2015 Tour of Alberta

2015 Tour of Alberta

2015 UCI America Tour
2015 Tour of Alberta 2015 Tour of Alberta
Race details
Dates	2 September 2015 (2015-09-02)–7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)
Stages	6
Distance	862.4 km (535.9 mi)
Winning time	20h 20' 28"
Results
File:Jersey yellow.svg Winner Bauke Mollema (NED) (Trek Factory Racing)   Second Adam Yates (GBR) (Orica–GreenEDGE)   Third Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) (Cannondale–Garmin) File:Jersey green.svg Points Michael Matthews (AUS) (Orica–GreenEDGE) File:Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains Ben Perry (CAN) (Silber Pro Cycling Team) File:Jersey white.svg Youth Adam Yates (GBR) (Orica–GreenEDGE) File:Jersey yellow number.svg Team Cannondale–Garmin

The 2015 Tour of Alberta was the third edition of the Tour of Alberta stage race. The event was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.1. As such, the race was only open to teams on the UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between September 2–7, 2015, as a six-day, six-stage race, traversing the province of Alberta. The race commences in Grande Prairie and finished in Edmonton. It was won by Bauke Mollema of Trek Factory Racing.

Participating teams

The 15 teams invited to the race are:

UCI ProTeams Orica–GreenEDGE Cannondale–Garmin Team Giant–Alpecin Team Katusha Trek Factory Racing

UCI Professional Continental Teams Drapac Professional Cycling Bora–Argon 18

UCI Continental Teams Axeon Cycling Team H&R Block Pro Cycling Hincapie Racing Team Jelly Belly–Maxxis Lupus Racing Team Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies Silber Pro Cycling Team Team SmartStop

Stages

Stage results

Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner	Ref
1	September 2	Grande Prairie to Grande Prairie	File:Time Trial.svg Team time trial	19.6 km (12.2 mi)	Trek Factory Racing
2	September 3	Grande Prairie to Grande Prairie	File:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage	171.6 km (106.6 mi)	Michael Matthews (AUS)
3	September 4	Grande Cache to Miette Hot Springs	File:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage	181.8 km (113.0 mi)	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)
4	September 5	Jasper to Marmot Basin	File:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage	162.1 km (100.7 mi)	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)
5	September 6	Edson to Spruce Grove	File:Plainstage.svg Flat stage	206.2 km (128.1 mi)	Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN)
6	September 7	Edmonton to Edmonton	File:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage	124.1 km (77.1 mi)	Nikias Arndt (GER)
	Total		862.4 km (536 mi)

Stage 1

September 2, 2015 — Grande Prairie to Grande Prairie, 19.6 kilometres (12.2 mi)

Stage 1 Result Rank Team Time 1 Trek Factory Racing File:Jersey yellow number.svg 22' 57" 2 Orica–GreenEDGE + 0" 3 Team Katusha + 8" 4 Bora–Argon 18 + 23" 5 Team Giant–Alpecin + 25" 6 Hincapie Racing Team + 26 7 Cannondale–Garmin + 30" 8 Drapac Professional Cycling + 40" 9 Silber Pro Cycling Team + 41" 10 Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies + 44"

General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Bauke Mollema (NED) Yellow jersey File:Jersey yellow number.svg Trek Factory Racing 22' 57" 2 Jesse Sergent (NZL) File:Jersey yellow number.svg Trek Factory Racing s.t. 3 Hayden Roulston (NZL) File:Jersey yellow number.svg Trek Factory Racing s.t. 4 Marco Coledan (ITA) File:Jersey yellow number.svg Trek Factory Racing s.t. 5 Matthew Busche (USA) File:Jersey yellow number.svg Trek Factory Racing s.t. 6 Christian Meier (CAN) Orica–GreenEDGE s.t. 7 Svein Tuft (CAN) Orica–GreenEDGE s.t. 8 Michael Matthews (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE s.t. 9 Adam Yates (GBR) Orica–GreenEDGE s.t. 10 Luke Durbridge (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE s.t.

Stage 6

File:MollemaEggenTOA2015.jpg

Mollema (right) with Alberta Culture Minister David Eggen following his win of the 2015 Tour of Alberta.

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification Yellow jersey	Sprints classification Green jersey	Mountains classification Polka dot jersey	Young rider classification White jersey	Canadian rider classification Red jersey	Most Aggressive Blue jersey	Team classification Yellow number
1	Trek Factory Racing	Bauke Mollema	Not awarded	Not awarded	Adam Yates	Svein Tuft	Not awarded	Trek Factory Racing
2	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Ben Perry		Christian Meier	Thomas Vaubourzeix	Orica–GreenEDGE
3	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Bauke Mollema	Tom-Jelte Slagter			Ryder Hesjedal	Jasper Bovenhuis	Cannondale–Garmin
4	Tom-Jelte Slagter					Mike Woods	Logan Owen	Hincapie Racing
5	Lasse Norman Hansen						Lasse Norman Hansen	Cannondale–Garmin
6	Nikias Arndt		Michael Matthews				Cesare Benedetti
Final		Bauke Mollema	Michael Matthews	Ben Perry	Adam Yates	Mike Woods	Not awarded	Cannondale-Garmin

External links

• Official website