Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2017

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2017
General
output	8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2017 1st UWT
date	10th September 2017
overall length	205.7 km
Host country	Canada
begin	Montreal
target	Montreal
Teams	20th
Driver at the start	160
Driver at the finish	101
Average speed	38.272 km / h
Result
winner	Diego Ulissi ( UAE Team Emirates )
Second	Jesús Herrada ( Movistar )
Third	Tom Slagter ( Cannondale-Drapac )
Mountain scoring	Bauke Mollema ( Trek-Segafredo )
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The 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2017 was a Canadian road bike race . The one-day race took place on Sunday , September 10, 2017 . This bike race started and ended in Montréal with a length of 205.7 km . It was also part of the UCI WorldTour 2017 and was there in race 34, a total of 38 in this series.

The winner of the race was Diego Ulissi from Italy from UAE Team Emirates in the sprint of a top group of five, ahead of Jesús Herrada from Spain from Movistar Team .

Participating teams

WorldTeams (18) AG2R La Mondiale Astana Bahrain Merida BMC Racing Bora-Hansgrohe Cannondale-Drapac FDJ Lotto Soudal Movistar Orica Scott Quick-Step Floors Dimension data Katusha-Alpecin Lotto NL-Jumbo Sky Sunweb Trek-Segafredo UAE Emirates Professional Continental Team Israel Cycling Academy National team Canada

Race course

Up to a good 85 kilometers from the finish there was a duo at the front of the race. They were Matteo Dal-Cin (Canada / Team Canada) and Benjamin Perry (Canada / Israel Cycling Academy). After there had been many more attacks from the field, a 15-man group pulled away from the field a good 15 kilometers from the finish. Among others, Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands / Cannondale) and Tony Gallopin (France / Lotto Soudal) were there. On the last kilometers, among others, Gallopin and other riders fell behind and new riders came out of the field such as Ulissi or Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek). In the end, a small group of leaders sprinted. Ulissi won this sprint ahead of Herrada and Slagter.

Race result

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Diego Ulissi Italy UAE Team Emirates 5 h 22 min 29 s 2. Jesús Herrada Spain Movistar + 0 s 3. Tom Slagter Netherlands Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 4th Jan Bakelants Belgium AG2R La Mondiale + 0 s 5. Bauke Mollema Netherlands Trek-Segafredo + 6 s 6th Tony Gallopin France Lotto Soudal + 11 s 7th Greg Van Avermaet Belgium BMC Racing Team + 16 s 8th. Michael Matthews Australia Sunweb + 16 s 9. Peter Sagan Slovakia Bora-Hansgrohe + 16 s 10. Sep Vanmarcke Belgium Cannondale-Drapac + 16 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulissi outsmarts Sagan and Van Avermaet. radsport-news.com, September 11, 2017, accessed on September 11, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2017 in the ProCyclingStats.com database