The International Road Cycling Challenge was a one-off, one-day bicycle race that served as one of six
Brazilian events in the year-long
2015 UCI America Tour
The 2015 UCI America Tour was the eleventh season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 9 January 2015 with the Vuelta al Táchira and ended on 25 December 2015 with the Vuelta a Costa Rica.
The points leader, based on the cumulative re ...
and acted as a test event for the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
. The race was rated a grade of
1.2
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale.
The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style ...
and was part of the "Aquece Rio" series of events. The race was run over most of the Olympic course. Most of the riders represented countries instead of trade teams; however, there were several, mainly Brazilian, trade teams in the race. The race was won by French cyclist
Alexis Vuillermoz.
Route
Teams and riders
Of 73 starters, only 29 riders finished.
Result
References
External links
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Cycle races in Brazil
UCI America Tour races
2015 in men's road cycling
2015 in Brazilian sport
Cycling