BRUNO LANGLOIS WINS KING OF THE MOUNTAIN AT WORLD TOUR GRAND PRIX CYCLISTE DE QUÉBEC

(Québec, CAN – September 7, 2012) Bruno Langlois, who represented the Canadian National Team on Friday, won the King of the Mountain award at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, a race part of the UCI World Tour.

Langlois, who lives in Québec, climbed his way to the top of the award throughout the 16 laps of the 12.6km urban circuit, totalling 201.6 km, in the beautiful and majestic Québec City.

The Canadian National Team was invited to race the event by race organizer Serge Arsenault, and a partnership between Cycling Canada Trade Team Garneau-Québécor was born. As a result, four rider from the Garneau-Québécor team were invited by Cycling Canada to race, while four riders from various professional cycling team joined them to complete the 8-roster team.

Yesterday, Rémi Pelletier-Roy, also racing today with the Canadian National Team, finished second of the Challenge Sprint Pro.

François Parisien, of Canadian-based professional cycling team SpiderTech powered by C10, won the best Canadian Rider, finishing in 10th position and ahead of World Tour riders Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp), Michael Barry (Sky Pro Cycling), and Christian Meier (Origa-GreenEdge).

Full results can be found at www.gpcqm.ca.