The Canadian journey ended this Sunday, on the occasion of the Montreal Cycling Grand Prix. A 114th edition outrageously dominated by training UAE Team Emirates XRG which ended with a double Brandon McNulty – Tadej Pogacarthe Slovenian having left the American victory! In roller compressor mode throughout the day, the Emirati team launched McNulty et Pogacar in the final. Leaving alone 23 kilometers from the finish, the world champion finally waited for his teammate, before driving for him and offering him the victory. The podium of the day was completed by the champion of the United States Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek).
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The summary
From the first two laps of the 17 that the runners will have to borrow, the breakaway is formed with Pascal Eenkhoorn (Soudal Quick-Step), Frank van den Broek (Picnic postnl), Andrew August, Artem SHMIDT (Ineos Grenadiers), Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Victor Lafay (Decathlon AG2R) and Jorgen Nordhagen (Visma | lease a bike). But behind, the training UAE Team Emirates XRG controls and does not let the gap grow. 135 kilometers from the finish, others relaunch the race, since Mauro Schmid (Jayco simple), Laurence Pithie, Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK), Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ), Alex Baudin, Harry Sweeny (EF Education-EasyPost), Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility) et Marius Mayrhofer (Tudor) go offensive and come back to the head. But the gap hardly grew up and the fugitives are taken up one by one. After the huge job of Nils Polittthen Tim Wellens and Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates XRG), only twenty runners remain in the peloton. Many favorites are already distant as Wout van Aert, Simon Yates (Visma | Lease a Bike), Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor), Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R), Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Alberto Bettiol (XDs as Anstana) …
And 37 kilometers from the finish, Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates XRG) is attacking in the antepenultimate passage from the Camillien-Houde coast (2.3km at 6.2%). At first, alone Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) follows, but Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) et Louis Barré (Intermarché-Wanty) come back just before the summit. McNulty Makes a big job and the gap with the pursuer group quickly rises beyond the 30 seconds. In the following passage, 23 terminals from the finish, Pogacar Go to the attack and no one can take their wheel. Slovenian flies away and only his teammate McNulty manages to limit the breakage. Pogacar Even awaits the American. From then on, he put himself at the service of McNulty And take it to the finish line. While Simmons Navigate alone against over a minute. The two head men, above the lot, take advantage of these last kilometers to get up, chat, laugh … before Pogacar does not offer success to McNulty. His first victory over a classic WorldTour, and the 4th success in a row for UAE on the GP from Montreal After Pogacar in 2022 and 2024 and Adam Yates In 2023. Behind, the runners arrived one by one. Quinn Simmons (3E), Neilson Powless (4E-EF Education-Easypost) and Adam Yates (5th, UAE Team Emirates XRG) complete the top 5.
