The 2015 Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie was the 18th and final edition of the

Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie The Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Arona (NO), Arona, Italy between 1997 and 2015. It was held primarily as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2010 the GP was split ...

one-day

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, organised by the Associazione Ciclista Arona. The race took place on 19 March 2015. For the only time in the race's history, it was rated as a 1.HC race as part of the

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; all previous editions were at the lower

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rank. The defending champion from the 2014 edition was

Simone Ponzi Simone Ponzi (born 17 January 1987, in Manerbio) is an Italian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team . He turned professional in 2009. Ponzi left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. ...

(), who also won the race in 2011. The race took place around

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in the Italian region of

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, finishing in the town of

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. A large group broke away from the peloton after . These riders stayed away for about , when the groups came back together. There were late attacks from riders including

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() and

Davide Rebellin Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He was considered one of the finest classic cycle races, classics specialists of his generation with mo ...

(), but these were controlled by the sprinters' teams. The race was won in the sprint by

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() ahead of Ponzi, with Marco Haller () in third place.

Teams

24 teams were selected to take part in the race. Eight of these were

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s; ten were

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teams; five were

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teams; and one was a national team.

Results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 2015 in Italian sport 2015 UCI Europe Tour 2015 Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie