The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is one of North America’s leading one-day cycling races, contested on a demanding circuit around Mount Royal in the heart of Montréal. Part of the UCI WorldTour, its repeated climbs, rapid descents and constantly changing gradients create an unusually selective urban race.
Around the Peloton explores Montréal beyond the circuit, uncovering Mount Royal, the city’s French colonial origins, distinctive neighbourhoods and cultural landmarks while examining how one of Canada’s great cities became the setting for an international cycling classic.
Two days after the peloton races through the fortified heights of Québec City, the WorldTour reaches Montréal and encounters a very different relationship between cycling and place. The GP Cycliste de Montréal does not travel across a province or use…
