2015 Topshelf Open – Men's Singles
Mahut went on to win his second title at 's-Hertogenbosch, defeating David Goffin in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–1


2015 Topshelf Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2015 Topshelf Open – Women's Doubles
Marina Erakovic and Arantxa Parra Santonja were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Asia Muhammad and Laura Siegemund won the title, defeating Jelena Janković and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2015 Topshelf Open – Women's Singles
Coco Vandeweghe was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kiki Bertens.


2015 Topshelf Open – Women's Singles
Fifth-seeded Camila Giorgi won her first WTA title, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 7–5 6–3.


2015 Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise season
The 2015 season for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise cycling team began in February at the Tour of Qatar. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open
The 2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the Pan Pacific Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, on 21–27 September 2015. Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles title.


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles
Cara Black and Sania Mirza were the defending champions but they chose not to participate. Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Dominika Cibulková.


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska won the title, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2015 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2015 Torbay Council election
The 2015 Torbay Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Torbay Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the general election.


2015 Torbay Council election, Ward results, Roundham with Hyde
Bobbie Davies was elected for this ward as a Liberal Democrat in 2011, and Rick Heyse stood in the seat as an English Radical in the same election.


2015 Torbay Council election, By-elections 2015 to 2018, Clifton with Maidenway
The by-election was held on 5 November 2015, following the death of Councillor Ruth Pentney.


2015 Torbay Council election, By-elections 2015 to 2018, Tormohun
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Andy Lang, and held on 5 May 2016.


2015 Torbay Council election, By-elections 2015 to 2018, Watcombe
The by-election was called following the death of Councillor Roger Stringer. The by-election was held on 14 December 2017.


2015 Torneo Apertura (Chile)
The 2015 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Scotiabank  was the 97th Chilean League top flight, in which Colo-Colo won its 31st league title.


2015 Torneo Apertura (Chile), Liguilla Pre-Copa Sudamericana
Following the conclusion of the regular season, the teams placed 2nd to 5th advanced to the Liguilla in order to determine the "Chile 1" spot to the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2015 Torneo Apertura (Chile), Liguilla Pre-Copa Sudamericana, Finals
Universidad Católica won 5–3 on aggregate and qualified for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2015 Torneo Clausura (Chile)
The 2015 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Scotiabank was the 96th Chilean League top flight, in which Cobresal won its 1st ever league title.


2015 Torneo Clausura (Chile), Liguilla Pre-Copa Sudamericana
Following the conclusion of the regular season, the teams placed 2nd to 5th qualified for the Liguilla in order to determine the "Chile 3" spot to the 2015 Copa Sudamericana. However, teams that already played the 2015 Copa Libertadores (from second stage onwards) and the winners of Copa Chile are ineligible to compete in the Liguilla. These teams are the following:


2015 Torneo Clausura (Chile), Liguilla Pre-Copa Sudamericana, Final
4–4 on aggregate. Universidad Católica won 6–5 on penalties and qualified for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado
The 2015 Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional (known as the 2015 Copa Movistar for sponsorship reasons) is the 99th season of the highest division of Peruvian football. A total of 17 teams have been confirmed to compete in the season after Alianza Atlético were reinstated in the first division following their relegation in 2011.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
The competition will be played with 17 teams after the restitution of Alianza Atlético's place in the first division. The championship will be divided into several stages.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
The first tournament to be played will be the 2015 Torneo del Inca—played by the 17 teams in 3 groups. Subsequently, the Torneo Apertura will have all teams play each other once either home or away while the Torneo Clausura will repeat those matches but reversing the home or away ground. The winners of these three tournaments will advance to the semi-finals of the playoff phase at the end of the season granted they each finish at least eighth in the aggregate table or above. The aggregate table will consist of the results of only the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura. The fourth team to advance to the semi-finals will be the best placed team in the aggregate table that did not win any of the three tournaments.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
Should one team win two of the three tournaments, they will automatically advance to the finals of the playoff phase and the semi-finals will be played by the team that won the remaining tournament and the best placed team on the aggregate table. Should one team win all three tournaments they will automatically become season champions. The aggregate table will also determine the three teams to be relegated at the end of the season.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Competition modus
The teams that qualify for the international competitions will be:


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Teams
A total of 17 teams have been confirmed to play in the 2015 Torneo Descentralizado. Fourteen teams from the previous season, the 2014 Segunda División champion (Deportivo Municipal), the 2014 Copa Perú champion (Sport Loreto), and Alianza Atlético which were reinstated in the first division following their relegation in 2011.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Torneo del Inca
The Torneo del Inca was the first major phase of the overall season. Although the previous season's Torneo del Inca was not part of the national championship, this season the Torneo del Inca's champion could advance to the playoffs if they finish in the top eight of the Torneo Descentralizado's aggregate table. The Torneo del Inca was divided into 3 stages. The first stage was a group stage, the second stage was the semifinals played over two legs, and the third stage was the final. Universidad César Vallejo defeated Alianza Lima in the final.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Torneo Clausura, Clausura play-off
Because Melgar and Real Garcilaso tied with 29 points a title play-off on neutral ground was played as the tournament rules specify.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Playoff phase, Semi-finals
The teams that will qualify to the semi-finals will be the first place team on the aggregate table, the Torneo Apertura winner, the Torneo Clausura winner, and the 2015 Torneo del Inca winner. A draw will be held to determine the match-ups.


2015 Torneo Descentralizado, Playoff phase, Third place play-off
The two losing semi-finalists will play in a match to determine the third place team of the season.


2015 Torneo Federal A
The 2015, was the 2º Torneo Federal A season since it became part of the third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA  have to play the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the other third tier competition. The champion will be promoted to Primera B Nacional. 40 teams competed. The regular season began on March 20 and is scheduled to end on December 10.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, First stage
The teams were divided into four zones with ten teams (a total of 40 teams) in each zone and it was played in a round-robin tournament. The teams placed 1º to 3º and the two best 4º team from the four zones qualified for the Second Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Second Stage, Tetradecagonal Final
Consisted of fourteen (14) teams that qualified from the First Stage and the winner was declared champion and automatically promoted to the Primera B Nacional. It was played in a round-robin system. The teams placed 2º to 4º advanced directly to the Fifth Stage, while the teams placed 5º to 14º advanced to the Third Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Second Stage, Reválida
The twenty six (26) teams that did not qualify for the Tetradecagonal Final were grouped into two zones of thirteen (13) teams. The teams placed 1º to 5º of both zones advanced to the Third Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Third Stage
The teams placed 5º to 14º from the Tetradecagonal Final and the teams placed 1º to 5º of both zones of the Revalida Stage (20 teams) played against each other in a Double-elimination tournament. The 10 winning teams advanced to the Fourth Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Fourth Stage
The 10 winning teams coming from the Third Stage played against each other in a Double-elimination tournament. The 5 winning teams advanced to the Fifth Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Fifth Stage
The teams placed 2º to 4º in the Tetradecagonal Final and the 5 winning teams coming from the Fourth Stage played against each other in a Double-elimination tournament. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Fifth Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Sixth Stage
The 4 winning teams coming from the Fifth Stage played against each other in a Double-elimination tournament. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Seventh Stage.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Seventh Stage
The 2 winning teams coming from the Fifth Stage played against each other in a Double-elimination tournament. The winning team was promoted to the Primera B Nacional.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Format, Relegation
After the Revalida Stage a table was drawn up with the addition of points of the First Stage and Revalida Stage, the last four of both zones were relegated to Torneo Federal B.


2015 Torneo Federal A, Club information, Zone 1
1 Play their home games at Estadio José María Minella.


2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León
The 2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in León, Mexico between 6 April and 12 April 2015.


2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Doubles
Sam Groth and Chris Guccione were the defending champions, but chose to compete in the 2015 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships instead.


2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Doubles
Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Guillermo Durán and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles
Rajeev Ram was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Daniel Nguyen.


2015 Torneo Internacional Challenger León – Singles
Austin Krajicek won the title, defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4 in the final.


2015 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
The Torneo de Promoción y Reserva is a football tournament in Peru. There are currently 17 clubs in the league. Each team will have a roster of twelve 21-year-old players, three 19-year-olds, and three older reinforcements; whenever they be recorded in the club. The tournament will offer the champion two bonus points and the runner-up one bonus point to the respective regular teams in the 2015 Torneo Descentralizado.


2015 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva, Torneo del Inca, Average table
The teams will be ranked based on points per game.


2015 Torneo del Inca
The 2015 Torneo del Inca is the third season of the Torneo del Inca, the first football tournament of the 2015 season of Peruvian football. All 17 teams of the first division compete in this tournament and the winner of the tournament advances to the playoffs of the 2015 Torneo Descentralizado.


2015 Torneo del Inca, Draw
The 17 teams were organized into four pots based on historical influence and geographic regions and were to be drawn into the three groups. The first pot contained the Big 3, the second and third pots contained teams which play in cities that are substantially above sea level, and the final pot contained the remaining teams which were not part of the first three pots.


2015 Torneo del Inca, Group stage, Ranking of second place teams
The second place teams will be ranked based on points per game.


2015 Torneo del Inca, Final phase, Semi-finals
The semi-finals was played by the three group winners and the second place team with the best points-per-game average.


