in the race; his main objective was preparing for his hour record attempt in June.Abraham Richard Tour de Yorkshire ready to make its mark Cycling Weekly 30 April 2015 26–27 Cycling Weekly expected that the race would be dominated by "punchy all-rounders". The riders expected to perform strongly over the three days included Ben Swift (SKY 2015 y), Moreno Hofland and Steven Kruijswijk (both BEL 2015), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC 2015), Thomas Voeckler (EUC 2015) and Erick Rowsell (MGT 2015). The second stage appeared most likely to end in a sprint, with Marcel Kittel (GIA 2015) the favourite to take victory, although he had suffered an illness and had not raced since the Tour of Qatar in February. Other prominent sprinters included Swift and Hofland, as well as Matteo Pelucchi (IAM 2015), Rick Zabel (BMC 2015 y), Gerald Ciolek (MTN 2015) and Steele Von Hoff (NFT 2015). Stages Stage 1 1 May 2015 — Bridlington to Scarborough, 174 km on thumb|Bradley Wiggins (third from the left) in a small group during stage one The first stage of the race began in Bridlington on the North Sea coast. The riders first travelled north-east to Flamborough, where they turned to the north-west. Initially this kept them along the coast, but soon took them into the North York Moors, where the first climb was the Côte de Dalby Forest. This came after 51.5 km off; the categorised portion of the climb was 0.6 km off at 8.9%. The riders then turned to the south-west and descended to Pickering, where the first intermediate sprint was positioned. The route turned north, back onto the Moors, where they reached the Côte de Rosedale Abbey after 92 km off. This was the longest climb of the day: 2.8 km at 7%. The riders continued north as far as Castleton, where they turned east. After 123.5 km off, the riders climbed the Côte de Grosmont (0.4 km off at 16.9%), then the Côte de Briggswath (1.3 km off at 6.2%). From here, they returned to the coast at Whitby, where there was another intermediate sprint; the riders then turned south. The final climb of the day came after 146.5 km off; it was the Côte de Robin Hood's Bay (1.5 km off at 10.3%). The riders then continued south to the finish line in Scarborough, doing a loop around the town before finishing on the sea front.ASO 2015 12–16 In total the day included 2000 m of climbing, although the highest point was just 350 m above sea level. Thomas Voeckler (EUC 2015) described the stage as "much tougher than we thought" due to the small roads.Abraham Richard Tour de Yorkshire blog: "by 'eck that were a tuff'un" http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/tour-de-yorkshire-blog-by-eck-that-were-a-tuffun-169444 2 May 2015 Cycling Weekly 1 May 2015 thumb|upright|Lars Petter Nordhaug (pictured in 2011) won the inaugural stage of the race An initial breakaway was formed by Mark Christian (WGN 2015), Loïc Chetout (COF 2015), Eddie Dunbar (NFT 2015), Mark Stewart (MGT 2015) and Rasmus Quaade (CUL 2015). They built up a five-minute lead but SKY 2015 chased hard; the break's lead was reduced to a few seconds by the Côte de Rosedale Abbey. A new breakaway was formed here by Perrig Quéméneur (EUC 2015 y) and Tim Declercq (TSV 2015), while Marcel Kittel (GIA 2015) was dropped and abandoned the race shortly afterwards.Tour de Yorkshire: Nordhaug wins opener in Scarborough http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-yorkshire-2015-1/stage-1/results 2 May 2015 Cyclingnews.com 1 May 2015 With 50 km off remaining, the peloton descended into Egton in wet conditions. Team Sky were riding at the front of the peloton, but their riders Ben Swift and Ian Boswell, and Dunbar crashed. Dunbar suffered a broken clavicle and Swift a shoulder injury: both were forced to abandon the race.Cary Tom Tour de Yorkshire report: Ben Swift crashes out https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/11577449/Ben-Swift-ruled-out-of-Tour-de-Yorkshire.html 2 May 2015 The Telegraph 1 May 2015 The crucial move of the race came with 40 km off remaining as the race went through Whitby, as a 15-man group formed. This was reduced to five riders on the Côte de Robin Hood's Bay. Philip Deignan (SKY 2015 y) rode hard on the climb, with only Stéphane Rossetto (COF 2015 y), Samuel Sánchez (BMC 2015), Voeckler, and Deignan's teammate Lars Petter Nordhaug able to follow him. Despite attacks on the way into Scarborough, these five riders came to the finish line together. Nordhaug won the sprint ahead of Voeckler and Rossetto. The peloton was more than a minute behind; the sprint was won by Greg Van Avermaet (BMC 2015 y). Thanks to bonus seconds, Nordhaug led the race by four seconds ahead of Voeckler. He also led the points classification. The mountains classification