2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

2012 UCI World Tour 25 28 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 7 September 2012 1 201.6 km 4h 53' 04" Simon Gerrans Australia OGE 2012b Greg Van Avermaet Belgium BMC 2012 Rui Costa Portugal MOV 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 7 September 2012, over a distance of 201.6 km 1 on, starting and finishing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was the 25th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race is one of the only two events which are part of the World Tour calendar in North America, the other one being the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal contested two days later. In a two-up sprint finish,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12822/Simon-Gerrans-takes-breakaway-sprint-victory-in-GP-Quebec.aspx Ben Atkins Simon Gerrans takes breakaway sprint victory in GP Québec VeloNation VeloNation LLC 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the OGE 2012b team won the race,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec-2012/results Gerrans stakes his claim in Quebec Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 after following an attack by BMC 2012's Greg Van Avermaet in the closing stages of the race, with the two riders working together to get clear and Gerrans prevailing on the uphill finish on the Grande-Allée. Van Avermaet was second,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/race-report/gerrans-wins-2012-gp-cycliste-quebec-city-with-late-attack_237816 Gerrans wins 2012 GP Cycliste Québec City with late attack VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 7 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120907230918/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/race-report/gerrans-wins-2012-gp-cycliste-quebec-city-with-late-attack_237816 dead while the peloton was led home by the 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal winner Rui Costa (MOV 2012), four seconds in arrears.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/gerrans-wins-gp-de-quebec-235012864.html https://archive.today/20130105181812/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/gerrans-wins-gp-de-quebec-235012864.html dead 5 January 2013 Gerrans wins GP de Quebec Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 Course thumb|The Château Frontenac was the official hotel of the race and lodged the riders and crew members over 4–8 September.http://gpcqm.ca/en/gp-quebec-en/official-hotel-qc/ Official hotel Grand Prix Cyclistes Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal, 2010-2011 7 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111228223711/http://gpcqm.ca/en/gp-quebec-en/official-hotel-qc/ 28 December 2011 dead The race consisted of 16 laps of a circuit 12.6 km 1 on in length, with exactly the same course as the 2011 edition. The circuit was well-suited for climbers and puncheurs, since the finish was situated on an uphill climb, located on the Grande-Allée street, in the heart of Old Québec and the course featured steep climbs. The final stretch was a wide, straight line with a regular 4% gradient. The total vertical climb of the race was 2976 m. The major difficulties were: Kilometre 9: Côte de la Montagne: 375 m off with an average gradient of 10%, with a pass of 165 m off metres at 13% Kilometre 10: Côte de la Potasse: 420 m off with an average gradient of 9% Kilometre 11: Côte de la Fabrique: 190 m off with an average gradient of 7% Kilometre 11: Climb to the finish line: 1000 m off with an average gradient of 4% It is worth noting that the Côte Gilmour descent included a technical passage, 2 successive left bends of 90 degrees each, the first of which was negotiated while the descending slope had a gradient of more than 10%. After the last of the two bends, the riders were rolling on the Boulevard Champlain on the Saint Lawrence River's shores for 4 km 1 off which were exposed to the wind.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 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. There were also three wildcard invitations, which were UCI Professional Continental teams: two French squads (COF 2012 and EUC 2012) and a Canadian one (SPI 2012).http://gpcqm.ca/en/gp-quebec-en/race-qc/ List of teams entered for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Grand Prix Cyclistes Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal 15 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910061540/http://gpcqm.ca/en/gp-quebec-en/race-qc/ 10 September 2012 dead dmy-all A Canadian national squad also competed in the race, and as such, formed the event's 22-team peloton. The 22 teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec-2012/start-list Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2012 start list Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 8 September 2012 22em ALM 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 Canada (national team) COF 2012 EUC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRS 2012b KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 OGE 2012b RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAX 2012b SKY 2012 SPI 2012 VCD 2012 Race summary thumb|upright|The winner, Australian Simon Gerrans. The start was given by the mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, and the former French Prime Minister Alain Juppé.http://www.985fm.ca/sports/nouvelles/gp-cycliste-de-quebec-la-victoire-de-garrans-l-e-170127.html Québec: la victoire de Garrans, l'exploit de Parisien 98,5 fm La Presse Canadienne 8 September 2012 8 September 2012 French https://web.archive.org/web/20120911035159/http://www.985fm.ca/sports/nouvelles/gp-cycliste-de-quebec-la-victoire-de-garrans-l-e-170127.html 11 September 2012 dead dmy-all During the second lap of the 16 laps race, eight men went clear of the peloton, they were soon joined by a sizable number of riders and were brought back 45 km into the race. On lap 4, another escape group formed, initiated by Thomas Rohregger (RNT 2012), who was chased by Vladimir Gusev (KAT 2012), both men had been part of an earlier breakaway. The group ballooned to eight riders when the chasing group made contact, and the escapees sailed to a maximum lead of 6' 10". With six laps remaining, EUC 2012 and GRM 2012b took the lead of the bunch and worked to bring the dangerous break back, which they ultimately did with only two laps to go, on the steep Côte de la Montagne. Soon thereafter, SAX 2012b's Chris Anker Sørensen and Canadian national team member Bruno Langlois tried their luck and built a small 20 seconds gap by the start of the penultimate lap. Langlois was ultimately dropped and replaced by Dries Devenyns (OPQ 2012) near the finish line as the bell sounded the last lap. The pair held on, but was caught on the Boulevard Champlain with 4 km to go. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC 2012) attacked in the Côte de la Montagne, soon followed by Simon Gerrans (OGE 2012b). LIQ 2012's Peter Sagan made a move in a bid to catch the two men, but fell short after approaching to 30 m of the duet and was swallowed by the charging bunch in the final kilometre.http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-grand-prix-de-quebec-gerrans-domine-van-avermaet-27460.html Gerrans domine Van Avermaet Cyclism'Actu 2008-2012 - Cyclism'Actu - Swar-Agency. 7 September 2012 8 September 2012 Alexandre Mignot fr While the surging chase group was on their heels, Gerrans out sprinted the Belgian Van Avermaet to take the victory. Rui Costa of MOV 2012 was the faster man of the chase group and took third place. Quebecer François Parisien of SPI 2012 survived a fall in the first lap of the race to finish in tenth position, the best placed Canadian of the race only 4 seconds in arrears of Gerrans, while Bruno Langlois won the King of the Mountains classification and took 30th place.http://gpcqm.ca/fr/gp-quebec/resultats-qc/ Résultats 2012 Grands Prix Cyclistes Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal, 2010-2011 8 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121117053059/http://gpcqm.ca/fr/gp-quebec/resultats-qc/ 17 November 2012 dead dmy-all Pre-race favourite Ryder Hesjedal had a difficult day, finishing with a 5' 18" deficit. Gerrans stated after the race: "This is some of the hardest racing on the calendar. It's fantastic racing in Québec on an exciting circuit with great crowds and great ambience." Results CyclistTeamTime UCI World TourPoints 1 Simon Gerrans AUS OGE 2012b 4h 53' 04" 80 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2012 s.t.603 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 4"504 Luca Paolini ITA KAT 2012 + 4"405 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 4"306 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2012 + 4"227 Thomas Voeckler FRA EUC 2012 + 4"–8 Fabian Wegmann GER GRM 2012b + 4"109 Gerald Ciolek GER OPQ 2012 + 4"610 François Parisien CAN SPI 2012 + 4"– References External links http://gpcqm.ca/fr/accueil/ 2012 Category:2012 UCI World Tour Grand Prix Cycliste Category:September 2012 sports events in Canada Category:2010s in Quebec City