2015 Torneo del Inca, Final phase, Semi-finals, Second leg
Tied 2-2 on aggregate. Universidad César Vallejo win 5-4 on penalties.


2015 Torneo del Inca, Final phase, Final
The final was played in the Estadio Nacional in Lima.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season
The 2015 Toronto Argonauts season was the 58th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 143rd season overall. The Argonauts finished with a 10–8 record, but lost the East-Semi Final to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season
The Argonauts spent much of the 2015 season as a traveling team due to a litany of schedule conflicts between the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays season; in the latter case, the Argonauts' attempt to backload their schedule with home games backfired when the Blue Jays unexpectedly made the playoffs and advanced to the American League Championship Series, forcing last-minute relocations for the Argonauts as the Blue Jays held priority on use of the Rogers Centre. For the third consecutive season, the Argonauts' home pre-season game was played at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season
The team played their regular season opener at SMS Equipment Stadium in Fort McMurray as the designated home team against the Edmonton Eskimos. This made the Argonauts the first CFL franchise to host regular season games in three different provinces (including New Brunswick for Touchdown Atlantic in 2010). In effect, the Argonauts played on the road for their first five games, with their home opener coming in week 7 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, playing only 5 games in their host market during the regular season.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season
The team later had to shift their October 6 home game against Ottawa to TD Place Stadium, home of the Redblacks, and their October 17 and 23 home games were moved to Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton. If the Jays had advanced to the 2015 World Series, further Argonauts home games would have had to be relocated. The Argos did not fare well in the Hamilton "home" games; they lost both contests (knocking them out of contention to win the East division) and drew a combined attendance of 7,142.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season
The November 6 contest against Winnipeg (which drew 17,511) was their last game at Rogers Centre. Renovations to BMO Field were completed in time for the Argonauts to relocate to their new venue for the 2016 CFL season.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2015 CFL Draft took place on May 12, 2015. The Argonauts had seven selections in the seven-round draft. They traded their sixth-round pick for Dwight Anderson and received a seventh-round pick for Josh Portis.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season, Schedule
1 Originally scheduled for the Rogers Centre but relocated due to schedule conflicts.


2015 Toronto Argonauts season, Team
Italics indicate international player updated 2015-11-1746 active, 10 Injured, 6 six-game injured,10 practice, 3 suspended


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 2015 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 39th season for the franchise, and the 26th full season of play (27th overall) at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth on September 25, their first since 1993, ending what was the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports at the time. On September 30, the team clinched the American League East Division and opened the playoffs by defeating the Texas Rangers in five games, in the American League Division Series. The Blue Jays were eliminated in a playoff series for the first time since 1991, losing to the Kansas City Royals in six games, in the American League Championship Series.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired Marco Estrada, Devon Travis, Josh Donaldson, and Michael Saunders via trades. The Estrada trade was a one-for-one swap of Estrada and Adam Lind, who went to Milwaukee Brewers after the Blue Jays exercised the option on his contract. In addition, both the Travis and Saunders trades were single-player deals. Travis came to Toronto for Anthony Gose, who went to the Detroit Tigers, and Saunders was exchanged for J. A. Happ, who was dealt to the Seattle Mariners. Toronto acquired Donaldson in a five–player trade, sending Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto to Oakland Athletics. Barreto played for the Vancouver Canadians in Single A in 2014, while Graveman and Nolin were September additions to the Blue Jays' roster.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
In the free agent market, Toronto signed Russell Martin to a five–year contract, non-tendered John Mayberry Jr., and signed Jeff Francis, Ezequiel Carrera, Wilton López, Caleb Gindl, Jake Fox, Daric Barton, and Andrew Albers to minor league contracts with invitations to spring training. Toronto offered Melky Cabrera a $15.3 million qualifying offer which Cabrera subsequently declined. Cabrera eventually signed with the Chicago White Sox on December 14, 2014 pending a medical, which he passed the following day. Toronto was compensated with a draft pick at the end of the first round. On December 16, Toronto signed Daric Barton to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Then Brandon Morrow signed with the San Diego Padres on December 16, 2014.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
Justin Smoak was claimed off waivers by Toronto from the Seattle Mariners. He was non-tendered by Toronto, but later signed to a one–year contract. Toronto also claimed Andy Dirks. However, Toronto non–tendered Dirks. Chris Colabello, Juan Oramas, Scott Barnes, and Preston Guilmet were claimed off waivers. Juan Francisco was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
Toronto hitting coach Kevin Seitzer left Toronto to become hitting coach of the Atlanta Braves. Brook Jacoby took over as hitting coach. Toronto's bullpen coach Bob Stanley was re–assigned to the minor leagues. Dane Johnson replaced Stanley as bullpen coach. Eric Owens became Toronto's first ever assistant hitting coach.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
The Blue Jays avoided arbitration with Brett Cecil, Michael Saunders, and Marco Estrada. The trio signed one-year contracts for salaries of $2.475 million, $2.875 million, and $3.9 million respectively. However, the Blue Jays failed to avoid arbitration with Josh Donaldson and Danny Valencia.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
Daniel Norris had surgery to remove "bone spurs and loose bodies" from his left elbow.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
In January, the Blue Jays were in extended discussions with the Baltimore Orioles regarding general manager Dan Duquette. The organization wanted to replace Paul Beeston with Duquette, though Duquette was under contract until the end of the 2018 season. Discussions ended when it was reported that Baltimore was seeking a compensation package of 3 first-round selections (Jeff Hoffman, Max Pentecost, and Mitch Nay).


