2018 GP Cycliste de Montréal (World Tour), Canada
9th edition: Sunday, September 9, 2018
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16 x 12.2 km circuits = 195.2 km
The 2018 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a circuit race with a challenging course. It's 16 laps of 12.2 km with three climbs, totaling 195.2 km. The race ends with an uphill finish on Avenue du Parc.
Michael Matthews wins in Montréal.
The climbs:
- Côte Camilien-Houde: 1.8 km long @ 8% average gradient
- Côte de la Polytechnique: 780 meters @ 6%
- Avenue du Parc: 560 meters @ 4%l
The race: Here's the report from winner Michael Matthews' Team Sunweb.
Having finished fourth in 2016, and eighth last season, and following Friday’s win [at the GP de Québec], Michael went into the race in Montréal again as one of the favourites. Thanks to hard work throughout the race by his Team Sunweb teammates, Michael was able to finish off the job with another big sprint.
The race got underway with a five rider break moving clear to spend much of the race out front. Their escape grew to 5’45” at most, under the close watch of the peloton lead by Team Sunweb, and firstly Tom Stamsnijder.
The team continued to pick up the chase, shouldering the work of the peloton for much of the day in an effort to once again set Michael up for the finish. Their work paid off and in the final 20km the break was in touching distance, sparking attacks from the bunch.
As the kilometers ticked past, riders tried their luck off the front by with just four kilometres to race all was back together at the front. From here it it was about positioning Michael and keeping the attacks at bay, and come the finishing straight Michael opened up his sprint and once again took a convincing win, his second WorldTour win in three days.
Michael said after the finish: “Wow! What can I say, I really have no words. I just can’t thank the team enough for believing in me though out this really hard year, and again the boys today were amazing. It wouldn’t have been possible without such a strong team around me, so I can’t thank them enough.”
Team Sunweb coach Arthur van Dongen added: “Michael mentioned already that this victory is for the whole team. Everyone was working really hard to go for the double here in Canada and the hard work paid off. Two WorldTour victories in three days, unbelievable.”
Complete Results:
195.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.66 km/hr
143 starters, 102 classified finishers, 41 DNF
| 1 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Sunweb | 5hr 19min 27sec |
| 2 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 3 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | s.t. |
| 4 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 5 | ROOSEN Timo | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 6 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 7 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | VALGREN Michael | Astana | s.t. |
| 9 | KONRAD Patrick | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 10 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 11 | HAAS Nathan | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 12 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 13 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 14 | STUYVEN Jasper | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 15 | POLANC Jan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 16 | MCNULTY Brandon | Rally Cycling | s.t. |
| 17 | GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 18 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 19 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 20 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 21 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 22 | KENNAUGH Peter | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 23 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 24 | COSNEFROY Benoît | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 25 | BAKELANTS Jan | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 26 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
| 27 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 28 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 29 | REICHENBACH Sébastien | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 30 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | s.t. |
| 31 | BROWN Nathan | EF Education First-Drapac | @ 7sec |
