2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

2011 UCI World Tour 24 27 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 9 September 2011 1 201.6 km 5h 03' 08" Philippe Gilbert Belgium OLO 2011 Robert Gesink Netherlands RAB 2011 Rigoberto Urán Colombia SKY 2011 2010 2012 The 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was the second edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 9 September 2011, over a distance of 201.6 km 1 on, starting and finishing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was the 24th event of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. OLO 2011 rider Philippe Gilbert achieved his 17th race win of the season after launching several late-race attacks. Gilbert moved clear on the penultimate circuit but was pulled back to a lead group with nine other riders, before making his final move on the Côte de la Potassehttp://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,15264_7166272,00.html Jonathan Turner Sky Sports BSkyB 9 September 2011 9 September 2011 Canada high for Gilbert and only Robert Gesink of RAB 2011 – who finished third in the 2010 event – remained in touch with Gilbert at the finish; finishing in the same time.http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/2011_classement_qc.pdf PDF 9 September 2011 9 September 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec FQSC Timing; Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal Résultats Officiels SKY 2011's Rigoberto Urán completed the podium, nine seconds down on Gilbert and Gesink. Gilbert's victory also meant that he would finish the World Tour season, as the number one ranked rider after many of his closest rivals, including his nearest challenger Cadel Evans of BMC 2011, elected to finish their seasons early and not challenge for points in the remaining three World Tour events on the calendar.http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE78875220110909 https://web.archive.org/web/20120601161129/http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE78875220110909 dead June 1, 2012 Gilbert wins in Quebec to end season as world No 1 Reuters Thomson Reuters 9 September 2011 9 September 2011 Tony Jimenez Course The race consisted of 16 laps of a circuit 12.6 km 1 on in length, an increase of one lap from the 2010 running of the race. The circuit is well-suited for climbers and those who are used to steep descents. The finish was on an uphill climb, that was located on Grand-Allée, in the heart of Old Québec.http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/GPC_QC_PARCOURS_EN.pdf PDF 9 September 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal Parcours Teams As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Four additional wildcard invitations were given – COF 2011, FDJ 2011, SPI 2011 and EUC 2011 – to form the event's 22-team peloton.https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/18-proteams-to-contest-quebec-montreal-races 11 March 2011 9 September 2011 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 18 ProTeams to contest Quebec, Montreal races The 22 teams invited to the race were: 22em ALM 2011 AST 2011 BMC 2011 COF 2011 EUS 2011 FDJ 2011 GRM 2011 THR 2011 LAM 2011 LEO 2011 LIQ 2011 MOV 2011 OLO 2011 QST 2011 RAB 2011 SBS 2011 SPI 2011 EUC 2011 KAT 2011 RSH 2011 SKY 2011 VCD 2011 Results RankCyclistTeamTimeUCI World TourPointshttp://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1 Points scale – UCI WorldTour Ranking UCI World Tour Union Cycliste Internationale 29 August 2011 12 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140712184029/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1 dead 1 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2011 5h 03' 08" 80 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2011 s.t. 60 3 Rigoberto Urán COL SKY 2011 + 9" 50 4 Fabian Wegmann GER LEO 2011 + 14" 40 5 Levi Leipheimer USA RSH 2011 + 15" 30 6 Björn Leukemans BEL VCD 2011 + 23" 22 7 Simone Ponzi ITA LIQ 2011 + 23" 14 8 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2011 + 25" 10 9 Gerald Ciolek GER QST 2011 + 30" 6 10 Simon Clarke AUS AST 2011 + 47" 2 References External links https://protourquebecmontreal.com/ 2011 Category:2011 UCI World Tour Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec Category:2011 in sports in Quebec Category:September 2011 sports events in Canada