was led by Quéméneur. Quéméneur was also awarded the combativity prize after the online vote: Dunbar won the vote, but was unable to receive the prize because he had been hospitalised, and abandoned the race, due to his crash.Clarke Stuart Hospitalised Eddie Dunbar voted most aggressive rider in Tour de Yorkshire stage one http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hospitalised-eddie-dunbar-voted-most-aggressive-rider-in-tour-de-yorkshire-stage-one-169416 2 May 2015 Cycling Weekly 1 May 2015 Stage 1 resulthttps://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/21683/9831513/tour-de-yorkshire-lars-petter-nordhaug-wins-stage-one-as-ben-swift-crashes-out Tour de Yorkshire: Lars Petter Nordhaug wins stage one as Ben Swift crashes out Sky Sports Sky UK 1 May 2015 30 October 2021 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 4h 22' 38" 2 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 + 0" 3 Stéphane Rossetto FRA COF 2015 + 0" 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 + 0" 5 Philip Deignan IRL SKY 2015 + 0" 6 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 10" 7 Anthony Turgis FRA COF 2015 + 1' 10" 8 Erick Rowsell GBR MGT 2015 + 1' 10" 9 Richard Handley GBR JLT 2015 + 1' 10" 10 Huub Duyn NED ROO 2015 + 1' 10"General classification after stage 1 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 4h 22' 28" light blue General classificationgreen Points classification 2 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 + 4" 3 Stéphane Rossetto FRA COF 2015 + 6" 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 + 10" 5 Philip Deignan IRL SKY 2015 + 10" 6 Anthony Turgis FRA COF 2015 + 1' 18" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 20" 8 Erick Rowsell GBR MGT 2015 + 1' 20" 9 Richard Handley GBR JLT 2015 + 1' 20" 10 Huub Duyn NED ROO 2015 + 1' 20" Stage 2 2 May 2015 — Selby to York, 174 km on thumb|Beverley Minster The second stage of the race, which was much flatter than the first and third stages, began in Selby, North Yorkshire. The stage began with an 8.2 km on off neutralised section, which included a loop around the town centre; the racing started as the riders headed east for 25 km off towards Market Weighton. Here they turned south and climbed the first of the day's two categorised climbs; this was the Côte de North Newbald (1.2 km off at 5.3%). The route again turned east and the riders reached Beverley after 45 km off. From here the route turned north and entered the Yorkshire Wolds; there was an intermediate sprint as the route passed through Wetwang. Immediately after the intermediate sprint came the second climb of the day, the Côte de Fimber (1.1 km off at 6.2%). At the summit of the climb, there were 78.5 km off to the finish line. The riders continued north as far as Malton, then turned south-west towards York. The race concluded in York with a 20.5 km on off finishing circuit. The riders entered the circuit with 52.5 km off to the end of the stage and rode the 11.5 km off to the finishing line, where the second intermediate sprint of the day took place. They then rode two complete laps of the circuit; the race finished with the third crossing of the finish line, after 174 km off.ASO 2015 19–22 An early breakaway of 18 riders formed. This included Philip Deignan (SKY 2015 y), who had been in the winning break in the first stage and was 10 seconds off the race lead. The other teams in the peloton were not willing to let a breakaway that included Deignan go; eventually he and nine others dropped back to the main peloton. Eight riders were therefore left in the lead group: Andy Tennant (WGN 2015 y), Bert De Backer (GIA 2015 y), Stijn Steels (TSV 2015 y), Giovanni Bernaudeau (EUC 2015 y), Matt Brammeier (MTN 2015), Nicolas Edet (COF 2015 y), Ivar Slik (ROO 2015) and Mark McNally (MGT 2015 y). McNally won both categorised climbs. The break's lead was nearly seven minutes with 78.5 km off remaining; SKY 2015 y and IAM 2015 began chasing hard and reduced the gap sharply; the breakaway had less than two minutes' lead as they entered the laps around York.Cossins Peter Hofland wins stage 2 of Tour de Yorkshire http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-yorkshire-2015-1/stage-2/results 6 May 2015 Cyclingnews.com 2 May 2015 thumb|The peloton on the finishing circuit in York The breakaway split up; McNally and De Backer remained alone in the lead with 11 km off left. McNally was voted as the day's most combative rider through a Twitter vote, but he was unable to stay with De Backer in the final 5.5 km off. De Backer continued alone; he was briefly joined by Loïc Chetout (COF 2015 y) but the pair were unable to stay away from the chasing pack. As they were caught, with 700 m remaining, Greg Van