2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal explained

Series:2014 UCI World Tour
Race No:26
Season No:29
2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Date:14 September 2014
Stages:1
Distance:205.7
Unit:km
Time:5h 24' 27"[1]
Speed:38.039
First:Simon Gerrans
First Nat:AUS
Second:Rui Costa
Second Nat:POR
Third:Tony Gallopin
Third Nat:FRA
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal was the fifth edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 14 September 2014, over a distance of 205.7km (127.8miles), starting and finishing in Montréal. It was the 26th event of the 2014 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 2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec contested two days earlier.

Teams

As the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. A Canadian national squad also competed in the race, and as such, forming the event's 19-team peloton.

The 19 teams that competed in the race were:

Course

The race consisted of 17 laps of a circuit 12.1km (07.5miles) 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 meters.[2] The major difficulties were:

Results

[1]

CyclistTeamTimeUCI World Tour
Points
15h 24' 27"80
2+ 0"60
3+ 0"50
4+ 0"40
5+ 0"30
6+ 0"22
7+ 0"14
8+ 0"10
9+ 0"6
10+ 0"2

Notes and References

  1. News: Kirsten. Frattini. Gerrans wins GP de Montréal. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 14 September 2014. 15 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Parcours. PDF. 11 September 2011. Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Grand Prix Cycliste Québec-Montréal.