The best riders in the men’s WorldTour descended on Canada last weekend for the GP Québec and Montréal double header, 50 years on from Eddy Merckx’s famous triumph at the Montréal World Championships in 1974.
Merckx’s racing days may be long gone, but the current generation of young Canadian cycling fans have a new hero to get behind in the form of Tadej Pogačar. Prior to the first of the two races getting underway, hundreds of fans lined the Grande Allée in Quebec waiting to catch a glimpse of the three-time Tour de France winner after only seeing him on TV.