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Off–season
In February, the Blue Jays went to salary arbitration with Danny Valencia and Josh Donaldson, the first two cases for the Blue Jays since the 1997 season. On February 5, Valencia won his arbitration case and was awarded $1.675 million for the 2015 season. Toronto had offered him $1.25 million. A week later, Toronto won the arbitration case with Donaldson, agreeing to pay him $4.3 million. Donaldson had been seeking $5.75 million.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
Prior to the official start of spring training, Michael Saunders tore the meniscus in his left knee on February 26 and was initially expected to go on the disabled list until the All-Star break. After undergoing surgery to remove his meniscus his injury outlook improved to between 5 and 6 weeks out of the lineup. On March 10, Marcus Stroman suffered a torn ACL while practising fielding bunts, and was ruled out for the entire 2015 season.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
Attending spring training for the first time, both Roberto Osuna and Miguel Castro impressed Blue Jays management with their abilities, and both earned positions in the bullpen on the Opening Day roster. The team returned to Montreal's Olympic Stadium on April 3 and April 4, 2015, to face the Cincinnati Reds. The Blue Jays would lose the first game 2–0, but win the finale 9–1. In Grapefruit League play, Toronto finished with a 19–13 record.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, 2015 Draft
The 2015 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 8–10.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
The Blue Jays played against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day and won, 6–1. Toronto scored five runs in the third inning. Prospects Devon Travis and Miguel Castro made their MLB debuts, with Travis recording his first career hit, a solo home run. Drew Hutchison, who became the youngest opening day starter in Blue Jays history, pitched six innings giving up three hits, including a solo home run to Brett Gardner. Castro got the final four outs to close out the game. With the win, the Blue Jays opening day record improved to 20–19.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
After an off-day, Toronto suffered a 4–3 loss to New York. Entering the 8th inning with a 3–1 lead, Aaron Loup put all three batters he faced on base, before Brett Cecil entered the game and allowed all three to score. Due to his poor performance, Cecil was temporarily moved out of the closer role, and was replaced by Miguel Castro. In the series finale, prospect Daniel Norris earned his first MLB win, while Castro closed out the game for his first MLB save as the Blue Jays won 6–3. Toronto got five singles in the second inning to get four runs. Toronto won the series 2–1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
Travelling to Camden Yards for the first time in 2015, Mark Buehrle won his 200th career game as Toronto defeated Baltimore 12–5. Toronto scored four runs in the top of the first inning and another five runs in the fourth inning. José Bautista got his first three hits of the season and left in the bottom of the sixth inning as the result of minor cramping in his calves. Aaron Sanchez, another of Toronto's top prospects, made his first career MLB start against Ubaldo Jiménez the following night, but would last just 31⁄3 innings and yield 3 earned runs. The Blue Jays would lose the game 7–1. Toronto would win the rubber match 10–7, with Kevin Pillar, Dalton Pompey, and José Bautista each hitting their first home runs of the season.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
Holding a 4–2 record, the Blue Jays played at home for the first time in 2015 against the Tampa Bay Rays on April 13. R. A. Dickey would get the start in his third home opener, and yield 2 runs on back-to-back bases-loaded walks. Toronto would go on to lose 2–1, their fourth consecutive loss in a home opener. After a 3–2 loss the following night, the Blue Jays won their first home game of the season, defeating the Rays 12–7 on Jackie Robinson Day. Toronto would lose the series finale, 4–2.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
Jose Reyes left the game in the first inning with an oblique strain, and was expected to miss at least 3 games. In their first interleague series of the season, the Blue Jays took on the Atlanta Braves in Toronto. Despite hitting 5 home runs, including the first 2 of the season by Josh Donaldson and Russell Martin, Toronto would lose the first game 8–7. In the second game, Miguel Castro would take his first blown save of the season, yielding a ninth-inning solo home run to former Blue Jay Kelly Johnson that tied the game at 5–5.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
In the tenth inning, Josh Donaldson hit a walk-off home run to give Toronto the win, 6–5. The Blue Jays would lose the final game of the series, 5–2. Devon Travis left the game in the first inning after being hit by a pitch near his ribcage. X -rays were negative for a fracture, and he was considered day to day.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
After an off day, the Blue Jays played against the Orioles at home. Toronto would win the first game of the series, 13–6. Tensions nearly boiled over when Jason Garcia threw behind Jose Bautista, and three pitches later, Bautista hit a home run, watching it all the way and slowly rounding the bases. Between innings Bautista and Adam Jones exchanged words, and after the game Jones claimed that Garcia's pitch was unintentional. Bautista cited the previous series against Baltimore, in which reliever Darren O'Day threw behind him and he would hit a home run off O'Day in the same at-bat.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
Bautista would miss the following game with a right shoulder strain. Devon Travis returned to the lineup and hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning to lead Toronto to a 4–2 victory. The Blue Jays would complete their first sweep of the season, beating Baltimore 7–6 on April 23. Drew Hutchison pitched 8 innings, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning, and became the first Toronto starter to go 8 innings in the 2015 season.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
Beginning a 10-game road trip, the Blue Jays travelled to Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay to take on the Rays and were swept, losing 12–3, 4–2, and 5–1 in the three-game set. Daniel Norris, who started the second game of the series, pitched the longest MLB game of his career, and appeared to overcome what he had described as a "dead arm" phase. Jose Bautista did not appear in any of the games due to his shoulder strain. Bautista returned to the lineup as the designated hitter when the Blue Jays opened a 3-game set at Fenway Park in Boston.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, April
Toronto lost the first game of the series, 6–5, extending their losing streak to 4. After the game, Jose Reyes was placed on the disabled list with a rib injury. Toronto would snap their losing streak the following night, defeating the Red Sox 11–8. In the finale, Toronto lost 4–1. The Blue Jays then travelled to Cleveland, and won their last April game 5–1, ending the month with an 11–12 record.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
Toronto lost the first game of May by a score of 9–4. Before the game, top prospect Daniel Norris was optioned back to Triple-A Buffalo, and Marco Estrada was announced as his replacement in the starting rotation. Canadian pitcher Andrew Albers was added to the 40-man roster after Maicer Izturis was moved to the 60-day disabled list. After the game, Albers was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo along with Dalton Pompey. Pitcher Scott Copeland and outfielder Ezequiel Carrera were called up to replace Albers and Pompey.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
The Blue Jays would defeat reigning Cy Young winner Corey Kluber the following day, by a score of 11–4. In the final game of the series, the Blue Jays held a 6–1 lead but would end up losing 10–7. Devon Travis hit the first grand slam of his career, increasing his season total to 7 as well as bringing his RBI total to 23, both of which led the team to that point. Following the loss, the Blue Jays demoted Miguel Castro and Scott Copeland, and recalled Chad Jenkins and Steve Delabar from Buffalo to replace them.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
Returning home after a disappointing 3–7 road trip, the Blue Jays took on the first-place Yankees. R. A. Dickey earned his first win of the season as the Blue Jays came from behind late to win 3–1. In the second game, Marco Estrada made his first start for Toronto, but the team was shut down by Yankees starter Michael Pineda, losing 6–3. In the rubber match, Mark Buehrle and the Blue Jays defeated the Yankees, 5–1. Buehrle raised his career record against the Yankees to 2–14, winning for the first time since 2004.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
After an off-day, the Blue Jays played the Red Sox at home for the first time this season. Aaron Sanchez recorded his first career quality start as the Blue Jays won the first game, 7–0. The win was their first shutout of the season, as well as the 3,000th win in franchise history. In the second game of the series, Drew Hutchison earned his third win of the season as Toronto defeated Boston 7–1. Toronto would lose the final game of their homestand, 6–3.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
The Blue Jays began a 7-game road trip in Baltimore on May 11. The game played that night was the first to be played in Baltimore following the empty-stadium game played on April 29, due to the 2015 Baltimore protests. Toronto would lose, 5–2. In the second game, Toronto would come from behind 2–0 to win 10–2, helped by a two-home run night from Edwin Encarnacion. Toronto lost the rubber match, 6–1, and did not record an extra-base hit for the first time in the 2015 season. The loss also broke a 31-game streak with at least 1 double.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
The Blue Jays then travelled to Houston, taking on the AL West-leading Astros. Toronto was swept by Houston, losing 6–4, 8–4, 6–5, and 4–2. Following their third loss to Houston, Josh Donaldson called out his teammates for their poor play, stating "this isn't the 'try' league, this is the 'get it done' league. And you know, eventually they're gonna find people who are going to get it done."


