Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal podium history | GP Cycliste de Québec | Course map & profile | Start list | 2023 edition
Tadej Pogacar has left everyone behind. Again.
17 x 12.3 km circuits = 209.1 km
The 2024 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a circuit race with a challenging course. It's 17 laps of 12.3 km with three climbs, totaling 209.1 km. The race ends with an uphill finish on Avenue du Parc.
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Weather at the race city of Montréal at 10:30 AM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 2 km/hr (1 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain. The temperature is forecast to rise to 27C (80F) by 2:00 PM.
The climbs:
The race: Here's the report from Tiesj Benoot's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:
Tiesj Benoot finished seventh in the GP de Montréal. Team Visma | Lease a Bike again raced attractively in Canada and saw four riders finish in the top twenty. Tadej Pogacar took the win.
After a strong race in Quebec last Friday, where Benoot and Per Strand Hagenes rode to fourth and fifth place respectively, Team Visma | Lease a Bike's riders were traditionally presented with a very tough race in Montréal on Sunday to close the Canadian double. Seventeen times the local lap in Montréal had to be conquered, 4573 altimeters in total. The Dutch cycling team showed itself well at the front throughout the race, but had no answer when Pogacar went on the attack two laps from the end.
About 90 kilometers into the race and a break 2min 17sec up the road. With Tadej Pogacar in the peloton, clearly UAE Team Emirates has plans for the race's outcome
First, the strong Matteo Jorgenson tried to catch the Slovenian back. After an unsuccessful attempt, it was Bart Lemmen who tried to join the first pursuers. However, when the Slovenian's lead had become too big and the win was out of sight, they switched to a short classification. In the end, Benoot sprinted to seventh place in the remaining group, Jorgenson crossed the finish line in twelfth. Wilco Kelderman and Bart Lemmen also finished among the best twenty riders after more than five hours of racing.
“I had to brake just before the sprint, otherwise I might have finished higher than seventh”, Benoot reflects. “We fought well as a team and had many riders in the final. A podium finish would have been nice, but as a team we certainly can’t be dissatisfied.” With a fourth place in Québec and a seventh place in Montréal, the Belgian achieved his best result in the Canadian double of his cycling career. “It's been two great races for me. That gives me a lot of confidence with the World Championships coming up.”
Sports director Frans Maassen also saw a strong Team Visma | Lease a Bike in Canada. “The goal for today was a podium finish and we worked hard for that. Jorgenson was certainly strong enough, but didn't get the space we were hoping for. I go home feeling satisfied. We colored both races, even though we did not win. We rode very strongly as a team here and competed for the victory twice.”
Complete results:
209.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.221 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 5hr 28min 15sec |
2 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | @ 24sec |
3 | Julian Alaphilippe | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:40 |
4 | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
5 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
6 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
7 | Tiesj Benoot | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
8 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
9 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
10 | Jai Hindley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
11 | Romain Bardet | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
12 | Matteo Jorgenson | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
13 | Simon Yates | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
14 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
15 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
16 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:45 |
17 | Wilco Kelderman | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
18 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | 0:54 |
19 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:58 |
20 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:00 |
21 | Sergio Higuita | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
22 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:05 |
23 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:43 |
24 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
25 | Jenno Berckmoes | Lotto Dstny | 2:20 |
26 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
27 | Michael Gogl | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
28 | Kevin Vermaerke | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
29 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
30 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
31 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
32 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
33 | Ruben Guerreiro | Movistar | s.t. |
34 | Markus Hoelgaard | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
35 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
36 | Lawrence Warbasse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
37 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
38 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
39 | Max Schachmann | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
40 | Florian Stork | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
41 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 2:25 |
42 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:28 |
43 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:31 |
44 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:57 |
45 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
46 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
47 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 6:49 |
48 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | 7:12 |
49 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 7:44 |
50 | Julien Bernard | Lidl-Trek | 8:43 |
51 | Hugo Houle | Israel-Premier Tech | 8:43 |
52 | Thibaud Gruel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
53 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
54 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
55 | Lucas Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
56 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar | 10:32 |
57 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
58 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
59 | Gil Gelders | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
60 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
61 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | 13:29 |
62 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
63 | Quentin Cowan | Canada | s.t. |
64 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
65 | Jan Tratnik | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
66 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
67 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
68 | Fausto Masnada | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
69 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
70 | Milan Vader | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
71 | Pierre Thierry | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
72 | Romain Combaud | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
73 | Stefan de Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
74 | Lucas Hamilton | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
75 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
76 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
77 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
78 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
79 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
80 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
81 | Max Kanter | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
82 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
83 | Anders Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
84 | Per Strand Hagenes | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
85 | Alexy Faure-Prost | Intermarché-Wanty | 13:36 |
86 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | 13:42 |
87 | Jan Maas | Jayco-AlUla | 16:00 |
88 | AJ August | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
89 | Artem Schmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
Start list with back numbers, September 14, 2024:
Lotto Dstny | |
1 | Arnaud De Lie |
2 | Logan Currie |
3 | Jenno Berckmoes |
4 | Maxim Van Gils |
5 | Sébastien Grignard |
6 | Brent Van Moer |
7 | Florian Vermeersch |
UAE Team Emirates | |
11 | Tadej Pogacar |
12 | Igor Arrieta |
13 | Juan Ayuso |
14 | Finn Fisher-Black |
15 | Rafal Majka |
16 | Domen Novak |
17 | Tim Wellens |
Visma | Lease a Bike | |
21 | Matteo Jorgenson |
22 | Tiesj Benoot |
23 | Wilco Kelderman |
24 | Bart Lemmen |
25 | Strand Hagenes Per |
26 | Jan Tratnik |
27 | Milan Vader |
INEOS Grenadiers | |
31 | Laurens De Plus |
32 | AJ August |
33 | Connor Swift |
34 | Ben Swift |
35 | Michael Leonard |
36 | Artem Shmidt |
37 | Magnus Sheffield |
Soudal Quick-Step | |
41 | Julian Alaphilippe |
42 | Gil Gelders |
43 | Antoine Huby |
44 | Luke Lamperti |
45 | Fausto Masnada |
46 | Pieter Serry |
47 | Ilan Van Wilder |
Lidl-Trek | |
51 | Toms Skujins |
52 | Andrea Bagioli |
53 | Julien Bernard |
54 | Patrick Konrad |
55 | Dario Cataldo |
56 | Bauke Mollema |
57 | Quinn Simmons |
Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
61 | Paul Lapeira |
62 | Alex Baudin |
63 | Stan Dewulf |
64 | Dorian Godon |
65 | Dries De Bondt |
66 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre |
67 | Lawrence Warbasse |
Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | |
71 | Jai Hindley |
72 | Sergio Higuita |
73 | Bob Jungels |
74 | Jonas Koch |
75 | Max Schachmann |
76 | Matteo Sobrero |
77 | Frederik Wandahl |
Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
81 | Axel Laurance |
82 | Tobias Bayer |
83 | Michael Gogl |
84 | Henri Uhlig |
85 | Fabio Van den Bossche |
86 | Stan Van Tricht |
87 | Gianni Vermeersch |
Groupama-FDJ | |
91 | Valentin Madouas |
92 | Olivier Le Gac |
93 | Romain Grégoire |
94 | Thibaud Gruel |
95 | Rudy Molard |
96 | Enzo Paleni |
97 | Clément Russo |
EF Education-EasyPost | |
101 | Ben Healy |
102 | Mikkel Honore |
103 | Lukas Nerurkar |
104 | Neilson Powless |
105 | Sean Quinn |
106 | Stefan de Bod |
107 | Michael Valgren |
Bahrain Victorious | |
111 | Matej Mohoric |
112 | Nikias Arndt |
113 | Pello Bilbao |
114 | Santiago Buitrago |
115 | Nicolò Buratti |
116 | Matevz Govekar |
117 | Edoardo Zambanini |
Movistar | |
121 | Alex Aranburu |
122 | Jon Barrenetxea |
123 | Iván García Cortina |
124 | Ruben Guerreiro |
125 | Johan Jacobs |
126 | Sergio Samitier |
127 | Gonzalo Serrano |
Jayco-AlUla | |
131 | Michael Matthews |
132 | Lawson Craddock |
133 | Luke Durbridge |
134 | Lucas Hamilton |
135 | Michael Hepburn |
136 | Jan Maas |
137 | Simon Yates |
Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
141 | Michel Ries |
142 | Ewen Costiou |
143 | Anthony Delaplace |
144 | Elie Gesbert |
145 | Matis Louvel |
146 | Clément Venturini |
147 | Pierre Thierry |
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
151 | Romain Bardet |
152 | Warren Barguil |
153 | Romain Combaud |
154 | Sean Flynn |
155 | Martijn Tusveld |
156 | Frank van den Broek |
157 | Kevin Vermaerke |
Intermarché-Wanty | |
161 | Biniam Girmay |
162 | Francesco Busatto |
163 | Alexy Faure-Prost |
164 | Lorenzo Rota |
165 | Dion Smith |
166 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk |
167 | Georg Zimmermann |
Cofidis | |
171 | Bryan Coquard |
172 | Ion Izagirre |
173 | Gorka Izagirre |
174 | Nolann Mahoudo |
175 | Anthony Perez |
176 | Harrison Wood |
177 | Axel Zingle |
Astana Qazaqstan | |
181 | Alberto Bettiol |
182 | Dmitriy Gruzdev |
183 | Max Kanter |
184 | Michael Mørkøv |
185 | Cees Bol |
186 | Rüdiger Selig |
187 | Simone Velasco |
Israel-Premier Tech | |
191 | Derek Gee |
192 | Guillaume Boivin |
193 | Jakob Fuglsang |
194 | Hugo Houle |
195 | Krists Neilands |
196 | Michael Woods |
197 | Stephen Williams |
Uno-X Mobility | |
201 | Tobias Halland Johannessen |
202 | Fredrik Dversnes |
203 | Ådne Holter |
204 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg |
205 | Anders Halland Johannessen |
206 | Anders Skaarseth |
207 | Markus Hoelgaard |
Tudor Pro Cycling | |
211 | Marius Mayrhofer |
212 | Lucas Eriksson |
213 | Alexander Kamp |
214 | Florian Stork |
215 | Yannis Voisard |
216 | Hannes Wilksch |
217 | Luc Wirtgen |
Novo Nordisk | |
221 | Antonio Polga |
222 | Sam Brand |
223 | David Lozano |
224 | Andrea Peron |
225 | Alessandro Perracchione |
226 | Filippo Ridolfo |
227 | Logan Phippen |
Equipe Canada | |
231 | Quentin Cowan |
232 | Félix Bouchard |
233 | Jerome Gauthier |
234 | Felix Hamel |
235 | Leonard Peloquin |
236 | James Piccoli |
237 | Jonas Walton |