It seems that luck and effort are the two key words in Canada, and yet again Ryder Hesjedal was on the wrong end of the first one. Robert Gesink had both however, and managed to solo away from the completely disgruntled chase group to win the Grand Prix Montreal and deny Hesjedal another chance at glory in his homeland. Gesink attacked on the final lap of the race, and held off the chasers on the final stretch to win by a mere 4 seconds. Hesjedal and his group seemed poised to reel in the Dutchman, but insisted on dropping sprinters Sagan and Boasson-Hagan (both of which are also good climbers) before making the catch. The break, also containing Maxime Monfort, Haimar Zubeldia, Samuel Sanchez and Mauro Santambrogio, knew that they did not stand a chance in a sprint against the 2 young supersprinters and knew they had to be dropped. The tactics succeeded in losing Boasson-Hagen as well as Santambrogio, but Sagan still remained in the group. Sagan easily took the sprint for 2nd, and Hesjedal at least got onto the podium in his home country with a third place.
1. Robert Gesink2. Peter Sagan
3. Ryder Hesjedal
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6. Samuel Sanchez
22. Levi Leipheimer
27. Damiano Cunego
34. Edvald Boasson-Hagen
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