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
Toronto opened a 10-game homestand against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 18. Roberto Osuna earned his first career win in the Blue Jays 10–6 victory. The Blue Jays would get strong starting pitching but lose the next two games in the series, each by a single run. In the final game, R. A. Dickey pitched his first complete game victory at home as a Blue Jay, winning 8–4. The Seattle Mariners then came to Toronto for a 3-game set.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
The Blue Jays pitching continued to improve, but their offence was shut down by Felix Hernandez and James Paxton in the first two games, losing 4–3 and 3–2. Toronto would win the final game of the series, 8–2, aided by another strong pitching performance by Aaron Sanchez. Closing the homestand, the Blue Jays took on the Chicago White Sox. Drew Hutchison pitched his second career complete game shutout in the first game of the series, winning 6–0. In the second game, the Blue Jays received excellent offensive performances from Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson, winning 10–9.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
Bautista had 3 doubles and 5 RBI, while Donaldson went 4–4 with 5 runs scored and two home runs, one of which was a walk-off, 3-run home run. The Jays would lose the finale of the series 5–3 in the tenth inning. Josh Donaldson hit a ninth-inning home run to tie the game and send it to extras, bringing him to three straight games with at least one home run.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
Toronto would travel to Minnesota to close out the month of May by taking on the first-place Twins. In the first game of the series, Mark Buehrle allowed 4 runs in the first inning, but after that faced the minimum number of batters in pitching a complete game. Josh Donaldson hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, his fourth straight game with a home run.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, May
Chris Colabello, making his first start against his former team, hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning to help defeat the Twins 6–4. Toronto would lose the final two games of the month, each by a single run, bringing their record in one-run games to a dismal 3–12.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
The Blue Jays opened June with a three-game series against the Washington Nationals. The first game of the series was rained out and rescheduled as a doubleheader for the following day. In the first game of the doubleheader, Toronto was shut out for the first time in the 2015 season, losing 2–0. The team rebounded from their shutout and defeated the Nationals 7–3 in the second game, aided by Kevin Pillar's first career multi-home run game.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
In the rubber match, Toronto beat Washington, 8–0, and won their first series on the road since taking two of three from the Baltimore Orioles in early April. Mark Buehrle recorded his league-leading third complete game, and earned his first shutout of the season. He also pitched his second consecutive complete game, the first time he had done so in over a decade.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
The Jays returned home after a 3–3 road trip to take on the Houston Astros for the first time since suffering a four-game sweep against them in May. In the first game, Aaron Sanchez established a new career high with 8 innings pitched and did not walk a batter for the first time as a starter. The Blue Jays won the game by a score of 6–2. Aided by another strong starting pitching performance from Drew Hutchison, the Blue Jays earned their first four-game winning streak of 2015 by beating the Astros 7–2 in the second game of the series.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
In the final game of the series, Chris Colabello extended his hitting streak to 17 games in the bottom of the ninth inning, when he singled and drove in Jose Reyes and Jose Bautista to give the Blue Jays a walk-off victory, 7–6, and their second sweep of the season. The Miami Marlins made their first trip to Toronto since the 2012 trade between the two clubs that exchanged 12 players. In the first game, the Blue Jays knocked Marlins' starter Brad Hand out in the first inning, en route to an 11–3 win.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
In the second game of the series, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run walk-off home run to extend the Blue Jays' winning streak to 7 games. Chris Colabello failed to record a hit, ending his 18-game hitting streak. Toronto would complete the sweep on June 10, aided by 4 home runs, and capped a 6–0 homestand by winning 7–2. Scott Copeland made his first major league start and took the win, pitching 7 innings and yielding only 1 run.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
Toronto travelled to Fenway park for the second time in 2015 following their perfect homestand. In the first game of the series, the Red Sox led the Jays 8–1 at one point; however, Toronto came back to win 13–10, aided by a 9-run seventh inning. The second game went into extra innings tied 4–4, after the Blue Jays surrendered a 4–0 lead. Russell Martin hit a solo home run in the eleventh inning, aiding the Jays to their 10th straight victory. In the finale, Toronto scored 9 runs off Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez and won 13–5, sweeping the Red Sox.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
The Blue Jays extended their winning streak to 11 games, tying the franchise-record. The team then played a home-and-home series against the New York Mets, with the first two games being played at Citi Field. The Mets ended Toronto's 11-game win streak with a walk-off single in the first game, defeating the Jays, 4–3. The Blue Jays would lose the next game 3–2, after being shut down most of the game by Mets starter Matt Harvey. Returning to the Rogers Centre, Toronto rebounded from back-to-back 1-run losses by beating the Mets 8–0.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
In the final game of the series, R. A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon faced off in the first matchup of pitchers older than 40 since Jamie Moyer pitched against Greg Maddux in 2008. Dickey would lead the Blue Jays to a 7–1 win over the Mets, splitting the series at 2-games apiece.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
Still undefeated at home in June, Toronto played a three-game series against the Orioles. In the first game, Marco Estrada took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, and left with a 5–0 lead. The Blue Jays won the game 5–4, with Brett Cecil surrendering 2 runs in the ninth inning. The second game was tied 2–2 into the ninth inning, but Aaron Loup gave up 3 runs to break the tie. Toronto's rally fell short in their half of the ninth, losing 5–3.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
The rubber match was a battle of offence, as both Scott Copeland and Chris Tillman lasted only 11⁄3 innings and allowed 7 and 6 runs respectively. Toronto came from behind 7–0 to lead 9–7, but the bullpen again failed to hold the lead, with Cecil allowing 4 runs in the ninth and the Jays losing a home series for the first time in a month. The team then travelled to Tampa Bay for three games against the Rays.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
They opened the series with an 8–5 win, though Drew Hutchison continued to struggle with his efficiency, needing 109 pitched to get through 5 innings. R. A. Dickey returned from the bereavement list and started the second game, but Chris Archer got the better of the Blue Jays for the third time in 2015, as the Rays won, 4–3. In the final game, Marco Estrada took a perfect game into the eighth inning, though he left with the game tied 0–0. Chris Colabello hit a go-ahead home run in the twelfth and Steve Delabar earned his first save of the season as the Blue Jays took 2 of 3 from the Rays.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
Toronto returned to the Rogers Centre to play their final 7 home games before the All-Star break, opening with 3 against the Texas Rangers. In the first game, the offence scored double digit runs for the league-leading 13th time in 2015, backing another strong performance by Mark Buehrle to win 12–2. Edwin Encarnacion recorded his 20th career multi-home run game, hitting his 7th career grand slam in the first inning and a solo shot in the seventh.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, June
Prospect Matt Boyd made his MLB debut in the second game, but yielded 4 runs and took the loss as the team was shut out for the second time in 2015, 4–0. The Blue Jays won the finale, 3–2, and earned their third win when scoring less than 4 runs in a game. Closing out the month, Toronto would lose to the Red Sox 3–1 and 4–3, finishing June with an 18–9 record and only 1 game back in the AL East.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
The Blue Jays opened July with a win over the Red Sox on Canada Day, 11–2, backed by 5 home runs and another strong start by Mark Buehrle. Toronto lost the finale, 12–6, after starter Matt Boyd yielded 7 earned runs without recording an out.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
Travelling to Detroit for the first time in 2015, the Blue Jays were no-hit into the eighth inning by Aníbal Sánchez. Their late rally fell short, losing the opener 8–6. In the second game, R. A. Dickey took his team-leading ninth loss on the season, as Toronto was defeated 8–3. The team managed to avoid a sweep, beating Detroit 10–5 in the final game of the 3-game series. Following the game, it was announced that Josh Donaldson had been elected to the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as the starting third baseman.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
The Blue Jays then took on the White Sox in Chicago, with Mark Buehrle starting the first game of the series. Though the Jays would end Chris Sale's streak of games with at least 10 strikeouts, they would lose 4–2 following a costly error by Jose Reyes. After the game, Jose Bautista and Russell Martin were announced as reserve All-Stars. In the second game, Félix Doubront made his first start as a Blue Jay, allowing just 1 run in 62⁄3 innings as Toronto won, 2–1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
Toronto would lose the third game, 7–6, after Roberto Osuna surrendered a walk-off home run in the eleventh inning. In the finale, the Jays offence was shut down by Jeff Samardzija, losing 2–0 and falling to 2–5 on their road trip. Moving on to Kansas City for their final series before the All-Star break, the Jays were shut out for the second consecutive game, losing 3–0. In the second game, Mark Buehrle earned his 10th win of the season, his 15th straight season with at least 10 wins, defeating the Royals, 6–2. In the rubber match, the Jays came back from being down 7–0, scoring 8 runs in the sixth inning to take the lead; however, poor pitching would again befall them, losing 11–10, and ending the unofficial first half of the season with a 45–46 record.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
While both Donaldson and Martin participated in All-Star festivities, Jose Bautista declined the invitation in order to get treatment on his sore shoulder. Donaldson competed in the Home Run Derby, losing to eventual winner Todd Frazier in the semi-finals. After the break, the Blue Jays returned to Toronto to play three games against the Rays. Drew Hutchison continued to perform well at home, while Donaldson and Justin Smoak homered to lead the Jays back to .500 with a 6–2 win. They would lose the second game of the series, 3–2, continuing to struggle scoring runs for R. A. Dickey. Taking on Chris Archer in the finale for the fourth time this season, the Jays would win 4–0, off another strong start by Marco Estrada.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
Toronto began a 6-game trip to the west coast in Oakland, taking on the Athletics for the first time since the trade that made Josh Donaldson a Blue Jay. Mark Buehrle would earn his team-leading eleventh win of the season in the first game of the series, defeating former Blue Jay Kendall Graveman 7–1. The second game went into extra innings, where Roberto Osuna allowed a walk-off home run in the tenth innings and took the loss, 4–3. The Jays would win the rubber match 5–2, aided by Oakland trading scheduled starter Scott Kazmir prior to the game.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
The team then travelled to Seattle for a 3-game series against the Mariners. The Toronto offence was shut down by Felix Hernandez in the first game, losing 5–2. Drew Hutchison was the scheduled starter for Toronto, but was scratched before the game due to illness. Aaron Sanchez was activated off the disabled list before the second game of the series, and as expected was moved to the bullpen. He would end up taking the win, 8–6, thanks to a ninth-inning, 2-run single by Chris Colabello. The Blue Jays would lose the final game of their 6-game road trip, 6–5, after Aaron Loup yielded a walk-off home run in the 10th inning.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
In the early hours of July 28, Toronto pulled off a blockbuster trade with Colorado, sending José Reyes, Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, and Jesus Tinoco to the Rockies in exchange for Troy Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins. That night, the team began a 10-game homestand with 2 games against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Blue Jays would lose the game, 3–2, with Hawkins making his debut for the team, pitching 1 relief inning. Jose Bautista and Devon Travis would leave the game with a cramp and a shoulder injury, respectively.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, July
Tulowitzki would make his Blue Jays' debut in the second game of the series, batting leadoff for the first time in his career. He would finish the game 3–5, with a home run, 2 doubles, and 3 RBI. Toronto would win 8–2 and split the series with Philadelphia. Before the start of their game on July 30, the first of a 4-game series with the Royals, the Blue Jays announced the acquisition of David Price. Toronto traded their top prospect, Daniel Norris, as well as Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt to the Detroit Tigers for Price. The team would win their game against Kansas City that night, 5–2, aided by 3 home runs. The Jays would then trade for Mark Lowe and Ben Revere before the trade deadline passed, and won their final game of July, beating Kansas City 7–6 in the eleventh inning.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
The Blue Jays opened August with a 7–6 loss to the Royals. Ben Revere and Mark Lowe made their debuts with Toronto, with the latter allowing 3 runs in 1 inning pitched to take the loss. To close out the series, the Blue Jays and Royals played a heated game on August 2. Royals starter Edinson Vólquez intentionally hit Josh Donaldson with a pitch in the first inning, and both benches were warned by home plate umpire Jim Wolf. In his next at-bat, Volquez narrowly missed hitting Donaldson in the head, but was not ejected.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Later, Troy Tulowitzki was hit by Royals reliever Ryan Madson, who followed with another pitch that just missed hitting Donaldson in the face. Manager John Gibbons was ejected for arguing with Wolf, while Madson remained in the game. In the following inning, Aaron Sanchez hit Alcides Escobar on the knee with an inside pitch and was ejected, which lead to a bench-clearing argument on field, with Blue Jays bench coach DeMarlo Hale also being ejected. The Blue Jays would win the game, 5–2, taking 3 of 4 from the AL-leading Royals.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Toronto followed their series victory over the Royals with a 4-game set against the Minnesota Twins, who entered the series with a 1-game lead for the second Wild Card position. Newly acquired ace David Price made his first start for Toronto and lead them to a 5–1 victory, pitching 8 innings and striking out 11, which tied a franchise record for strikeouts in a Blue Jays debut. Before the game on August 4, it was announced that John Gibbons had been suspended 1 game for returning to the field on August 2 after being ejected.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Aaron Sanchez was suspended 3 games, as MLB determined he had intentionally hit Alcides Escobar with a pitch. The Blue Jays would take sole possession of the second Wild Card spot with a 3–1 win that night, aided by another strong start from Marco Estrada. In the third game of the series, Jose Bautista hit his 5th career grand slam to lift Toronto to a 9–7 victory. Before the game, it was announced that Marcus Stroman, who had been expected to miss the entire 2015 season with a torn ACL, would begin a rehab assignment on August 21. The Blue Jays would complete the first 4-game sweep of the Twins in franchise history on August 6, winning 9–3. Mark Buehrle earned his 30th career win against Minnesota in the game, while Edwin Encarnacion hit his 250th career home run.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Travelling to New York for the first time since their season-opening series, the Blue Jays took on the Yankees in a crucial 3-game set. Toronto entered the series just 41⁄2 back of the Yankees for the division lead. The first game went tied into extra innings, where Jose Bautista hit a solo home run to give the Blue Jays a 2–1 lead. Roberto Osuna closed the game for his ninth save of the season, and in doing so became the youngest pitcher in MLB history to record an extra-innings save.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
David Price made his second start as a Blue Jay in the middle game of the series, and held the Yankees scoreless through 7 innings. Justin Smoak hit the first grand slam of his career, as well as the first Blue Jays grand slam at Yankees Stadium (past or present). In the finale, the Blue Jays completed their second-consecutive sweep, defeating the Yankees 2–0. The sweep was Toronto's first in New York since May 22–25, 2003, and the Yankees were shutout in back-to-back games for the first time since May 12–13, 1999, ending an MLB record streak of 2,665 games. On their August 10 off-day, Josh Donaldson and David Price were named American League Co-Players of the Week.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Returning home, Toronto sought to extend their 8-game winning streak against the Oakland Athletics. Drew Hutchison pitched into the eighth inning for the first time since May, as the Blue Jays won, 4–2. Toronto's offence exploded once again in the second game, scoring 7 runs in the second inning and winning 10–3, making them the first team since the 1977 Kansas City Royals to have 2 10-game winning streaks in a season. The Blue Jays also took a half-game lead on the Yankees in the AL East with the win.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
