Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
During the 2011 edition of the race
Race details
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 Groupe Serdy
History
First edition 2010 (2010)
Editions 9 (as of 2018)
First winner  Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
Most wins  Simon Gerrans (AUS)
 Peter Sagan (SVK)
(2 wins)
Most recent  Michael Matthews (AUS)

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.

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal held two days later are collectively known as the "Laurentian Classics" . Only Simon Gerrans has achieved a Laurentian double by winning both races in the same year.

Route

The 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 a 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

Rider Team
2010 France Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2011 Belgium Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012 Australia Simon Gerrans (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE
2013 Netherlands Robert Gesink (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling
2014 Australia Simon Gerrans (AUS) Orica–GreenEDGE
2015 Colombia Rigoberto Urán (COL) Etixx–Quick-Step
2016 Slovakia Peter Sagan (SVK) Tinkoff
2017 Slovakia Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe
2018 Australia Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Sunweb

Multiple winners

Riders in italics are still active

WinsRiderEditions
2 Simon Gerrans (AUS)2012, 2014
 Peter Sagan (SVK)2016, 2017

Wins per country

Wins Country
3 Australia
2 Slovakia
1 Belgium
 Colombia
 France
 Netherlands

References

  1. "Grands Prix Cyclistes".
  2. "Grand Prix cycliste de Québec : changement de parcours".
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