The 2015 Critérium International was the 84th edition of the

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

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. It took place on the island of Corsica, around the city of

Porto-Vecchio Porto-Vecchio (, ; it, Porto Vecchio or ; co, Portivechju or ) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica. Porto-Vecchio is a medium-sized port city placed on a good harbor, the southernmost of the ma ...

. Just like the previous three editions, the race consisted of three stages, two on the first race day (including a short

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) and one on the second day. The race was won by

Jean-Christophe Péraud Jean-Christophe Péraud (born 22 May 1977) is a retired French cyclist who rode for and during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Péraud was European cross-country champ ...

of for the second year in a row, having claimed the overall lead by winning the final stage.

Thibaut Pinot Thibaut Pinot (born 29 May 1990) is a French professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Once considered one of the most promising talents in French cycling, he finished third overall in the 2014 Tour de France and first in the ...

() finished second in the general classification and won the young rider classification.

Fabio Felline Fabio Felline (born 29 March 1990) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Felline was born in Turin. In 2010, Felline took the start of his first Tour de France for . He was the youngest ...

of , who won the time trial on stage 2, was third in the general classification and won the points classification. 's rider Marco Canola claimed the mountains classification, while French team won the teams classification.

Schedule

Teams

A total of 16 teams were selected to take part in the race:

Stages

Stage 1

;28 March 2015 —

to Porto-Vecchio,

Stage 2

;28 March 2015 — Porto-Vecchio to Porto-Vecchio, ,

(ITT)

Stage 3

;29 March 2015 — Porto-Vecchio to ,

Classification leadership table

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 Criterium International

Criterium International A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...

Critérium International