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The 2015 Gent–Wevelgem was a one-day cycling classic that took place in Belgium and France on 29 March 2015. It was the 77th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem race; it took place on 29 March and was the seventh race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The defending champion was John Degenkolb (), who won the 2014 edition in a bunch sprint. The race is part of the spring classics season and is known as the "sprinter's classic", because its terrain is less challenging than most of the other classics. It followed a route that started in Deinze and ended in Wevelgem. The race took place in difficult weather conditions with heavy wind and rain; as a result, only 39 riders finished the race of the 200 who had started. The race was won by Luca Paolini (), who attacked a small group in the final and took a solo victory. Niki Terpstra () sprinted to second place, ahead of Geraint Thomas (). == Route == The 2015 Gent–Wevelgem was in length, starting in the Belgian city of Deinze, west of the city of Gent, and finishing in Wevelgem. Most of the spring classics centre around Oudenaarde and the many small hills in the nearby region. Gent–Wevelgem, however, travels west into West Flanders and France and has fewer hills, making it more suitable for sprinters. After the race began in the Grote Markt in Deinze, the route took the riders west towards the coast; after of flat roads, they reached Adinkerke, southwest of Nieuwpoort, where the route turned south. They travelled another before reaching Roesbrugge and, after , entered the Nord department of France. The first of French roads took them west, before they turned south at Wormhout. The first climb of the day came another later, as the riders climbed the Casselberg. A loop brought them round to climb the Casselberg a second time, though from a different direction.〔 The route then turned east. The final French climb was the Catsberg, which came after . The riders continued east after this and, after , re-entered Belgium at Westouter, on the outskirts of Heuvelland, to enter the key section of the race. This began with the climb of the Baneberg, from the start. later, they climbed the Kemmelberg in the town of Kemmel. after that, they climbed the Monteberg.〔〔 This succession of climbs was interspersed with steep descents, including the difficult descent of the Kemmelberg.〔 A flat, section of road followed, as the route went east towards Mesen, then gradually looped back west through Nieuwkerke. After this flat section, the riders returned to the same roads that they had ridden previously and repeated the Baneberg–Kemmelberg–Monteberg sequence of climbs.〔〔 At the top of the second climb of the Monteberg, there were remaining, mostly on flat roads. The route turned north-east out of Kemmel to Ypres, where several cobbled roads were used. After Ypres, the route turned east through Menen and into Wevelgem.〔〔 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 Gent–Wevelgem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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