2015 Tour de Luxembourg

The 2015 Tour de Luxembourg was the 75th edition of the Tour de Luxembourg cycle stage race. It was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour as a 2.HC event,^[1] and was won by Germany's Linus Gerdemann, riding for the Cult Energy Pro Cycling team.^[2]

2015 Tour de Luxembourg

2015 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	3–7 June
Stages	4 + Prologue
Distance	717.57 km (445.9 mi)
Winning time	18h 12' 51"
Results
Winner  Linus Gerdemann (GER) (Cult Energy Pro Cycling)   Second  Marc de Maar (NED) (Team Roompot)   Third  Huub Duyn (NED) (Team Roompot) Points  André Greipel (GER) (Lotto–Soudal) Mountains  Fabio Duarte (COL) (Colombia) Youth  Oliver Naesen (BEL) (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise)   Team Colombia
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Schedule

The race was held over five stages, including a prologue on the opening day.^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner	Ref
P	3 June	Luxembourg City	2.67 km (1.7 mi)		Individual time trial	Adrien Petit (FRA)	[4]
1	4 June	Luxembourg City to Clemency	212.6 km (132.1 mi)		Hilly stage	André Greipel (GER)	[5]
2	5 June	Ell to Walferdange	185 km (115.0 mi)		Hilly stage	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	[6]
3	6 June	Eschweiler to Diekirch	161.3 km (100.2 mi)		Hilly stage	André Greipel (GER)	[7]
4	7 June	Mersch to Luxembourg City	156 km (96.9 mi)		Flat stage	Sean De Bie (BEL)	[2]
Total		717.57 km (445.9 mi)

Teams

15 teams were selected to take place in the 2015 Tour de Luxembourg. Two of these were UCI WorldTeams, ten were UCI Professional Continental teams and three were UCI Continental teams.^[8]

UCI WorldTeams

• Lotto–Soudal
• Team Giant–Alpecin

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Cofidis
• Team Europcar
• Bretagne–Séché Environnement
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert
• MTN–Qhubeka
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Colombia
• Team Roompot
• UnitedHealthcare
• Cult Energy Pro Cycling

Continental teams

• Wallonie-Bruxelles
• Differdange–Losch
• Leopard Development Team

Stages

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Prologue

3 June 2015 – Luxembourg City, 2.67 km (1.7 mi), individual time trial (ITT)

Prologue result and General classification after Prologue^[9][10]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adrien Petit (FRA)	Cofidis	3' 58"
2	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 3"
3	Arnaud Gérard (FRA)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	+ 4"
4	Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 4"
5	Cyril Lemoine (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 6"
6	Ramon Sinkeldam (NED)	Team Giant–Alpecin	+ 7"
7	Alex Kirsch (LUX)	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	+ 7"
8	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 7"
9	Marcel Sieberg (GER)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 8"
10	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 8"

Stage 1

4 June 2015 – Luxembourg City to Clemency, 212.6 km (132.1 mi)

Stage 1 result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Soudal 5h 25' 07" 2  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 3  Daniele Ratto (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 0" 4  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 5  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 0" 6  Gerald Ciolek (GER) MTN–Qhubeka + 0" 7  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 0" 8  Alexander Krieger (GER) Leopard Development Team + 0" 9  Antoine Demoitié (BEL) Wallonie-Bruxelles + 0" 10  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 0"

General classification after stage 1[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Soudal 5h 29' 04" 2  Adrien Petit (FRA) Cofidis + 1" 3  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 4" 4  Arnaud Gérard (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 5" 5  Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Team Europcar + 5" 6  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 7" 7  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Cofidis + 7" 8  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 8" 9  Alex Kirsch (LUX) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 8" 10  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 8"

Stage 2

5 June 2015 – Ell to Walferdange, 185 km (115.0 mi)

Stage 2 result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 4h 50' 43" 2  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Roompot + 0" 3  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 37" 4  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 37" 5  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) Colombia + 44" 6  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 47" 7  Oliver Naesen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 47" 8  Fabian Wegmann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 47" 9  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 47" 10  Joël Zangerlé (LUX) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 47"

General classification after stage 2[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 10h 19' 54" 2  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Roompot + 8" 3  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 41" 4  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 42" 5  Rudy Molard (FRA) Cofidis + 50" 6  Oliver Naesen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 51" 7  Yoann Bagot (FRA) Cofidis + 54" 8  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 54" 9  Fabian Wegmann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 58" 10  Stijn Steels (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 58"

