Английская Википедия:2015 Tour of Qatar

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Шаблон:For Шаблон:Good article Шаблон:Infobox cycling race report The 2015 Tour of Qatar was the 14th edition of the Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour de France. The race was rated as a 2.HC event, the second highest rating an event can receive, and was part of the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.

The 2015 race consisted of six stages. It started in Dukhan on 8 February 2015 and finished on 13 February in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The Tour of Qatar puts unusual demands on riders: it has no significant climbs, but almost every stage is affected by strong crosswinds. These conditions make the race ideal preparation for the spring classics season, so many prominent classics riders were present. The flat stages, suitable for sprinters, and individual time trial meant that specialists in these disciplines also chose to ride in Qatar.

The race was won by Dutch rider Niki Terpstra of Шаблон:Ct. It was the second successive year that Terpstra won the race after his victory in 2014; it was the fourth successive victory for Шаблон:Ct and eighth overall in Qatar. Terpstra took the lead of the race with victory in the third stage of the race, the individual time trial, and held the lead of the race to the finish. Maciej Bodnar (Шаблон:Ct) took second place, six seconds behind Terpstra; Alexander Kristoff won stages 2, 4 and 5 on the way to finishing third, nine seconds off the overall lead.

In the race's other classifications, Kristoff won the silver jersey of the points classification, thanks to his three stage wins. Peter Sagan (Шаблон:Ct) was the winner of the pearl white jersey of the young rider classification as he was the highest placed rider born after 1 January 1990. The team classification was won by Шаблон:Ct.

Preview

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Tom Boonen, four times the overall victor at the Tour of Qatar

The Tour of Qatar was one of the early races in the season, coming in the middle of three races in the Middle East (alongside the Dubai Tour and the Tour of Oman) that saw high levels of participation from the top European teams. The race was particularly popular as a preparation race for riders aiming for the spring classics. The significant challenge in the Tour of Qatar was the strong winds across the desert, which frequently caused the peloton to split into echelons. As well as attracting the top classics riders, the flat nature of the course meant many stages could be won by sprinters; the individual time trial also attracted many of the time trial specialists, who had a chance of overall victory.

Шаблон:Ct had dominated the race since it began. This included winning the last three editions (with Tom Boonen, Mark Cavendish and Niki Terpstra). Boonen had won the overall race on four previous occasions, as well as winning 22 stages. Boonen and Terpstra were both among the favourites for the overall victory, along with world time-trial champion Bradley Wiggins (Шаблон:Ct).

Marcel Kittel (Шаблон:Ct) was the most prominent sprinter to travel to Qatar, alongside Peter Sagan (Шаблон:Ct), Alexander Kristoff (Шаблон:Ct), and several others.

Teams

18 teams were selected to take part in the event, including 13 UCI WorldTeams. Each team was permitted to include between five and eight riders. 15 teams had the full allowance of eight riders; 3 teams had seven-man teams. The race therefore began with 141 riders. 9 of these withdrew during the course of the event; 132 finished the final stage.

Route

The 2015 event had a very similar format to the previous year's race. It consisted of six stages, of which five were flat stages and one was an individual time trial. The individual time trial, on the third day of racing, used precisely the same course as the corresponding stage in 2014.

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Type		Distance	Winner
1	8 February	Dukhan to Sealine Beach	Файл:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Flagathlete
2	9 February	Al Wakrah to Al Khor Corniche	Файл:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Flagathlete
3	10 February	Lusail to Lusail	Файл:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Flagathlete
4	11 February	Al Thakhira to Mesaieed	Файл:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Flagathlete
5	12 February	Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal	Файл:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Flagathlete
6	13 February	Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche	Файл:Plainstage.svg	Flat stage	Шаблон:Convert	Шаблон:Flagathlete

Stages

Stage 1

8 February 2015 — Dukhan to Sealine Beach, Шаблон:Convert

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Stage 1 route

The race began with a Шаблон:Convert route from Dukhan in the west of Qatar to the Sealine Beach Resort, Mesaieed. The route was flat and, as normal in the Tour of Qatar, the principal difficulty was caused by crosswinds.

