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2015 Tour Down Under

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Dates
  
20–25 January 2015

Distance
  
812.3 km (504.7 mi)

Winner
  
Rohan Dennis (AUS)

Stages
  
6

Winning time
  
19h 15' 18"

Second
  
Richie Porte (AUS)

2015 Tour Down Under

The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under was the 17th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 20 to 25 January and was the first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The overall winner was Rohan Dennis.

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Participating teams

As the Tour Down Under is a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Australian team Drapac Professional Cycling received a wildcard invitation and, together with a selection of Australian riders forming the UniSA-Australia squad, this formed the event's 19 team peloton.

Cadel Evans stated that it would be his last race in his professional career.

The 19 teams invited to the race are:

Stage 1

20 January 2015 - Tanunda to Campbelltown , 132.6 km (82.4 mi)

Stage 2

21 January 2015 - Unley to Stirling , 150.5 km (93.5 mi)

Stage 3

22 January 2015 - Nowrood to Paracombe , 143.2 km (89.0 mi)

Stage 4

23 January 2015 - Glenelg to Mt Barker, 144.5 km (90 mi)

Stage 5

24 January 2015 - McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill, 151.5 km (94 mi)

Stage 6

25 January 2015 - Adelaide, 90 km (56 mi)

References

2015 Tour Down Under Wikipedia
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