The Australian puncher was the fastest in the final climb of the Quebec GP, which he knows by heart, having secured his third victory there.
Michael Matthews at home. In his characteristic style, with a final acceleration in the final climb, the Australian won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec on Friday for the third time in his career. The Jayco-AlUla puncher won in a mass sprint ahead of Eritrean Biniam Girmay and Frenchman Rudy Molard.
Already a winner in 2018 and 2019 in Quebec, the 33-year-old Australian has won his 42nd career race and becomes the first rider to win three times on the demanding Quebec circuit.
Tadej Pogacar, who was returning to the cycling roads for the first time since his victory in the Tour de France, animated the end of the race in Quebec, where he was performing for the first time. But the Slovenian glutton did not manage to make the difference, closely marked in the final by the Lotto-Dstny of Arnaud De Lie, the outgoing winner who at one time believed in a double in Canada.
Before him, it was Julian Alaphilippe who had also tried to get out of the woods, again without success for the future Tudor rider. “Alaf”, “Pogi” and his ilk will have the opportunity to make up for it this Sunday with the Grand Prix of Montreal, which traditionally follows that of Quebec, on a track that should resemble that of the 2026 World Championships, which will take place around Mount Royal.
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