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José Joaquín Rojas (pictured here in 2013) won stage 1

The initial breakaway was formed early in the race by Luca Sterbini (Шаблон:Ct) and Jarl Salomein (Шаблон:Ct). They built a lead that reached seven minutes by the half-way point. Midway through the stage, a change in direction meant the peloton was now racing in crosswinds, and Шаблон:Ct along with Шаблон:Ct attacked. They formed echelons and split the peloton. Riders such as Bradley Wiggins (Шаблон:Ct), Nacer Bouhanni (Шаблон:Ct) and Alejandro Valverde (Шаблон:Ct) were left adrift from the front group, but another turn into a headwind meant the groups could come back together.

Shortly before the second intermediate sprint, Tom Boonen (Шаблон:Ct) and Peter Sagan (Шаблон:Ct) were involved in a crash, but were both able to remount and rejoin the peloton. After Nikias Arndt (Шаблон:Ct) won that sprint, Greg Van Avermaet made a short-lived attack before a more determined effort from Lars Boom and Lieuwe Westra (both Шаблон:Ct) and Matti Breschel (Шаблон:Ct). Though they achieved a lead of nearly a minute, the attack was ultimately unsuccessful, due to crosswinds and a combination of Шаблон:Ct, Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct riding at a high tempo.

In the final Шаблон:Convert, the peloton split again. The main field was reduced to 51 riders, with Marcel Kittel (Шаблон:Ct), Wiggins, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Шаблон:Ct), Luca Paolini (Шаблон:Ct) and Filippo Pozzato (Шаблон:Ct) among the notable riders to lose time.

In the final kilometre, José Joaquín Rojas (Шаблон:Ct) attached himself to the back of the Шаблон:Ct leadout train. He opened his sprint with Шаблон:Convert remaining, taking other riders by surprise, and was able to hold them off and take the victory. This was Rojas' first victory since the 2014 Vuelta a Castilla y León. Boonen finished second in the sprint, with Arnaud Démare (Шаблон:Ct) third.

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Stage 2

9 February 2015 — Al Wakrah to Al Khor Corniche, Шаблон:Convert

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Stage 2 route

The second stage took the riders Шаблон:Convert from Al Wakrah, south of Doha, to Al Khor Corniche.

Early in the stage, Шаблон:Ct launched an attack, quickly splitting the pack in crosswinds to create a lead group of 30 riders. Riders left behind included the race leader, José Joaquín Rojas (Шаблон:Ct), Bradley Wiggins (Шаблон:Ct), Marcel Kittel (Шаблон:Ct) and Lars Boom (Шаблон:Ct). The lead group, however, failed to establish a lead of more than half a minute and work from Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct brought the field back together after Шаблон:Convert, when the wind changed to a tailwind.

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Alexander Kristoff (pictured here in 2009) won stages 2, 4 and 5

At this point a five-man breakaway formed, including Michael Mørkøv (Шаблон:Ct), Greg Van Avermaet (Шаблон:Ct), Johann van Zyl (Шаблон:Ct), Jelle Wallays (Шаблон:Ct), and Mathew Hayman (Шаблон:Ct), establishing a lead of nearly four minutes. At the next change of direction, Шаблон:Ct again attacked in the crosswinds. The breakaway was caught after Шаблон:Convert, with the peloton again splitting. Wiggins, Kittel and Fabian Cancellara (Шаблон:Ct) had all been dropped. Soon afterwards, further attacks from Шаблон:Ct removed Rojas and Arnaud Démare (Шаблон:Ct) from the leading group. Tom Boonen won the second intermediate sprint, earning three bonus seconds. With Шаблон:Convert remaining, the leading group was reduced to 15 riders. In the final kilometre, Andrea Guardini and Niki Terpstra had formed a small gap, but Alexander Kristoff bridged up to the pair and launched his sprint with Шаблон:Convert remaining. Kristoff was able to win the stage ahead of Guardini, with Van Avermaet in third.

