Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
Canadian one-day road cycling race / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Date | September |
Region | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
Local name(s) | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI World Tour |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | Évenements GPCQM (AA+ EVT inc) |
Race director | Joseph Limare |
Web site | gpcqm |
History | |
First edition | 2010 (2010) |
Editions | 12 |
First winner | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
Most wins | Simon Gerrans (AUS) Peter Sagan (SVK) Michael Matthews (AUS) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) |
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The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal held two days later are collectively known as the "Laurentian Classics" [citation needed]. 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.