Grand Prix de Québec totals 201.6 kilometres, while the vertical gain amounts to almost 3,000 metres. Two days later the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal is held on a a slightly tougher course and the two races are collectively known as the Laurentian Classics.
Grand Prix de Québec 2019 (Québec – Québec 201.6km) LIVE STREAM: Friday, 13 September, starts at 18:00pm CET (Central Europe), 12:00pm U.S. Eastern
Grand Prix de Québec 2019 profile:
Favourites for the stage win:
***** Peter Sagan, Julian Alaphilippe, Michael Matthews
**** Greg Van Avermaet, Diego Ulissi, Michael Woods
*** Remco Evenepoel, Marc Hirschi, Sonny Colbrelli, Jasper Philipsen, Jasper Stuyven, Daryl Impey
** Vincenzo Nibali, Matej Mohoric, Oliver Naesen, Alberto Bettiol, Kasper Asgreen, Tim Wellens
* Rui Costa, Jay McCarthy, Toms Skujins, Davide Ballerini, Enrico Gasparotto, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Michal Kwiatkowski