2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

2012 UCI World Tour 26 28 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 9 September 2011 1 205.7 km 5h 28' 29" Lars Petter Nordhaug Norway SKY 2012 Moreno Moser Italy LIQ 2012 Alexandr Kolobnev Russia KAT 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 9 September 2012, over a distance of 205.7 km 1 on, starting and finishing in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 26th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was 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 Québec contested two days prior. The race was won by Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug (SKY 2012), who broke away from the lead group and attacked twice inside the final 5 km. He out sprinted Moreno Moser (LIQ 2012) and Alexandr Kolobnev (KAT 2012). Simon Gerrans of OGE 2012b, who won the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, took the fourth place.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal-2012/results Nordhaug guts out a victory in Montréal Cycling News 9 September 2012 9 September 2012 Sadhbh O'Shea Course The race consisted of 17 laps of a circuit 12.1 km 1 on in length, and followed the same path as the 2011 edition. The circuit, around the main campus of the Université de Montréal, was well-suited for climbers and punchers with three climbs per lap. The finish was on an uphill climb with a small gradient of 4%, that was located on Avenue du Parc. There was a sharp, 180 degrees bend to the right situated 500 meters away from the line. The total vertical climb of the race was 3,893 metres.http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/GPC_MTL_PARCOURS_EN.pdf PDF 11 September 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal Parcours The major difficulties were: Kilometre 2: Côte Camilien-Houde: 1,8 kilometres, average gradient of 8% Kilometre 6: Côte de la Polytechnque: 780 metres, average gradient of 6% with a pass of 200 metres at 11% Kilometre 11: Avenue du Parc: 560 metres, average gradient of 4% Teams As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen UCI ProTeams were invited automatically. There were also 3 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/fr/gp-montreal/details-de-l-epreuve-mtl/ List of teams entered for the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Grand Prix Cyclistes Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal 15 August 2012 The 18 ProTeams that competed were: 22em A2R 2012 AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012b GEC 2012b KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 OLO 2012 MOV 2012 QSI 2012 RAB 2012 LEO 2012 SAX 2012b SKY 2012 VCD 2012 The 3 UCI Professional Continental teams that competed were: 22em COF 2012 EUC 2012 SPI 2012 Race summary thumb|upright|Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug won the event The first significant breakaway occurred at kilometre 31, when Manuele Boaro (SAX 2012b) got away, soon to be joined by Cyril Gautier (EUC 2012) and Egoi Martínez (EUS 2012). It was the second time that Boaro tried his luck, the first attempt was annulled a little earlier. The trio cruised to a five-minute advantage, while Simone Ponzi of AST 2012 and Kristijan Koren of LIQ 2012 made an attempt to join them, and their acceleration caused a few riders to drop from the peloton. Before Koren and Ponzi could scheme something, they were brought back with 45 km to race, as the leading group became a duet since Boaro was dropped. Martinez and Gauthier were finally caught on the Côte de la Polytechnique during the penultimate lap. Other attacks occurred, but the bunch was back together as they crossed the line to race the last lap.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12832/Lars-Petter-Nordhaug-nails-career-best-win-in-GP-Cycliste-de-Montreal.aspx Lars Petter Nordhaug nails career best win in GP Cycliste de Montréal Velo Nation Velo Nation LLC 9 September 2012 10 September 2012 Kyle Moore On the Côte Camilien-Houde, EUC 2012's David Veilleux attacked, while Janez Brajkovič (AST 2012) and Gerald Ciolek (OPQ 2012) collided and crashed during the climb. Canadian Ryder Hesjedal worked to bring the lead group together, which was composed of about 25 riders with 7 km to go, when Greg Van Avermaet produced an acceleration that was brought back by the group. Lars Petter Nordhaug then placed an attack of his own, being screamed on by his team (SKY 2012) via his earpiece to go for the victory since his teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen was out of energy. Nordhaug was caught by Moreno Moser and Alexandr Kolobnev on the Avenue du Parc, near the flamme rouge. The pair had escaped from the group, Kolobnev produced an acceleration with 500 m to race, his chances looked good but Nordhaug passed him to take the victory with an advantage of two seconds, with Moser taking second place and Kolobnev holding on for third. Simon Gerrans, who won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2 days before, sprinted to fourth place.http://www.rds.ca/cyclisme/chroniques/347662.html Nordhaug remporte le GP de Montréal La Presse Canadienne Bell Media 9 September 2012 10 September 2012 fr 19 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121119013103/http://www.rds.ca/cyclisme/chroniques/347662.html dead Results CyclistTeamTime World Tour Points 1Lars Petter Nordhaug NORSKY 2012 5h 28' 29" 80 2Moreno Moser ITALIQ 2012 + 2"603Alexandr Kolobnev RUSKAT 2012 + 2"504Simon Gerrans AUSGEC 2012b + 4"405Edvald Boasson Hagen NORSKY 2012 + 4"306 Björn Leukemans BELVCD 2012 + 5"227 Jürgen Roelandts BELLTB 2012 + 5"148 Rui Costa POR MOV 2012 + 5"109Luca Paolini ITAKAT 2012 + 5"610Tony Gallopin FRARNT 2012 + 5"2 References External links http://gpcqm.ca/en/home/ Photographs of the event 2012 Category:2012 UCI World Tour Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal Category:September 2012 sports events in Canada Category:2012 in Montreal