Due to the 10-second time bonus for winning the stage, Kristoff took over the overall lead of the race, one second ahead of Boonen, who moved into the lead of the points competition. Several riders who had been contenders for the overall victory, including Wiggins and Cancellara, finished over nine minutes behind Kristoff, eliminating them from contention for overall victory.

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Stage 3

10 February 2015 — Lusail to Lusail, Шаблон:Convert, individual time trial (ITT)

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Stage 3 route

The third stage of the race was a Шаблон:Convert individual time trial at Lusail. The course followed a route that went past the Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail Sports Arena and Losail International Circuit.

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Luke Rowe (pictured here in 2013) moved into the lead of the young riders competition after stage 3

The riders were not allowed to use time trial bicycles as would normally be allowed in an individual time trial; conventional road bicycles were to be used instead. Favourites for the stage victory included current world champion Bradley Wiggins (Шаблон:Ct), four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara (Шаблон:Ct), Matthias Brändle (Шаблон:Ct) and Niki Terpstra (Шаблон:Ct). Wiggins was wearing the rainbow jersey of the world time-trial champion in a race for the first time and was riding a road bike with modifications for better aerodynamics.

The first fast time was set by Lars Boom, who took 14' 33" to complete the course, before Matthias Brändle took over the lead with a time of 14' 22". Wiggins briefly took the lead with a time of 14' 13", but soon afterwards Cancellara went one second faster. Terpstra, however, rode eight seconds quicker to win the stage and take over the gold jersey of overall leader.

The race leader after stage 2, Alexander Kristoff, finished 44 seconds behind Terpstra, 36 seconds off the overall lead. Other riders to lose significant time were Tom Boonen and Peter Sagan. Boonen retained his silver jersey, but Sagan lost his white jersey as leader of the young riders classification to Luke Rowe (Шаблон:Ct).

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Stage 4

11 February 2015 — Al Thakhira to Mesaieed, Шаблон:Convert

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Stage 4 route

The fourth stage of the race was a Шаблон:Convert route from Al Thakhira to the city of Mesaieed. With the wind generally coming from the south, the riders were riding into a headwind most of the day.

Due to the strong winds, the stage started 40 minutes before the scheduled time, as the race organisers were worried about the possibility of sandstorms and of slow racing leading to a late finish. Despite the headwind, three riders formed a breakaway. They were Jaco Venter (Шаблон:Ct), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Шаблон:Ct), and Jarl Salomein (Шаблон:Ct). The three riders built a lead that reached nearly four minutes.

Шаблон:Ct, riding for race leader Niki Terpstra, controlled the breakaway through most of the day. They were supported towards the end of the race by Шаблон:Ct. Unlike the earlier road stages, the lack of crosswinds meant that there were no echelons or significant splits in the peloton. The breakaway was caught with Шаблон:Convert remaining.

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Peter Sagan (pictured here in 2013) was second in two stages and won the youth classification

In the final kilometres of the stage, several teams tried to ride at the front, including Шаблон:Ct, Шаблон:Ct, Шаблон:Ct, Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct. The strong pace caused several riders to crash, including Lars Boom (Шаблон:Ct), Theo Bos (Шаблон:Ct) and Bradley Wiggins (Шаблон:Ct). All were unhurt and able to finish the stage.

Despite the presence of Marcel Kittel, the team's principal sprinter, Шаблон:Ct were riding in support of Nikias Arndt. Kittel took a turn in his lead-out train; since he was in poor form following a period of illness, he had requested the team support Arndt instead.

In the final kilometre, the Katusha team moved to the front before Kristoff again started his sprint early; again, the other sprinters were unable to catch him and he crossed the finish line first. He was only slightly ahead of Peter Sagan (Шаблон:Ct), who was so close at the finish line that Kristoff was unsure whether he had won. Arndt was third after Шаблон:Ct had done excellent work in the last kilometre.

