The 2015 Tour of the Basque Country was the 55th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage race. It took place from 6 to 11 April and was the ninth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour.^[1][2] The race was won by Joaquim Rodríguez.

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2015 Tour of the Basque Country

2015 UCI World Tour, race 9 of 28
Race details
Dates	6–11 April 2015
Stages	6
Winning time	21h 49' 38"
Results
Winner  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha)   Second  Sergio Henao (COL) (Team Sky)   Third  Ion Izagirre (ESP) (Movistar Team) Points  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) Mountains  Omar Fraile (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) Sprints  Louis Vervaeke (BEL) (Lotto–Soudal)   Team Team Katusha
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As the Tour of the Basque Country was a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to send a squad. Two Professional Continental teams received wildcard invitations.

In the Tour of the Basque Country, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Tour of the Basque Country, and the winner of the classification was the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a white jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, second place earned 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey with white dots. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the sprints classification, marked by a blue jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 3 at intermediate sprint points during each stage, with the exception of the final individual time trial stage. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.

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Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Teams classification
1[9]	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Michael Matthews	Omar Fraile	Omar Fraile	Etixx–Quick-Step
2[4]	Fabio Felline			Amets Txurruka	Louis Vervaeke
3[5]	Joaquim Rodríguez	Sergio Henao	Michał Kwiatkowski	Omar Fraile	Omar Fraile	Team Katusha
4[6]	Joaquim Rodríguez
5[7]	Mikel Landa		Joaquim Rodríguez		Louis Vervaeke
6[8]	Tom Dumoulin	Joaquim Rodríguez
Final[8]		Joaquim Rodríguez	Joaquim Rodríguez	Omar Fraile	Louis Vervaeke	Team Katusha

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