The 2015

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began in Australia with the

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event (both men and women) on 8 January, as is tradition.

Jerseys

The winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the

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and the

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, or unless they are wearing a category leader's jersey in a stage race. Most national champion jerseys tend to represent a country's flag or use the colours from it. Jerseys may also feature traditional sporting colours of a country that are not derived from a national flag, such as the

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on the jerseys of

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n national champions.

2015 champions

Men's Elite

Champions in UCI WorldTeams

Women's Elite

Notes

References

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