Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 2025: Everything you need to know about the Canadian classic

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal: The most important facts in brief

• Date: Sunday, 14 September 2025
• Distance: 209.1 kilometres
• Start & finish location: Montreal
• First edition: 2010 (14th edition)
• Last year's winner: Tadej Pogačar
• Record winner: Greg Van Avermaet and Tadej Pogačar (twice)
• Organiser: Grand Prix Cyclistes de Montreal

Together with its sister race through Quebec, the Grand Prix Cyclistes de Montreal forms the "Laurentian Classics". The Quebec Grand Prix takes place two days before the race through Montreal. The two one-day races are among the newer competitions in the UCI World Tour. They have existed since 2010 and have been part of cycling's top league since 2011. The record winner in Montreal is the Belgian Greg Van Avermaet and Tadej Pogačar, who has already won the race twice. The feat of winning the two sister races in Quebec and Montreal in the same year has so far been achieved by two riders: Simon Gerrans in 2014 and Michael Matthews in 2018.

Grand Prix Cyclistes de Montreal 2025: The route

Nothing has changed on the route compared to last year. The circuit on which the race is held has remained the same. The number of laps has also remained the same. The course leads through the Parc du Mont Royal, where the university of the city of 1.7 million inhabitants is located. The circuit is 12.3 kilometres long, meaning that 209.1 kilometres are covered over 17 laps. The riders also have to conquer a total of over 4500 metres in altitude.

Overall, the circuit through Montreal has significantly more metres of elevation gain than the circuit through Quebec. This is due to the Cote Camillien-Houde, which is located shortly after the start of the circuit. It stretches over 1.8 kilometres and has an average gradient of 8 percent. After that, the terrain of the circuit is mostly sloping, but there are always a few short, steep ramps. For example, the Cote de Polytechnique, which has gradients of up to 11 per cent, is in the middle of the course. This is followed by the short Pagnuelo climb before the finish on a finishing straight with a 4 per cent gradient. The long, slightly uphill finishing straight is similar to that of the Grand Prix in Quebec.

The key points

A breakaway triumphed in each of the last three editions. The long and steep climb up the Cote de Camillien-Hourde and the Cote de Ploytechnique in particular, which stretches over 780 metres and has an average gradient of 6 per cent, could also decide the race at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 2025. The two climbs on the final lap could ensure that a small group or even a soloist can break away decisively.

The favourites

With over 4,500 metres of climbing, the terrain is extremely demanding. If you want to compete for victory in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec, you not only need typical classic skills, but also endurance on the sometimes long climbs. A climber who can cope with the pace could therefore be at the front of the one-day race through Montreal. It's no coincidence that Tadej Pogačar has won two of the last three editions. The Slovenian will be at the start again this year and is the big favourite in contrast to the race in Quebec. However, the Tour winner will be challenged by the German Florian Lipowitz, who could certainly pose a threat to Pogačar. Wout van Aert, Simon Yates, Tim Wellens, Oscar Onley and Jonas Abrahamsen should also fancy their chances. For Michael Woods, it will be his last race on home soil, which is sure to provide an extra dose of motivation.

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The schedule

• Start14 September 2025, 16:15 (10:15 local time)
• Arrival at destination14 September 2025, approx. 21:45 (15:45 local time)

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 2025: TV broadcast and live stream

The one-day race Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 2025 will be broadcast on television and live streamed. The TV channel Eurosport 1 will broadcast the final of the race live and free-to-air from 20:30 to 22:00. The paid streaming service Discovery Plus broadcasts the classic match live from 16:00 to 22:15.

All winners of the race

• 2024: Tadej Pogačar
• 2023: Adam Yates
• 2022: Tadej Pogačar
• 2021: not carried out
• 2020: not carried out
• 2019: Grev Van Avermaet
• 2018: Michael Matthews
• 2017: Diego Ulissi
• 2016: Greg Van Avermaet
• 2015: Tim Wellens
• 2014: Simon Gerrans
• 2013: Peter Sagan
• 2012: Lars Petter Nordhaug
• 2011: Rui Costa
• 2010: Robert Gesink