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 |
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 |