2015 Tour de San Luis

The 2015 Tour de San Luis was the 9th edition of the Tour de San Luis stage race. It was part of the 2015 UCI America Tour, and took place in Argentina between 18 and 25 January 2015. The race was won by Daniel Díaz[2] of the Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team squad, which displayed a dominant performance by winning stages 2, 4 and 6,[3] all of the top mountain finish stages. Another notable performance came from Fernando Gaviria, who won two sprint stages ahead of former world champion Mark Cavendish.

2015 Tour de San Luis

2015 UCI America Tour
Race details
Dates	18–25 January 2015
Stages	7
Distance	948.2 km (589.2 mi)
Winning time	22h 37' 07"[1]
Results
Winner  Daniel Díaz (Argentina) (Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team)   Second  Rodolfo Torres (Colombia) (Colombia)   Third  Nairo Quintana (Colombia) (Movistar Team)

Teams

26 teams were selected to take part in the event. This included six UCI World Tour teams.[4]

• Movistar Team
• San Luis Somos Todos
• AG2R La Mondiale
• Etixx–Quick-Step
• Team Europcar
• Lampre–Merida
• Cannondale–Garmin
• Team Katusha
• Argentina national cycling team
• Team Novo Nordisk
• Androni Giocattoli
• UnitedHealthcare
• Bretagne–Séché Environnement
• Nippo–Vini Fantini
• Colombia
• Jamis–Hagens Berman
• Buenos Aires Provincia
• Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team
• Inteja–MMR Dominican Cycling Team
• Cycling Academy
• Italy national cycling team
• Colombia national cycling team
• Cuba national cycling team
• Chile national cycling team
• Panama national cycling team
• Sindicato Empleados Públicos of San Juan

Stages

The race included seven stages, one of which was a summit finish, one an individual time trial and the others medium mountain stages.[5]

Stage	Date	Course	Type		Distance	Winner
1	Monday 19 January	San Luis – Villa Mercedes		Hilly stage	186.8 km (116 mi)	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
2	Tuesday 20 January	La Punta – Mirador de Potrero		Hilly stage	185.3 km (115 mi)	Daniel Díaz (ARG)
3	Wednesday 21 January	Concarán – Juana Koslay		Hilly stage	176.3 km (110 mi)	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
4	Thursday 22 January	Villa Dolores – Alto El Amago		Mountain stage	142.5 km (89 mi)	Daniel Díaz (ARG)
5	Friday 23 January	San Luis – San Luis		Individual time trial	17.4 km (11 mi)	Adriano Malori (ITA)
6	Saturday 24 January	Achiras – Filo Sierras Comechingones		Hilly stage	117.5 km (73 mi)	Kleber Ramos (BRA)
6	Sunday 25 January	San Luis – San Luis		Hilly stage	122.4 km (76 mi)	Mark Cavendish (GBR)

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Daniel Díaz (ARG)	Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team	24h 03' 16"
2	Rodolfo Torres (COL)	Colombia	+ 1' 05"
3	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 34"
4	Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	+ 2' 02"
5	Rodrigo Contreras (COL)	Selección de Colombia	+ 3' 16"
6	Daniel Moreno (SPA)	Team Katusha	+ 3' 26"
7	Joe Dombrowski (USA)	Cannondale–Garmin	+ 5' 29"
8	Daniel Jaramillo (COL)	Jamis–Hagens Berman	+ 5' 35"
9	Leandro Messineo (ARG)	San Luis Somos Todos	+ 5' 39"
10	Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)	Team Katusha	+ 5' 39"

References

1. "Clasificación Oficial del Tour de San Luis 2015" [Official Classification of Tour de San Luis] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
2. "Tour de San Luis 2015: Stage 7 Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
3. "Tour de San Luis 2015 - General Classification". Retrieved 25 January 2015.
4. "Tour de San Luis 2015 - General Classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
5. "Tour de San Luis 2015 - General Classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 February 2015.