The 2015 Aviva Women's Tour was the second staging of

The Women's Tour The Women's Tour is a women's cycle stage race held in England and Wales, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is organised by SweetSpot, the company behind the men's Tour of Britain. History Its origins trace back to 2010 when ...

, a women's stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 17 to 21 June 2015 and had a UCI rating of 2.1. As in 2014, the race consisted of 5 stages and ran through southern and eastern England. The defending champion,

Marianne Vos Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...

, was unable to participate due to injury. The winner of the first stage,

Lizzie Armitstead Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion. Deignan is ...

, was unable to participate further in the race after she crashed crossing the finishing line, sustaining a sprained wrist and heavy bruising.

Lisa Brennauer Lisa Brennauer (born 8 June 1988) is a German former Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2022, for six different teams. On the track, Brennauer won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Cycling at th ...

assumed the race lead after Armitstead's withdrawal, and after briefly losing the lead to

Christine Majerus Christine Majerus (born 25 February 1987) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road r ...

on stage three, her stage win on the fourth stage allowed her to reassume the race lead which she held to the end of the race.

Teams

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: : : : : : : : : : : : : Non-UCI women's teams :Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International National teams :

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Jerseys

denotes the leader of the General classification, the rider with the overall lowest cumulative time : Jersey polkadot

denotes the leader of the Mountains classification : Jersey blue

denotes the leader of the Points classification : Jersey white

denotes the leader of the Young rider classification, the rider with the lowest cumulative time who is also under 23 years. : Jersey violet

denotes the leader of the Best British rider classification, which is the British rider with the lowest cumulative time

Stages

Stage 1

;17 June 2015 —

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Aldeburgh Aldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town in the English county, county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,276 in 2019. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the int ...

Stage 2

;18 June 2015 — Braintree to

Clacton-on-Sea Clacton-on-Sea is a seaside town in the Tendring District in the county of Essex, England. It is located on the Tendring Peninsula and is the largest settlement in the Tendring District with a population of 56,874 (2016). The town is situated a ...

Stage 3

;19 June 2015 —

Oundle Oundle () is a market town on the left bank of the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 5,735 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. It is north of London and south-west of Peterborough ...

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ket ...

Stage 4

;20 June 2015 —

Waltham Cross Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham Abbey to the east, and Enfield to the south ...

Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevena ...

Stage 5

;21 June 2015 — Marlow to

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References

External links

* {{The Women's Tour

2015 in British women's sport The Women's Tour