2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 7 September 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 201.6 km (125.3 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 53' 04" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Simon Gerrans (Australia)
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(Orica–GreenEDGE) | |
| Second |
 Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)
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(BMC Racing Team) | |
| Third |
 Rui Costa (Portugal)
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(Movistar Team) |
The 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec was the third edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a single-day professional bicycle road race. It was held on 7 September 2012, over a distance of 201.6 km (125.3 mi), starting and finishing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was the 25th event of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race is 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 Montreal contested two days later.
In a two-up sprint finish, Australian national champion Simon Gerrans of the Orica–GreenEDGE team won the race, after following an attack by BMC Racing Team's Greg Van Avermaet in the closing stages of the race, with the two riders working together to get clear and Gerrans prevailed on the uphill finish on the Grande-Allée. Van Avermaet was second, while the peloton was led home by the 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal winner Rui Costa (Movistar Team), four seconds in arrears.
The race consisted of 16 laps of a circuit 12.6 km (7.8 mi) in length, with exactly the same course as the 2011 edition. The circuit was well-suited for climbers and puncheurs, since the finish was situated on an uphill climb, located on the Grande-Allée street, in the heart of Old Québec and the course featured steep climbs. The final stretch was a wide, straight line with a regular 4% gradient. The total vertical climb of the race was 2,976 metres (9,764 ft). The major difficulties were:
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