| 2015 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 28[1][2] | |||||||||||||
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.JPG) Alexander Kristoff became the first Norwegian winner | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 5 April 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 264.9 km (164.6 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 26' 32" | ||||||||||||
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The 2015 Tour of Flanders (Dutch: 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen) was the 99th edition of the Tour of Flanders one-day cycling race. It took place on 5 April and was the eighth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race was one of the cobbled classics and was the second of the cycling monuments on the 2015 calendar. The 2014 champion was Fabian Cancellara; he was not able to defend his title after breaking two vertebrae in a crash at E3 Harelbeke.
The race was initially dominated by a breakaway group of up to seven riders before the favourites in the chasing group started to attack on the climb of the Taaienberg, 36 kilometres (22 miles) from the finish. Eventually, Alexander Kristoff and Niki Terpstra broke free and contested the victory in a two-man sprint, won by Kristoff, who became the first Norwegian to win the race. Greg Van Avermaet finished third.
- ^ "UCI confirm WorldTour Calendar 2015". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ "2015 UCI Calendar". UCI. Retrieved 4 January 2015.