The 2015 Gran Piemonte was the 99th edition of the

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Piedmont region, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. From 2005–2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eur ...

(known as ''Giro del Piemonte'' until 2009) one-day cycling race. The race returned in 2015 after three years, because the 2013 and 2014 editions were not raced due to economical and organizational problems. It was held on 2 October, one day after the

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and two days before Il Lombardia (the last " monument classic" of the season), as part of the Trittico di Autunno. It covered a distance of , starting in

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and ending in

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. Riders with the characteristics of sprinter or

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were the favourites for the victory. The race was won by

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(), who attacked in the final and held off the bunch to take a solo victory.

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() won the bunch sprint for second place ahead of

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().

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the race, 12 World Tour teams and 8 Professional Continental teams.

Result

References

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