2015 Herald Sun Tour

The 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was the 62nd edition of the Herald Sun Tour road cycling stage race. The race was rated as 2.1 and was part of the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2015 race consisted of five stages in Victoria, starting in Melbourne on 4 February and finished at the summit finish on Arthurs Seat on 8 February.

2015 Herald Sun Tour
2015 UCI Oceania Tour
Cameron Meyer, the winner of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour
Race details
Dates4–8 February 2015
Stages5
Distance534.9 km (332.4 mi)
Winning time12h 30' 55"
Results
Winner  Cameron Meyer (AUS) (Orica–GreenEDGE)
  Second  Patrick Bevin (NZL) (Avanti Racing Team)
  Third  Joseph Cooper (AUS) (Avanti Racing Team)

Points  Cameron Meyer (AUS) (Orica–GreenEDGE)
Mountains  Cameron Bayly (AUS) (Search2retain–Health.com.au)
Youth  Robert Power (AUS) (Jayco–AIS Australia U23)
  Team Orica–GreenEDGE

The race was won by Australian Cameron Meyer of the Orica–GreenEDGE cycling team. Meyer succeeded his teammate Simon Clarke, who won the 2014 edition of the race and finished fourth in the 2015 race. Meyer had taken over the overall lead following a victory in the first road stage of the race and was able to defend his lead through the remaining stages. The other riders to finish on the overall podium were Patrick Bevin and Joseph Cooper (both Avanti Racing Team).

Meyer also won the points classification, while Cameron Bayly (Search2retain–Health.com.au) won the mountains classification and Robert Power (Jayco–AIS Australia U23) won the young rider classification. Orica–GreenEDGE won the teams classification.

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