The 2015 World Ports Classic was the fourth and final edition of the

World Ports Classic The World Ports Classic was a European two-day cycle race held between the port cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp, organized by ASO as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was held between 2012 and 2015. In all years except for 2013, the r ...

cycle

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. It was part of the

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as a

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event. As the previous editions, it consisted of two stages: the first one from

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Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

was won by 's

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, and the second one, from Antwerp to Rotterdam, by Kris Boeckmans (). Boeckmans also won the general classification, as well as the points classification.

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of team won the young rider classification, and Boeckmans' team won the teams classification.

Schedule

Teams

18 teams were selected to take place in the 2015 World Ports Classic. Four of these were UCI WorldTeams, ten were

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teams, and four were

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teams."World Ports Classic 2015 – Teams"
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Stages

Stage 1

;23 May 2015 —

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Stage 2

;24 May 2015 — Antwerp to Rotterdam,

Classification leadership table

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Young rider classification

Teams classification

References

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