Canadian GP races *SPOILERS*

frenchfighter

Don`t forget about these two races. GP Quebec today an GP Montreal on Sunday. Each race has been pretty enjoyable and hotly contested with a good startlist.

GP Quebec
Map: http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/GPC_QC_PARCOURS_EN.pdf
Startlist: http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/Liste%20des ... %A9bec.pdf

GP Montreal
Map: http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/GPC_MTL_PARCOURS_EN.pdf
Startlist: http://gpcqm.ca/uploads/pdf/2013%20List ... %20MTL.pdf

frenchfighter

http://www.sportlemon.tv/20130822/vv521 ... 25488.html

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https://twitter.com/GPCQM

tailwindhome

ES2 in 5 mins apparently.

gpreeves

Some very good riders in the startlist for these races, should be entertaining.

Bryan Coquard won the pre-race street sprint competition yesterday:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/coquards-track-acumen-earns-challenge-sprint-pro-victory

tailwindhome

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blazing_saddles

The race has been on ES 2 for at least 15 minutes.
The epg on Sky appears to be having issues.
Dekker and Kwiakowski out - hit by a car.

Mikey23

Enjoyed this from the start ... Some excellent and intelligent commentary

Mikey23

Terpstra away at the bell, Froome, Porte, contador and Sagan lurking at the front

Mikey23

30 secs lead, 6k to go, Froome, Porte and JTL heading the peloton

Mikey23

Thomas not porte

Mikey23

Sagan attacks

Mikey23

Sky dropped, Sagan teasing

Mikey23

Sagan sits up

Mikey23

Gesink ... Great finish

FJS

Just saw the last kms. Did Gesink really outsprint Sagan there? Wow. Looked like a very entertaining finale. What was the rest of the race like?

Art Vandelay

Great race from about 80km out. Earlier 3 were out front but bunch was soft pedalling. BMC lit the blue touch paper - lots of attempts to get away and bunch lined out. Worth watching.

Did Sagan have a mechanical or burn his matches out?

frenchfighter

Got to love a race won by Gesink! V pleased for him but hope it also translates into peformances later this season.

Sagan was covering a ton of moves and the race had blown everyones legs off so the freshest and cleverest I suppose won out. It is slightly uphill too.

Mikey23

I think Sagan was a little isolated from his team and had to do a lot of work just to stay in contention and it paid in the last 100 m when he just didn't have it and sat up. Cannondale did their best for him but they ain't in the same class. Others contenders seemed surprised. Good race but seventeen laps Around the same circuit got a bit tedious i think and the first sixteen were fairly pedestrian. Some great insights into the riders and prospects for the world champs in the boring bits. Don't ask me who the commentators were, wasn't Carlton ...

greasedscotsman

Mikey23 wrote:

Some great insights into the riders and prospects for the world champs in the boring bits. Don't ask me who the commentators were, wasn't Carlton ...

Rob Hatch and Brian Smith.

I thought it was a pretty good race. I like watching the earlier laps, even if there isn't much going on. I usually watch the entire Worlds road race if I can.

Race result makes you wonder if Gesink should forget the Grand Tours and concentrate a bit more on single day racing.

frenchfighter

Pretty solid set of fast men Gesink beat in the top ten.

frenchfighter

GP Montreal live at 6pm:
http://www.sportlemon.tv/20130914/vv523 ... 40363.html
Twitter updates:
https://twitter.com/GPCQM

frenchfighter

Very exciting race this is so far. Sky were trying to string the bunch out and bring back the guys up front then they caused a crash and JTL and Porte had to abandon. Kwia caught in the crash. Froome distanced as a result. Saxo now drilling it and the factory boys fail to bridge and so Froome is also out of it for now.

frenchfighter

36ks (3 laps) left and riders are trying to get clear. Geraint smoked.

frenchfighter

Andy dropped as the pace gets ferocious.

frenchfighter

Sagan is in the 2nd half of the Saxo induced peloton split. Bamn bamn bamn.

frenchfighter

Six riders now clear.

frenchfighter

Shame Contador has been doing all these 1 day races lately instead of the Vuelta. Show yourself man at least.

frenchfighter

Actually 7 riders including Oss, Cunego and Kolobnev.

frenchfighter

30 secs with two laps to race.

frenchfighter

Hmm Cannondale leading the chase...either it wasnt Sagan or the group bridged.