Expect road closures as Montreal’s Grand Prix Cycliste rolls into town

Crews are hard at work, adding the finishing touches to the starting line of Montreal’s annual Grand Prix Cycliste.

Elite cyclists from all over the world will be rolling into Montreal Sunday for the seventh edition of  Montreal’s top cycling race.

The race begins on Parc Avenue, with riders lapping a 12.1-km circuit through city streets.

The course,  which organizers describe as intimidating, features a 1.8-km lung-busting climb up Voie Camillien-Houde, with an average grade of eight per cent.

Cyclists repeat the circuit 17 times for a total of 205.7 km, roughly five hours of intense cycling.

But as with any major cycling event it comes with road closures and detours.

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Here is a complete list of the affected streets:

Saturday/ Sunday street Closures

• Parc Avenue: Between Pine Ave. and Mont-Royal Ave.O. is closed Saturday from 12:01 a.m. to Sunday, Sept. 11 at 11:59 p.m
• Côte-Sainte-Catherine Street: Between Parc Ave. and Mont-Royal Ave. is closed Saturday  from 12:01 a.m. to Sunday, Sept. 11 at 11:59 p.m

Sunday  only street closures

• De la Tour Road: From Decelles Ave. to Polytechnique Rd., closed from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Polytechnique Road: From de la Tour to de la Rampe roads., closed from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• De la Rampe Road: From Polytechnique Rd. to Édouard-Montpetit Blvd. closed from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Côte-des-Neiges (east side): From Remembrance Road to Gatineau Ave. closed from from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Côte-Sainte-Catherine: From Villeneuve/Maplewood  avenues to Mont-Royal Ave. closed from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Mont-Royal Ave.: From Côte-Sainte-Catherine to Voie Camillien-Houde closed from  7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Côte-Sainte-Catherine: From Vincent-d’Indy Ave. to Villeneuve/Maplewood avenues closed from from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m
• Vincent-d’Indy Ave.: From Édouard-Montpetit Blvd. to Côte-Sainte-Catherine closed from from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m
• Édouard-Montpetit Blvd.: From de la Rampe Rd. (Louis-Colin) to Vincent-d’Indy Ave. closed from from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m
• Gatineau: From Côte-des-Neiges to Maréchal Ave. closed from from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m
• Maréchal Ave.: From Gatineau Ave. to Decelles Ave. closed from from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m
• Decelles Ave: From Maréchal Ave to de la Tour/Queen-Mary roads closed from from 8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m

Officials are recommending using public transit and taking Saint-Urbain Street and Saint-Laurent Boulevard for north-south travels in the city.