We're in Montreal for the 2022 edition of GP Cycliste, which changes from a two stage race to a classic this season. The best punchers from the PT and the PCT are here to try to win this race. There's a lot of battles going on in both the divisions as we reach the imminent end of the season, and this race will surely have an impact on a lot of them. Let's see who can come out on top here.
Favourites
HI
STA
RES
SPR
ACC
De Bie
84
77
76
72
75
Lopez
84
76
74
66
78
Sagan
83
78
74
73
76
Kelderman
82
80
75
67
72
Koretzky
81
77
70
71
79
Vakoc
81
75
71
71
74
Kwiatkowski
81
74
76
67
75
Yates
81
77
70
77
80
Ponzi
80
71
66
72
74
Di Maggio
80
70
65
63
72
Prevar
80
77
70
67
73
Bilbao
79
77
71
71
75
De Plus
79
74
73
61
72
Chaves
79
74
73
60
72
Barbin
78
75
73
71
76
Gesbert
78
80
78
68
73
Eriksson
78
78
74
65
76
Gaudu
78
78
75
68
70
Valter
78
75
74
69
76
Ulissi
78
80
68
72
72
After many attempts and resultant failures, six riders form the break of the day with 30+ kilometers already raced. They are:
Tedashvili Strong De La Cruz Chaiyasombat, Helme Szarka Gamper Buitrago Koshevoy Brozyna Kiflay, Main Magnussen Barbari Rojas, Huertas
Apologies for missing the picture.
100 kilometers to go. Los Pollos, Vesuvio, Elco, Evonik, Moser, Aegon and Zwift are all sharing the pace-making duties.
75 kilometers to go. Helme, Rojas, Szarka, Main, Barbari and Magnussen have been dropped from the break. They trail the leaders by 30 seconds.
Szarka, Barbari and Magnussen are caught with 55 km to go.
The other three are also caught. 36 km to go.
Gamper and Huertas are dropped from the break with 32 kilometers remaining.
Many splits in the pack form with 30 kilometers left. Ponzi is in A4. Ulissi, Barbin, Narvaez, Sepulveda and Stannard are in A3.
Van Staeyen, Cerny and Gabburo are among those dropped next.
Huertas and Gamper are caught with 23 kilometers left.
Buitrago, Tediashvili, Strong and Kiflay have been dropped from the break.
Lopez and Yates are the first of the favourites to attack. 19 kilometers remain.
De La Cruz and Brozyna are now dropped from the break.
Lopez and Yates are caught with 16 kilometers to go.
The break is caught with 11 kilometers to go. Kelderman is at the front of the 17 rider 'peloton'.
Gesbert is the latest to be dropped.
6 kilometers to go and we're on the summit of the hill for the final time with the leaders. Just 14 riders remain in the front group -> Lopez, Koretzky, Prevar, Kelderman, Quita, Sagan, Van der Lijke, Felline, Vakoc, Yates, De Bie, Kwiatkowski, Gaudu, Bilbao
Lopez, Koretzky, Prevar, Kelderman and Quita get a gap with 4.5 kilometers to go.
They are caught with 3 kilometers remaining.
Yates attacks 500 meters later. This is a strange one as he's the best sprinter among the leading group of riders!
Yates leads by 7 seconds as we reach the final kilometer. The Volcanica rider in the picture is being lapped.
Still Yates leads by a mere 5 seconds. 700 meters to go.
Still he holds on by 4 seconds now and just 400 meters to go!
De Bie and Lopez are gaining fast with 200 meters to go.
De Bie goes into the lead with 100 meters to go.
De Bie with a clear cushion at the front now. Felline and Sagan are finishing fast. Lopez and Yates are getting swamped.
De Bie wins!
Felline takes a fine 2nd place ahead of Sagan.
Vakoc and Koretzky both finish strongly to claim 4th and 5th respectively.
Lopez ends up 6th. Yates barely holds on for 7th ahead of Quita.
Kelderman and Prevar make up the Top 10. Bilbao is 11t.
Kwiatkowski will perhaps be disappointed with 12th. Gaudu is next in 13th.
Van der Lijke couldn't use his sprint skills in the finish and manages 14th today.
Chaiyasombat's breakaway sojourn is rewarded with a fruitful 15th place.
Today's winner - Sean De Bie.
De Bie looks to have put his poor season behind him and picks up a very important win to help his team in the PT relegation battle. Same is the case for Felline in his team's PCT relegation battle. Sagan has a solid ride to complete the podium. Vakoc takes a good 4th place to keep his team's good season going while Koretzky helps his team keep their Top 10 push on track.
