2015 Tour de Taiwan

The 2015 Tour de Taiwan is the seventh edition of the Tour de Taiwan cycling stage race. It started on 22 March and ended on 26 March. The race included five stages and was rated as a 2.1 event on the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.

2015 Tour de Taiwan
UCI Asia Tour
Race details
DatesMarch 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)–March 26, 2015 (2015-03-26)
Stages5
Distance621 km (385.9 mi)
Winning time14hr 10' 34"
Results
Winner  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
  Second  Hossein Askari (IRI) (Pishgaman–Giant)
  Third  Rahim Emami (IRI) (Pishgaman–Giant)
Points  Patrick Bevin (NZL) (Avanti Racing Team)
  Mountains  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
  Team Pishgaman–Giant

The 2014 champion was Rémy Di Gregorio (Team Marseille 13 KTM), but his team was not selected to take part in the 2015 edition.[1]

The race was won by Samad Pourseyedi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team). He finished third on the first hill-top finish on stage 2, then took a solo victory on stage 4. He defended his lead to the end of the race. The final podium was made up entirely of Iranian riders: two Pishgaman–Giant riders came second and third, Hossein Askari and Rahim Emami. Pourseyedi also won the mountains classification, while Pishgaman–Giant were the best team. The points competition was won by Patrick Bevin (Avanti Racing Team), who won one stage, was in the top ten in four stages and was fourth overall in the race. Two stages were won by Wouter Wippert (Drapac Professional Cycling) and one by Tino Thömel (RTS–Santic Racing Team).

Teams

UCI Professional Continental teams

UCI Continental teams

National teams

  • Japan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Thailand
  • Korea
  • Taiwan

Stages

Stage 1
22 March 2015 – Taiwan – Taiwan, 52 km (32 mi)
Stage 1 result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Wouter Wippert (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling 1hr 04' 54"
2  Aldo Ino Ilešič (SLO) Team Vorarlberg +0"
3  Keon Woo Park (KOR) Korea +0"
4  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +0"
5  Po Hung Wu (TAI) Taiwan +0"
6  Nikolai Lunder (NOR) Team Frøy Oslo +0"
7  Alex Surutkovich (UKR) Synergy Baku Cycling Project +0"
8  Neil Van Der Ploeg (AUS) Avanti Racing Team +0"
9  Kazushige Kuboki (JPN) Team UKYO +0"
10  Yasuharu Nakajima (JPN) Japan +0"
General classification after stage 1
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Wouter Wippert (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling 1hr 04' 44"
2  Aldo Ino Ilešič (SLO) Team Vorarlberg +04"
3  Keon Woo Park (KOR) Korea +06"
4  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +07"
5  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team +07"
6  Jurgen Van Diemen (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +07"
7  Samir Jabrayilov (AZE) Synergy Baku Cycling Project +07"
8  Neil Van Der Ploeg (AUS) Avanti Racing Team +08"
9  Víctor De La Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +08"
10  Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) RTS-Santic Racing Team +09"

Stage 2
22 March 2015 – Taoyuan County – Taoyuan County, 137 km (85 mi)
Stage 2 result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team 2hr 50' 32"
2  Hossein Askari (IRI) Pishgaman Yazd +02"
3  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team +12"
4  Rahim Emami (IRI) Pishgaman Yazd +26"
5  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +30"
6  Jasper Ockeloen (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +30"
7  Travis Meyer (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +30"
8  Alexandr Shushemoin (KAZ) Vino 4ever +30"
9  Yukihiro Doi (JPN) Team UKYO +30"
10  Víctor De La Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +30"
General classification after stage 2
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team 3hr 55' 16"
2  Hossein Askari (IRI) Pishgaman Yazd +06"
3  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team +06"
4  Rahim Emami (IRI) Pishgaman Yazd +36"
5  Jasper Ockeloen (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +37"
6  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +40"
7  Yukihiro Doi (JPN) Team UKYO +40"
8  Alexandr Shushemoin (KAZ) Vino 4ever +40"
9  Travis Meyer (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +40"
10  Víctor De La Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +40"

Stage 3
24 March 2015 – Changhua County—Changhua County (143 km (89 mi))
Stage 3 result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Wouter Wippert (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling 3hr 01' 45"
2  Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE) Synergy Baku Cycling Project +0"
3  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team +0"
4  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team +0"
5  Yukihiro Doi (JPN) Team UKYO +3"
6  Jure Kocjan (SLO) Team SmartStop +3"
7  Hideto Nakane (JPN) Japan +3"
8  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +3"
9  Aldo Ino Ilešič (SLO) Team Vorarlberg +3"
10  Keon Woo Park (KOR) Korea +3"
Result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team 6hr 56' 58"
2  Hossein Askari (IRI) Pishgaman Yazd +12"
3  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team +17"
4  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +43"
5  Víctor De La Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +44"
6  Yukihiro Doi (JPN) Team UKYO +46"
7  Alexandr Shushemoin (KAZ) Vino 4ever +46"
8  Travis Meyer (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +46"
9  Jasper Ockeloen (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT +46"
10  Darren Lapthorne (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +54"

Stage 4
25 March 2015 – Sun Moon Lake—Tataka (102.8 km (63.9 mi))
Stage 4 result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3hr 12' 42"
2  Rahim Emami (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +2"
3  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team +16"
4  Hossein Askari (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +25"
5  Oleg Zemlyakov (KAZ) Vino 4ever +1' 52"
6  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team +1' 57"
7  Arvin Moazemi (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +1' 57"
8  Travis Meyer (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +1' 57"
9  Rob Britton (CAN) Team SmartStop +1' 57"
10  Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team +1' 57"
General classification after stage 4
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10hr 09' 47"
2  Hossein Askari (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +30"
3  Rahim Emami (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +46"
4  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team +1' 50"
5  Víctor De La Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +2' 34"
6  Yukihiro Doi (JPN) Team UKYO +2' 36"
7  Travis Meyer (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +2' 36"
8  Jasper Ockeloen (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team +2' 36"
9  Hyeong Min Choe (KOR) Korea +2' 48"
10  Rob Britton (CAN) Team SmartStop +2' 51"

Stage 5
26 March 2015 – Jianshanpi Resort—Dapang Bay (177.6 km (110.4 mi))
Stage 5 result
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Tino Thömel (GER) RTS–Santic Racing Team 4hr 00' 47"
2  Wouter Wippert (NED) Drapac Professional Cycling +0"
3  Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE) Synergy Baku Cycling Project +0"
4  Po Hung Wu (TAI) Taiwan +0"
5  Aldo Ino Ilešič (SLO) Team Vorarlberg +0"
6  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team +0"
7  Sun Jae Jang (KOR) RTS–Santic Racing Team +0"
8  Keon Woo Park (KOR) Korea +0"
9  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Vino 4ever +0"
10  Marco Zanotti (ITA) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team +0"
Final general classification
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 14hr 10' 34"
2  Hossein Askari (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +30"
3  Rahim Emami (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant +46"
4  Patrick Bevin (NZL) Avanti Racing Team +1' 50"
5  Víctor De La Parte (ESP) Team Vorarlberg +2' 34"
6  Yukihiro Doi (JPN) Team UKYO +2' 36"
7  Jasper Ockeloen (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team +2' 36"
8  Travis Meyer (AUS) Drapac Professional Cycling +2' 36"
9  Hyeong Min Choe (KOR) Korea +2' 48"
10  Rob Britton (CAN) Team SmartStop +2' 51"

References
  1. "Tour de Taiwan 2015 - General Classification". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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