2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 26 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 9 September 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 205.7 km (127.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 28' 29" | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway)
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(Team Sky) | |
| Second |
 Moreno Moser (Italy)
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(Liquigas–Cannondale) | |
| Third |
 Alexandr Kolobnev (Russia)
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(Team Katusha) |
The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 9 September 2012, over a distance of 205.7 km (127.8 mi), starting and finishing in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 26th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was one of the only two events which are part of the World Tour calendar in North America, the other one being the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec contested two days prior.
The race was won by Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky), who broke away from the lead group and attacked twice inside the final 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). He out sprinted Moreno Moser (Liquigas–Cannondale) and Alexandr Kolobnev (Team Katusha). Simon Gerrans of Orica–GreenEDGE, who won the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, took the fourth place.
The race consisted of 17 laps of a circuit 12.1 km (7.5 mi) in length, and followed the same path as the 2011 edition. The circuit, around the main campus of the Université de Montréal, was well-suited for climbers and punchers with three climbs per lap. The finish was on an uphill climb with a small gradient of 4%, that was located on Avenue du Parc. There was a sharp, 180 degrees bend to the right situated 500 meters away from the line. The total vertical climb of the race was 3,893 meters. The major difficulties were:
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