2015 La Course by Le Tour de France

2015 La Course by Le Tour de France
Race details
Dates	26 July 2015
Stages	1
Distance	89.0 km (55.30 mi)
Winning time	2h 05' 01"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Youth
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The 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France was the second edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. The race was held before the final stage of the 2015 Tour de France on 26 July. The race was rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race. The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Tour de France.

The race was won by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen of Rabo-Liv in a sprint finish.^[1]

Route

The race used the same course as the 2014 edition of the race, 13 laps of the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris – making a distance of 89 kilometres (55 miles).^[2]

Teams

UCI Women's Teams

National Teams

France

Race summary

During the race the rain hammered down. The stones of the course were very slippery causing many crashes. Only 62 of the 196 riders who started the race finished. Dutch favorite Ellen van Dijk was involved in one of the first crashes. She broke her collarbone and had to abandon. Among other casualties were the world champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who went down in the closing kilometres, and Shelley Olds who crashed and remounted, only to lose her derailleur and be forced to abandon.^[1]

Result

Race result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	2h 00' 41"
2	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Wiggle–Honda	+ 1"
3	Amy Pieters (NED)	Team Liv–Plantur	+ 1"
4	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 1"
5	Lotta Lepistö (FIN)	Bigla Pro Cycling Team	+ 1"
6	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Velocio–SRAM	+ 1"
7	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Orica–AIS	+ 1"
8	Lucinda Brand (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 1"
9	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Team Hitec Products	+ 1"
10	Christine Majerus (LUX)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 1"

Source^[3]

References

^ a b Clemitson, Suze (26 July 2015). "Anna van der Breggen wins La Course as Lizzie Armitstead fades". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Women's La Course 2015: Women on La Course to move up a gear". The Independent. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "La Course: Van der Breggen wins solo on the Champs-Élysées". Cyclingnews.com. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.