Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2015: Favourites

The race is held on a 12.1 kilometres circuit that is to be run seventeen times, so the climbs in the route are to be tackled seventeen times also, making Montréal a kind of Ardennes classic. The uphill sections are Côte Camillien-Houde (1.8 kilometre at 8%), Côte de la Polytechnique (780 metres at 6%) and the last 560 metres to the finish-line go up at a 4% grade. Tim Wellens won the Ardennes stage in the recent Eneco Tour, so he will be eyeing up a win in Canada. But he is definitely not the only one. The race suits riders like Greg Van Avermaet, Rui Costa, Adam Yates, Philippe Gilbert, Michal Kwiatkowski and Tony Gallopin

*** Tim Wellens, Greg Van Avermaet, Tony Gallopin, Rui Costa
** Ramunas Navardauskas, Michael Matthews, Michal Kwiatkowski, Philippe Gilbert
* Romain Bardet, Adam Yates, Jan Bakelants, Tom-Jelte Slagter

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2015: Route map, height profile, and more

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