Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) outsprinted Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) and Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) to win Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2019.
A large peloton started up Cote de la Montagne for the final time. Deceuninck-Quick-Step drove Alaphilippe into the final 3km where he attacked, Sagan, Van Avermaet, Matthews and Diego Ullisi latching on.
At the red kite, Sagan made a dig that Alaphilippe countered. But it would be Matthews repeating as the champion. Sagan was runner-up while Van Avermaet came third for the second time.
The Australian opened up a powerful sprint shutting the leaders down and powering to his second consecutive victory just outside the walls of the old Quebec.
“I’m not exactly sure how I did that,” Matthews said. “I made a big mistake at the bottom of the climb. I wasn’t in a good enough position and when all the big favourites went I wasn’t in the position to go with them. I’m angry with myself about that but they came back and I had the legs for the sprint. It’s a win but I also made a big mistake in the final.
“I was really kicking myself in the final that I wasn’t with the best guys going over the climbs. I’m just lucky that they looked at each other in the final straight. Another reason I dug so deep was because the team rode all day. They rode amazing. I’m just happy that I could finish it off.
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— FloBikes (@flobikes) September 13, 2019
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2019 results:
| 1 | Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) |
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| 2 | Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) |
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| 3 | Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) |
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| 4 | Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) |
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| 5 | Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) |
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| 6 | Tom-Jelte Slagter (Dimension Data) |
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| 7 | Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) |
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| 8 | Timo Roosen (Jumbo-Visma) |
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| 9 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) |
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| 10 | Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R La Mondiale) |
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| 11 | Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) |
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| 12 | Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First) |
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| 13 | Kristian Sbaragli (Israel Cycling Academy) |
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| 14 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) |
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| 15 | Hugo Houle (Astana) |
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| 16 | Eduard Prades (Movistar) |
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| 17 | Michael Woods (EF Education First) |
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| 18 | Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Soudal) |
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| 19 | Michael Valgren (Dimension Data) |
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| 20 | Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale) |
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