in the leading jersey of the
2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar The team started the road cycling season with the
Ladies Tour of Qatar.
Ellen van Dijk won the second stage by sprinting away in the last kilometre from a group of six. With her victory she also took the lead in the general classification. The day afterwards
Lizzie Armitstead won the stage and took over the leading jersey from Van Dijk. In the first European race of the season, the
Omloop het Nieuwsblad, the team was again very strong and dominated the race. With 30 km to go van Dijk escaped together with
Anna van der Breggen from a front group of 15 riders on the
Molenberg. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where Van Dijk lost the two-up sprint. Behind them Armitstead sprinted to the third place. At the
2015 Le Samyn des Dames Megan Guarnier was in a front group of six riders, but she expected not to win. In the final 4 kilometers after the last cobbled section
Ellen van Dijk started chasing the front group at the head of the peloton and was able to close the gap. She also was a good lead-out for
Chantal Blaak who won the peloton sprint. In the first World Cup of the season, the
Ronde van Drenthe the team was eager to win. Van Dijk was in the final the lead-out for Armitstead. However, Armitstead lost Van Dijk in the last kilometre. Van Dijk continued sprinting and rode to the third place. Van Dijk said afterwards that she was happy with her result, but found it a shame that the team did not win. In the second World Cup, the
Trofeo Alfredo Binda was in the final Armitstead was part of the front group of six riders. Armitstead won the sprint, winning the first World Cup race for the team of the season.
Ellen van Dijk was selected to represent
the Netherlands at the first
2015 European Games in the time trial and the road race in Baku, Azerbaijan in June. The
time trial was her big goal and she was the favorite to win it. With a good race over the straight circuit she was 36 seconds faster than the Ukrainian
Hanna Solovey and won the first gold medal for the Netherlands. In the
road race she was part of front group of four riders, together with countrywomen
Anna van der Breggen. During the last lap it appeared that Van der Breggen rode for her Polish teammate
Katarzyna Niewiadoma and not for the Netherlands. Van Dijk was the brunt of these tactics and finished fourth. ==Season victories==