The 2015 SuisseGas Gran Premio di Lugano was the 69th edition of the

Gran Premio di Lugano The Gran Premio di Lugano ( en, Grand Prix of Lugano) is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe ...

road cycling race. The race took place on 1 March 2015 on a loop around the city of

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, starting and finishing on the shore of

Lake Lugano __NOTOC__ Lake Lugano ( it, Lago di Lugano or , from la, Ceresius lacus; lmo, Lagh de Lugan) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy. The lake, named after the city of Lugano, is situated ...

. The defending champion from the 2014 Gran Premio di Lugano was

Mauro Finetto Mauro Finetto (born 10 May 1985 in Tregnago, Verona), is an Italian former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022. He rode for UCI ProTour team in 2011. He sat out the 2012 season professionally, riding for KM B ...

(). While the terrain of the race was not particularly difficult, it was considered likely that the race would be fairly selective because the race came so early in the season, when riders were not in their best form. The most challenging climb was expected to be that of

Collina d'Oro Collina d'Oro ( en, Golden Hill) is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It was formed from the 2004 union of the villages of Agra, Gentilino, and Montagnola. On 1 April 2012, it incorporated the forme ...

. The race was won by

Niccolò Bonifazio Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Early career Bonifazio was born in Cuneo. Bonifazio's professional career began in 2013 when he rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam ...

() in a sprint.

Teams

14 teams were selected to take part; four were

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour ...

s, nine were Professional Continental teams and one was a

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team. With eight riders per team allowed to enter the race, the maximum number of riders was 112.

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Continental teams

Race report

The early part of the race saw a 17-man breakaway form. They built up a maximum lead of just over four minutes, before the breakaway split up after approximately .

Jérôme Coppel Jérôme Coppel (born 6 August 1986) is a French former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , , and teams. Career Born in Annemasse, Haute-Savoie, Coppel and compatriot Romain Sicard were the focus of a f ...

() and

Nico Brüngger Nico Brüngger (born 2 November 1988) is a Swiss cyclist. Major results ;2013 : 1st National Hill-Climb Championships : 7th Overall Oberösterreichrundfahrt ;2014 : 2nd Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Championship of Züri ...

() escaped from the rest of the group and built a small lead; a seven-man group formed behind them with the remainder of the breakaway swallowed up by the peloton, now led by . The chase group caught Coppel and Brüngger, and

Daniel Teklehaimanot Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion ( ti, ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን, ; born 10 November 1988) is a professional road racing cyclist from Eritrea, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . Career Teklehaima ...

() made a solo attack, but after the race was brought back together. led the pace through the final lap of the race, with

Ivan Basso Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2015 for seven different teams. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, was considered among the best mountain riders in ...

attacking on the climb. The climb, however, was shortened by roadworks and Basso was not able to build a sufficient lead. The race therefore came down to a sprint, and

() took his first win of the year.

Francesco Gavazzi Francesco Gavazzi (born 1 August 1984) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career Gavazzi was born in Morbegno. In 2012, Gavazzi participated in the Tour of Beijing and won its queen stage leadi ...

() was second with

Matteo Montaguti Matteo Montaguti (born 6 January 1984) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2019 for the , , and teams. Major results ;2003 : 3rd Points race, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ; ...

Teams

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Professional Continental teams

Continental teams

Race report

Race result

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