ProTeam Maxim Van Gils just outside podium of GP de Montréal
The GP de Montréal promised a much harder course than in Québec last Friday. Sixteen laps with 4500 altitude meters. Three riders escaped and rode in the front and everything came back together with three laps to the end. On the Côte Camilien-Houde Tadej PogaÄar jumped, nobody stayed in the wheel and the Slovenian rider rode to the finish solo. Pello Bilbao came in second alone and in the elite group behind these two, Maxim Van Gils sprinted to fourth.
“I just miss out on the podium which is a bit unfortunate, but I’m happy with today’s performance. It was a very fast race and in the end it was just about what was left in the tank. I hoped the group would stay together to go for the sprint for the podium. In the last corner Magnus Sheffield crashed, so I had to break but in the end I think everyone was à bloque and I just came too short to take the podium. I’m happy with the feeling I had in the two races in Canada.”
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