2015 UCI Oceania Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 4–8 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 534.9 km (332.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 12h 30' 55" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was the 62nd edition of the Herald Sun Tour road cycling stage race. The race was rated as 2.1 and was part of the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2015 race consisted of five stages in Victoria, starting in Melbourne on 4 February and finished at the summit finish on Arthurs Seat on 8 February.[1]
The race was won by Australian Cameron Meyer of the Orica–GreenEDGE cycling team. Meyer succeeded his teammate Simon Clarke, who won the 2014 edition of the race and finished fourth in the 2015 race. Meyer had taken over the overall lead following a victory in the first road stage of the race and was able to defend his lead through the remaining stages. The other riders to finish on the overall podium were Patrick Bevin and Joseph Cooper (both Avanti Racing Team).[2]
Meyer also won the points classification, while Cameron Bayly (Search2retain–Health.com.au) won the mountains classification and Robert Power (Jayco–AIS Australia U23) won the young rider classification. Orica–GreenEDGE won the teams classification.[1]