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The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race took place from 4 July to 26 July 2015, starting in Utrecht in the Netherlands and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

All seventeen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. In January 2015, five UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard places into the race by race organisers – Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) – to complete the 22-team peloton. Among the wildcard teams was, the first African trade team to participate in the Tour. As each team was entitled to enter nine riders, the peloton on the first stage consisted of 198 riders.

Map of nationalities in the 2015 Tour de France.svg. The race was won by Chris Froome, who had also won the race in 2013. Froome first took the lead of the race following the third stage – the first uphill finish of the race. He lost the yellow jersey of the race leader to Tony Martin at the end of the fourth stage, but Martin's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of the sixth stage put Froome back into the lead. He extended this lead during the stages in the Pyrenees and defended it successfully against attacks from Nairo Quintana  during the final stages that took place in the Alps. Quintana finished second, 1 minute and 12 seconds behind Froome, with Quintana's teammate Alejandro Valverde in third. Quintana won the competition for the best young rider. The points classification was won for the fourth consecutive year by Peter Sagan , although he failed to win any stages during the race. As well as winning the general classification, Froome won the mountains classification, while Movistar won the team classification.

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By nationality
The 198 riders that competed in the 2015 Tour de France represented 32 different countries. Riders from nine countries won stages during the race; German riders won the largest number of stages.