In the finale, Athletics starter Sonny Gray was scratched due to back spasms, and former Blue Jay Jesse Chavez started in his place. Mark Buehrle pitched another gem, allowing 2 runs in 7 innings of work to lead Toronto to a 4–2 victory. The win made the 2015 Blue Jays the first team to have 2 11-game winning streaks since the 1954 Cleveland Indians. Looking to extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 12 games, the Blue Jays played against the Yankees for 3 games, this time in Toronto.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
David Price pitched well through 7 innings, before leaving in the eighth with 2 baserunners. Aaron Sanchez would give up a three-run home run to Carlos Beltrán, and New York would hang on to beat the Jays 4–3, ending their streak, and knocking Toronto out of first place in the AL East. In the middle game of the series, the Blue Jays were shut down by Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka, who pitched a complete game and gave up only 1 run. The Blue Jays avoided the sweep, taking the series finale by a score of 3–1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Due to several off-days in the second half of August, the Blue Jays did not need a fifth starter, and on their off day on August 17, Opening Day starter Drew Hutchison was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo. The team would travel to Philadelphia for a 2-game series with the Phillies. Josh Donaldson drove in 4 runs in the first game, giving him the league-lead with 91, and aid the Jays to an 8–5 victory. The Phillies would take game 2, 7–4, and split the series. Following another off-day, the Blue Jays took on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
The matchup saw the two leading American League MVP hopefuls, Angels center fielder Mike Trout and Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson, go head-to-head. David Price earned his third win in four starts with the Blue Jays, as the offence powered to a 9–2 win. Donaldson would go 2–3 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI, while Trout was hitless in 3 at-bats. In the second game, the Blue Jays offence exploded once again, defeating the Angels 15–3.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Donaldson had a career-best performance, going 4–5 with a home run and 6 RBI, giving him a career-high 100 RBI on the season, as well as making him the first player in 2015 to have 100 or more RBI. Trout was 0–3 with 2 strikeouts in the game. In the final game of the series, the Blue Jays came back from a 5–1 deficit after the first inning to win 12–5. Toronto's offence set new franchise records for hits and runs scored in a three-game series, with 48 and 36 respectively, and moved back into first place in the AL East by a half game.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Seeking to extend their lead over the Yankees, the Blue Jays would travel to Texas to take on the Rangers for 3 games. Down 5–4 with 2 outs in the ninth inning of the first game, the Jays would rally to take the lead and win, 6–5. In the second game, Toronto's offence would score more than 10 runs in a game for the franchise-record 20th time in 2015, defeating Texas 12–4 and extending their winning streak to 5 games. The Blue Jays would be denied their second-consecutive road sweep, losing the finale 4–1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Returning home after a 6–2 road trip, the Blue Jays took on the Detroit Tigers. Former Blue Jay Matt Boyd started the first game for Detroit and took the loss, yielding 3 home runs to Toronto's potent offence. Roberto Osuna would earn his 10th save of the month in the 5–3 victory. In the middle game of the series, Edwin Encarnación had a career-best day, falling just a solo home run short of the elusive home run cycle.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
Encarnación's 9 RBI tied the franchise record set by Roy Howell in 1977, while his third grand slam of the season tied the mark set by Carlos Delgado (1997) and Darrin Fletcher (2000). Toronto would win the game 15–1. The Blue Jays would complete the sweep on August 30, their ninth sweep of the season, winning 9–2. Encarnación recorded his 35th RBI of August, establishing a new franchise record.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, August
On August 31, the Blue Jays organization announced that Mark Shapiro, president of the Cleveland Indians, would succeed Paul Beeston as president and CEO of the Jays at the end of the 2015 season. Toronto ended August with a 4–2 loss to the Cleveland Indians.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
The Blue Jays opened September with a 5–3 win over Cleveland, after Ryan Goins hit a walk-off two-run home run in the tenth inning. In the rubber match, R. A. Dickey threw his second complete game of the season, and levelled his record at 10–10 by holding Cleveland to just one run on four hits. Marcus Stroman made his first rehab start with the Lansing Lugnuts, throwing 42⁄3 innings before reaching his pitch limit. He did not allow a hit, walked one, and struck out seven. After an off-day, the Blue Jays took on the Orioles in a three-game series.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
Drew Hutchison pitched in the series opener, and allowed two home runs to Chris Davis, who took the MLB lead with forty. Toronto would lose the game, 10–2. David Price took the ball in the second game, and earned his 100th career win, leading the Jays to a 5–1 victory. In the final game of the series, the Blue Jays would win their fifth-consecutive series by defeating Baltimore 10–4, and moved twenty games above .500.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
Looking to distance themselves from the Yankees, the Blue Jays travelled to Boston for the final time in the 2015 season to battle the last-place Red Sox. Mark Buehrle, who had been pushed back two days due to fatigue, lasted only 31⁄3 innings as the Blue Jays fell to the Red Sox 11–4 in game 1, and saw their lead over New York shrink to just a half-game. The second game of the series went into extra innings, tied 1–1, before the Toronto offence scored four runs in the top of the tenth inning to win 5–1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
As the Yankees lost that day, the Blue Jays regained a 11⁄2 game lead in the division. The Jays were unable to take the series, however, as in the final game they were defeated 10–4. New York also lost, so the Toronto lead remained 11⁄2 games. The Blue Jays would then head to New York for a four-game series, one which many analysts dubbed the most important of the year for Toronto. The first game was postponed due to rain, and a doubleheader was scheduled for September 12.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
David Price pitched in the opener and earned his sixth win with the Jays, defeating the Yankees 11–5. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Blue Jays won 9–5 in the eleventh inning, and guaranteed that they would leave New York leading the AL East. However, they lost shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to a cracked shoulder blade following a collision with center fielder Kevin Pillar. The second game of the doubleheader would see the return of Marcus Stroman, who pitched five innings and allowed 3 runs before being removed from the game due to a 33-minute rain delay.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
The Blue Jays led 6–3 at the time of the delay, and would go on to win the game 10–7, taking a 41⁄2 game lead over New York. Before the final game of the series, Alex Anthopouos announced that Tulowitzki would miss 2–3 weeks with the injury. Toronto would again be shut down by Yankees' starter Masahiro Tanaka, losing 5–0. Edwin Encarnacion did not play in the game due to a finger injury, but was not expected to miss additional time.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
The Blue Jays had an off-day following their series in New York, and travelled to Atlanta to take on the Braves in their final regular season series outside of the AL East. Mark Buehrle made his return to the rotation after leaving to get a cortisone shot in his left shoulder, but the Blue Jays would lose the first game of the series, 3–2. David Price would start the second game of the series and earn his 7th win as a Blue Jay, pitching 7 innings and beating the Braves 9–1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
In the final game of the series, the Blue Jays would shutout the Braves, 5–0. Marco Estrada allowed just 3 hits and 2 walks against Atlanta, while Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Donaldson, and Cliff Pennington hit home runs for Toronto, ending their 10-game road trip with a 6–4 record and a 31⁄2-game lead for the AL East.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
Returning home for their final home series of the regular season, the Blue Jays battled the Red Sox for 3 games. Marcus Stroman made his first home start in 2015, holding the Red Sox to 1 run over 7 innings in the first game, which Toronto won 6–1. The win gave Toronto a 41⁄2-game lead in their division, however they would give that game back the following day, losing 7–6 to Boston, coupled with the Yankees defeating the Mets.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
The Blue Jays led the game 4–2, heading into the ninth inning, however Roberto Osuna and Aaron Sanchez would combine to give up 5 runs to the Red Sox. In the bottom of the ninth, Jose Bautista hit a 2-run home run, however the comeback would fall short. The Blue Jays would lose another game off their division lead in the rubber match, losing 4–3 to Boston after committing 3 errors. Following their series loss to Boston, the Blue Jays faced the Yankees for the final time in the 2015 regular season.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
Toronto would take the first game, 4–2, after another quality start from David Price. Losing 3–2 in the ninth inning of the second game, Dioner Navarro hit a solo home run to tie the game. The Blue Jays would load the bases later in the inning, but were unable to score the winning run. In the top of the tenth, the Yankees scored 3 runs off a home run by Greg Bird, and the Blue Jays would go on to lose the game 6–4.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
In the final game, Toronto and New York battled to a scoreless tie through the first 5 innings. In the bottom of the sixth, Kevin Pillar broke the tie with an RBI single, and the Blue Jays took a 1–0 lead. In the seventh, Russell Martin hit a 3-run home run to lead Toronto to a 4–0 victory. Marcus Stroman earned his third win in as many starts, pitching 7 shutout innings against the Yankees and lowering his ERA to 1.89. Toronto's last 3 regular season home games would be played against the Rays.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
R. A. Dickey started the first game of the series and earned his 100th career win, 5–3 over Tampa Bay. The win also clinched a postseason berth for the Blue Jays, their first since the 1993 season. The second game featured a match between former Rays ace David Price and current ace Chris Archer, who was mentored by Price early in his career. Though many had thought the game would be a pitcher's duel, the two combined to allow 14 runs through the first 4 innings, with Toronto eventually coming out on top, 10–8. The Blue Jays would complete the sweep, winning the final game of the series 5–4 thanks to Josh Donaldson's franchise record third walk-off home run of the season.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
The Blue Jays, still looking to clinch the division, travelled to Baltimore for a 4-game series. Behind 3–1 in the first game, Toronto rallied and tied the game in the eighth inning, before taking the lead in the ninth and holding on to win 4–3. The win lowered the team's magic number to 2. The second game of the series was rained out, and rescheduled for a doubleheader the following day. While the Blue Jays were idle due to the rain out, the Yankees lost to the Red Sox, and the magic number was lowered to 1.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
The Blue Jays would clinch the division by winning the first game of the doubleheader, 15–2. The starters were rested in the second game of the doubleheader, as well as in the final game of the series. Toronto lost both games, 8–1 and 6–4. Still in contention for the best record and home field advantage throughout the playoffs, the Blue Jays played their final three regular season games in Tampa Bay against the Rays. Troy Tulowitzki returned to the lineup in the first game of the series, recording 2 hits as Toronto defeated Tampa 8–4.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
Roberto Osuna would take the blown save and loss in the second game, as the Rays rallied in the ninth inning to win 4–3. Mark Buehrle was given the start in the final game of the season, despite having started just two days prior, and entered the game just 2 innings short of reaching 200 for the 15th consecutive season. Unfortunately, Buehrle was not able to get out of the first inning, ending his streak as the Jays lost the game 12–3. The loss ensured that Kansas City would finish with the best record in the American League, and that the Blue Jays would play the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Regular season, September / October
On October 29, 2015 General Manager Alex Anthopoulos reported that he would not be returning to the team next year, but has not provided a reason for his decision.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
The Blue Jays, as the second seed in the American League, played against the third-seeded Texas Rangers in the ALDS. As the higher seed, the Blue Jays held home-field advantage over the Rangers, and the first two games were played in Toronto. Jays' ace David Price took on Yovani Gallardo in the first game. Price yielded five runs to the Rangers over seven innings pitched. Gallardo was only able to complete five innings, but held Toronto to two runs and the Texas bullpen was able to hold the lead from that point, winning 5–3.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
In the second game of the series, Rangers ace Cole Hamels squared off against Marcus Stroman, and both starters went seven innings. Stroman limited the Texas offence to three runs, while Hamels allowed four runs, through only two were earned. Brett Cecil would surrender the tying run in the 8th inning, and the game went tied 4–4 into the 14th. Texas would take the lead in the top half, scoring two runs off LaTroy Hawkins. Toronto was unable to answer in their half of the inning, and dropped the second game of the series, 6–4.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
The series then moved to Texas, where Marco Estrada got the start for the Blue Jays, opposing Martín Pérez. Estrada held the opposition to one run over 61⁄3 innings, while the Blue Jays were able to score four off of Pérez through his five innings. The Blue Jays were able to add another run and avoid elimination for the first time in franchise history, winning 5–1. In the fourth game, R. A. Dickey became the oldest starting pitcher to make his postseason debut in MLB history, at almost 41 years of age.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
Derek Holland started for the Rangers, but gave up home runs to Josh Donaldson, Chris Colabello, and Kevin Pillar and exited after two innings, down 6–0. Dickey would be pulled after 42⁄3, and be replaced by David Price, who pitched three innings out of the bullpen. The Blue Jays would take game 4, 8–4, and force the series to game 5 back in Toronto.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
As Price pitched in the fourth game, the start in game 5 went to Marcus Stroman, who opposed Cole Hamels for the second time in the ALDS. Texas got out to a 1–0 lead quickly, scoring in the first inning. In the third inning, Shin-Soo Choo hit a solo home run, giving Texas a two-run lead. The Jays responded in the bottom of the third, with Jose Bautista doubling in Ben Revere. In the sixth inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit a home run to tie the game at 2–2.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
In the seventh inning, controversy arose when Russell Martin attempted to throw the ball back to pitcher Aaron Sanchez. The ball hit the bat of Shin-Soo Choo, and went toward third base. Rougned Odor, who was at third base, scored the go-ahead run on the play, though initially home plate umpire Dale Scott rules the ball dead. After a lengthy delay, which included Toronto fans throwing beer cans and plastic bottles onto the field, the call was upheld, and Texas took a 3–2 lead.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Division Series
Shortly afterward, Toronto manager John Gibbons informed the umpires that the team would play the rest of the game under protest. In the bottom half of the seventh inning, the Texas defence would commit three errors, which loaded the bases with no outs. After Ben Revere grounded out, Josh Donaldson tied the game with a bloop fielder's choice to right field. With runners on first and third and two outs in the inning, Jose Bautista hit a go-ahead three-run home run to take a commanding 6–3 lead. Bautista flipped his bat after he scored the home run, which later became popular on social media. Roberto Osuna came on to close the game with a five-out save, becoming the second-youngest pitcher in MLB history to record a postseason save by sealing the 6–3 victory.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Championship Series
On October 15, manager John Gibbons stated that Marco Estrada would start game 1 of the ALCS, and be followed by David Price, Marcus Stroman, and R. A. Dickey.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Championship Series
Shortly before the series began, Kansas City Mayor Sly James issued a challenge to Toronto Mayor John Tory over the result of the series, stating, "we are going to not lose, so I'm really more interested in what you're going to do for us. I will warn you in advance, we have our own maple syrup, so something else maybe." He wagered a selection of ribs and sauces from three local restaurants, while Tory responded the next day with a wager of three types of Toronto craft-brewed beer.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Championship Series
On October 19, beer cans were banned from the 500 level of Rogers Centre for Game 3 of the ALCS, as unruly fans threw beer cans onto the playing field during the previous game there. In one notable incident, a thrown beer can sprayed a baby sitting nearby, resulting in the fan being arrested.