Avermaet attacked. Although he appeared to have a lead large enough to secure the stage victory, he ran out of energy shortly before the line and was caught by the sprinters. The first of these was Moreno Hofland (BEL 2015), who took his team's first victory of the year, with Matteo Pelucchi (IAM 2015 y) second and Ramon Sinkeldam (GIA 2015 y) third.Clarke Stuart Abraham Richard Moreno Hofland takes stage two at Tour de Yorkshire for LottoNL-Jumbo's first win http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/moreno-hofland-takes-stage-two-at-tour-de-yorkshire-for-lottonl-jumbos-first-win-169505 6 May 2015 Cycling Weekly 2 May 2015 Due to a split in the peloton, Voeckler and Rossetto both lost six seconds. Samuel Sánchez therefore moved up into second place overall, while Nordhaug's lead increased to ten seconds. Stage 2 resulthttps://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/21683/9833240/tour-de-yorkshire-moreno-hofland-sprints-to-stage-two-win-in-york Tour de Yorkshire: Moreno Hofland sprints to stage two win in York Sky Sports Sky UK 2 May 2015 30 October 2021 1 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2015 3h 57' 58" 2 Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2015 + 0" 3 Ramon Sinkeldam NED GIA 2015 + 0" 4 Jempy Drucker LUX BMC 2015 + 0" 5 Dylan Groenewegen NED ROO 2015 + 0" 6 André Looij NED ROO 2015 + 0" 7 Russell Downing GBR CUL 2015 + 0" 8 Andreas Stauff GER MTN 2015 + 0" 9 Harry Tanfield GBR JLT 2015 + 0" 10 Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL TSV 2015 + 0"General classification after stage 2 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 8h 20' 26" light blue General classificationgreen Points classification 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 + 10" 3 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 + 10" 4 Stéphane Rossetto FRA COF 2015 + 12" 5 Philip Deignan IRL SKY 2015 + 16" 6 Anthony Turgis FRA COF 2015 + 1' 18" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 20" 8 Erick Rowsell GBR MGT 2015 + 1' 20" 9 Ben Hermans BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 23" 10 Richard Handley GBR JLT 2015 + 1' 26" Stage 3 3 May 2015 — Wakefield to Leeds, 167 km on thumb|Wakefield Cathedral The third stage was the queen stage of the race and included several of the roads used in stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France.Cossins Peter Wiggins and Kittel head the cast in Tour de Yorkshire http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-yorkshire-2015-1/preview 8 May 2015 Cyclingnews.com 30 April 2015 The stage began in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, outside the city's cathedral; there was a neutralised lap of the city centre before the riders left the city to the south. The route passed through Sandal Magna and reached Barnsley after 8 km off. Here the roads turned west and entered the Pennines. The first climb of the day came after 40 km off: this was the Côte de Holmfirth (2.9 km off at 5.5%). From here the route was twisting, though it generally travelled north as it passed to the west of Huddersfield and Halifax. The next climb, the Côte de Scapegoat Hill (2.2 km off at 8.3%), came after 55.5 km off of racing. The riders briefly left Yorkshire for the only time in the race (the route entered Greater Manchester but immediately returned to West Yorkshire). The roads were hilly throughout, with barely any flat road. The next categorised climb was the Côte de Hebden Bridge (4.1 km off at 5.5%) after 95 km off with the Côte de Goose Eye (1.3 km off at 10%) shortly afterwards. After 129.5 km off, there was an intermediate sprint in Ilkley, then the Côte de Cow and Calf (1.8 km off at 8%). At the top of the climb, there were 35.5 km off to the finish line. The final categorised climb of the race, the Côte de The Chevin (1.4 km off at 10.3%), was 24 km off from the finish; there was also a slight climb to the second intermediate sprint in Arthington. There was then a fairly flat 15 km off section to the finish line in Leeds, with the finish line in Roundhay Park.ASO 2015 24–28 thumb|Nicolas Edet (pictured in 2012), winner of the mountains classification The day's main breakaway was formed by Lawson Craddock (GIA 2015 y), Sondre Holst Enger (IAM 2015 y), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (MTN 2015 y), Nicolas Edet (COF 2015 y), James McLaughlin (MGT 2015 y), Ian Bibby (NFT 2015 y and Rasmus Quaade (CUL 2015 y). They built a lead of around five minutes ahead of the peloton, which was led by SKY 2015 yes. Bibby won the first three climbs of the day; the group then split apart on the Côte de Goose Eye. Craddock was the first to cross the summit with only Edet able to follow him. With less than 50 km off to the finish