There was a small split in the peloton at the end of the race. Several riders lost five seconds, including Terpstra, Ian Stannard (Шаблон:Ct), Luke Rowe (Шаблон:Ct), Greg Van Avermaet (Шаблон:Ct) and Tom Boonen (Шаблон:Ct). Kristoff moved up into fifth place in the overall standings thanks to this split and the time bonus for winning the stage. He also took over leadership of the silver jersey of the points classification. Terpstra retained his overall lead, while Rowe remained the leader of the young riders classification.

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Stage 5

12 February 2015 — Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal, Шаблон:Convert

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Stage 5 route

Stage 5 was a Шаблон:Convert route starting at Al Zubara Fort. The riders first travelled east towards Al Ghuwariyah, before returning to Al Zubarah. The route then took them north-east along the coast, before finishing with two laps of a circuit in Madinat ash Shamal.

Шаблон:Ct once again attacked early in the stage, breaking the peloton into echelons in the opening kilometres. Maciej Bodnar (Шаблон:Ct), in second place overnight, was among the riders who failed to make the lead group. The gap between the groups never extended much beyond half a minute and, after around Шаблон:Convert of racing, Bodnar's group was able to rejoin the lead group and the racing, which had been frenetic until that point, calmed down.

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Al Zubara Fort, the starting location of the stage

At that point a breakaway formed, made up of Ben Hermans (Шаблон:Ct), Marco Haller (Шаблон:Ct), Jelle Wallays (Шаблон:Ct), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Шаблон:Ct) and Mathew Hayman (Шаблон:Ct). The five riders at one point had a lead of over two and a half minutes. Hayman won both intermediate sprints and at one point was virtual leader of the race, before the peloton behind took up the chase in earnest. The breakaway was caught with Шаблон:Convert remaining.

In the final six kilometres, Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct attacked and forced another split in the peloton. Tom Boonen was among two Шаблон:Ct riders in the 10-man front group, but Niki Terpstra, the race leader, was not. Alexander Kristoff (Шаблон:Ct) and Maciej Bodnar were in the lead group, which built a lead of 15 seconds. Terpstra would have lost the race lead, but Шаблон:Ct were able to bring the groups back together. After the race, it was revealed that the three Шаблон:Ct riders in the leading group were not aware that Terpstra had been dropped and, with team radios banned, directeur sportif Bjarne Riis was not able to inform them.

As they approached the finishing line, Kristoff again opened his sprint early and was able to hold off the rest of the field for his third stage victory of the race. Peter Sagan (Шаблон:Ct) finished second and Nikias Arndt, again sprinting for Шаблон:Ct in place of Marcel Kittel, finished third. Sagan therefore moved into first place in the young riders competition, overtaking Luke Rowe (Шаблон:Ct).

Thanks to the time bonus on the finish line, Kristoff was now in third place overall, just 11 seconds behind Terpstra. This meant that Kristoff could win the overall victory in the race if he was able to win the final stage and take time bonuses at the intermediate sprints.

Following the stage, the race organisers announced that Lars Boom (Шаблон:Ct) had been disqualified from the race. His bike had developed a puncture about Шаблон:Convert from the finish and he had attempted to regain contact with the peloton by chasing in the slipstream of his team car.

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Stage 6

13 February 2015 — Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche, Шаблон:Convert

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Stage 6 route

The final stage of the 2015 Tour of Qatar started where stage 1 had finished, at the Sealine Beach Resort south of Mesaieed. It took the riders north to Doha. In Doha, the riders rode to the Doha Corniche, where they completed ten laps of a Шаблон:Convert finishing circuit.

After the previous stage, Niki Terpstra (Шаблон:Ct) had indicated that his team would happily allow a breakaway to win the stage in order to deny Alexander Kristoff (Шаблон:Ct) the possibility of taking overall victory with the aid of the bonus seconds for the stage win and intermediate sprints. A break was allowed to go away early, formed of Marcus Burghardt (Шаблон:Ct), Preben Van Hecke (Шаблон:Ct), Nicola Boem and Stefano Pirazzi (both Шаблон:Ct). They were able to build a lead of over two minute, but Шаблон:Ct took up the chase to support Kristoff in seeking bonus seconds.

