Together with the GP de Québec, the GP de Montréal forms the second part of the Canadian World Tour classics. It takes place on the 13th of September and this year it might be more important than ever before as it takes the riders through the World Championships course only two weeks before the big one. We take a look at its profile.
The race was created in 2010 and presented a more climber-friendly option when comparing to the race in Québec. It is one where puncheurs can win, and this was often the case at first. Whilst Robert Gesink was the first winner, names such as Rui Costa, Peter Sagan, Simon Gerrans, Tim Wellens, Greg van Avermaet and Michael Matthews were amongst the winners in the 2010's.
Despite the course not changing in any particular manner, the 2020's have put different types of winners on display. UAE Team Emirates - XRG is the only team to have won in this decade, benefiting from races that have been pushed hard from very early on. Tadej Pogacar has won it in 2022 and 2024; whilst Adam Yates was the winner in 2023 and Brandon McNulty crossed the line together with Pogacar in 2025.
Profile: Montréal - Montréal
Montréal - Montréal, 215 kilometers
A circuit based around the Mont-Royal park, where the riders will spend the afternoon, however not only enjoying the scenery, but also having to go into a brutal race that will see plenty attacks and aggressive racing.
There are over 3700 meters of climbing and 215 kilometers on the menu, making it harder and longer than Québec. There will also be more laps due to the shorter circuit, which is very explosive with three clear uphill sections and the rest of the circuit mostly downhill. The lap opens up immediately with it’s major feature, the Côte de Camilien-Houde, 1.9 kilometer at 7.1%.
This will be the hardest section of the circuit and likely the one that will be attacked the hardest, finishing with 10 kilometers to go. A very fast descent follows, with the Côte de Polytechnique coming after summiting with 6 kilometers to go, it is 800 meters long at 4% average gradient but goes up to 10%. And with 3 kilometers will be the Côte Pagnuelo with 500 meters at 7.5%.
All three are very explosive climbs, where damage can be made. The riders will then very quickly travel back into the Avenue where the race is to finishing, going down it before turning back in the roundabout and within sight of the line. This won’t be a regular sprint however, with the final 600 meters featuring 4% of gradient which can alter the result of the sprints that will happen.
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List of winners GP de Montréal
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2025 | Brandon McNulty | Tadej Pogačar | Quinn Simmons |
| 2024 | Tadej Pogačar | Pello Bilbao | Julian Alaphilippe |
| 2023 | Adam Yates | Pavel Sivakov | Alex Aranburu |
| 2022 | Tadej Pogačar | Wout van Aert | Andrea Bagioli |
| 2021 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Greg Van Avermaet | Diego Ulissi | Iván García Cortina |
| 2018 | Michael Matthews | Sonny Colbrelli | Greg Van Avermaet |
| 2017 | Diego Ulissi | Jesús Herrada | Tom-Jelte Slagter |
| 2016 | Greg Van Avermaet | Peter Sagan | Diego Ulissi |
| 2015 | Tim Wellens | Adam Yates | Rui Costa |
| 2014 | Simon Gerrans | Rui Costa | Tony Gallopin |
| 2013 | Peter Sagan | Simone Ponzi | Ryder Hesjedal |
| 2012 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | Moreno Moser | Alexandr Kolobnev |
| 2011 | Rui Costa | Pierrick Fédrigo | Philippe Gilbert |
| 2010 | Robert Gesink | Peter Sagan | Ryder Hesjedal |
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