The 2015 Aviva Women's Tour was the second staging of The Women's Tour, a women's stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 17 to 21 June 2015 and had a UCI rating of 2.1. As in 2014, the race consisted of 5 stages and ran through southern and eastern England. The race was won by German rider Lisa Brennauer of .
Teams UCI Women's teams
Non-UCI women's teams Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International National teams Germany United States
Route StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner117 JuneBury St Edmunds to AldeburghFlat stage218 JuneBraintree to Clacton-on-SeaFlat stage319 JuneOundle to KetteringHilly stage420 JuneWaltham Cross to StevenageHilly stage521 JuneMarlow to Hemel HempsteadHilly stageTotal
Race summary The defending champion, Marianne Vos, was unable to participate due to injury. The winner of the first stage, Lizzie Armitstead (), was unable to participate further in the race after she crashed crossing the finishing line, sustaining a sprained wrist and heavy bruising. Lisa Brennauer () assumed the race lead after Armitstead's withdrawal, and after briefly losing the lead to Christine Majerus () on stage three, her stage win on stage 4 to allowed her to reassume the race lead which she held to the end of the race. As well as winning the overall classification, Brennauer also won the points classification. Jolien D'Hoore () finished second overall, with Majerus third.
Jerseys denotes the leader of the General classification, the rider with the overall lowest cumulative time denotes the leader of the Mountains classification denotes the leader of the Points classification denotes the leader of the Young rider classification, the rider with the lowest cumulative time who is also under 23 years. denotes the leader of the Best British rider classification, which is the British rider with the lowest cumulative time
Stages
Stage 1 17 June 2015 — Bury St Edmunds to Aldeburgh,
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 + 5" 4 + 6" 5 + 6" 6 + 7" 7 + 10" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 2 18 June 2015 — Braintree to Clacton-on-Sea,
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 + 1" 3 + 6" 4 + 7" 5 + 8" 6 + 8" 7 + 8" 8 Germany (national team) + 8" 9 + 9" 10 + 11"
Stage 3 19 June 2015 — Oundle to Kettering,
Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 2" 4 + 2" 5 + 2" 6 + 2" 7 + 2" 8 + 5" 9 + 5" 10 + 5"General classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 3" 3 + 4" 4 + 9" 5 + 10" 6 + 12" 7 + 13" 8 + 19" 9 + 19" 10 + 19"
Stage 4 20 June 2015 — Waltham Cross to Stevenage,
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 + 9" 3 + 10" 4 + 11" 5 + 22" 6 + 28" 7 + 28" 8 + 28" 9 + 28" 10 + 28"
Stage 5 21 June 2015 — Marlow to Hemel Hempstead,
Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"Final general classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 7" 4 + 13" 5 + 14" 6 + 26" 7 + 29" 8 + 30" 9 + 30" 10 + 30"
See also 2015 in women's road cycling
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