Michael Matthews beats Peter Sagan to claim GP de Québec 2019

The Australian successfully defended his title in the bunch sprint finish

Michael Matthews wins the GP de Québec 2019 (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

(Image credit: Getty Images)
By Jonny Long
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Michael Matthews (Sunweb) successfully defended his GP de Québec title after beating Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) in the bunch sprint finish of the 2019 edition.

The Australian was the only one of the top three not involved in a small breakaway group that went away with 2km to go, bursting through as the bunch closed the gap and unleashing his sprint, with Sagan pipping Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) to the line behind.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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