line, the two riders had a lead of nearly five minutes. Edet won the next two climbs and secured victory in the mountains classification.Abraham Richard Ben Hermans wins Tour de Yorkshire stage three as Nordhaug seals overall http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/ben-hermans-wins-tour-de-yorkshire-stage-three-as-nordhaug-seals-overall-169587 8 May 2015 Cycling Weekly 3 May 2015Benson Daniel Tour de Yorkshire: Hermans solos to victory in Leeds http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-yorkshire-2015-1/stage-3/results 8 May 2015 Cyclingnews.com 3 May 2015 With 35.5 km off remaining, the gap was about 90 seconds as SKY 2015 yes's David López, Ian Boswell and Philip Deignan led the remaining part of the peloton. Josh Edmondson (Great Britain) made an unsuccessful attack from this group. On the uncategorised climb leading up to the final sprint of the day, Craddock dropped Edet and continued alone. In the peloton, Samuel Sánchez also attacked on the climb. Nordhaug followed him and won the final bonus second, putting him more than ten seconds ahead of Sánchez. Steve Cummings (MTN 2015 y) and Steven Kruijswijk (BEL 2015 y) attacked together after the climb; they too were unsuccessful. The final attack of the day came from Ben Hermans (BMC 2015 y) with approximately 11 km off to the finish line. He caught and passed Craddock 6 km off later; meanwhile SKY 2015 yes led the group without making any particular effort to chase Hermans down. Hermans took a solo victory; the 17-man group was nine seconds behind. Teammate Greg Van Avermaet won the sprint for second, with Julien Simon third. Nordhaug finished in fifth to secure victory overall and in the points classification. SKY 2015 yes also won the teams classification. Edet won the mountains classification. The final stage combativity prize was won by Bibby. Stage 3 resulthttps://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/21683/9835534/tour-de-yorkshire-lars-petter-nordhaug-seals-title-as-ben-hermans-wins-stage-three-in-leeds Tour de Yorkshire: Lars Petter Nordhaug seals title as Ben Hermans wins stage three Sky Sports Sky UK 3 May 2015 30 October 2021 1 Ben Hermans BEL BMC 2015 4h 27' 22" 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 + 9" 3 Julien Simon FRA COF 2015 + 9" 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 + 9" 5 Huub Duyn NED ROO 2015 + 9" 6 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 + 9" light blue General classification 7 Alex Kirsch LUX CUL 2015 + 9" 8 Thomas Sprengers BEL TSV 2015 + 9" 9 Steven Kruijswijk NED BEL 2015 + 9" 10 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 + 9"Final general classification 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 12h 47' 56" light blue General classificationgreen Points classification 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 + 11" 3 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 + 11" 4 Stéphane Rossetto FRA COF 2015 + 13" 5 Philip Deignan IRL SKY 2015 + 24" 6 Ben Hermans BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 05" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 15" 8 Erick Rowsell GBR MGT 2015 + 1' 21" 9 Huub Duyn NED ROO 2015 + 1' 27" 10 Richard Handley GBR JLT 2015 + 1' 27" Classification leadership table The race included three individual classifications and a team classification. The most important of these was the general classification. This was calculated by adding up each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Bonus seconds were awarded for top-three placings in each stage (10 seconds for the first rider, 6 seconds for the second, 4 seconds for the third) and for placings in intermediate sprints (3 seconds for the first rider, 2 seconds for the second, 1 second for the third). The rider with the lowest cumulative time after taking bonus seconds into account was the leader of the classification and was awarded a blue and yellow – colours traditionally associated with Yorkshire – jersey. The winner of the general classification was considered the winner of the race.ASO 2015 32 The second classification was the points classification. On each stage of the race, points were awarded to the top 10 riders. The winner won 15 points, with 12 for the second-placed rider, 9 for the third-placed rider, 7 for the sixth-placed rider and then one point fewer for each place down to tenth place. Points were also awarded to the top three riders at intermediate sprints, with five points for the winner of the sprint, three points for the rider in second place, and one point for the rider in third place. The rider with the most points was the leader of the classification and was awarded a green jersey.ASO 2015 32 There was also a mountains classification. Over the