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18 x 12.3 km circuits = 221.4 km
The 2018 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a circuit race with a challenging course. It's 18 laps of 12.3 km with three climbs, totaling 221.4 km. The race ends with an uphill finish on Avenue du Parc.
Tadej Pogacar wins the GP de Montréal. Getty pictures
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Weather at the race city of Montréal at 12:30 PM, local time: 26C (79F), partly cloudy, with the wind from southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.
The climbs:
The race: Here's the report from third-place Andea Bagioli's Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team.
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl concluded the Canadian weekend with another impressive display at the hardest of the two World Tour one-day races. Taking in 18 classified climbs and over 4000 vertical meters, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal was again animated by a breakaway until the last two laps, when the race properly came to life.
Around twenty kilometers from the finish, two riders moved clear and established a 40-second gap over the peloton, an action that promised a lot only to be reeled in on the last lap. That was when the race-winning move formed, five riders taking off on the penultimate ascent of the day. Andrea Bagioli was there for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, helping the group extend their advantage to an insurmountable gap that allowed the quintet to play a cat-and-mouse game on the finishing stretch.
Despite being the most inexperienced of the five, Bagioli played it smart and did a great sprint at the end of the 221.4km race against his more seasoned opponents, taking a well-deserved third in Montreal, and with it, his best result since turning pro in a World Tour one-day event.
“Everything happened on the last lap, and when the attacks of the favourites came I sensed it could be the right moment to go, so I went and did my best to stay there. I felt good despite this demanding course, one of the hardest of the season, and in the sprint I gave everything. I am content with my podium, it’s a good result going into the last weeks of the season, and I hope to come back here one day and win it.”
Complete results:
221.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.938 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 5hr 59min 38sec |
2 | Wout Van Aert | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
3 | Andrea Bagioli | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
4 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
5 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
6 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | @ 22sec |
7 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
8 | Romain Bardet | Team DSM | s.t. |
9 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:28 |
10 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:31 |
11 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
12 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 0:35 |
13 | Michael Matthews | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
14 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
15 | Sep Vanmarcke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
16 | Greg Van Avermaet | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
17 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
18 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
19 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
20 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
21 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
22 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
23 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
24 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
25 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
26 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
27 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
28 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:46 |
29 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:47 |
30 | Frederik Wandahl | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:49 |
31 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | 0:51 |
32 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | 0:59 |
33 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | 1:32 |
34 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:36 |
35 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:38 |
36 | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
37 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:02 |
38 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | 2:09 |
39 | Alexandre Balmer | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:12 |
40 | Tobias Foss | Jumbo-Visma | 4:31 |
41 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
42 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 5:08 |
43 | Louis Barré | Arkéa-Samsic | 5:14 |
44 | Kevin Colleoni | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:02 |
45 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
46 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
47 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:55 |
48 | Paul Ourselin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
49 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
50 | Carlos Barbero | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
51 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
52 | Stan Van Tricht | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
53 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
54 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
55 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
