Tuesday, 28 July 2015

2015 Tour de France

The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s three Grand Tours. The 3360.3 km long race started in Utrecht, the Netherlands on July 4, 2015 and concluded with the Champs Elysees stage in Paris on 26 July. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky. The second and third places were taken by Movistar Team Riders Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde.
Froome became the first Briton to win the Tour de France twice, after his 2013 victory. He also won the mountains classification. Peter Sagan of Tinkoff Saxo won the points classification. The young rider classification was won by Quintana. Movistar Team finished as the winners of the team classification. However, Chris Froome won only one stage out of 21 but won the title with 72 seconds margin. Team Sky holds second position in Team Classification list.

Yellow jersey of General classification is won by Chris Froome. Green Jersey of Points Classification is won by Peter Sagan. White Jersey with Red Polka dots of Mountains Classification is won by Chris Froome. White Jersey of Young rider classification is won by Nairo Quintana. Team Classification jersey was awarded to Movistar Team and Combativity award was awarded to Romain Bardet.

The 2016 Tour de France will be 103rd edition of the Tour de France. It will start in French department of Manche for the first time in the history of the Tour de France. The race is also scheduled to have a stage finish in Andorra. 

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