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The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race started in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 4 July 2015, and concluded with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris, on 26 July. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the 21-stage race, which was won by Chris Froome of . The second and third places were taken by the riders Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, respectively. 's Rohan Dennis won the first stage to take the race leader's yellow jersey. rider Fabian Cancellara claimed it on the second, only to lose it after crashing out on the following stage. This put Froome in the lead, after the Tour's first uphill finish. He lost the position to 's Tony Martin at the end of the fourth stage, but Martin's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of the sixth stage put Froome back into the lead. He extended this lead during the stages in the Pyrenees and defended it successfully against attacks from Quintana during the final stages that took place in the Alps. Froome became the first British rider to win the Tour twice, after his 2013 victory. Peter Sagan of won the points classification. Froome also won the mountains classification. The best young rider was Quintana, with his team, , the winners of the team classification. Romain Bardet of was given the award for the most combative rider. == Teams == (詳細はUCI WorldTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race. On 14 January 2015, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the five second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations,〔 one of which, , was to become the first African-registered trade team to participate in the race's history. The team presentation – where each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place at Lepelenburg Park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 2 July, two days before the opening stage held in the city. Each team arrived in small boats along the Oudegracht canal. The number of riders allowed per squad was nine, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders.〔 From the riders that began the race, 160 made it to the finish in Paris. The riders came from 32 countries; France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland all had 10 or more riders in the race.〔 Eritrean riders Daniel Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus, both of , became the first black Africans to compete in the Tour de France. The average age of all the riders was 29.67; the youngest was Kudus, at 21, and the most senior was the 41-year-old Matteo Tosatto of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2015-statistics )〕 was the youngest team and the oldest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=149964&c=6&statistic=sl_avg_team_age )〕 The teams entering the race were:〔 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 Tour de France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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