Tim Wellens Wins Grand Prix cycliste de Montreal.

Last updated : 13 September 2015 By Covsupport News Service

Tim Wellens of Lotto Soudal has won the sixth edition of the Grand Prix cycliste de Montreal.

One hundred and sixty one riders took on seventeen 12.1km laps to make up a course of 205kms.

After Bernard Hinaut dropped the flag, Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and Julian Arredondo (Trek) got into a ten second lead before they were caught on a wet day after six kilometres.

British rider Simon Yates (Orica, Louis Vervaeke (Lotto-Soudal), Axel Domont (AG2R), Xavier Zandio (Sky), Sam Bennett (Bora Argon), George Preidler (Giant), Jos Van Emden (LottoNl-Jumbo), Thomas Vieckler (Europcar), Julian Arredondo (Trek), Samuel Spokes (Drapac),  Zakarin (Katusha) Julian Alpahilippe (Etixx-Quick Stpe), Julien Berard (AG2R) and Marc Soler (Movistar) then took over and they had a lead of fifteen seconds.

After two laps, the gap went out to forty seconds but at the top of the third KOM, they were brought back in.

Soler broke again to take the fourth KOM but he was pulled back and attacked again, this time with Juul Jensen and Sam Spokes of Drapac.

Soler took the fifth KOM before the trip  was joined by Ulissi, Yates, Van Avermaet, Pate, Frank, Slagter, Izagirre, Alaphilippe and Martin in a group of nineteen which were 1.15 ahead

World Champion Michal Kwaitkowski was also in the front group and he broke clear ahead of Bardet, Barguil, Bono, Herrada, Fuglsang, Valgren, Bookwalter, Dillier, Albasini and Kelderman, taking a twelve second lead after 112kms.

But three kilometres later, the peloton had brought them back to the fold and Tommy Voeckler launched another attack and was joined by Louis Vervaeke (Lotto-Soudal) and Manuel Quinziato.

They were still away at the end of the fourteenth lap with a lead of 1.50 but was down to twenty seconds for Vockler and Vervaeke and then all over, by the time the final lap started.

Adam Yates was first over the côte de Camillien-Houde and he was part of a new break featuring Wilco Kelderman, Bakelandts, Romain Bardet, Tim Wellens and Rui Costa which was twelve seconds clear.

Yates and Wellens pushed on, leading Bardet, Costa, Kelderman and Bakelants by 10 seconds with the peloton eighteen seconds adrift.

Yates and Wellens were clear all the way to the finish line and Wellens got the jump to take the victory ahead of Yates, Rui Costa, Bakelants and Tiesj Benoot.