2015 Toronto Blue Jays season, Postseason, American League Championship Series
In Game 4 of the ALCS, Cliff Pennington became the first full-time position player to pitch in postseason history.


2015 Toronto FC II season
The 2015 Toronto FC II season was the first season in the club's history.


2015 Toronto FC II season, Roster, Players
As of end of season. The squad of Toronto FC II will be composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed to TFC II, and TFC Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with TFC II will retain their college eligibility.


2015 Toronto FC II season, Statistics, Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. Correct as of September 24, 2015


2015 Toronto FC season
The 2015 Toronto FC season was the ninth season in club history. On October 14, the team qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The club began the season with a seven match road trip due to ongoing renovations at BMO Field. Their first home game was played May 10 against the Houston Dynamo, more than two months into the season.


2015 Toronto FC season, Background
During the 2014 season, Toronto FC finished seventh out of ten teams in the Eastern Conference.


2015 Toronto FC season, Background
On 12 July 2015, Giovinco achieved Toronto FC's first ever hat-trick in MLS play against New York City FC in a 4–4 draw at Yankee Stadium, and set up the fourth goal during the match, also missing a penalty. It was also the third fastest hat trick scored in the league's history at 9 minutes. Following the match, he received the player of the week award for the third time in the 2015 MLS season.


2015 Toronto FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2015 Toronto FC season, Statistics, Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. Correct as of October 29, 2015


2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts was the opening night film; Mr. Right by Paco Cabezas was the closing night film.


2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The year's edition included two new sections called Platform and Primetime. At Platform, twelve films will be screened in front of a jury, with the best film of the program winning the C$25,000 Platform Prize. Film directors Claire Denis, Jia Zhangke, and Agnieszka Holland were selected as the jurors for this section. At Primetime, six high-quality television programs will be presented at public screenings with Question and Answer sessions with show creators. The lineups for the TIFF Docs, Vanguard, Midnight Madness, and Masters sections were announced on 11 August 2015. More than 100 films were added to the festival's programme on 18 August. The new program titled In Conversation replaced the Maverick section.


