Английская Википедия:2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

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Шаблон:Infobox cycling race report The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 7 September 2012, over a distance of Шаблон:Convert, starting and finishing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was the 25th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race is one of the only two events which are part of the World Tour calendar in North America, the other one being the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal contested two days later.

In a two-up sprint finish,[1] Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the Шаблон:Ct team won the race,[2] after following an attack by Шаблон:Ct's Greg Van Avermaet in the closing stages of the race, with the two riders working together to get clear and Gerrans prevailed on the uphill finish on the Grande-Allée. Van Avermaet was second,[3] while the peloton was led home by the 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal winner Rui Costa (Шаблон:Ct), four seconds in arrears.[4]

Course

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The Château Frontenac was the official hotel of the race and lodged the riders and crew members over 4–8 September.[5]

The race consisted of 16 laps of a circuit Шаблон:Convert in length, with exactly the same course as the 2011 edition. The circuit was well-suited for climbers and puncheurs, since the finish was situated on an uphill climb, located on the Grande-Allée street, in the heart of Old Québec and the course featured steep climbs. The final stretch was a wide, straight line with a regular 4% gradient. The total vertical climb of the race was Шаблон:Convert. The major difficulties were:

It is worth noting that the Côte Gilmour descent included a technical passage, 2 successive left bends of 90 degrees each, the first of which was negotiated while the descending slope had a gradient of more than 10%. After the last of the two bends, the riders were rolling on the Boulevard Champlain on the Saint Lawrence River's shores for Шаблон:Convert which were exposed to the wind.[6]

Teams

As the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. There were also three wildcard invitations, which were UCI Professional Continental teams: two French squads (Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct) and a Canadian one (Шаблон:Ct).[7] A Canadian national squad also competed in the race, and as such, formed the event's 22-team peloton.

The 22 teams that competed in the race were:[8] Шаблон:Div col

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Race summary

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The winner, Australian Simon Gerrans.

The start was given by the mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, and the former French Prime Minister Alain Juppé.[9] During the second lap of the 16 laps race, eight men went clear of the peloton, they were soon joined by a sizable number of riders and were brought back Шаблон:Convert into the race.[1] On lap 4, another escape group formed, initiated by Thomas Rohregger (Шаблон:Ct), who was chased by Vladimir Gusev (Шаблон:Ct), both men had been part of an earlier breakaway. The group ballooned to eight riders when the chasing group made contact, and the escapees sailed to a maximum lead of 6' 10". With six laps remaining, Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct took the lead of the bunch and worked to bring the dangerous break back, which they ultimately did with only two laps to go, on the steep Côte de la Montagne.[2]

Soon thereafter, Шаблон:Ct's Chris Anker Sørensen and Canadian national team member Bruno Langlois tried their luck and built a small 20 seconds gap by the start of the penultimate lap. Langlois was ultimately dropped and replaced by Dries Devenyns (Шаблон:Ct) near the finish line as the bell sounded the last lap. The pair held on, but was caught on the Boulevard Champlain with Шаблон:Convert to go. Greg Van Avermaet (Шаблон:Ct) attacked in the Côte de la Montagne, soon followed by Simon Gerrans (Шаблон:Ct). Шаблон:Ct's Peter Sagan made a move in a bid to catch the two men, but fell short after approaching to Шаблон:Convert of the duet and was swallowed by the charging bunch in the final kilometre.[10] While the surging chase group was on their heels, Gerrans out sprinted the Belgian Van Avermaet to take the victory. Rui Costa of Шаблон:Ct was the faster man of the chase group and took third place.[2]

Quebecer François Parisien of Шаблон:Ct survived a fall in the first lap of the race to finish in tenth position, the best placed Canadian of the race only 4 seconds in arrears of Gerrans,[9] while Bruno Langlois won the King of the Mountains classification and took 30th place.[11] Pre-race favourite Ryder Hesjedal had a difficult day, finishing with a 5' 18" deficit.[2] Gerrans stated after the race: "This is some of the hardest racing on the calendar. It's fantastic racing in Québec on an exciting circuit with great crowds and great ambience."[1]

Results

Cyclist Team Time UCI World Tour
Points
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 4h 53' 04" 80
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct s.t. 60
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" 50
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" 40
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" 30
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" 22
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" –
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" 10
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" 6
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4" –

References

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External links

Шаблон:GP Cycliste de Québec Шаблон:2012 UCI World Tour

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Cite news
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Шаблон:Cite news
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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  8. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 Шаблон:Cite news
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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