The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was held on September 12, 2010, as the final event in the 2010 UCI ProTour.
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, held two days earlier, are collectively known as the "Laurentian Classics". In 2014, Simon Gerrans became the first to achieve the "Laurentian Double" by winning both the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in the same year. In 2018, Michael Matthews became the second cyclist to achieve this.
The race uses a hilly circuit around Mount Royal, similar to that used at the 1974 UCI Road World Championships, 1976 Summer Olympics and other previous races. In 2024, organisers noted that they wished to stage a women's race in future, potentially as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. In September 2026, the 2026 UCI Road World Championships will be held on a similar course to the race.
Route The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is not like many single day events, a point to point race, but a circuit based race. The riders race for 18 laps on a long circuit. Each lap of the circuit requires completing four climbs on the slopes around Mount Royal: Côte Camilien-Houde (1.8 km long and 8% average grade), Côte de la Polytechnique (780m long and 6% average grade) and Avenue du Parc (560m long and 4% average grade) and (as of 2022) the new section on Pagnuelo street (534m long at 7.5% average grade). The finish is uphill on the Avenue du Parc.
The race has of cumulative climbing, similar to that found in a mountain stage in the Tour de France, though at a lower altitude.SportsNet1, "UCI Pro Tour Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal", airdate: 2014 September 14
Iterations of the circuit have been used for:
1974 UCI Road World Championships, when Eddy Merckx won 1976 Summer Olympics Grand Prix des Amériques, held between 1989 and 1992, part of the UCI Road World Cup Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal, held between 1998 and 2009, part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup
Winners
Multiple winners Wins Rider Editions 2 2016, 2019 2022, 2024
Wins per country Wins Country 3 2 1
References
External links
Official website