2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The Festival reported that TIFF 2015 had a record high industry attendance, with 5,450 delegates from 80 countries, a 7% increase over 2014.


2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada's Top Ten
In December, TIFF programmers released their annual Canada's Top Ten list of the films selected as the ten best Canadian films of 2015. The selected films received a follow-up screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as a "Canada's Top Ten" minifestival in January 2016, as well as in selected other cities including Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.


2015 Toronto Rock season
The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2015 season is the 18th in franchise history, and 17th as the Rock.


2015 Toronto Rock season, Regular season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2015 Toronto Rock season, Game log, Playoffs
* 10-minute series tiebreaker mini-game played immediately following game 2


2015 Toronto Rock season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2014 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 22, 2014. The Rock made the following selections:


2015 Torridge District Council election
The 2015 Torridge District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Torridge District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 UK General Election hence turnout was much higher than usual Local Elections.


2015 Torridge District Council election, Changes between elections
Conservative councillor Peter Le Maistre (Westward Ho!) resigned from the council on 2 November 2017. The seat was gained by Independent candidate Nick Laws on 14 December 2017.


2015 Torridge District Council election, Changes between elections
Independent councillor Roger Darch (Torrington, elected UKIP) resigned his seat in October 2017. Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats on 30 November 2017.


2015 Torridge District Council election, Changes between elections
UKIP councillor Sam Robinson (Bideford East) died in February 2018. A by-election was held on 3 May 2018, and won by James Hellyer (Conservative).


2015 Torridge District Council election, Changes between elections
A by-election in Holsworthy was won by Jon Hutchings (Conservative)


2015 Toulon Tournament
The 2015 Toulon Tournament was the 43rd edition of the Toulon Tournament. The competition began on 27 May and ended on 7 June 2015.


2015 Toulon Tournament squads
Below are the squads for the 2015 Toulon Tournament. Each team had to submit a maximum of 20 players. Players born no earlier than 1993 are eligible for the tournament.


2015 Toulon Tournament squads
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.


2015 Tour Down Under
The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under was the 17th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 20 to 25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and was the first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The overall winner was Rohan Dennis.


2015 Tour Down Under, Participating teams
As the Tour Down Under is a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Australian team Drapac Professional Cycling received a wildcard invitation and, together with a selection of Australian riders forming the UniSA–Australia squad, this formed the event's 19 team peloton.


2015 Tour Down Under, Participating teams
Cadel Evans stated that it would be his last race in his professional career.


2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis
The 2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis was the second edition of the Tour Femenino de San Luis, a stage race held in the San Luis province in Argentina. A 2.2-rated, UCI-sanctioned event, the race was held between 11 and 16 January. It was the first race of the 2015 Women's Elite cycling calendar and mirrored the men's cycling event, the Tour de San Luis. The race was won by Janildes Fernandes, riding for a Brazilian national team.


2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis, Classification leadership table
In the 2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis, six different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses at intermediate sprints and for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. Additionally, there was a sprints classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 3 at intermediate sprint points during each stage, on a 3–2–1 scale.


2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis, Classification leadership table
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red and white polka-dot jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. For first-category climbs, points were awarded on a scale of 10 points for first across the climb, second place earned 8 points, third 6, fourth 4, fifth 2 and sixth 1. Second-category climbs awarded points on a scale of 6 points for first place, second place earned 4 points, third 2, and fourth 1. Third-category climbs awarded points to the top three riders only; 3 points for first across the climb, second place earned 2 points, third place earned 1 point.


2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a yellow jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also classifications for the highest-placed Argentine rider and the highest-placed rider from the San Luis province, with the leaderships marked by a cyan jersey and an orange and white polka-dot jersey respectively.


2015 Tour Femenino de San Luis, Classification leadership table
Lastly, there was a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
The 2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan was a five-day cycling stage race that took place in Azerbaijan in May 2015. The race is the fourth edition of the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. It was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race included five stages, starting in Baku on 6 May and returning there for the finish on 10 May.


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
The 2014 champion was Ilnur Zakarin (then RusVelo), but he was not present to defend his title.


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
The race was won by Primož Roglič (Adria Mobil), who won a solo victory on the second stage of the race and went on to defend his lead to the finish. He finished the race 34 seconds ahead of Jasper Ockeloen (Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team), with Matej Mugerli (Synergy Baku) third. Roglič's teammate Marko Kump won a stage and the points classification, while Synergy Baku won both the team classification and the mountains classification through Alex Surutkovich. The youth classification was won by Frantisek Sisr (Team Dukla Praha).


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Teams
25 teams were invited to take part in the race. Four of these were UCI Professional Continental teams; 17 were UCI Continental teams; four were national teams. Each team could enter a maximum of six riders; the total size of the peloton at the beginning of the first stage was 148 riders.


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Stages, Stage 1
6 May – Baku to Sumqayit, 153.5 km (95.4 mi)


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Stages, Stage 2
7 May – Baku to Ismayilli, 186.5 km (115.9 mi)


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Stages, Stage 3
8 May – Qabala to Qabala, 177.2 km (110.1 mi)


2015 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Stages, Stage 4
9 May – Qabala to Mingachevir, 204.6 km (127.1 mi)


2015 Tour de Corse
The 2015 Tour de Corse (formally the 58ème Tour de Corse) was the eleventh round of the 2015 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 1 October and 4 October 2015, and operated out of Ajaccio, Corsica, France. Volkswagen's Jari-Matti Latvala won the race, his 15th win in the World Rally Championship.


2015 Tour de Corse
This is the most recent World Rally Championship event to have more than 100 starters.


2015 Tour de France
The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,360.3 km (2,088 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, with the second and third places taken by Movistar Team riders Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, respectively.


2015 Tour de France
BMC Racing Team's Rohan Dennis won the first stage to take the general classification leader's yellow jersey. Trek Factory Racing rider Fabian Cancellara claimed it on the second, only to lose it after crashing out on the following stage. This put Froome in the lead, after the Tour's first uphill finish. He lost the position to Etixx–Quick-Step's 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 Quintana during the final stages that took place in the Alps.


2015 Tour de France
Froome became the first British rider to win the Tour twice, after his 2013 victory. Peter Sagan of Tinkoff–Saxo won the points classification. Froome also won the mountains classification. The best young rider was Quintana, with his team, Movistar, the winners of the team classification. Romain Bardet of AG2R La Mondiale was given the award for the most combative rider. André Greipel (Lotto–Soudal) won the most stages, with four.


2015 Tour de France, Teams
Twenty-two teams participated in the 2015 edition of the Tour de France. The race was the 18th of the 28 events in the UCI World Tour, and all of its seventeen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race. On 14 January 2015, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the five second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations, one of which, MTN–Qhubeka, was to become the first African-registered trade team to participate in the race's history.


2015 Tour de France, Teams
The team presentation – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place at Lepelenburg Park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 2 July, two days before the opening stage held in the city. Each team arrived in small boats along the Oudegracht canal.


2015 Tour de France, Teams
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 45 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. The riders came from 32 countries; France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland all had 10 or more riders in the race. Eritrean riders Daniel Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus, both of MTN–Qhubeka, became the first black Africans to compete in the Tour de France. Riders from nine countries won stages during the race; German riders won the largest number of stages, with six. The average age of riders in the race was 29.67 years, ranging from the 21-year-old Kudus to 41-year-old Matteo Tosatto (Tinkoff–Saxo). Of the total average ages, Cofidis was the youngest team and Trek Factory Racing the oldest.


2015 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
In the lead up to the Tour, the main contenders for the general classification, known in the media as the 'big four', were Chris Froome (Team Sky), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff–Saxo), Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana). All had won at least one Grand Tour, amassing a total of twenty Grand Tour podiums. Former Tour de France winners Froome (2013) and Contador (2007 and 2009) returned to the race having crashed out of the 2014 edition. The other riders considered contenders were Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), followed by AG2R La Mondiale's Jean-Christophe Péraud and Romain Bardet.


2015 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
Froome had shown his form during the season with overall victories at the Vuelta a Andalucía and the Critérium du Dauphiné, a race considered to be the warm-up for the Tour. Contador had earlier in the season won the Giro d'Italia and was aiming to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to achieve the Giro-Tour double. He was also aiming to hold all three Grand Tour titles simultaneously, having won the 2014 Vuelta a España. Thirteen days before the start of the Tour, Contador won the Route du Sud, defeating Quintana by seventeen seconds.


2015 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
Quintana placed second in the 2013 Tour, winning the mountains and young rider classifications. He was absent in 2014 as he concentrated on the Giro d'Italia, which he won. His major victory of the 2015 season was the Tirreno–Adriatico. The defending champion Nibali was considered a contender, although his best result of the season was tenth in the Tour de Romandie, and placed thirteenth at the Dauphiné.


2015 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
The sprinters considered favourites for the points classification and wins on the flat or hilly bunch sprint finishes were Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), Mark Cavendish (Etixx–Quick-Step), André Greipel (Lotto–Soudal), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo) and John Degenkolb (Team Giant–Alpecin). Kristoff and Cavendish both showed their form during the season coming into the Tour, with eighteen and twelve wins, respectively. Greipel was also a contender, spearheaded by his sprint train, much like Cavendish.


2015 Tour de France, Pre-race favourites
Three-time consecutive winner of the points classification Sagan was expected to have a hard time repeating as winner due to the changes in the classification's point structure and also due to the fact he had to ride in support of Contador. Degenkolb, who won the one-day classic races Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix in the season, would take the lead of the Team Giant–Alpecin team due to the absence of the 2014 Tour's four-stage winner Marcel Kittel, who was not selected due to lack of fitness.


2015 Tour de France, Route and stages
On 8 November 2013, the ASO announced Utrecht would host the 2015 edition's opening stages (known as the Grand Départ). It was the sixth time the Tour had started in the Netherlands, a record for a country outside France. The previous five were: 1954, in Amsterdam; 1973, in Scheveningen; 1978, in Leiden; 1996, in 's-Hertogenbosch; and 2010, in Rotterdam. Utrecht paid the ASO a reported €4m to host the Grand Départ. The full route of the Tour was unveiled on 22 October 2014 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. At the event, the race director Christian Prudhomme described it as "atypique" (English: "atypical"), adding "If you do not climb, you will not win the Tour in 2015." The most noticeable differences were the lack of time trial kilometers and the mountainous terrain.


2015 Tour de France, Route and stages
After the first stage in Utrecht, the second stage left the city to finish in the region of Zeeland in the south of the Netherlands. The third began in Antwerp, Belgium, and concluded at the Mur de Huy, a steep climb known for its inclusion in the one-day classic race La Flèche Wallonne. Stage four started in Seraing, before ending in Cambrai, France; it featured seven cobbled sectors with a combined distance of 13 km (8.1 mi). Stages five to nine crossed northern France westwards, beginning in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and ending in Brittany.


2015 Tour de France, Route and stages
A long transfer took the race to the south of the country for next three stages through the Pyrenees, which include the Tour's most climbed mountain, the Col du Tourmalet, on stage eleven. Stages 13 to 16 formed a continuous four-stage journey that navigated eastwards to the Alps; four stages took place in and around the mountain range. A second long transfer took the Tour back to the north-east to finish with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris.


2015 Tour de France, Route and stages
There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,360.3 km (2,088 mi), 298.7 km (185.6 mi) shorter than the 2014 Tour. The longest mass-start stage was the fourth at 223.5 km (139 mi), and stage 21 was the shortest at 110.5 km (69 mi). The opening individual time trial was 13.8 km (8.6 mi) – although it was too long to be classified a prologue – and the team time trial on stage 9 was 28 km (17.4 mi).


2015 Tour de France, Route and stages
Of the remaining stages, seven were officially classified as flat, five as medium mountain and seven as high mountain. Stages 3 and 8, although classified as flat, finished at the 204 m (669 ft)-high Mur de Huy and 293 m (961 ft)-high Mûr-de-Bretagne respectively. There were six summit finishes: stage 10, to La Pierre Saint-Martin; stage 11, to Cauterets; stage 12, to Plateau de Beille; stage 17, to Pra-Loup; stage 19, to La Toussuire to Les Sybelles; and stage 20, to Alpe d'Huez.


2015 Tour de France, Route and stages
On 25 June, it was announced that due to a landslide, the route of stage twenty would be changed, bypassing the Col du Galibier and instead climbing the Col de la Croix de Fer. The stage distance, however, remained intact. The highest point of elevation in the race was the 2,250 m (7,380 ft)-high Col d'Allos mountain pass on stage seventeen. There were seven hors catégorie (English: beyond category) rated climbs in the race. The Tour included six new start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage 9, in Pau, and after 16, in Gap.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Grand Départ and journey west
The race's opening individual time trial stage in Utrecht was won by Rohan Dennis of BMC Racing Team by a margin of five seconds over Etixx–Quick-Step's Tony Martin, with Trek Factory Racing's Fabian Cancellara a further second down. Dennis set the record for the fastest average speed in a time trial at the Tour, with 55.446 km/h (34.5 mph). His win put him in the race leader's yellow jersey. On stage two, crosswinds along the coastal route to the finish in Zeeland caused the peloton (the main group) to split into echelons, resulting in time gaps between riders.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Grand Départ and journey west
The stage ended in a bunch sprint, won by André Greipel, putting him in the green jersey as the leader of the points classification. Dennis was in a group that finished one minute twenty-eight seconds in arrears. Cancellara finished third placed in the stage and took the race lead, profiting from a time bonus missed by Martin, who came in ninth. The general classification favourites that gained time from being in the leading group of twenty-six were Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Tejay Van Garderen; the other favourites finished in the same group as Dennis.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Grand Départ and journey west
On the third stage, the race was neutralised following a major crash 58 km (36 mi) from the finish which put six of riders out of the race, including Cancellara. The peloton continued to the final climb, the Mur de Huy, where Joaquim Rodríguez held off Froome to take the stage by one second. Rodríguez was awarded the first the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification and Froome took the yellow, while also gaining time over the other general classification favourites. It was the third day in succession Martin ended in second place overall, and to three different riders. The partially cobbled fourth stage saw Martin take the victory and the yellow jersey with an attack on the lead group 3 km (1.9 mi) from the finish in Cambrai.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Grand Départ and journey west
On the fifth stage, a bunch sprint occurred and Greipel got the better of it by beating Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish, respectively. In the sixth stage, Zdeněk Štybar of Etixx–Quick-Step won after escaping on the concluding small ascent in the port city of Le Havre. A crash in the final kilometer forced Martin to abandon the Tour with a broken collarbone, the second yellow jersey wearer to surrender after Cancellara. A record was set after the stage, with Daniel Teklehaimanot becoming the first black African to lead the mountains classification.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Grand Départ and journey west
Although Froome now led the race, no rider wore the yellow jersey on stage seven as Martin had finished the stage and earned the right to wear it. Cavendish won the seventh from a bunch sprint in Fougères, Brittany. Froome was awarded the yellow jersey after the stage. Stage eight, finishing atop the Mûr-de-Bretagne, saw the first French victory of the Tour, with AG2R La Mondiale rider Alexis Vuillermoz launching an attack inside the final kilometer to take the victory. The general classification favourites finished together except Vincenzo Nibali who lost ten seconds. Sagan moved into the green jersey.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Grand Départ and journey west
BMC Racing Team won stage nine's team time trial by one second over Team Sky. The squad of Nairo Quintana, Movistar Team, came in third, four seconds in arrears. Alberto Contador's Tinkoff–Saxo in fourth, twenty-eight seconds down, and Nibali's Astana following, a further seven seconds behind. The first rest day took place the following day in Pau.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central
Stage ten was the race's first arrival at altitude with the finish at La Pierre Saint-Martin in the Pyrenees. The day's breakaway was caught and passed on the final climb by a select group. Froome attacked with 6.4 km (4 mi) remaining to take the win, with teammate Richie Porte and Quintana a minute in arrears. The stage saw time gaps open up across the general classification leaders. The biggest loser was Nibali, who came in twenty-first, over four minutes behind Froome, who increased his lead to second placed Tejay van Garderen to two minutes and fifty-two seconds.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central
Froome took the polka dot jersey and Greipel the green. Stage eleven was another mountainous stage; it was won by Rafał Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo), who was part of the early breakaway and attacked on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet. He soloed across the line in Cauterets one minute ahead of second-placed Dan Martin (Cannondale–Garmin). The green jersey returned to Sagan. Rodríguez gained his second victory of the race on stage twelve; he was part of an early twenty-two rider breakaway that reached the final climb to Plateau de Beille. Froome kept his lead intact.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central
Stage thirteen saw the escapees being brought inside the one kilometer to go marker (known as the flamme rouge). Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing Team took the uphill victory ahead of the chasing Sagan. On stage fourteen, a twenty-four rider breakaway reached the final climb, the Côte de la Croix Neuve. After the breakaway had fractured, Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet led over the summit, before Steve Cummings of MTN–Qhubeka overtook them to take the victory at Brenoux Airport on the plateau above Mende. Sagan was part of the breakaway, amassing maximum points at the intermediate sprint.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central
Over four minutes after Cummings had finished, Froome outsprinted Quintana while the other general classification favourites were slightly distanced. Quintana moved into second place overall, displacing Van Garderen. Stage fifteen had for principal difficulty the Col de l'Escrinet climb, which saw most of the sprinters succeeding at passing the climb in the lead group, with the notable exception of Cavendish. Greipel won his third stage of the Tour, followed by John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff, respectively.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Pyrenees and Massif Central
On the next stage, featuring the Col de Manse as the final climb, Rubén Plaza (Lampre–Merida) escaped the leading group of breakaway riders on the ascent. Sagan chased him down the descent, but to no avail as Plaza soloed to victory in Gap. The next day was the second rest day, spent in Gap.


2015 Tour de France, Race overview, Alps and finale
Stage seventeen, the first of four Alpine stages, saw third placed overall Van Garderen withdraw from the race with illness. The stage was won by Team Giant–Alpecin's Simon Geschke, who escaped from the breakaway with under 50 km (31 mi) remaining to win in Pra-Loup. Fifth placed overall Contador crashed on the descent of the Col d'Allos, losing over two minutes to race leader Froome. On stage eighteen, Bardet attacked the breakaway close to the summit of the Col du Glandon and opened a gap on descent before riding solo to victory in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.