The 2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan was a five-day cycling

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that took place in

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in May 2015, as the fourth edition of the

Tour d'Azerbaïdjan Tour d'Azerbaïdjan was a 2.1 multi-stage bicycle race of the UCI Europe Tour, which took place in Azerbaijan around May between 2012 and 2017. Each day, participants started on a new phase of the race. The race was held in 7 regions of Azerbaij ...

. It was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the

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. The race included five stages, starting in

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on 6 May and returning there for the finish on 10 May. The 2014 champion was

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(then ), but he was not present to defend his title. The race was won by

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(), who won a solo victory on the second stage of the race and went on to defend his lead to the finish. He finished the race 34 seconds ahead of Jasper Ockeloen (), with Matej Mugerli () third. Roglič's teammate

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won a stage and the points classification, while won both the team classification and the mountains classification through

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. The youth classification was won by František Sisr ().

Schedule

The race included five road stages on consecutive days.

Teams

25 teams were invited to take part in the race. Four of these were

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teams, 17 were

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teams and four were national teams. Each team could enter a maximum of six riders; the total size of the

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at the beginning of the first stage was 148 riders.

Stages

Stage 1

;6 May 2015 –

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Stage 2

;7 May 2015 – Baku to Ismayilli,

Stage 3

;8 May 2015 –

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to Qabala,

Stage 4

;9 May 2015 – Qabala to

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Stage 5

;10 May 2015 – Baku to Baku,

Classification leadership table

References

External links

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