The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under was the 17th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 20 to 25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The overall winner was Australian rider Rohan Dennis of .
Schedule +List of stagesStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner120 January Tanunda to Campbelltown Flat stage 221 January Unley to Stirling Flat stage 322 January Norwood to Paracombe Medium-mountain stage 423 January Glenelg to Mount Barker Flat stage 524 January McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill Medium-mountain stage 625 January Adelaide Flat stage
Participating teams As the Tour Down Under is a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Australian team received a wildcard invitation and, together with a selection of Australian riders forming the squad, this formed the event's 19 team peloton.
Cadel Evans stated that it would be his last race in his professional career.
The 19 teams invited to the race are:
Stages
Stage 1 20 January 2015 – Tanunda to Campbelltown,
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 6" 4 + 10" 5 + 13" 6 + 13" 7 + 13" 8 + 13" 9 + 13" 10 + 13"
Stage 2 21 January 2015 – Unley to Stirling,
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 4" 4 + 7" 5 + 9" 6 + 13" 7 + 13" 8 + 13" 9 + 13" 10 + 13"
Stage 3 22 January 2015 – Norwood to Paracombe,
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 3" 4 + 5" 5 + 5" 6 + 5" 7 + 5" 8 + 5" 9 + 5" 10 + 13"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 9" 4 + 15" 5 + 15" 6 + 15" 7 + 15" 8 + 15" 9 + 15" 10 + 22"
Stage 4 23 January 2015 – Glenelg to Mount Barker,
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 9" 4 + 13" 5 + 15" 6 + 15" 7 + 15" 8 + 15" 9 + 15" 10 + 15"
Stage 5 24 January 2015 – McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill,
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 9" 3 + 16" 4 + 16" 5 + 16" 6 + 19" 7 + 24" 8 + 26" 9 + 28" 10 + 28"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 20" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 + 31" 7 + 38" 8 + 46" 9 + 52" 10 + 53"
Stage 6 25 January 2015 – Adelaide,
Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 20" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 + 31" 7 + 35" 8 + 52" 9 + 53" 10 + 57"
Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classificationMountains classificationSprint classificationYoung rider classificationMost competitive riderTeam classification 1 Jack Bobridge Jack Bobridge Jack Bobridge Jack Bobridge Luke Durbridge Luke Durbridge 2 Juan José Lobato Juan José Lobato Niccolò Bonifazio Thomas De Gendt 3 Rohan Dennis Rohan Dennis Rohan Dennis Cadel Evans Rohan Dennis Will Clarke 4 Steele Von Hoff Jack Bobridge Daryl Impey Cédric Pineau 5 Richie Porte Greg Henderson 6 Wouter Wippert Manuele Boaro Final Rohan Dennis Jack Bobridge Daryl Impey Rohan Dennis No final award
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