The 2015 Tour de Luxembourg was the 75th edition of the

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...

cycle stage race. It was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour as a 2.HC event, and was won by Germany's

Linus Gerdemann Linus Gerdemann (born 16 September 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who won a stage in the 2007 Tour de France and led the general classification for two days, wearing the yellow jersey. After failing to find a contract ...

, riding for the team.

Schedule

The race was held over five stages, including a

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on the opening day.

Teams

15 teams were selected to take place in the 2015 Tour de Luxembourg. Two of these were

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s, ten were

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teams and three were

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teams.

Stages

Prologue

;3 June 2015 –

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, ,

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(ITT)

Stage 1

;4 June 2015 – Luxembourg City to

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Stage 2

;5 June 2015 – Ell to

Walferdange Walferdange ( lb, Walfer ; german: Walferdingen) is a commune and small town in central Luxembourg. Geography The commune of Walferdange is located north of Luxembourg City in the valley of the Alzette. It is part of the canton Luxembourg. The ...

Stage 3

;6 June 2015 –

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to Diekirch,

Stage 4

;7 June 2015 –

Mersch Mersch ( ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, capital of the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alzette, Mamer and Eisch. , the town of Mersch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population o ...

Schedule

Teams

Stages

Prologue

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Classification leadership

Final standings

General classification

Young rider classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Teams classification

References

External links