Vuelta a Espana 2015

The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in the 2015 UCI World Tour. The 3,358.1-kilometre (2,086.6 mi) race included 21 stages, beginning in Marbella on 22 August 2015 and finishing in Madrid on 13 September. It was won by Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team), with Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) second and Rafał Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo) third.

The early leaders of the race were Esteban Chaves (Orica–GreenEDGE) and Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant–Alpecin), who exchanged the leader’s red jersey several times during the first ten days of racing, with both riders winning summit finishes in the first week. Aru took over the race lead following the mountainous Stage 11, which took place entirely within Andorra. He kept his lead for five stages as the race entered the mountains of northern Spain, but lost it to Rodríguez on Stage 16. Dumoulin took the lead back on Stage 17 – the race’s only individual time trial – with Aru three seconds behind in second place. Aru attacked throughout the final stages and, on the penultimate day, finally dropped Dumoulin, who fell to sixth place overall. Aru therefore took the first Grand Tour victory of his career.

The points classification was decided during the final stage and was won by Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), while Rodriguez won the combination classification. The mountains classification was won by Omar Fraile (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA). Dumoulin won the combativity award, while Movistar won the team prize.

2015 Vuelta a España

2015 UCI World Tour, race 22 of 28
Map of the 2015 Vuelta a España route, from Marbella to Madrid. (stage courses in red)
Race details
Dates	22 August – 13 September
Stages	21
Distance	3,358.1 km (2,087 mi)
Winning time	85h 36′ 13″
Results
Winner  Fabio Aru (ITA) (Astana) Second  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) Third  Rafał Majka (POL) (Tinkoff–Saxo) Points  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team) Mountains  Omar Fraile (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) Combination  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) Combativity  Tom Dumoulin (NED) (Team Giant–Alpecin) Team Movistar Team
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Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	22 August	Puerto Banús to Marbella	7.4 km (4.6 mi)		Team time trial	BMC Racing Team
2	23 August	Alhaurín de la Torre to Caminito del Rey	158.7 km (98.6 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Esteban Chaves (COL)
3	24 August	Mijas to Málaga	158.4 km (98.4 mi)		Flat stage	Peter Sagan (SVK)
4	25 August	Estepona to Vejer de la Frontera	209.6 km (130.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
5	26 August	Rota to Alcalá de Guadaíra	167.3 km (104.0 mi)		Flat stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
6	27 August	Córdoba to Sierra de Cazorla	200.3 km (124.5 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Esteban Chaves (COL)
7	28 August	Jódar to La Alpujarra	191.1 km (118.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED)
8	29 August	Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia	182.5 km (113.4 mi)		Flat stage	Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
9	30 August	Torrevieja to Cumbre del Sol, Benitachell	168.3 km (104.6 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Tom Dumoulin (NED)
10	31 August	Valencia to Castellón de la Plana	146.6 km (91.1 mi)		Flat stage	Kristian Sbaragli (ITA)
	1 September	Andorra la Vella			Rest day
11	2 September	Andorra la Vella to Cortals d’Encamp	138 km (86 mi)		Mountain stage	Mikel Landa (ESP)
12	3 September	Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra to Lleida	173 km (107 mi)		Flat stage	Danny van Poppel (NED)
13	4 September	Calatayud to Tarazona	178 km (111 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Nelson Oliveira (POR)
14	5 September	Vitoria-Gasteiz to Alto Campoo, Fuente del Chivo	215 km (134 mi)		Mountain stage	Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)
15	6 September	Comillas to Sotres, Cabrales	175.8 km (109.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
16	7 September	Luarca to Ermita del Alba, Quirós	185 km (115 mi)		Mountain stage	Fränk Schleck (LUX)
	8 September	Burgos			Rest day
17	9 September	Burgos	38.7 km (24.0 mi)		Individual time trial	Tom Dumoulin (NED)
18	10 September	Roa de Duero to Riaza	204 km (127 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Nicolas Roche (IRL)
19	11 September	Medina del Campo to Ávila	185.8 km (115.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)
20	12 September	San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla	175.8 km (109.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Rubén Plaza (ESP)
21	13 September	Alcalá de Henares to Madrid	98.8 km (61.4 mi)		Flat stage	John Degenkolb (GER)
	Total		3,358.1 km (2,087 mi)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combination classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	BMC Racing Team	Peter Velits	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	BMC Racing Team	Cameron Meyer
2	Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves	Team Sky	José Gonçalves
3	Peter Sagan			Omar Fraile			Omar Fraile
4	Alejandro Valverde		Peter Sagan				Brayan Ramírez
5	Caleb Ewan	Tom Dumoulin					Iljo Keisse
6	Esteban Chaves	Esteban Chaves					Miguel Ángel Rubiano
7	Bert-Jan Lindeman		Esteban Chaves				Amets Txurruka
8	Jasper Stuyven						Ángel Madrazo
9	Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin			Tom Dumoulin		Omar Fraile
10	Kristian Sbaragli						Carlos Verona
11	Mikel Landa	Fabio Aru					Mikel Landa
12	Danny van Poppel						Maxime Bouet
13	Nelson Oliveira						Paweł Poljański
14	Alessandro De Marchi						Carlos Quintero
15	Joaquim Rodríguez		Joaquim Rodríguez		Joaquim Rodríguez		Brayan Ramírez
16	Fränk Schleck	Joaquim Rodríguez					Rodolfo Torres
17	Tom Dumoulin	Tom Dumoulin					Tom Dumoulin
18	Nicolas Roche					Movistar Team	Ángel Madrazo
19	Alexis Gougeard						Alexis Gougeard
20	Rubén Plaza	Fabio Aru					Rubén Plaza
21	John Degenkolb		Alejandro Valverde				Tom Dumoulin
Final		Fabio Aru	Alejandro Valverde	Omar Fraile	Joaquim Rodríguez	Movistar Team	Tom Dumoulin

