Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec: Route, favourites, live stream - all the race info

The list of World Tour races outside of Europe is short. In addition to the double competition in Canada, only the Gree Tour in China, the UAE Tour and the two Australian races, the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race, belong on this list. However, none of them come close to the high-calibre line-up in Canada.

With Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), his twin brother Simon (Team Jayco-AlUla), Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), there are at least four riders at the start who finished in the top 10 at the 2023 Tour de France. Last year's winner Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citroën Team) is also back, as are Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal - Quick Step), Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty), Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) and Canadian Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) have confirmed their participation. As has Michael Matthews (Team Jayco-AlUla), who won the race in Montreal as well as Quebec in 2018. Only Simon Gerrans achieved the Canadian double in 2014.

In addition to all 18 World Tour teams, four wildcards went to the pro teams Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto-Dstny, Tudor and Novo Nordisk. The latter is only made up of professionals who suffer from diabetes. There is also the Canadian national team. A total of 161 riders will start - the field in Canada has never been bigger.

Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec - this is the route

The list of stars, which in this form also serves as a list of favourites, already gives it away: it's over undulating terrain. And on a circuit through Quebec, a city of 530,000 inhabitants in the densely populated, French-influenced south-east of Canada.

One lap through Quebec is 12.6 kilometres long. 16 of these are ridden, resulting in a total distance of 201.6 kilometres. The last 3600 metres of each lap are particularly difficult. Not only are they more winding than the rest - they are also where the climbs await.

The biggest hurdle awaits right at kilometre 9: the Cote de la Montagne stretches over 375 metres with an average gradient of ten per cent and 13 per cent at the top. After a descent, the route immediately climbs again - another 420 metres with an average gradient of nine per cent. The next 500 metres are downhill. But then it's all uphill until the finish. Each lap covers 186 metres in altitude, which means almost 3,000 metres for the entire race.

Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec - TV broadcast and live stream

There is a six-hour time difference between Quebec and Germany. The race starts there at 11am. GCN+ will broadcast the race over the full distance, with the live stream starting at 5pm CEST. The same applies to Discovery+ and Eurosport.

Eurosport 1 will broadcast the second part of the race live on free-to-air television from 19:45.

Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec - all winners

• 2022: Benoit Cosnefroy
• 2021: not carried out
• 2020: not carried out
• 2019: Michael Matthews
• 2018: Michael Matthews
• 2017: Peter Sagan
• 2016: Peter Sagan
• 2015: Rigoberto Uran
• 2014: Simon Gerrans
• 2013: Robert Gesink
• 2012: Simon Gerrans
• 2011: Philippe Gilbert
• 2010: Thomas Voeckler