Montreal

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
Montréal, 193.6km/120mi
By Cathy Mehl

After a day-long display of consistent teamwork, Team RadioShack rode away with the win in the Teams classification, as well as a fourth place finish for The Shack’s Haimar Zubeldia in Sunday's GP Cyclister de Québec in Montréal. A bold attack on the last lap put Robert Gesink (Rabobank) in the driver’s seat to take his first ProTour win, while second and third went to Peter Sagan (Liquigas) and Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin).

It was Moving Day on Saturday for Team RadioShack at the GP Québec.  Exactly how do the logistics work on a day like this?  The race organizers gave each Team a set of numbers to use as their luggage tags and at dinner Friday evening we were all handed a number and told to pack our primary suitcase, which was then delivered to the large tent that had previously been used as the mechanic’s area.  The organizers were willing to transport all the bikes, gear and suitcases, but in our case the mechanics personally packed 18 bikes into two team cars to drive them themselves, so our area was strictly a collection of suitcases. All of the bags were later loaded onto trucks and taken to Montreal, then re-distributed to the Teams at the new team hotel with the soigneurs delivering the goods back to the rightful owners.  Whew!