Stage 3

6 June 2015 – Eschweiler to Diekirch, 161.3 km (100.2 mi)

Stage 3 result[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Soudal 4h 01' 08" 2  Lars van der Haar (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 0" 3  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 4  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 0" 5  Christian Mager (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 0" 6  Kristian Haugaard (DEN) Leopard Development Team + 0" 7  James Vanlandschoot (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 8  Alessandro Bazzana (ITA) UnitedHealthcare + 0" 9  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) Colombia + 0" 10  Tony Hurel (FRA) Team Europcar + 0"

General classification after stage 3[16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 14h 21' 02" 2  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Roompot + 8" 3  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 41" 4  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 42" 5  Rudy Molard (FRA) Cofidis + 50" 6  Oliver Naesen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 51" 7  Yoann Bagot (FRA) Cofidis + 54" 8  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 54" 9  Fabian Wegmann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 58" 10  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 01"

Stage 4

7 June 2015 – Mersch to Luxembourg City, 156 km (96.9 mi)

Stage 4 result[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sean De Bie (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 3h 51' 06" 2  Leonardo Duque (COL) Colombia + 0" 3  Björn Leukemans (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 4  Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL) Cofidis + 0" 5  Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN–Qhubeka + 2" 6  Kristian Haugaard (DEN) Leopard Development Team + 21" 7  Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Team Europcar + 21" 8  Antoine Demoitié (BEL) Wallonie-Bruxelles + 29" 9  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 37" 10  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 43"

Final general classification[18] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 18h 12' 51" 2  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Roompot + 8" 3  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 41" 4  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 42" 5  Rudy Molard (FRA) Cofidis + 50" 6  Oliver Naesen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 51" 7  Yoann Bagot (FRA) Cofidis + 54" 8  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 54" 9  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 01" 10  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) Colombia + 1' 01"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
P[4]	Adrien Petit	Adrien Petit	not awarded	not awarded	Adrien Petit	Cofidis
1[5]	André Greipel	André Greipel	André Greipel	Tom Devriendt
2[6]	Linus Gerdemann	Linus Gerdemann	Linus Gerdemann	Fabio Duarte	Oliver Naesen	Cult Energy Pro Cycling
3[7]	André Greipel		André Greipel
4[2]	Sean De Bie					Colombia
Final		Linus Gerdemann[18]	André Greipel[19]	Fabio Duarte[20]	Oliver Naesen[21]	Colombia[22]

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the General classification		Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the Points classification		Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification

General classification Final general classification[18] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 18h 12' 51" 2  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Roompot + 8" 3  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 41" 4  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 42" 5  Rudy Molard (FRA) Cofidis + 50" 6  Oliver Naesen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 51" 7  Yoann Bagot (FRA) Cofidis + 54" 8  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 54" 9  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 1' 01" 10  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) Colombia + 1' 01"

Young rider classification Final young rider classification[21] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oliver Naesen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise 18h 13' 42" 2  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka + 10" 3  Kévin Ledanois (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 1' 01" 4  Georg Preidler (AUT) Team Giant–Alpecin + 1' 02" 5  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) Team Europcar + 1' 36" 6  Maurits Lammertink (NED) Team Roompot + 1' 40" 7  Patrick Olesen (DEN) Leopard Development Team + 2' 01" 8  Angelo Tulik (FRA) Team Europcar + 2' 04" 9  Lars van der Haar (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 2' 43" 10  Christian Mager (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 3' 30"

Points classification Final points classification[19] Rank Rider Team Points 1  André Greipel (GER) Lotto–Soudal 40 2  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert 31 3  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) MTN–Qhubeka 27 4  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Cult Energy Pro Cycling 20 5  Sean De Bie (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 20 6  Marc de Maar (NED) Team Roompot 16 7  Lars van der Haar (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin 16 8  Leonardo Duque (COL) Colombia 16 9  Kristian Haugaard (DEN) Leopard Development Team 14 10  Jelle Wallays (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise 13

Mountains classification Final mountains classification[20] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Fabio Duarte (COL) Colombia 39 2  Rodolfo Torres (COL) Colombia 38 3  Björn Leukemans (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert 19 4  Patrick Olesen (DEN) Leopard Development Team 16 5  Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN–Qhubeka 12 6  Leonardo Duque (COL) Colombia 12 7  Federico Zurlo (ITA) UnitedHealthcare 11 8  Sean De Bie (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 10 9  Laurent Évrard (BEL) Wallonie-Bruxelles 10 10  Johnny Hoogerland (NED) Team Roompot 10

Teams classification Final teams classification[22] Rank Team Time 1 Colombia 54h 41' 30" 2 Cofidis + 17" 3 Team Roompot + 28" 4 Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 49" 5 Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 1' 22" 6 Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 1' 39" 7 MTN–Qhubeka + 6' 29" 8 Team Giant–Alpecin + 6' 58" 9 Team Europcar + 7' 56" 10 UnitedHealthcare + 9' 07"