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The 2015 E3 Harelbeke was the 58th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycling race. It took place on 27 March and was the sixth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2015 UCI Calendar )〕 The defending champion was Peter Sagan (), who won the 2014 edition in a four-man sprint. The race, while important in its own right as part of the spring classics season, is seen as an important part of riders' preparation for 2015 Tour of Flanders, one of the cycling monuments that takes place on many of the same roads the following week. The E3 Harelbeke takes place on roads in Flanders, starting and ending in the town of Harelbeke. The primary difficulty in the race is the series of short climbs known as ''hellingen'', some of which are cobbled; most of these came in the middle part of the race, with a fairly flat final part.〔 The key move of the race was made on the Oude Kwaremont by Geraint Thomas (), Zdeněk Štybar () and Peter Sagan. The three riders rode together for over , maintaining a gap to the chasing peloton. With approximately remaining, Thomas attacked and was able to take a solo victory. He became the first British rider to win the race. Štybar chased and was able to take second place, but Sagan was caught by the main peloton. Štybar's teammate Matteo Trentin won the bunch sprint for third place. The other major feature of the race was a succession of crashes. Sep Vanmarcke () slipped on the Paterberg, though this resulted in nothing worse than a broken shoe; however, a major crash early in the race caused significant problems for a number of riders. The worst affected was Fabian Cancellara (), one of the major favourites for victory; he broke two vertebrae, ruling him out of the remainder of the classics season. == Poster controversy == About a month before the race took place, in February 2015, the race organisers published a publicity poster for the race. This poster showed a woman, with her dress raised and underwear with the race logo visible. A cyclist's gloved hand was reaching out apparently to pinch the woman's bottom. The poster bore the caption ''Wie knijpt ze in Harelbeke? ''("Who squeezes them in Harelbeke?"). This was a reference to Peter Sagan's actions after the 2013 Tour of Flanders, when he pinched the bottom of Maja Leye during the podium ceremony after the race. The poster caused significant controversy, especially as the 2011 race had also featured a poster viewed as sexist. The 2015 poster was described as "demeaning" and "misogynistic".〔 The poster was criticised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and by the Belgian Jury of Advertising Ethics. In March, a few weeks before the race was held, the poster was withdrawn and replaced.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 E3 Harelbeke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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