2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2015 UCI Europe Tour 6–8 March 2015 365.6 km 3 8h 24' 37" Yves Lampaert yellow BEL OPQ 2015 Anton Vorobyev RUS KAT 2015 Jesse Sergent NZL TFR 2015 Yves Lampaert green BEL OPQ 2015 Yves Lampaert BEL black OPQ 2015 Tim Kerkhof red NED ROO 2015 OPQ 2015 2014 The 2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen was the 69th edition of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (en Three Days of West Flanders) cycling stage race. Rated as a 2.1 event by the UCI as part of the UCI Europe Tour, the race took place from 6 to 8 March 2015.Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2015 ProCyclingStats 4 March 2015 The defending champion was Gert Jõeäär (COF 2015), who won the 2014 race, which used a very similar course, after victory in the opening time trial. http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2014-result Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2014 - General classification 4 March 2015 ProCyclingStats He was succeeded in 2015 by Yves Lampaert (OPQ 2015), who came fourth in the prologue, won the first road stage of the race from a breakaway and defended his race lead in the final stage. As well as winning the overall classification, he won the points, youth and West Flanders classifications, while his team won the teams classification. Teams 24 teams were selected to take part in the race. Eight of these were UCI WorldTeams; 11 were UCI Professional Continental teams; five were UCI Continental teams.Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2015-startlist ProCyclingStats 4 March 2015 WorldTeams ALM BMC OPQ FDJ LTB KAT BEL TFR 2015 Professional Continental teams TNE CJR COF CUL MTN VFN EUC ROO TSV UHC WGG 2015 Continental teams SKT RLM VGS VER VWT 2015 Route The 2015 race included three stages. The first of these was a 7 km on prologue individual time trial, which was followed by two road stages. The first road stage was mostly flat, except for the climb of the Oude Kwaremont midway through. The second similarly included three hills (the Rodeberg, the Kemmelberg and the Monteberg) in the middle part of the race, with a finale that again included some small climbs. Stages Prologue 6 March 2015 — Middelkerke to Middelkerke, 7 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT) thumb|right|Route of the prologue The first stage of the race was a 7 km off on prologue individual time trial in Middelkerke. The course was an out-and-back route along the northern Belgian coast; it took place in sunny conditions with some gusts of wind.Vorobyev en jaune, Drucker 7e http://www.wort.lu/fr/sport/cyclisme-3-jours-de-flandre-occidentale-vorobyev-en-jaune-drucker-7e-54f9d6150c88b46a8ce54dbe wort.lu 6 March 2015 French 6 March 2015Vorobyev wint proloog Driedaagse West-Vlaanderen http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/39727/vorobyev-wint-proloog-driedaagse-west-vlaanderen.html wielerflits.nl 6 March 2015 Dutch 6 March 2015Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2015 - Prologue http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2015_Prologue_Middelkerke-profiles ProCyclingStats 6 March 2015 The time trial was won by Anton Vorobyev (KAT 2015), the first professional win of his career.Anton Vorobyev http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=138847&c=3&statistic=pro_wins ProCyclingStats 6 March 2015 He was the only rider to complete the course in under eight minutes. Jesse Sergent (TFR 2015) finished second, with Jan Bárta (TNE 2015) third.Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2015 - Prologue http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2015_Prologue_Middelkerke-result ProCyclingStats 6 March 2015 Prologue result and General classification after prologuehttps://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen-2015-1/prologue/results/ Vorobyev wins prologue in Middelkerke Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 6 March 2015 14 April 2021 1 Anton Vorobyev RUS KAT 2015 7' 57" yellow General classificationgreen Points classificationblack Youth classification 2 Jesse Sergent NZL TFR 2015 + 4" 3 Jan Bárta CZE TNE 2015 + 5" 4 Yves Lampaert BEL OPQ 2015 + 8" white 5 Martijn Keizer NED BEL 2015 + 9" 6 Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2015 + 11" 7 Jempy Drucker LUX BMC 2015 + 11" 8 Danilo Wyss SUI BMC 2015 + 12" 9 Christophe Laporte FRA COF 2015 + 12" 10 Łukasz Wiśniowski POL OPQ 2015 + 13" Stage 1 7 March 2015 — Bruges to Harelbeke, 174.1 km 1 on thumb|Yves Lampaert, winner of stage 1, wearing the white jersey of the best rider from West Flanders The first road stage of the race was a 174.1 km off on route from Bruges to Harelbeke. The principal difficulties came in the middle part of the stage, with the Oude Kwaremont the most significant climb.Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2015 - Stage 1 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2015_Stage_1_Harelbeke-profiles ProCyclingStats 8 March 2015 An early breakaway was formed of four riders: Tim Kerkhof (ROO 2015), Gijs Van Hoecke (TSV 2015), Alistair Slater (SKT 2015) and Gorik Gardeyn (VER 2015). They were not allowed a significant advantage by the peloton and were caught after 110 km 0 off of racing.Yves Lampaert slaat dubbelslag in West-Vlaanderen, Danny van Poppel zesde http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/43049/yves-lampaert-zegeviert-in-west-vlaanderen.html Wielerflits 8 March 2015 Dutch The main break of the day was then formed with 57 km 0 off remaining by five riders: Yves Lampaert (OPQ 2015), Tosh Van der Sande (LTB 2015), Alexis Gougeard (ALM 2015), Sander Cordeel (VGS 2015) and Mirko Selvaggi (WGG 2015). This break, which included several riders threatening to Vorobyev's lead, was chased by KAT 2015. The peloton was never quite able to make contact with the breakaway, which was reanimated by a sprint for an intermediate sprint. Cordeel attacked in the final kilometre, but was unable to create a gap. Lampaert followed Van der Sande's wheel and was able to pass him in the final metres to take the stage win. The peloton finished four seconds later.Yves Lampaert wins stage, takes lead in Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/yves-lampaert-wins-stage-takes-lead-driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen_362320 Velonews 8 March 2015 7 March 2015 9 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150309020216/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/yves-lampaert-wins-stage-takes-lead-driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen_362320 dead Thanks to the lead over the peloton and the bonus seconds for the stage win, Lampaert took over the overall lead of the race from Vorobyev, as well as the lead of the points and young riders classification. Stage 1 resulthttps://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen-2015-1/stage-1/results/ Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen: Lampaert wins stage 2 and moves into race lead Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 7 March 2015 14 April 2021 1 Yves Lampaert BEL OPQ 2015 3h 54' 52" white 2 Tosh Van der Sande BEL LTB 2015 + 0" 3 Sander Cordeel BEL VGS 2015 + 0" 4 Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2015 + 0" 5 Mirko Selvaggi ITA WGG 2015 + 0" 6 Danny van Poppel NED TFR 2015 + 4" 7 Gianni Meersman BEL OPQ 2015 + 4" 8 Roy Jans BEL WGG 2015 + 4" 9 Rudy Barbier FRA RLM 2015 + 4" 10 Wesley Kreder NED ROO 2015 + 4"General classification after stage 1 1 Yves Lampaert BEL OPQ 2015 4h 02' 45" yellow General classificationgreen Points classificationblack Youth classificationwhite 2 Anton Vorobyev RUS KAT 2015 + 8" 3 Jesse Sergent NZL TFR 2015 + 12" 4 Jan Bárta CZE TNE 2015 + 13" 5 Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2015 + 14" 6 Martijn Keizer NED BEL 2015 + 17" 7 Jempy Drucker LUX BMC 2015 + 19" 8 Christophe Laporte FRA COF 2015 + 20" 9 Łukasz Wiśniowski POL OPQ 2015 + 21" 10 Hugo Houle CAN ALM 2015 + 21" Stage 2 8 March 2015 — Nieuwpoort to Ichtegem, 184.5 km 1 on The final stage of the race was a 184.5 km 0 off on route between Nieuwpoort and Ichtegem. The middle part of the race included some difficult climbs, including the Rodeberg, Kemmelberg and Monteberg. The race then finished with three laps of a circuit in Ichtegem that contained two moderate climbs.Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2015 - Stage 2 http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Driedaagse_van_West_Vlaanderen_2015_Stage_2_Ichtegem-profiles ProCyclingStats 9 March 2015 An early break was formed by Tim Kerkhof (ROO 2015), Louis Verhelst (COF 2015), Riccardo Stacchiotti (VFN 2015), Jimmy Engoulvent (EUC 2015), Jelle Wallays (TSV 2015), Edwig Cammaerts (VER 2015) and Stef Van Zummeren (VWT 2015). They gained a four-minute lead over the peloton. There were then attacks from the peloton, with seventeen more riders joining the front group. These included Lampaert, the race leader, and three teammates. In the final circuits of the race, however, these riders were brought to the main peloton and the stage ended in a bunch sprint. This was won by Danny van Poppel, led out by his brother Boy van Poppel. Lampaert finished in eleventh place on the stage, securing his victory in the race and also taking the youth and points classifications.Yves Lampaert cleans up at 2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/yves-lampaert-cleans-2015-driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen_362371 Velonews 9 March 2015 8 March 2015 10 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150310054652/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/yves-lampaert-cleans-2015-driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen_362371 deadDanny van Poppel wint slotrit in West-Vlaanderen, Lampaert eindwinnaar http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/46884/danny-van-poppel-wint-slotrit-in-west-vlaanderen-lampaert-eindwinnaar.html wielerflits.nl 9 March 2015 Dutch 8 March 2015 Stage 2 resulthttps://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-van-west-vlaanderen-2015-1/stage-2/results/ Van Poppel wins final stage of Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 8 March 2015 14 April 2021 1 Danny van Poppel NED TFR 2015 4h 21' 52" 2 Kris Boeckmans BEL LTB 2015 + 0" 3 Michael Van Staeyen BEL COF 2015 + 0" 4 Jempy Drucker LUX BMC 2015 + 0" 5 Gianni Meersman BEL OPQ 2015 + 0" 6 Rick Zabel GER BMC 2015 + 0" 7 Roy Jans BEL WGG 2015 + 0" 8 Maxime Daniel FRA ALM 2015 + 0" 9 Sean De Bie BEL LTB 2015 + 0" 10 Baptiste Planckaert BEL RLM 2015 + 0"Final general classification 1 Yves Lampaert BEL OPQ 2015 8h 24' 37" yellow General classificationgreen Points classificationblack Youth classificationwhite 2 Anton Vorobyev RUS KAT 2015 + 8" 3 Jesse Sergent NZL TFR 2015 + 12" 4 Jan Bárta CZE TNE 2015 + 12" 5 Alexis Gougeard FRA ALM 2015 + 14" 6 Danny van Poppel NED TFR 2015 + 16" 7 Jempy Drucker LUX BMC 2015 + 17" 8 Martijn Keizer NED BEL 2015 + 17" 9 Christophe Laporte FRA COF 2015 + 20" 10 Łukasz Wiśniowski POL OPQ 2015 + 21" Classification leadership table There were four major rankings awarded in the 2015 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. A yellow jersey was awarded to the general classification leader (time bonuses were awarded on the road stages at the stage finish and on intermediate sprints); a green jersey was awarded to the points classification leader (points were won at stage finishes and intermediate sprints); a red jersey was awarded to the sprints classification leader (points won at intermediate sprints only); and a black jersey was awarded to the best young rider in the general classification. A white jersey was also awarded to the best local rider after each stage, but this was not worn during racing.http://www.3dwvl.be/documents/3dwvl_technical_guide_2015.pdf 3 daagse West-Vlaanderen 4 March 2015 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20150402230240/http://www.3dwvl.be/documents/3dwvl_technical_guide_2015.pdf 2 April 2015 dead dmy-all Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Sprints classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=West Flanders classification25px|link=|alt=Teams classification P Anton Vorobyev Anton Vorobyev Anton Vorobyev Not awardedJersey awarded to Anton Vorobyev on the podium, but no points were on offer during the prologue. Anton Vorobyev Yves Lampaert DQT 2015 1 Yves Lampaert Yves Lampaert Yves Lampaert Gorik Gardeyn Yves Lampaert 2 Danny van Poppel Tim Kerkhof Final Yves Lampaert Yves Lampaert Tim Kerkhof Yves Lampaert Yves Lampaert DQT 2015 Notes References External links http://www.3dwvl.be/ Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Category:Dwars door West-Vlaanderen