Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2023

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec overview

Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) emerged victorious in the 2023 edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, taking the first WorldTour win of his young career.

The 21-year-old beat Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) and Michael Matthews to take out the race, which along with the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, are the only two WorldTour races held in North America.

Last year, Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) claimed a solo victory after attacking in the final lap and holding off the charging field to take the win ahead of Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux).

The race was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.

In 2019, Michael Matthews sprinted to the win, after passing the late break before the line and claimed back-to-back victories in Quebec. Joining Matthews (2019, 2018) as two-time winners are Peter Sagan (2017, 2016) and Simon Gerrans (2014, 2012).

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Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec route

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Organizers stayed true to their traditional 201.6km route, delivering a total of 2976 metres of climbing over 16 laps of a hilly 12.6km circuit that starts and finishes on the Grande Allée in the charming 400-year-old, walled-in Quebec City. 

Each circuit features several short but steep climbs, first on Rue de la Montagne (375m at 10%), then the Côte de la Potasse/Des Glacis (420m at 9%) skirting around the iconic Chateau Frontenac, and finally up the Montée de la Fabrique/Des Jardins (190m at 7%) before looping around toward the uphill drag of more than 1 kilometre to the finish line.

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec start list

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Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec schedule

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec teams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
• Jumbo-Visma
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Soudal-QuickStep
• Team Arkéa-Samsic
• Team dsm-firmenich
• Team Jayco AlUla
• UAE Team Emirates