2015 UCI America Tour

2015 UCI America Tour

Eleventh edition of the UCI America Tour
Details
Dates	9 January 2015–25 December 2015
Location	North America and South America
Rounds	32
Champions
Individual champion	Toms Skujiņš (LAT) (Hincapie Racing Team)
Teams' champion	Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
Nations' champion	Colombia
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The 2015 UCI America Tour is the eleventh season for the UCI America Tour. The season began on 9 January 2015 with the Vuelta al Táchira and will end on 25 December 2015 with the Vuelta a Costa Rica.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI America Tour cycling jersey. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

• Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
• One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team	Ref
9–18 January	Vuelta al Táchira	Venezuela	2.2	José Rujano (VEN)	Gobernación de Mérida	[1]
19–25 January	Tour de San Luis	Argentina	2.1	Daniel Díaz (ARG)	Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team	[2]
22 February–1 March	Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional	Dominican Republic	2.2	Robigzon Oyola (COL)	EPM–UNE–Área Metropolitana	[3]
27 March–5 April	Vuelta al Uruguay	Uruguay	2.2	Carlos Oyarzun (CHI)	Chile (national team)	[4]
8–12 April	Volta do Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	2.2	Byron Guamá (ECU)	Movistar Team Ecuador	[5]
23–26 April	Joe Martin Stage Race	United States	2.2	John Murphy (USA)	UnitedHealthcare	[6]
28 April–3 May	Vuelta Mexico	Mexico	2.2	Francisco Colorado (COL)	Canel's-Specialized	[7]
29 April–3 May	Tour of the Gila	United States	2.2	Rob Britton (CAN)	Team SmartStop	[8]
7 May	Pan American Championships - Time Trial	Mexico	CC	Carlos Oyarzun (CHI)	Keith Mobel-Partisan	[9]
10 May	Pan American Championships - Road Race	Mexico	CC	Byron Guamá (ECU)	Movistar Team Ecuador	[10]
10–17 May	Tour of California	United States	2.HC	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tinkoff–Saxo	[11]
16 May	Copa Federación Venezolana de Ciclismo	Venezuela	1.2	Honorio Machado (VEN)	Gobierno Bolivariano de Nueva Esparta	[12]
17 May	Clasico FVCiclismo Corre Por la VIDA	Venezuela	1.2	Miguel Ubeto (VEN)	Gobierno Bolivariano de Nueva Esparta	[13]
27–31 May	Volta Ciclística Internacional do Paraná	Brazil	2.2	Rodrigo Araújo (BRA)	Green Piracicaba
28–31 May	Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay	Canada	2.2	Matteo Dal-Cin (CAN)	Silber Pro Cycling Team
31 May	Winston-Salem Cycling Classic	United States	1.2	Toms Skujiņš (LAT)	Hincapie Racing Team
7 June	Philadelphia International Championship	United States	1.2	Carlos Barbero (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
10–14 June	Tour de Beauce	Canada	2.2	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
12–21 June	Vuelta Ciclista a Venezuela	Venezuela	2.2	José Alarcón (VEN)	Lotería del Táchira
12 July	White Spot / Delta Road Race	Canada	1.2	Eric Young (USA)	Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies
2–15 August	Vuelta a Colombia	Colombia	2.2	Óscar Sevilla (ESP)	EPM–UNE–Área Metropolitana
3–9 August	Tour of Utah	United States	2.HC	Joe Dombrowski (USA)	Cannondale–Garmin
16 August	International Road Cycling Challenge	Brazil	1.2	Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France (national team)
17–23 August	USA Pro Cycling Challenge	United States	2.HC	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	BMC Racing Team
25–30 August	Tour do Rio	Brazil	2.2	Gustavo César (ESP)	W52–Quinta da Lixa
2–7 September	Tour of Alberta	Canada	2.1	Bauke Mollema (NED)	Trek Factory Racing
12 September	The Reading 120	United States	1.2	Daniel Summerhill (USA)	UnitedHealthcare
4 October	Tobago Cycling Classic	Trinidad and Tobago	1.2	Adderlyn Cruz (DOM)	Inteja–MMR	[14]
26 October–1 November	Vuelta a Guatemala	Guatemala	2.2	Román Villalobos (CRC)	Nestlé-Giant	[15]
15 November	Copa América de Ciclismo	Brazil	1.2	Carlos Manarelli (BRA)	Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team	[16]
14–25 December	Vuelta a Costa Rica	Costa Rica	2.2	Juan Carlos Rojas (CRC)	Frijoles Los Tierniticos-Arroz Halcón-Roes	[17]

Standings

Standings as of November 25th.

Rank Name Team Points 1.  Toms Skujiņš (LAT) Hincapie Racing 208.4 2.  Byron Guamá (ECU) Movistar Team Ecuador 198 3.  Michael Woods (CAN) Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies 179 4.  Daniel Díaz (ARG) Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team 158 5.  Óscar Sevilla (SPA) EPM-UNE-Área Metropolitana 136.6 6.  William Chiarello (BRA) 135 7.  Miguel Ubeto (VEN) 129 8.  Manuel Rodas (GUA) 126 9.  Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare 124 10.  Rob Britton (CAN) Team SmartStop 112

Rank Team Points 1. Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies 494 2. Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team 481 3. Hincapie Racing 400 4. UnitedHealthcare 343 5. EPM-UNE-Área Metropolitana 332.2

Rank Nation Points 1.  Colombia 890.35 2.  Canada 850 3.  Argentina 788 4.  United States 687 5.  Venezuela 682

References

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2. Ryan, Barry (25 January 2015). "Diaz wins Tour de San Luis". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
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6. "Murphy, Stephens win Joe Martin Stage Race titles". Cyclingnews. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
7. "Colombiano Francisco Colorado gana Vuelta a México 2015" [Colombian Francisco Colorado wins 2015 Tour of Mexico]. Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). EFE. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
8. Weislo, Laura (3 May 2015). "Abbott and Britton win overall titles at Tour of the Gila". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
9. "The Pan American route already has its first champions". Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico: Pan American Cycling Confederation. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
10. Zavala, Humberto; Gonzalez, Francisco (11 May 2015). "Chile, 2015 Pan American Road Championship champion in Leon". Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico: Pan American Cycling Confederation. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
11. "Tour of California: Peter Sagan wins by three seconds overall". BBC. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
12. "Ciclista Honorio Machado se queda con la copa" [Cyclist Honorio Machado gets the cup]. El Impulso (in Spanish). 18 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
13. "Con un gran embalaje, Miguel Ubeto se impuso en Clásico de Ciclismo" [With great sprint, Miguel Ubeto won Cycling Classic]. Agencia Venezolana de Noticias (in Spanish). AVN. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
14. "Cruz (Team Foundation) new Tour of Tobago kings". Newsday. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
15. "Ciclista Román Villalobos es campeón de la Vuelta a Guatemala" [Cyclist Román Villalobos is the Vuelta a Guatemala champion]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
16. "Copa América de Ciclismo - Carlos Manarelli en solitaire" [Copa América de Ciclismo - Carlos Manarelli in solitaire] (in Portuguese). Cyclism'Actu. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
17. "Juan Carlos Rojas se apodera de su quinta Vuelta a Costa Rica" [Juan Carlos Rojas takes over his fifth Tour of Costa Rica] (in Spanish). La Nacion. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

External links

• Official website