2015 Tour of Alberta

The 2015 Tour of Alberta was the third edition of the Tour of Alberta stage race. The event was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.1. As such, the race was only open to teams on the UCI Pro Tour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between September 2–7, 2015, as a six-day, six-stage race, traversing the province of Alberta. The race commences in Grande Prairie and finished in Edmonton. It was won by Bauke Mollema of Trek Factory Racing.^[1]

Participating teams edit

The 15 teams invited to the race are:

UCI ProTeams

UCI Professional Continental Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Stage results
Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner	Ref
1	September 2	Grande Prairie to Grande Prairie	Team time trial	19.6 km (12.2 mi)	Trek Factory Racing	^[2]
2	September 3	Grande Prairie to Grande Prairie	Hilly stage	171.6 km (106.6 mi)	Michael Matthews (AUS)
3	September 4	Grande Cache to Miette Hot Springs	Hilly stage	181.8 km (113.0 mi)	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)
4	September 5	Jasper to Marmot Basin	Mountain stage	162.1 km (100.7 mi)	Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)
5	September 6	Edson to Spruce Grove	Flat stage	206.2 km (128.1 mi)	Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN)
6	September 7	Edmonton to Edmonton	Hilly stage	124.1 km (77.1 mi)	Nikias Arndt (GER)
	Total		862.4 km (536 mi)

September 2, 2015 — Grande Prairie to Grande Prairie, 19.6 kilometres (12.2 mi)

Stage 1 Result

Rank	Team	Time
1	Trek Factory Racing	22' 57"
2	Orica–GreenEDGE	+ 0"
3	Team Katusha	+ 8"
4	Bora–Argon 18	+ 23"
5	Team Giant–Alpecin	+ 25"
6	Hincapie Racing Team	+ 26
7	Cannondale–Garmin	+ 30"
8	Drapac Professional Cycling	+ 40"
9	Silber Pro Cycling Team	+ 41"
10	Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies	+ 44"

General classification after stage 1

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Trek Factory Racing	22' 57"
2	Jesse Sergent (NZL)	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
3	Hayden Roulston (NZL)	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
4	Marco Coledan (ITA)	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
5	Matthew Busche (USA)	Trek Factory Racing	s.t.
6	Christian Meier (CAN)	Orica–GreenEDGE	s.t.
7	Svein Tuft (CAN)	Orica–GreenEDGE	s.t.
8	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	s.t.
9	Adam Yates (GBR)	Orica–GreenEDGE	s.t.
10	Luke Durbridge (AUS)	Orica–GreenEDGE	s.t.

Mollema (right) with Alberta Culture Minister David Eggen following his win of the 2015 Tour of Alberta.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprints classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Canadian rider classification	Most Aggressive	Team classification
1	Trek Factory Racing	Bauke Mollema	Not awarded	Not awarded	Adam Yates	Svein Tuft	Not awarded	Trek Factory Racing
2	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Ben Perry		Christian Meier	Thomas Vaubourzeix	Orica–GreenEDGE
3	Tom-Jelte Slagter	Bauke Mollema	Tom-Jelte Slagter			Ryder Hesjedal	Jasper Bovenhuis	Cannondale–Garmin
4	Tom-Jelte Slagter					Mike Woods	Logan Owen	Hincapie Racing
5	Lasse Norman Hansen						Lasse Norman Hansen	Cannondale–Garmin
6	Nikias Arndt		Michael Matthews				Cesare Benedetti	Cannondale–Garmin
Final		Bauke Mollema	Michael Matthews	Ben Perry	Adam Yates	Mike Woods	Not awarded	Cannondale-Garmin