56 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
57 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
58 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 7:07 |
59 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 8:40 |
60 | Simon Carr | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
61 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:18 |
62 | Jasper Stuyven | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
63 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
64 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
65 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
66 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | Jumbo-Visma | 10:33 |
67 | Matis Louvel | Arkéa-Samsic | 10:56 |
68 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | 11:18 |
69 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | 12:33 |
70 | Antoine Duchesne | Groupama-FDJ | 13:35 |
71 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 13:41 |
72 | Viktor Verschaeve | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
73 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
74 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
75 | Christophe Laporte | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
76 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | 21:21 |
Start list with backnumbers, September 10, 2022:
AG2R-CITROEN | |
1 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
2 | CHEREL Mickaël |
3 | COSNEFROY Benoit |
4 | DEWULF Stan |
5 | PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien |
6 | SCHÄR Michael |
7 | VENTURINI Clément |
JUMBO-VISMA | |
11 | VAN AERT Wout |
12 | EENKHOORN Pascal |
13 | FOSS Tobias |
14 | LAPORTE Christophe |
15 | ROOSEN Timo |
16 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
17 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
INEOS GRENADIERS | |
21 | THOMAS Geraint |
22 | DUNBAR Eddie |
23 | MARTINEZ Daniel |
24 | HEIDUK Kim |
25 | ROWE Luke |
26 | SWIFT Ben |
27 | YATES Adam |
UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
31 | POGACAR Tadej |
32 | BENNETT George |
33 | COSTA Rui |
34 | COVI Alessandro |
35 | FORMOLO Davide |
36 | GIBBONS Ryan |
37 | ULISSI Diego |
BORA-HANSGROHE | |
41 | KONRAD Patrick |
42 | ALEOTTI Giovanni |
43 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
44 | GAMPER Patrick |
45 | SCHELLING Ide |
46 | WANDAHL Frederik |
47 | ZWIEHOFF Ben |
INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | |
51 | GIRMAY Biniam |
52 | BYSTROM Sven Erik |
53 | DELACROIX Théo |
54 | PASQUALON Andrea |
55 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
56 | VLIEGEN Loïc |
57 | ZIMMERMANN Georg |
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
61 | MOHORIC Matej |
62 | BILBAO Pello |
63 | CARUSO Damiano |
64 | PERNSTEINER Hermann |
65 | MILAN Jonathan |
66 | TRATNIK Jan |
67 | GOVEKAR Matevz |
QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | |
71 | BAGIOLI Andrea |
72 | CERNY Josef |
73 | HONORÉ Mikkel |
74 | KNOX James |
75 | SCHMID Mauro |
76 | VAN TRICHT Stan |
77 | VANSEVENANT Mauri |
GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
81 | DUCHESNE Antoine |
82 | GAUDU David |
83 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu |
84 | ASKEY Lewis |
85 | ROUX Anthony |
86 | STORER Michael |
87 | VALTER Attila |
COFIDIS | |
91 | MARTIN Guillaume |
92 | IZAGIRRE Ion |
93 | DELETTRE Alexandre |
94 | FINÉ Eddy |
95 | KREDER Wesley |
96 | CARVALHO Andr |
97 | TOUMIRE Hugo |
LOTTO SOUDAL | |
101 | GRIGNARD Sébastien |
102 | BARBERO Carlos |
103 | HOLMES Matthew |
104 | VERSCHAEVE Viktor |
105 | MONIQUET Sylvain |
106 | VANHOUCKE Harm |
107 | VERMEERSCH Florian |
BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | |
111 | MATTHEWS Michael |
112 | BALMER Alexandre |
113 | COLLEONI Kevin |
114 | HOWSON Damien |
115 | KANGERT Tanel |
116 | MAAS Jan |
117 | SCHULTZ Nicholas |
TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
121 | STUYVEN Jasper |
122 | GALLOPIN Tony |
123 | KAMP Alexander |
124 | MOSCA Jacopo |
125 | SIMMONS Quinn |
126 | SKUJINS Toms |
127 | VERGAERDE Otto |
MOVISTAR | |
131 | ARANBURU Alex |
132 | ARCAS Jorge |
133 | GARCIA Ivan |
134 | HOLLMANN Juri |
135 | IZAGIRRE Gorka |
136 | BARTA William |
137 | LAZKANO Oier |
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
141 | HOULE Hugo |
142 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
143 | CLARKE Simon |
144 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
145 | NEILANDS Krists |
146 | NIZZOLO Giacomo |
147 | VANMARCKE Sep |
TEAM DSM | |
151 | BARDET Romain |
152 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
153 | COMBAUD Romain |
154 | EEKHOFF Nils |
155 | LEKNESSUND Andreas |
156 | TUSVELD Martijn |
157 | BITTNER Pavel |
EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | |
161 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
162 | BETTIOL Alberto |
163 | CARR Simon |
164 | GUERREIRO Ruben |
165 | PICCOLO Andrea |
166 | POWLESS Neilson |
167 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN | |
171 | DOMBROWSKI Joseph |
172 | BOARO Manuele |
173 | FELLINE Fabio |
174 | NIBALI Antonio |
175 | SCARONI Cristian |
176 | VELASCO Simone |
177 | ZEITS Andrey |
ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
181 | BARGUIL Warren |
182 | ANACONA Winner |
183 | DECLERCQ Benjamin |
184 | LOUVEL Matis |
185 | PICHON Laurent |
186 | RIOU Alan |
187 | BARRÉ Louis |
TOTALENERGIES | |
191 | SAGAN Peter |
192 | BODNAR Maciej |
193 | DOUBEY Fabien |
194 | LATOUR Pierre |
195 | OSS Daniel |
196 | OURSELIN Paul |
197 | TURGIS Anthony |
EQUIPE CANADA | |
201 | COTÉ Pier-André |
202 | COTE Nicolas |
203 | COWAN Quentin |
204 | DAL-CIN Matteo |
205 | MILES Carson |
206 | SCHELLENBERG Thomas |
207 | RIVARD Nicolas |