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the points classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification		Denotes the leader of the combination rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabio Aru (ITA)	Astana	85h 36′ 13″
2	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)	Team Katusha	+ 57″
3	Rafał Majka (POL)	Tinkoff–Saxo	+ 1′ 09″
4	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 1′ 42″
5	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 3′ 10″
6	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Team Giant–Alpecin	+ 3′ 46″
7	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 6′ 47″
8	Mikel Nieve (ESP)	Team Sky	+ 7′ 06″
9	Daniel Moreno (ESP)	Team Katusha	+ 7′ 12″
10	Louis Meintjes (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 10′ 26″

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team	118
2	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)	Team Katusha	116
3	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Orica–GreenEDGE	108
4	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Team Giant–Alpecin	105
5	Nicolas Roche (IRL)	Team Sky	97
6	Fabio Aru (ITA)	Astana	97
7	John Degenkolb (GER)	Team Giant–Alpecin	93
8	Rafał Majka (POL)	Tinkoff–Saxo	89
9	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	84
10	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Movistar Team	76

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	82
2	Rubén Plaza (ESP)	Lampre–Merida	63
3	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Trek Factory Racing	30
4	Alessandro de Marchi (ITA)	BMC Racing Team	28
5	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Astana	28
6	José Gonçalves (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	24
7	Rodolfo Torres (COL)	Colombia	22
8	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Team Europcar	20
9	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Movistar Team	19
10	Mikaël Cherel (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	18

Combination classification

Final combination classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)	Team Katusha	16
2	Fabio Aru (ITA)	Astana	23
3	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Team Giant–Alpecin	24
4	Rafał Majka (POL)	Tinkoff–Saxo	38
5	Esteban Chaves (COL)	Orica–GreenEDGE	43
6	Nicolas Roche (IRL)	Team Sky	46
7	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Astana	49
8	José Gonçalves (POR)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	52
9	Nelson Oliveira (POR)	Lampre–Merida	57
10	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	Trek Factory Racing	59

Team classification

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