The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was on September 10, 2010, as the penultimate event in the 2010 UCI ProTour.
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Race details | |
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Date | September |
Region | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
Local name(s) | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI World Tour |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | Évenements GPCQM (AA+ EVT inc) |
Race director | Joseph Limare |
Web site | gpcqm |
History | |
First edition | 2010 |
Editions | 12 |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() ![]() ![]() (2 wins) |
Most recent | ![]() |
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal held two days later are collectively known as the "Laurentian Classics" [citation needed]. Australian cyclist Simon Gerrans was the first to achieve a Laurentian double by winning both races in the same year in 2014. Fellow Australian cyclist Michael Matthews also achieved this double in 2018.
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Route
editThe Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, unlike many single day events, is not a point to point race, but a circuit based race. The riders race for 11 laps on an 18.1 km long circuit. During a lap on the circuit the riders need to complete four climbs in rapid succession: Côte de la Montagne (375m long and 10% average grade), Côte de la Potasse (420m long and 9% average grade), Montée de la Fabrique (190m long and 7% average grade) and Montée du Fort (1000m long and 4% average grade). The finish is uphill on the Montée du Fort.[1]
During the 2014 edition, riders had to take an alternate route because of construction on the Côte Gilmour.[2]
Winners
editMultiple winners
editRiders in bold are still active
Wins | Rider | Editions |
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2 | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | 2012, 2014 |
Peter Sagan (SVK) | 2016, 2017 | |
Michael Matthews (AUS) | 2018, 2019 |
Wins per country
editWins | Country |
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4 | Australia |
2 | Belgium France Slovakia |
1 | Colombia Netherlands |
References
edit- ^ "Grands Prix Cyclistes". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
- ^ "Grand Prix cycliste de Québec : changement de parcours".
- ^ "GP Québec and Montréal cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic". CyclingNews. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
External links
edit- Official website
- Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec palmares at Cycling Archives