Forty eight hours after Rigoberto Uran won GPCQM Quebec on a sunny afternoon, the same field raced 205km under cold and miserable conditions in Montreal.
Tobias Ludvigsson.
Tom Boonen, Ramunas Navardauskas, and Philippe Gilbert on a climb just 2km into the circuit race.
Davide Formolo and Michal Kwiatkowski. 
Greg Van Avermaet.
Gregory Rast and Navardauskas tucked in the bunch.
Having crashed, Formolo would abandon the race, but not before completing several more laps. 
Rob Britton.
Matt Bushe. 
A Sky rider checked over his shoulder to see who his companions were as the break aways and chase groups constantly shifted.
Gilbert.
Simon Geschke.
Ryder Hesjedal and Brent Bookwalter.
Alexander Kristoff finished third in Quebec but with an additional 1,000 meters of climbing, the Montreal parcours would not suit him.
Alexis Vuillermoz lead a group on a climb. 
Tony Gallopin and José Herrada.
Romain Bardet.
AG2R.
With less than half of the peloton finishing the race, Tom-Jelte Slagter was the only finisher from Cannondale Garmin.
Hesjedal took a moment to acknowledge fans on his last lap before abandoning. 
Hugo Houle.
The bunch.
Warren Barguil.
Navardauskas and Dominik Nerz back in the cars before withdrawing. 
Climbing.
Simon Geschke and Tim Wellens.
The sun briefly appeared, shining on the backs of Tony Martin and Boonen. 
Orica Green Edge sat on the front of the peloton for several late laps.
Stig Broeckx. 
The tail end of the peloton on one of the 17 city circuits.
The sun didn’t last long and the race was drenched once more for the final laps.
Tim Wellens and Adam Yates managed to escape the group and narrowly missed getting caught.
Gilbert among the chasers.
Rui Costa and Wilco Kelderman.
Barguil and Geschke. 
Wellens took the victory.
Despite the rain, many of the riders paused after finishing to watch the replay on the big screen. Below: Geschke and Kelderman. 
Gallopin watched the video of his teammate winning.
Kwiatkowski. 
Kwiatkowski and the winner in Quebec, Uran.
Rui Costa, Wellens, and Yates wait for the podium ceremony to begin.
Louis Vervaeke and the podium hostesses prepare for the KOM presentation. 
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