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Sam Bennett (pictured here in 2014) won stage 6

The two intermediate sprints were both located on the finish line of the finishing circuit, on the fourth and seventh lap. Burghardt, Van Hecke, and Boem were caught first, while Pirazzi was caught on lap 4. Шаблон:Ct attempted to place riders in the sprint to prevent Kristoff winning the bonus seconds; they succeeded in winning the sprint with Tom Boonen, but Matteo Trentin was beaten by Kristoff to second place. Kristoff therefore won two bonus seconds, placing him nine seconds behind Terpstra. With a ten-second bonus available to the stage winner, Kristoff was now within reach of the overall win.

Шаблон:Ct then sent their rider Iljo Keisse into a breakaway alongside Gijs Van Hoecke (Шаблон:Ct), with the intent of preventing Kristoff winning any more bonus seconds. Keisse won the intermediate sprint with Van Hoecke second; they then allowed the peloton – led by Katusha – to catch them.

In the final kilometres of the stage, Шаблон:Ct, who had done most of the work throughout the day, were unable to maintain their position at the head of the peloton. After the stage, Kristoff admitted that his team was tired from their work during the week. Fabian Cancellara put in an attack in the final five kilometres, but was brought back by the peloton led in particular by Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct. In the final kilometre, Шаблон:Ct came to the front in support of Peter Sagan.

Sam Bennett (Шаблон:Ct) was given a strong lead-out by his teammates. He was then able to follow Andrea Guardini (Шаблон:Ct), who launched his sprint with Шаблон:Convert to go. Bennett was then able to come past and take his first win of 2015, which he later described as the biggest of his career so far.

Kristoff finished 19th; he therefore failed to gain the bonus seconds he needed for overall victory and finished nine seconds behind Terpstra. Terpstra therefore won the Tour of Qatar for the second successive season. Kristoff won the silver jersey of the points competition, thanks to his three stage wins, while Sagan won the young riders competition. Шаблон:Ct won the teams competition.

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Classification leadership table

In the 2015 Tour of Qatar, three different jerseys were awarded. The first of these was the general classification. It was calculated by adding together the times recorded in each stage of the race, then making adjustments to take account of bonus seconds won for stage victories and intermediate sprints in the road stages (the winner of the individual time trial did not receive bonus seconds). The winner of each stage received a ten-second bonus; the rider coming second received a six-second bonus; the third rider across the line received a four-second bonus. Similarly, the winner, second-placed and third-placed riders in intermediate sprints won three-, two- and one-second bonuses respectively. If two riders were tied on the same time, the precise time (to one-hundredths of a second) recorded in the time trial would have been used to separate the riders. The leader of the general classification wore a gold jersey and the winner of the competition is considered the overall winner of the race.

The points classification was determined by adding together the points that each rider won on each stage. Points were awarded for coming in the top ten in the stage (the winner won 15 points; the tenth-placed rider won one point). Points were also awarded for coming in the top three in the intermediate sprints that took place on each road stage (three points for the winner, two for the second-placed rider and one for the third). The leader of the points classification was awarded a silver jersey.

The third classification was the young rider classification. This was open to riders born on or after 1 January 1990. The first eligible rider in the general classification was considered the leader of the young rider classification and was awarded a pearl white jersey.

Finally, there was a classification for teams. After each stage, the times of the first three riders on each team were added together. The team with the lowest cumulative time was the leader of the team classification.

Stage	Winner	General classification Файл:Jersey gold.svg	Points classification Файл:Jersey grey.svg	Young rider classification Файл:Jersey white.svg	Teams classification
1	José Joaquín Rojas	José Joaquín Rojas	José Joaquín Rojas	Arnaud Démare	Шаблон:Ct
2	Alexander Kristoff	Alexander Kristoff	Tom Boonen	Peter Sagan	Шаблон:Ct
3	Niki Terpstra	Niki Terpstra		Luke Rowe
4	Alexander Kristoff		Alexander Kristoff
5	Alexander Kristoff			Peter Sagan
6	Sam Bennett
Final		Niki Terpstra	Alexander Kristoff	Peter Sagan	Шаблон:Ct

External links

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