| 32 | VUILLERMOZ Alexis | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 33 | EARLE Nathan | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 34 | LÓPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 35 | ŠTYBAR Zdeněk | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 36 | O'CONNOR Ben | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 37 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 38 | FUGLSANG Jakob | Astana | s.t. |
| 39 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 40 | VERONA Carlos | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:18 |
| 41 | MOHORIČ Matej | Bahrain-Merida | 0:26 |
| 42 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:27 |
| 43 | OOMEN Sam | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 44 | MARTENS Paul | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:37 |
| 45 | CHERNETSKI Sergei | Astana | 1:20 |
| 46 | ŠPILAK Simon | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:51 |
| 47 | VAN RENSBURG Reinardt | Dimension Data | 1:58 |
| 48 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 49 | CATAFORD Alexander | Equipe Canada | s.t. |
| 50 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
| 51 | SBARAGLI Kristian | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 52 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 53 | WYSS Danilo | BMC | s.t. |
| 54 | CASTRILLO Jaime | Movistar | s.t. |
| 55 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar | s.t. |
| 56 | DECLERCQ Tim | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 57 | VICHOT Arthur | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 58 | PICCOLI James | Equipe Canada | s.t. |
| 59 | ANDERSON Ryan | Rally Cycling | s.t. |
| 60 | STETINA Peter | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 61 | BATTAGLIN Enrico | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 62 | CARPENTER Robin | Rally Cycling | s.t. |
| 63 | BRITTON Rob | Rally Cycling | s.t. |
| 64 | CAPECCHI Eros | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 65 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 66 | GOŁAŚ Michał | Sky | s.t. |
| 67 | BOLE Grega | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 68 | MORABITO Steve | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 69 | ELISSONDE Kenny | Sky | s.t. |
| 70 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 71 | BERNARD Julien | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 72 | BIDARD François | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:12 |
| 73 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | 2:15 |
| 74 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:21 |
| 75 | ROUX Anthony | Groupama-FDJ | 2:50 |
| 76 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | 2:56 |
| 77 | POLJAŃSKI Paweł | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:00 |
| 78 | CANTY Brendan | EF Education First-Drapac | 3:02 |
| 79 | SOLER Marc | Movistar | 3:04 |
| 80 | MARCATO Marco | UAE-Team Emirates | 3:08 |
| 81 | FABBRO Matteo | Katusha-Alpecin | 3:12 |
| 82 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | 3:49 |
| 83 | JOYCE Colin | Rally Cycling | 4:32 |
| 84 | SLAGTER Tom-Jelte | Dimension Data | 5:04 |
| 85 | KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar | Astana | 5:06 |
| 86 | CARRETERO Héctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 87 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 88 | JAUREGUI Quentin | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 89 | GROSSSCHARTNER Felix | Bora-hansgrohe | 6:57 |
| 90 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 91 | OLIVIER Daan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 92 | GERRANS Simon | BMC | 9:40 |
| 93 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 94 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 95 | PERRY Ben | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 96 | ELLSAY Nigel | Rally Cycling | s.t. |
| 97 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 98 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 10:53 |
| 99 | ROBERGE Adam | Equipe Canada | 11:31 |
| 100 | ZUKOWSKY Nicolas | Equipe Canada | s.t. |
| 101 | DOULL Owain | Sky | 12:46 |
| 102 | HOULE Hugo | Astana | 13:40 |
Start list with back numbers, September 8, 2018:
| BMC | |
| 1 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
| 2 | FRANKINY Kilian |
| 3 | CARUSO Damiano |
| 4 | GERRANS Simon |
| 5 | SCHÄR Michael |
| 6 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
| 7 | WYSS Danilo |
| UAE-TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 11 | ULISSI Diego |
| 12 | FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto |
| 13 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 14 | MARCATO Marco |
