2015 UCI Men's Road Cycling Rankings
For the 2015 season the UCI revamped the points system used to rank riders. The following table summarises the new rankings, how points are scored towards them and how points are scaled. UCI back track The new set of rankings was met with much consternation from many of the UCI WorldTour teams due to the nature of the points changes. Teams highlighted that they had signed riders and designed race programmes which were themselves designed around using the 2014 points system. As a result during the 2015 Tour Down Under The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under was the 17th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 20 to 25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The overall winner was Rohan D ... the UCI took the decision to revert to the 2014 rankings. Therefore, for the 2015 season there will be the following rankings: UCI World Tour, Africa Tour, America Tour, Asia Tour, Europe Tour and finally Oceania Tour. Wi ...
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2015 Tour Down Under
The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under was the 17th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 20 to 25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The overall winner was Rohan Dennis. Schedule Participating teams As the Tour Down Under is a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Australian team received a wildcard invitation and, together with a selection of Australian riders forming the squad, this formed the event's 19 team peloton. Cadel Evans stated that it would be his last race in his professional career. The 19 teams invited to the race are: Stages Stage 1 ;20 January 2015 – Tanunda to Campbelltown, Stage 2 ;21 January 2015 – Unley to Stirling, Stage 3 ;22 January 2015 – Norwood to Paracombe, Stage 4 ;23 January 2015 – Glenelg to Mount Barker, Stage 5 ;24 January 2015 – McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill, ...
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