Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2025: The Route

Sunday 14 September - At 209.1 kilometres, the Grand Prix de Montréal takes in an elevation gain of 4,573 vertical metres. The circuit race features seventeen laps of 12.3 kilometres.

Each lap begins on Avenue du Parc. Shortly after, the riders enter Parc du Mont-Royal and immediately tackle the Côte Camillien-Houde. The climb in the park is 1.8 kilometres long with an 8% gradient, followed by a steady descent leading onto a flat 1-kilometre section.

The second climb is the Côte de la Polytechnique, 780 metres long and averaging 6%. It includes a 200-metre section at 11%, which is the steepest part of each lap.

The route descends the Chemin de la Rampe before entering the wide Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit. A lefthander followed by two righthanders leads onto the Avenue Pagnuelo, an uphill of 534 metres at 7.5%. After 500 metres on the flat, the riders fly down the wide Boulevard du Mont-Royal to the Avenue du Parc.

The riders continue descending for 560 metres before a U-turn forces them to a virtual standstill. Then, they climb 560 metres at roughly 4% to the finish line.

With just under two laps to go, Tadej Pogayar broke away from the field last year on the Côte Camillien-Houde. He soloed to his second victory in Montreal. In 2022, he also came out on top, then beating Wout van Aert in the sprint.

After an approach from the east of the city, next year’s World Championship road races will finish with several laps of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal circuit.

Fancy riding, or walking, the route yourself? Download GPX GP de Montréal.

Another interesting read: results 2025 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.