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The race:
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a single-day professional bicycle race held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Currently (2019) it is run in mid-September. It is a new race, first run in 2010.
Two days after the GP de Québec comes the second North American World Tour race, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Together, the pair are known as the Laurentian Classics. Until 2014, when Simon Gerrans triumphed, no rider had been able to do the "Laurentian Double", win both races in the same year.
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a circuit race with a challenging course that ends with an uphill finish on the Montée du Fort.
The climbs:
Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
2010 | Thomas Voeckler 4hr 35min 27sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 1sec |
Robert Gesink @ s.t. |
189 km | 41.169 |
2011 | Philippe Gilbert 5hr 3min 8sec |
Robert Gesink @ s.t. |
Rigoberto Uran @ 9sec |
201.6 km | 39.903 |
2012 | Simon Gerrans 4hr 53min 4sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
Rui Costa @ 4sec |
201.6 km | 41.274 |
2013 | Robert Gesink 4hr 58min 13sec |
Arthur Vichot @ s.t. |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 40.561 |
2014 | Simon Gerrans 4hr 42min 5sec |
Tom Dumoulin @ s.t. |
Ramunas Navardauskas @ s.t. |
199.1 km | 42.227 |
2015 | Rigoberto Uran 5hr 9min 47sec |
Michael Matthews @ s.t. |
Alexander Kristoff @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 39.047 |
2016 | Peter Sagan 5hr 7min 13sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
Anthony Roux @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 39.373 km/hr |
2017 | Peter Sagan 5hr 0min 31sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
Michael Matthews @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 40.251 km/hr |
2018 | Michael Matthews 5hr 4min 17sec |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
Jasper Stuyven @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 39.75 km/hr |
2019 | Michael Matthews 5hr 13min 1sec |
Peter Sagan @ s.t. |
Greg van Avermaet @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 38.643 km/hr |
2000 | Race not run because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Race not run because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
2022 | Benoît Cosnefroy 4hr 46min 56sec |
Michael Matthews @ 4sec |
Biniam Girmay @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 42.156 km/hr |
2023 | Arnaud De Lie 4hr 47min 35sec |
Corbin Strong @ s.t. |
Michael Matthews @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 42.058 km/hr |
2024 | Michael Matthews 4hr 45min 36sec |
Biniam Girmay @ s.t. |
Rudy Molard @ s.t. |
201.6 km | 42.353 kmhr |
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