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The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal are two races that take place entirely on urban circuits, something unusual in top-level cycling. This feature, added to its position on the calendar, 15 days before the UCI World Championships, make these two Canadian races the ideal preparation for the WC in Australia.

Routes

The circuit of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is 12 km long and includes 3 short climbs: côte de la Montagne (0.3 km at 8.3%), côte de la Potasse (0.4 km at 6%) and the finish line, which is at the top of a 1.1 km climb at 4%. Cyclists must complete 16 laps on this circuit to reach a total of 204 km and 2416 meters of climbing.

For its part, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is notably harder, since it adds up to 226 km and 4046 meters of positive slope. In this case, the urban circuit is 12.5 km long and includes 4 climbs: côte de Camillien-Houde (1.7 km at 7.6%), côte de Polytechnique (0.8 km at 4.9%), côte Pagnuela (0.5 km at 7.5%) and, as in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, the finish line is also uphill (0.6 km at 4%). Cyclists must complete 18 laps on the circuit.

Favorites

Both races are ideal for puncheurs and classics specialists. Wout Van Aert (1200), Michael Matthews (1000), Peter Sagan (1000), Matej Mohorič (800), Stefan Küng (800), Christophe Laporte (800), Magnus Cort Nielsen (600), Alex Aranburu (600), Jasper Stuyven (600), Maximilian Schachmann (600), Giacomo Nizzolo (600), Biniam Girmay (600), Tim Wellens (400), Greg Van Avermaet (400), Benoît Cosnefroy (400) and Alberto Bettiol (400) are some of the favorites for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. For the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, some climbers can be added to this list of favorites, such as Romain Bardet (800), Guillaume Martin (800), Pello Bilbao (1000) and especially Tadej Pogačar (1200).