International Road Cycling Challenge

International Road Cycling Challenge
2015 UCI America Tour
Race details
Dates	16 August 2015
Stages	1
Winning time	4h 20' 27"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third

The International Road Cycling Challenge was a one-off, one-day bicycle race that served as one of six Brazilian events in the year-long 2015 UCI America Tour and acted as a test event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1] The race was rated a grade of 1.2 and was part of the "Aquece Rio" series of events.^[2] The race was run over most of the Olympic course. Most of the riders represented countries instead of trade teams; however, there were several, mainly Brazilian, trade teams in the race. The race was won by French cyclist Alexis Vuillermoz.^[3]

Route[]

Teams and riders[]

Of 73 starters, only 29 riders finished.

Result[]

Result
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France	4h 20' 27"
2	Serge Pauwels (BEL)	Belgium	+ 22"
3	Romain Bardet (FRA)	France	+ 22"
4	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	France	+ 22"
5	Yuri Trofimov (RUS)	Russia	+ 22"
6	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	France	+ 24"
7	Kléber Ramos (BRA)	Carrefour Funvic Soul Cycling Team	+ 3' 42"
8	Warren Barguil (FRA)	France	+ 4' 24"
9	Ben Swift (GBR)	Great Britain	+ 6' 56"
10	Simon Clarke (AUS)	Australia	+ 6' 56"
Source: ProCyclingStats

References[]

^ "Home - Road Cycling". Aquece Rio - TEST EVENTS. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
^ "Aquece Rio". Aquece Rio - TEST EVENTS. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.
^ Cycling News. "News shorts: Vuillermoz wins Rio Olympics test event". Cyclingnews.com.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Home - Road Cycling". Aquece Rio - TEST EVENTS. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.

[2] "Aquece Rio". Aquece Rio - TEST EVENTS. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.

[3] Cycling News. "News shorts: Vuillermoz wins Rio Olympics test event". Cyclingnews.com.

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