| 15 | MORI Manuele |
| 16 | POLANC Jan |
| 17 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
| QUICK-STEP FLOORS | |
| 21 | STYBAR Zdenek |
| 22 | CAPECCHI Eros |
| 23 | CAVAGNA Rémi |
| 24 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 25 | KNOX James |
| 26 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| 27 | SENECHAL Florian |
| SKY | |
| 31 | ELISSONDE Kenny |
| 32 | BASSO Leonardo |
| 33 | DOULL Owain |
| 34 | GOLAS Michal |
| 35 | KNEES Christian |
| 36 | HENAO Sebastian |
| 37 | LOPEZ David |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 41 | BENNETT Sam |
| 42 | GROSSSCHARTNER Felix |
| 43 | KENNAUGH Peter |
| 44 | KONRAD Patrick |
| 45 | MUHLBERGER Gregor |
| 46 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
| 47 | POLJANSKI Pawel |
| MITCHELTON-SCOTT | |
| 52 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 53 | HAYMAN Mathew |
| 55 | IMPEY Daryl |
| 56 | KREUZIGER Roman |
| 57 | VERONA Carlos |
| MOVISTAR | |
| 61 | SOLER Marc |
| 62 | ARCAS Jorge |
| 64 | CARRETERO Hector |
| 65 | CASTRILLO Jaime |
| 66 | VALLS Rafael |
| 67 | PEDRERO Antonio |
| ASTANA | |
| 71 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
| 72 | VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael |
| 73 | HANSEN Jesper |
| 74 | HOULE Hugo |
| 75 | CHERNETSKY Sergey |
| 76 | KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar |
| 77 | CORT NIELSEN Magnus |
| LOTTO NL-JUMBO | |
| 81 | JANSEN Amund |
| 82 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 83 | MARTENS Paul |
| 84 | OLIVIER Daan |
| 85 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 86 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 87 | WAGNER Robert |
| BAHRAIN-MERIDA | |
| 91 | MOHORIC Matej |
| 92 | BOLE Grega |
| 93 | COLBRELLI Sonny |
| 94 | GASPAROTTO Enrico |
| 95 | HAUSSLER Heinrich |
| 96 | KOREN Kristjan |
| 97 | POZZOVIVO Domenico |
| TEAM SUNWEB | |
| 101 | MATTHEWS Michael |
| 102 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
| 103 | ARNDT Nikias |
| 104 | CURVERS Roy |
| 105 | HAGA Chad |
| 106 | STAMSNIJDER Tom |
| 107 | OOMEN Sam |
| AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 111 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 112 | BAKELANTS Jan |
| 113 | BIDARD François |
| 114 | COSNEFROY Benoit |
| 115 | JAUREGUI Quentin |
| 116 | FRANK Mathias |
| 117 | VUILLERMOZ Alexis |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 121 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 122 | BERNARD Julien |
| 123 | DE KORT Koen |
| 124 | GOGL Michael |
| 125 | STETINA Peter |
| 126 | SKUJINS Toms |
| 127 | STUYVEN Jasper |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
| 131 | WELLENS Tim |
| 133 | HANSEN Adam |
| 134 | MAES Nikolas |
| 135 | MERTZ Rémy |
| 136 | VANHOUCKE Harm |
| 137 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC | |
| 141 | VANMARCKE Sep |
| 142 | BROWN Nathan |
| 143 | CANTY Brendan |
| 144 | DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd |
| 145 | CRADDOCK Lawson |
| 146 | CLARKE William |
| 147 | OWEN Logan |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| 151 | ROUX Anthony |
| 152 | GAUDU David |
| 153 | BONNET William |
| 154 | MADOUAS Valentin |
| 155 | MORABITO Steve |
| 156 | REICHENBACH Sébastien |
| 157 | VICHOT Arthur |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 161 | SPILAK Simon |
| 162 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| 163 | MATHIS Marco |
| 164 | HAAS Nathan |
| 165 | FABBRO Matteo |
| 166 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 167 | BELKOV Maxim |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 171 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
| 172 | DOUGALL Nick |
| 173 | EISEL Bernhard |
| 174 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 175 | MORTON Lachlan David |
| 176 | O'CONNOR Ben Alexander |
| 177 | SLAGTER Tom Jelte |
| ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
| 181 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 182 | EARLE Nathan |
| 183 | VAN WINDEN Dennis |
| 184 | NIV Guy |
| 185 | PERRY Benjamin |
| 186 | SAGIV Guy |
| 187 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| RALLY CYCLING | |
| 191 | ANDERSON Ryan |
| 192 | BRITTON Rob |
| 193 | CARPENTER Robin |
| 194 | DE VOS Adam |
| 195 | ELLSAY Nigel |
| 196 | JOYCE Colin |
| 197 | MCNULTY Brandon |
| EQUIPE CANADA | |
| 201 | CATAFORD Alexander |
| 202 | COTÉ Pier-André |
| 203 | CHRETIEN Charles-Etienne |
| 204 | PICCOLI James |
| 205 | ROBERGE Adam |
| 206 | WALSH Edward |
| 207 | ZUKOWSKY Nick |