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Eleventh edition of the UCI Europe Tour | |
Details | |
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Dates | 29 January 2015 | – 25 October 2015
Location | Europe |
Races | About 300+ |
Champions | |
Individual champion | Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (Cofidis) |
Teams' champion | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
Nations' champion | Belgium |
The 2015 UCI Europe Tour was the eleventh season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2015 season began on 29 January 2015 with the Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 25 October 2015 with the Tour of Aegean.
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey.[citation needed] Tom Van Asbroeck of Belgium is the defending champion of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour.
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: