2018 GP Cycliste de Québec (World Tour), Canada

9th edition: Friday, September 7, 2018

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201.6 km total distance: 16 laps of 12.6 km

Michael Matthews wins the 2018 GP de Québec

The race: Here's the report from winner Michael Matthews' Team Sunweb.

The long, 201.6km one-day race got off to a steady start with five riders quickly establishing an advantage at the front of the race. Building up a lead of over five minutes, the leaders spent much of the day in the lead, gradually being pegged back at the laps around the city circuit ticked by.

With 33km to go the gap dropped under one minute, and in the final 15km it was all back together, setting up an attacking finale. One rider jumped clear in the final 15km and despite holding only a slim advantage for the entire final lap, managed to hold off the bunch until just 500m to go where the fast men came to the fore.

Michael, having been well positioned by his teammates throughout the day and before the finish, timed his sprint to perfection to take his first one-day WorldTour victory.

REACTIONS

Michael said after his podium duties: “Wow, I’m super happy with the day I had, it really was a good day out today. The boys supported me really well throughout the day, and I’m just super happy that I could finish it of for them with a really strong sprint at the end.”

Team Sunweb coach Arthur Dongen added: “We started the race with a lot of confidence to go for the win today with Bling. After BMC started to control the race we joined in to help later with Stammie and Roy. Bling was never in difficulty thanks to the help of the other guys and did an amazing sprint at the finish. I’m super proud of the whole team effort.”

Complete results:

201.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.75 km/hr

1	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	5hr 4min 17sec
2	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
3	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
4	ROOSEN Timo	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
5	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	VICHOT Arthur	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
9	VALGREN Michael	Astana	s.t.
10	ROUX Anthony	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
13	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
14	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
17	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
19	BASSO Leonardo	Sky	s.t.
20	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
21	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
22	MOHORIČ Matej	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
23	SBARAGLI Kristian	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
24	MCNULTY Brandon	Rally Cycling	s.t.
25	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 6sec
27	VERONA Carlos	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	@ 7sec
29	BIDARD François	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	Team Sunweb	s.t.
31	BROWN Nathan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
32	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Astana	s.t.
36	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
37	VAN HOECKE Gijs	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
38	PERRY Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
39	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
40	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
41	PICCOLI James	Equipe Canada	s.t.
42	ANDERSON Ryan	Rally Cycling	s.t.
43	OLIVIER Daan	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
44	DECLERCQ Tim	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
45	FRANK Mathias	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
47	KREUZIGER Roman	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
49	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	0:18
50	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	0:22
51	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
52	HENAO Sebastián	Sky	s.t.
53	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	KNEES Christian	Sky	0:32
55	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	0:35
56	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	0:40
58	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	0:50
59	MAES Nikolas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
60	BOLE Grega	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
61	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	Bora-hansgrohe	1:01
62	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	1:15
63	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
64	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	1:19
65	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
66	BIERMANS Jenthe	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
67	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
68	POLJAŃSKI Paweł	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
69	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
70	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
71	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Floors	1:26
72	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	1:32
73	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
74	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
75	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	1:35
76	LANGLOIS Bruno	Equipe Canada	s.t.
77	CARPENTER Robin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
78	KNOX James	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
79	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Bora-hansgrohe	1:46
80	MERTZ Rémy	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
81	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
82	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	1:54
83	COTÉ Pier-André	Equipe Canada	2:01
84	ŠPILAK Simon	Katusha-Alpecin	2:17
85	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	2:46
86	RIABUSHENKO Alexandr	UAE-Team Emirates	3:00
87	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
88	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	BMC	s.t.
90	GERRANS Simon	BMC	3:03
91	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	3:08
93	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
94	CAVAGNA Rémi	Quick-Step Floors	3:11
95	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
96	JAUREGUI Quentin	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:13
97	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	3:16
98	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	3:30
99	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
100	BRITTON Rob	Rally Cycling	3:37
101	ROBERGE Adam	Equipe Canada	s.t.
102	LÓPEZ David	Sky	4:02
103	SOLER Marc	Movistar	s.t.
104	FABBRO Matteo	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
105	VANHOUCKE Harm	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
106	EARLE Nathan	Israel Cycling Academy	5:08
107	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
108	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	s.t.
109	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
110	OWEN Logan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
111	CLARKE Will	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
112	ELLSAY Nigel	Rally Cycling	s.t.
113	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	5:37
114	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First-Drapac	6:20
115	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	6:46
116	MARTINELLI Davide	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
117	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	9:32
118	CATAFORD Alexander	Equipe Canada	s.t.
119	SAGIV Guy	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
120	HANSEN Jesper	Astana	s.t.
121	DE VOS Adam	Rally Cycling	s.t.
122	JOYCE Colin	Rally Cycling	s.t.
123	HOULE Hugo	Astana	9:35

Course map & profile:

2018 GP Quebec map and profile

Start list with back numbers, Septmber 6, 2018:

	BMC
1	VAN AVERMAET Greg
2	FRANKINY Kilian
3	CARUSO Damiano
4	GERRANS Simon
5	SCHÄR Michael
6	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
7	WYSS Danilo
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
11	ULISSI Diego
12	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto
13	KRISTOFF Alexander
14	MARCATO Marco
15	MORI Manuele
16	POLANC Jan
17	RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr
	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
21	STYBAR Zdenek
22	CAPECCHI Eros
23	CAVAGNA Rémi
24	DECLERCQ Tim
25	KNOX James
26	MARTINELLI Davide
27	SENECHAL Florian
	SKY
31	ELISSONDE Kenny
32	BASSO Leonardo
33	DOULL Owain
34	GOLAS Michal
35	KNEES Christian
36	HENAO Sebastian
37	LOPEZ David
	BORA-HANSGROHE
41	BENNETT Sam
42	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix
43	KENNAUGH Peter
44	KONRAD Patrick
45	MUHLBERGER Gregor
46	PFINGSTEN Christoph
47	POLJANSKI Pawel
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
52	DURBRIDGE Luke
53	HAYMAN Mathew
54	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
55	IMPEY Daryl
56	KREUZIGER Roman
57	VERONACarlos
	MOVISTAR
61	SOLER Marc
62	ARCAS Jorge
63	MATOS Nuno
64	CARRETERO Hector
65	CASTRILLO Jaime
66	VALLS Rafael
67	PEDRERO Antonio
	ASTANA
71	FUGLSANG Jakob
72	VALGREN Michael
73	HANSEN Jesper
74	HOULE Hugo
75	CHERNETSKY Sergey
76	KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar
77	CORT NIELSEN Magnus
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
81	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
82	BATTAGLIN Enrico
83	MARTENS Paul
84	OLIVIER Daan
85	VAN HOECKE Gijs
86	ROOSEN Timo
87	WAGNER Robert
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
91	MOHORIC Matej
92	BOLE Grega
93	COLBRELLI Sonny
94	GASPAROTTO Enrico
95	HAUSSLER Heinrich
96	KOREN Kristjan
97	POZZOVIVO Domenico
	TEAM SUNWEB
101	MATTHEWS Michael
102	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
103	ARNDT Nikias
104	CURVERS Roy
105	HAGA Chad
106	STAMSNIJDER Tom
107	OOMEN Sam
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
111	NAESEN Oliver
112	BAKELANTS Jan
113	BIDARD François
114	COSNEFROY Benoit
115	JAUREGUI Quentin
116	FRANK Mathias
117	VUILLERMOZ Alexis
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
121	DEGENKOLB John
122	BERNARD Julien
123	DE KORT Koen
124	GOGL Michael
125	STETINA Peter
126	SKUJINS Toms
127	STUYVEN Jasper
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
131	WELLENS Tim
132	BAK Lars Ytting
133	HANSEN Adam
134	MAES Nikolas
135	MERTZ Rémy
136	VANHOUCKE Harm
137	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC
141	VANMARCKE Sep
142	BROWN Nathan
143	CANTY Brendan
144	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
145	CRADDOCK Lawson
146	CLARKE William
147	OWEN Logan
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
151	ROUX Anthony
152	GAUDU David
153	BONNET William
154	MADOUAS Valentin
155	MORABITO Steve
156	REICHENBACH Sébastien
157	VICHOT Arthur
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
161	SPILAK Simon
162	BIERMANS Jenthe
163	MATHIS Marco
164	HAAS Nathan
165	FABBRO Matteo
166	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
167	BELKOV Maxim
	DIMENSION DATA
171	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
172	DOUGALL Nick
173	EISEL Bernhard
174	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
175	MORTON Lachlan David
176	O'CONNOR Ben Alexander
177	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
181	BOIVIN Guillaume
182	EARLE Nathan
183	VAN WINDEN Dennis
184	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben
185	PERRY Benjamin
186	SAGIV Guy
187	SBARAGLI Kristian
	RALLY CYCLING
191	ANDERSON Ryan
192	BRITTON Rob
193	CARPENTER Robin
194	DE VOS Adam
195	ELLSAY Nigel
196	JOYCE Colin
197	MCNULTY Brandon
	EQUIPE CANADA
201	CATAFORD Alexander
202	COTÉ Pier-André
203	LANGLOIS Bruno
204	PICCOLI James
205	ROBERGE Adam
206	WALSH Edward
207	ZUKOWSKY Nick