The 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was the 62nd edition of the

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

road cycling stage race. The race was rated as

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and was part of the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2015 race consisted of five stages in

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, starting in

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on 4 February and finished at the summit finish on Arthurs Seat on 8 February. The race was won by Australian

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of the cycling team. Meyer succeeded his teammate Simon Clarke, who won the 2014 edition of the race and finished fourth in the 2015 race. Meyer had taken over the overall lead following a victory in the first road stage of the race and was able to defend his lead through the remaining stages. The other riders to finish on the overall podium were

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and Joseph Cooper (both ). Meyer also won the

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, while

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() won the

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and Robert Power ( Jayco–AIS Australia U23) won the young rider classification. won the teams classification.

Teams

16 teams entered the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, of which one () was a

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team and three were national teams. * * * * * * * *

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* * * Navitas Satalyst * * *

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* Jayco–AIS Australia U23

Route

Stages

Prologue

;4 February 2015 —

, ,

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(ITT)

Stage 1

;5 February 2015 —

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Stage 2

;6 February 2015 — Bendigo to

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Stage 3

;7 February 2015 —

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to Nagambie,

Stage 4

;8 February 2015 — Arthurs Seat to Arthurs Seat,

Classification leadership table

In the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, four different jerseys were awarded. For the

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, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. Additionally, there was a

, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 4 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 10 points, with 8 for second, 6 for third and 4 for fourth. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a

, the leadership of which was marked by a yellow-and-black jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white-and-blue jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time, and its team members were given a white jersey on the final podium.

References

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