Zijn team Giant-Alpecin kreeg de prijs voor het meest toegankelijke team voor de media. Een prijs die werd uitgereikt door de Vereniging van Wielerjournalisten AIJC.

2015 UCI Cycling Gala award recipients
1st, UCI WorldTour Individual Classification: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team)

2nd, UCI WorldTour Individual Classification: Joaquin Rodriguez (Team Katusha)

3rd, UCI WorldTour Individual Classification: Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team)

1st, UCI WorldTour Team Classification: Movistar Team 1st, UCI WorldTour Nation Classification: Spain

Men’s Elite UCI Road Race World Champion: Peter Sagan (Slovakia)

Men’s Elite UCI Individual Time Trial World Champion: Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
 
Men’s Elite UCI Team Time Trial Champions: BMC Racing Team

Men’s UCI Hour Record Holder: Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)

Women’s UCI Hour Record Holder: Molly Shaffer Van Houweling (USA)

Fair Play (awarded by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council): Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin)
Outstanding cycling journalism: Jean-Paul Ollivier (France)

Most friendly media team (awarded by the International Association of Cycling Journalists): Team Giant-Alpecin

Giro d’Italia winner: Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo)

Tour de France winner: Christopher Froome (Team Sky)

Vuelta a España winner: Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team)

Abu Dhabi Tour Winner: Johan Esteban Chaves (Orica GreenEDGE)