Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

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.

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
During the 2011 edition of the race
Race details
DateSeptember
RegionQuebec City, Quebec, Canada
Local name(s)Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI World Tour
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserGroupe Serdy
Web sitegpcqm.ca
History
First edition2010 (2010)
Editions10
First winner Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
Most wins Simon Gerrans (AUS)
 Peter Sagan (SVK)
 Michael Matthews (AUS)
(2 wins)
Most recent Michael Matthews (AUS)

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal held two days later are collectively known as the "Laurentian Classics" . Australian cyclist Simon Gerrans was the first to achieve a Laurentian double by winning both races in the same year in 2014. Fellow Australian cyclist Michael Matthews also achieved this double in 2018.

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 an 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.[1]

During the 2014 edition, riders had to take an alternate route because of construction on the Côte Gilmour.[2]

Winners
Year Country Rider Team
2010  France Thomas Voeckler Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2011  Belgium Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012  Australia Simon Gerrans Orica–GreenEDGE
2013  Netherlands Robert Gesink Belkin Pro Cycling
2014  Australia Simon Gerrans Orica–GreenEDGE
2015  Colombia Rigoberto Urán Etixx–Quick-Step
2016  Slovakia Peter Sagan Tinkoff
2017  Slovakia Peter Sagan Bora–Hansgrohe
2018  Australia Michael Matthews Team Sunweb
2019  Australia Michael Matthews Team Sunweb
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic

Multiple winners

Riders in italics are still active

WinsRiderEditions
2 Simon Gerrans (AUS)2012, 2014
 Peter Sagan (SVK)2016, 2017
 Michael Matthews (AUS)2018, 2019

Wins per country
Wins Country
4 Australia
2 Slovakia
1 Belgium
 Colombia
 France
 Netherlands

References
  1. "Grands Prix Cyclistes". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  2. "Grand Prix cycliste de Québec : changement de parcours".
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