# 2015 Tour of Britain

The 2015 Aviva Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the twelfth running of the 2004 incarnation of the Tour of Britain and the 76th British tour in total. The race started on 6 September in Beaumaris and finished on 13 September in London. The race was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.

## Teams

The twenty teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain are:
| UCI ProTeams BMC Racing Team Cannondale–Garmin Etixx–Quick-Step IAM Cycling LottoNL–Jumbo Lotto–Soudal Movistar Team Team Sky Tinkoff–Saxo | UCI Professional Continental Teams Cult Energy Pro Cycling MTN–Qhubeka Team Novo Nordisk | UCI Continental Teams An Post–Chain Reaction JLT–Condor Madison Genesis NFTO ONE Pro Cycling Team Raleigh WIGGINS | National Teams Great Britain |

## Stages

List of stages :
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 6 September | Beaumaris – Wrexham | 177 km (110 mi) | Hilly stage | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
| 2 | 7 September | Clitheroe – Colne | 162 km (101 mi) | Hilly stage | Petr Vakoč (CZE) |
| 3 | 8 September | Cockermouth – Floors Castle | 216 km (134 mi) | Flat stage | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
| 4 | 9 September | Edinburgh – Blyth | 218 km (135 mi) | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) |
| 5 | 10 September | Prudhoe – Hartside Fell, Cumbria | 171 km (106 mi) | Medium-mountain stage | Wout Poels (NED) |
| 6 | 11 September | Stoke-on-Trent – Nottingham | 189 km (117 mi) | Hilly stage | Matteo Trentin (ITA) |
| 7 | 12 September | Fakenham – Ipswich | 225 km (140 mi) | Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) |
| 8 | 13 September | London | 93 km (58 mi) | Flat stage | Elia Viviani (ITA) |

### Stage 1

6 September 2015 — Beaumaris to Wrexham, 177 kilometres (110 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | 4h 26' 29" |
| 2 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Etixx–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 3 | André Greipel (GER) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 4 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | s.t. |
| 5 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Pim Ligthart (NED) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 7 | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Etixx–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 8 | Tyler Farrar (USA) | MTN–Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 9 | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Cannondale–Garmin | s.t. |
| 10 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | 4h 26' 19" |
| 2 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 4" |
| 3 | André Greipel (GER) | Lotto–Soudal | + 6" |
| 4 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 10" |
| 5 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 10" |
| 6 | Pim Ligthart (NED) | Lotto–Soudal | + 10" |
| 7 | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 10" |
| 8 | Tyler Farrar (USA) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 10" |
| 9 | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 10" |
| 10 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | + 10" |

### Stage 2

7 September 2015 — Clitheroe to Colne, 162 kilometres (101 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Petr Vakoč (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 4h 02' 22" |
| 2 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 7" |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 9" |
| 4 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 9" |
| 5 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 9" |
| 6 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 9" |
| 7 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 9" |
| 8 | Dylan Teuns (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 9" |
| 9 | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 9" |
| 10 | Javier Mejías (ESP) | Team Novo Nordisk | + 9" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Petr Vakoč (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 8h 28' 41" |
| 2 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 11" |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 15" |
| 4 | Floris Gerts (NED) | BMC Racing Team | + 17" |
| 5 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 18" |
| 6 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 18" |
| 7 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 19" |
| 8 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | + 19" |
| 9 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 19" |
| 10 | Serge Pauwels (BEL) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 25" |

### Stage 3

8 September 2015 — Cockermouth to Floors Castle, 216 kilometres (134 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | 5h 08' 18" |
| 2 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 5 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | s.t. |
| 7 | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Cannondale–Garmin | s.t. |
| 8 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | s.t. |
| 9 | Alex Peters (GBR) | Great Britain | s.t. |
| 10 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | 13h 37' 04" |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 10" |
| 3 | Floris Gerts (NED) | BMC Racing Team | + 12" |
| 4 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 5 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 13" |
| 6 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 14" |
| 7 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | + 14" |
| 8 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 14" |
| 9 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 18" |
| 10 | Serge Pauwels (BEL) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 20" |

### Stage 4

9 September 2015 — Edinburgh to Blyth, 135 kilometres (84 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 5h 13' 08" |
| 2 | André Greipel (GER) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 4 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | s.t. |
| 5 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | Jonas Vangenechten (BEL) | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 7 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 8 | Gerald Ciolek (GER) | MTN–Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 9 | Floris Gerts (NED) | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | 18h 50' 12" |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 6" |
| 3 | Floris Gerts (NED) | BMC Racing Team | + 12" |
| 4 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 5 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 13" |
| 6 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 14" |
| 7 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | + 14" |
| 8 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 14" |
| 9 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 18" |
| 10 | Serge Pauwels (BEL) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 20" |

### Stage 5

10 September 2015 — Prudhoe to Hartside Fell, Cumbria, 171 kilometres (106 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | 4h 12' 22" |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 2" |
| 3 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 17" |
| 4 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 18" |
| 5 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 18" |
| 6 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 18" |
| 7 | Xandro Meurisse (BEL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | + 18" |
| 8 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 18" |
| 9 | Rubén Fernández (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 18" |
| 10 | Dylan Teuns (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 18" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | 23h 02' 36" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 1" |
| 3 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 30" |
| 4 | Beñat Intxausti (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 33" |
| 5 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 37" |
| 6 | Dylan Teuns (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 38" |
| 7 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 38" |
| 8 | Rubén Fernández (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 38" |
| 9 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 38" |
| 10 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 38" |

### Stage 6

11 September 2015 — Stoke-on-Trent to Nottingham, 189 kilometres (117 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 4h 45' 27" |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 3 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 4" |
| 4 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 4" |
| 5 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 4" |
| 6 | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 4" |
| 7 | Alex Peters (GBR) | Great Britain | + 4" |
| 8 | Dylan Teuns (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 4" |
| 9 | Xandro Meurisse (BEL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | + 4" |
| 10 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 4" |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | 27h 47' 54" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 3 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 43" |
| 4 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 44" |
| 5 | Dylan Teuns (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 51" |
| 6 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 51" |
| 7 | Rubén Fernández (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 51" |
| 8 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 51" |
| 9 | Xandro Meurisse (BEL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | + 51" |
| 10 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 51" |

### Stage 7

12 September 2015 — Fakenham to Ipswich, 227 kilometres (141 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | André Greipel (GER) | Lotto–Soudal | 5h 14' 42" |
| 2 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | s.t. |
| 3 | Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 4 | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Etixx–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 6 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | s.t. |
| 7 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 8 | Jonas Vangenechten (BEL) | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 9 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | s.t. |
| 10 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | 33h 02' 36" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 3 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 43" |
| 4 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 44" |
| 5 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 51" |
| 6 | Rubén Fernández (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 51" |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 51" |
| 8 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 59" |
| 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 59" |
| 10 | Xandro Meurisse (BEL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | + 1' 02" |

### Stage 8

13 September 2015 — London, 93 kilometres (58 mi)
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | 1h 50' 16" |
| 2 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | s.t. |
| 5 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | Sondre Holst Enger (NOR) | IAM Cycling | s.t. |
| 7 | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Etixx–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 8 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | s.t. |
| 9 | Ruben Zepuntke (GER) | Cannondale–Garmin | s.t. |
| 10 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | s.t. |
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | 34h 52' 52" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 3 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 42" |
| 4 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 43" |
| 5 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 51" |
| 6 | Rubén Fernández (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 51" |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 51" |
| 8 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 53" |
| 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 59" |
| 10 | Xandro Meurisse (BEL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | + 1' 02" |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Sprint Classification | Mountains Classification | Points Classification | Team Classification |
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Elia Viviani | Conor Dunne | Kristian House | Elia Viviani | Team Sky |
| 2 | Petr Vakoč | Petr Vakoč | Peter Williams | Tom Stewart | Juan José Lobato | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 3 | Elia Viviani | Juan José Lobato | Peter Williams | Tom Stewart | Juan José Lobato | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 4 | Fernando Gaviria | Juan José Lobato | Peter Williams | Tom Stewart | Owain Doull | Etixx–Quick-Step |
| 5 | Wout Poels | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Peter Williams | Peter Williams | Owain Doull | Movistar Team |
| 6 | Matteo Trentin | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Peter Williams | Peter Williams | Owain Doull | Cannondale–Garmin |
| 7 | André Greipel | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Peter Williams | Peter Williams | Owain Doull | Cannondale–Garmin |
| 8 | Elia Viviani | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Peter Williams | Peter Williams | Owain Doull | Cannondale–Garmin |
| Final | Final | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Peter Williams | Peter Williams | Owain Doull | Cannondale–Garmin |

## Standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the General classification | Denotes the leader of the Points classification |
| Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification | Denotes the leader of the Sprints classification |

### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | 34h 52' 52" |
| 2 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | + 13" |
| 3 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | + 42" |
| 4 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 43" |
| 5 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 51" |
| 6 | Rubén Fernández (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 51" |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 51" |
| 8 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | + 53" |
| 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 59" |
| 10 | Xandro Meurisse (BEL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | + 1' 02" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Owain Doull (GBR) | WIGGINS | 78 |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | MTN–Qhubeka | 77 |
| 3 | Jens Debusschere (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 59 |
| 4 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Team Sky | 53 |
| 5 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 52 |
| 6 | Juan José Lobato (ESP) | Movistar Team | 43 |
| 7 | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 40 |
| 8 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 32 |
| 9 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | 31 |
| 10 | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Cannondale–Garmin | 31 |

### Mountains classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Peter Williams (GBR) | ONE Pro Cycling | 36 |
| 2 | Tom Stewart (GBR) | Madison Genesis | 34 |
| 3 | Mark McNally (GBR) | Madison Genesis | 29 |
| 4 | Ian Bibby (GBR) | NFTO | 28 |
| 5 | Conor Dunne (IRL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | 26 |
| 6 | Wout Poels (NED) | Team Sky | 21 |
| 7 | Kristian House (GBR) | JLT–Condor | 20 |
| 8 | Tyler Farrar (USA) | MTN–Qhubeka | 18 |
| 9 | Danilo Wyss (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | 15 |
| 10 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | 14 |

### Sprints classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Peter Williams (GBR) | ONE Pro Cycling | 18 |
| 2 | Conor Dunne (IRL) | An Post–Chain Reaction | 11 |
| 3 | Danilo Wyss (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | 10 |
| 4 | Pim Ligthart (NED) | Lotto–Soudal | 8 |
| 5 | Alex Dowsett (GBR) | Movistar Team | 8 |
| 6 | Dylan van Baarle (NED) | Cannondale–Garmin | 7 |
| 7 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | JLT–Condor | 7 |
| 8 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Etixx–Quick-Step | 6 |
| 9 | Russell Downing (GBR) | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 6 |
| 10 | Marcin Białobłocki (POL) | ONE Pro Cycling | 4 |

### Team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Cannondale–Garmin | 104h 42' 38" |
| 2 | Team Sky | + 5' 35" |
| 3 | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 5' 35" |
| 4 | Movistar Team | + 44' 37" |
| 5 | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 47' 35" |
| 6 | IAM Cycling | + 52' 46" |
| 7 | Great Britain | + 55' 01" |
| 8 | Etixx–Quick-Step | + 1h 01' 51" |
| 9 | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | + 1h 09' 40" |
| 10 | Lotto–Soudal | + 1h 43' 55" |