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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
March 22, 2015 |
Milan-San Remo |
John Degenkolb (Ger) |
293 km |
April 5, 2015 |
Tour of Flanders |
Alexander Kristoff (Nor) |
Bruges-Oudenaarde 264.9 km |
April 12, 2015 |
Paris-Roubaix |
John Degenkolb (Ger) |
253.5 km |
April 26, 2015 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Alejandro Valverde (Spa) |
Liege-Ans 253 km |
May 9-31, 2015 |
Giro d'Italia |
Alberto Contador (Spa) |
21 Stages,
3,502 km |
July 4-26, 2015 |
Tour de France |
Chris Froome (GBr) |
21 Stages,
3,360.3 km |
August 22-September 13, 2015 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Fabio Aru (ita) |
21 Stages,
3,358.1 km |
September 27, 2015 |
World
Championships |
Peter Sagan (Svk) |
Richmond, USA 264.1 km |
October 4, 2015 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) |
Bergamo-Como,
245 km |
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May 2 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Manny Pacquiao on points in 12 rounds in world welterweight unification fight. The event shatters all financial records for a boxing match.
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July - Iran Nuclear Deal: the P5+1 countries (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) reached a historic agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. This deal was seen as a significant diplomatic achievement. (?)
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July 18 - PayPal was spun off from eBay as a separate publicly traded company on the NASDAQ.
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September 3 - Kentucky clerk in Rowan County was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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September 6 - German police confirm more than 13,000 refugees have arrived in Southern Germany in last 2 days fleeing conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
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September 22 - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Seattle to start his first state visit to the US.
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October 3 - US airstrike hits “Doctors Without Borders” hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 19.
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October 7 - US President Barack Obama apologized to “Doctors Without Borders” for the bombing of their hospital in Kunduz.
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November 9 – A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission report recommended that the Russian Federation be banned from athletics competitions for running a "state-supported" doping program.
Notable Deaths -
* World Road Race Champion: Claude Criquielion (Bel) (1957-2015) a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who raced between 1979 and 1990. Criquielion became the 1984 World Road Race Champion in Barcelona, Spain on a grueling course. He had five top ten finishes in the Tour de France.
Ernie Banks (1931-2015) American Baseball HOF shortstop, 1st baseman (14 x MLB All Star; NL MVP 1958, 59; Chicago Cubs), died of a heart attack at 83.
B.B. King (1925-2015) American blues guitarist and singer (“The Thrill is Gone”), died at 89.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015) American Baseball HOF catcher, coach and manager with the NY Yankees (18 x MLB All-Star; 13 x World Series; AL MVP 1951, 54, 55). He was a Purple Heart recipient. He died at 90.
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