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2026 GP Cycliste de Québec (World Tour), Canada

15th edition: Friday, September 11, 2026

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec podium history | GP Cycliste de Montréal | Course map & profile | Start list | 2025 edition

206 km total distance: 20 laps of 10.3 km

The two-up sprint for the line. Remco Evenpoel beats Giulio Ciccone. James Startt photo.

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Weather at Québec City at 11:10 PM, local time: 15C (60F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: The race is scheduled to start at 11:00 AM Eastern Time.

About a third of the way into the race Victor Campenaerts (Visma | Lease a Bike) abandoned.

Here's the race report from winner Remco Evenpoelo's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe:

Remco Evenepoel has made a successful start to his nearly three-week stay in Canada, winning the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.

In the final two-man sprint, he prevailed over Giulio Ciccone, securing his eleventh victory of the season.

As was the case before the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel benefited from a longer break from racing. His last race to date had been the Clásica San Sebastián, which he also won.

The race in Québec consisted of 206 kilometres on a circuit to be completed 20 times; the action really picked up in the final third, as new groups kept forming following several attacks. With 27 kilometres to go, Remco moved up to join the race leader Alberto Bettiol, alongside Ciccone, Anthon Charmig – who would go on to finish third – and Alessandro Pinarello.

A chasing group was never able to close the gap, which had long stood at around 20 seconds. Remco then tackled the final climb alongside Ciccone and Charmig. Whilst the Dane had to drop back right at the start, Ciccone stayed on his wheel. In the final sprint, however, he came off second best.

For Remco, the victory in Quebec was his first in North America. He thus completed his list of successes across the globe, having previously celebrated victories in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and South America.

On Sunday, the sister race in Montreal will serve as the dress rehearsal for the World Championships road race, which takes place exactly two weeks later. In between, on Sunday, the World Championships individual time trial is on the programme.

Remco Evenepoel: “I didn’t really feel that good in the first part of the race. But luckily, I found the right strength in my legs again towards the end, so I was able to win the sprint. So I’m very happy. One lap after we went clear, we had a nice gap. I didn’t have the explosiveness I needed on the final climb to really drop the other two, but I kept going and trusted my sprint – and it was the right decision to go for the sprint.After a longer break, it’s never easy to get back into the rhythm, especially when your first race back is such a hard one. Sunday is the next step. There are a lot of big challenges waiting for us over the next two weeks.”

Complete results:

206 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.088 km/hr

Course map & profile:

2026 GP Quebec map and profile

Start list with back numbers, September 10, 2026: