2015 The Women's Tour


The 2015 Aviva Women's Tour was the second staging of The Women's Tour, a women's stage race held in the United Kingdom. It ran from 17 to 21 June 2015 and had a UCI rating of 2.1. As in 2014, the race consisted of 5 stages and ran through southern and eastern England. The race was won by German rider Lisa Brennauer of.

Teams

Non-UCI women's teams
'''National teams'''

Race summary

The defending champion, Marianne Vos, was unable to participate due to injury. The winner of the first stage, Lizzie Armitstead, was unable to participate further in the race after she crashed crossing the finishing line, sustaining a sprained wrist and heavy bruising. Lisa Brennauer assumed the race lead after Armitstead's withdrawal, and after briefly losing the lead to Christine Majerus on stage three, her stage win on stage 4 to allowed her to reassume the race lead which she held to the end of the race. As well as winning the overall classification, Brennauer also won the points classification. Jolien D'Hoore finished second overall, with Majerus third.

Stages

Stage 1

;17 June 2015Bury St Edmunds to Aldeburgh,
'''Stage 1 result'''

Stage 2

;18 June 2015 — Braintree to Clacton-on-Sea,
'''Stage 2 result'''

Stage 3

;19 June 2015 — Oundle to Kettering,
'''Stage 3 result'''

Stage 4

;20 June 2015 — Waltham Cross to Stevenage,
'''Stage 4 result'''

Stage 5

;21 June 2015 — Marlow to Hemel Hempstead,
'''Stage 5 result'''