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Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

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Date  September
Editions  7 (as of 2016)
Discipline  Road bicycle racing
Organiser  Groupe Serdy
Edition  7 (2016)
Type  One-day race
Competition  UCI World Tour
First winner  Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
First edition  2010
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Region  Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Local name(s)  Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
Most wins  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (2)

Peter sagan grand prix cycliste de qu bec 2016


The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was on September 10, 2010, as the penultimate event in the 2010 UCI ProTour.

Contents

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal held two days later are collectively known as the "Laurentian Classics". Only Simon Gerrans has achieved a Laurentian double by winning both races in the same year.

Grand prix cycliste de qu bec 2015 finish


Route

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, unlike many single day events, is not a point to point race, but a circuit based race. The riders race for 11 laps on a 18,1 km long circuit. During a lap on the circuit the riders need to complete four climbs in rapid succession: Côte de la Montagne (375m long and 10% average grade), Côte de la Potasse (420m long and 9% average grade), Montée de la Fabrique (190m long and 7% average grade) and Montée du Fort (1000m long and 4% average grade). The finish is uphill on the Montée du Fort.

During the 2014 edition, riders had to take an alternate route because of refection work in the Côte Gilmour.

References

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Wikipedia