Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 2013

Caught the race last Sunday after watching the Quebec race on Friday. The Vieux Quebec is a great place to walk around but you only get to see the cyclists for a brief moment because the streets are all so short and winding. Plus the DJ playing music at the finish line in Quebec had the volume cranked up so loud it was very unpleasant.

The route for the Montreal race allowed for some great places to catch a good section of the circuit. Most people congregated along Avenue du Parc and on the climb up Camilien Houde. For some reason, the top section of the mountain was blocked off by the police so people had to traipse through the forest to get around to the descent on the opposite side.

Watch for the fans of David Veilleux in the third video who are cheering him on as he finishes his professional career with Europcar.

Peter Sagan made a nice jump off of Ryder Hesjedal's wheel on the last little climb at Universite de Montreal and carried it through to the finish. Ryder hung on for third place so it was a popular podium with the fans.

Hopefully, Ryder will carry this positive result through to next season and will have better luck than he did this year.