The 2015 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali was the 30th edition of the

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

cycling

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. It started on 26 March in

Gatteo Gatteo ( rgn, Gatì) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,2 ...

and ended on 29 March in Roccapelago.(Italian
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''GS Emilia''. Retrieved 22 March 2015. The race consisted of four stages. As in the 2014 edition, the first stage was divided into two half-stages, with the second half of the first stage being a

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. The race was won by South African rider

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(), who claimed the leader's jersey with his win on the final stage. Meintjes beat

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() in the general classification by two seconds. The podium was completed by Croatian rider

Matija Kvasina Matija Kvasina (born 4 December 1981) is a Croatian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He finished 56th in the road race and 38th in the road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In 2017, Kvasina was g ...

, of . Swift won the second stage and the points classification, Slovenian rider

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of won the mountains classification and 's

Simone Petilli Simone Petilli (born 4 May 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Petilli signed a contract to join the team for the 2016 season. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2010 : 5th ...

from Italy, finished first in the young rider classification for the second year in a row. The team classification was won by .

Race overview

The 2015 race had four days of racing. The first of these was a split stage, with a road stage followed by a

the same day. The following three days each had one stage, with the final stage a hill-top finish.

Teams

The start list includes 25 teams (1

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, 10 Professional Continental Teams, 13 Continental Teams), and an

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Stages

Stage 1a

;26 March 2015 –

to Gatteo,

Stage 1b

;26 March 2015 – to Gatteo, ,

(TTT)

Stage 2

;27 March 2015 –

Cesenatico Cesenatico ( rgn, Ziznàtic) is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is located in the province of Forlì-Cesena in the region of Emilia-Romagna, about south of Ravenna. Cesenatico's port canal was surv ...

Sogliano al Rubicone Sogliano al Rubicone ( rgn, Sujén) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. Sogliano al Rubicone is renowned for the ...

Stage 3

;28 March 2015 –

Calderara di Reno Calderara di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna. The ''frazione'' of Sacerno is usually considered the place where, in 43 ...

Crevalcore Crevalcore ( Western Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, central Italy, near Bologna. On January 7, 2005 a train crash in Crevalcore killed 17 people. On May 20, 2012 an earthquake caused ...

Stage 4

;29 March 2015 – Pavullo to Roccapelago,

Classifications leadership table

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

References

External links

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