The 2015 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 30th edition of the

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...

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. It started on 17 April in

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and ended on 19 April on the climb of Alto de Lubián, after three stages. The race was part of the

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, and was rated as a 2.1 event. The defending champion was David Belda (). The race was won by Pierre Rolland (), who won a solo victory on the summit finish on the final stage. The riders

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and

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were second and third.

Teams

17 teams were invited to take part in the race. One of these () was a

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; three were

UCI Professional Continental The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

teams; twelve were

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teams. The final team was a Spanish national team of track cyclists.

Schedule

Stages

Stage 1

;17 April 2015 –

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Stage 2

;18 April 2015 – Guarda (Portugal) to

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Stage 3

;19 April 2015 – Zamora to Alto de Lubián,

Classification leadership table

References

Sources

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon Vuelta a Castilla y León by year

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