three stages, there were 13 categorised climbs. On each of these climbs, the first four riders to the summit were awarded points, with 5 for the first rider, 3 for the second, 2 for the third and 1 for the fourth. The rider with the most accumulated points was the leader of the classification and was awarded a dark pink jersey.ASO 2015 32 The final classification was a team classification. The team's time on each was calculated by taking the best three riders from that team and adding their times together; the team with the lowest cumulative time was the leader of the classification.ASO 2015 32 Another jersey was awarded at the end of each stage. This was a combativity prize and was to be awarded to the rider who "made the greatest effort and [...] demonstrated the best qualities in terms of sportsmanship".ASO 2015 30 A jury selected a list of riders to be eligible for the prize; the winner of the prize was then decided by a vote on Twitter. The rider was awarded a grey jersey.ASO 2015 32 Stage Winner General classificationlight blue General classification Points classificationgreen Points classification Mountains classificationpink Mountains classification Combativity prizegrey Combativity prize Team classification 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug Lars Petter Nordhaug Lars Petter NordhaugAs Nordhaug also held the overall jersey, Thomas Voeckler wore the points jersey on the second stage, and Moreno Hofland wore the jersey on the third stage. N Perrig Quéméneur Perrig QuéméneurThe Twitter vote for the combativity prize for stage 1 was won by Eddie Dunbar of NFT 2015, however he was unable to collect it as he had crashed out of the race with a broken clavicle. The prize was therefore awarded to Quéméneur, who had finished second in the vote.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hospitalised-eddie-dunbar-voted-most-aggressive-rider-in-tour-de-yorkshire-stage-one-169416 Hospitalised Eddie Dunbar voted most aggressive rider in Tour de Yorkshire stage one Cycling Weekly 1 May 2015 1 May 2015 As Quéméneur also held the mountains jersey, Tim Declercq (who came third in the vote) wore the aggressive rider jersey on the second stage. N SKY 2015 2 Moreno Hofland Mark McNally 3 Ben Hermans Nicolas Edet Ian Bibby Final Lars Petter Nordhaug Lars Petter Nordhaug Nicolas Edet Not awarded SKY 2015 Final classifications General classification Final general classification 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 12h 47' 56" light blue General classificationgreen Points classification 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 + 11" 3 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 + 11" 4 Stéphane Rossetto FRA COF 2015 + 13" 5 Philip Deignan IRL SKY 2015 + 24" 6 Ben Hermans BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 05" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 + 1' 15" 8 Erick Rowsell GBR MGT 2015 + 1' 21" 9 Huub Duyn NED ROO 2015 + 1' 27" 10 Richard Handley GBR JLT 2015 + 1' 27" Points classification Final points classification yes 1 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 21 light blue General classificationgreen Points classification 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2015 17 3 Ben Hermans BEL BMC 2015 15 4 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2015 15 5 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 14 6 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2015 13 7 Nicolas Edet FRA COF 2015 12 pink Mountains classification 8 Matteo Pelucchi ITA IAM 2015 12 9 Lawson Craddock USA GIA 2015 10 10 Ivar Slik NED ROO 2015 10 Mountains classification Final mountains classification yes 1 Nicolas Edet FRA COF 2015 26 pink Mountains classification 2 Ian Bibby GBR NFT 2015 16 3 Lawson Craddock USA GIA 2015 11 4 Perrig Quéméneur FRA EUC 2015 10 5 Mark McNally GBR MGT 2015 10 6 James McLaughlin GBR MGT 2015 9 7 Tom Stewart GBR MGT 2015 7 8 Samuel Sánchez ESP BMC 2015 6 9 Lars Petter Nordhaug NOR SKY 2015 3 light blue General classificationgreen Points classification 10 Philip Deignan IRL SKY 2015 3 Teams classification Final teams classification no 1 SKY 2015 38h 26' 03" 2 BMC 2015 + 32" 3 COF 2015 + 2' 25" 4 CUL 2015 + 11' 01" 5 EUC 2015 + 15' 28" 6 MGT 2015 + 17' 56" 7 TSV 2015 + 18' 55" 8 Great Britain + 19' 13" 9 RAL 2015 + 20' 26" 10 JLT 2015 + 20' 39" Notes N References Sources Tour de Yorkshire: Roadbook/Livre de Route Amaury Sport Organisation http://velorooms.com/roadbooks/2015/Yorkshire.pdf 2 May 2015 ASO 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150502123053/http://velorooms.com/roadbooks/2015/Yorkshire.pdf 2 May 2015 2015 dead External links http://www.letour.fr/tour-de-yorkshire/2015/us/ Tour de Yorkshire Yorkshire Category:Tour de Yorkshire