{{Infobox cycling race|name=Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal|current_event=|image=File:CDM Montreal map 2005.png|image_caption=Course used between 1998 and 2005|date=September|region=[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada|english=Women's Cycling World Cup of Montreal|localnames=|nickname=|discipline=[[Road bicycle racing|Road]]|competition=[[UCI Women's Road World Cup]]|type=One-day race|organiser=|director=|first=1998|number=11|firstwinner={{flagathlete|[[Diana Žiliūtė]]|LTU}}|mostwins={{flagathlete|[[Geneviève Jeanson]]|CAN}} (4)|mostrecent={{flagathlete|[[Emma Pooley]]|GBR}}|last=|final=2009}} The '''Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal''' ({{langx|en|Women's Cycling World Cup of Montreal}}, or simply '''Montreal World Cup''') was an elite women's professional [[road bicycle racing]] event held annually between 1998 and 2009 in [[Montréal, Quebec]], Canada as part of the [[UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup]] season.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Drouin |first=Simon |date=2024-04-25 |title=Grands Prix de Québec et de Montréal: Les meilleures d’ici rêvent d’une version féminine |trans-title=Quebec and Montreal Grand Prix: The best here dream of a women's version |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/cyclisme/2024-04-25/grands-prix-de-quebec-et-de-montreal/les-meilleures-d-ici-revent-d-une-version-feminine.php |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=La Presse |language=fr-CA |trans-quote=Montreal has already experienced a kind of golden age of female cycling. From 1998 to 2009, a World Cup attracted thousands of spectators to Mount Royal}}</ref> The race used a hilly circuit around [[Mount Royal]], similar to that used at the [[1974 UCI Road World Championships]], [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|1976 Summer Olympics]] and other races.
In 2010, the race was cancelled, with organisers blaming the creation of two new men's races – [[Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal]] and [[Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec]] – that made finding sponsorship impossible.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-01-13 |title=Canadian women's UCI races canceled |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/canadian-womens-uci-races-canceled/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2024, organisers of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal noted that they wished to stage a women's race in future, potentially as part of the [[UCI Women's World Tour]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Drouin |first=Simon |date=2024-04-25 |title=Grands Prix de Québec et de Montréal: Les meilleures d’ici rêvent d’une version féminine |trans-title=Quebec and Montreal Grand Prix: The best here dream of a women's version |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/cyclisme/2024-04-25/grands-prix-de-quebec-et-de-montreal/les-meilleures-d-ici-revent-d-une-version-feminine.php |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=La Presse |language=fr-CA |quote=Une version féminine des Grands Prix cyclistes de Québec et de Montréal est un souhait partagé par les organisateurs. « C’est plus qu’un projet, c’est un rêve », soutient Sébastien Arsenault, PDG des GPCQM. Il note que le mois de septembre est ouvert dans le calendrier du WorldTour féminin, autour des mêmes dates que les compétitions masculines. |trans-quote=A female version of the Quebec City and Montreal Cycling Grands Prix is a wish shared by the organizers. "It's more than a project, it's a dream," says Sébastien Arsenault, CEO of the GPCQM. He notes that the month of September is open in the calendar of the women's WorldTour, around the same dates as the men's competitions.}}</ref>
== Course == The course was a {{Convert|8|km|mi}} hilly circuit around [[Mount Royal]], with the key climb being Côte Camilien-Houde (1.8 km long and 8% average grade) located before the finish line. The course was lapped multiple times, with a total race distance of around {{Convert|100|km|mi}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2000 |title=Montreal World Cup - CDM |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/may00/montreal/monmain.shtml |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2005 |title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the Montreal World Cup |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/may05/montreal05?id=map |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}</ref>
Iterations of the circuit have been used for:
* [[1974 UCI Road World Championships]], when [[Eddy Merckx]] won<ref>{{cite news |date=7 September 2012 |title=Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Montréal bring WorldTour to Canada |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec-2012/preview |publisher=CyclingNews}}</ref> * [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|1976 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=31 May 2003 |title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the 6th Montreal World Cup |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/worldcup03/montreal03/?id=default |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com |quote=The race uses most of the course of the 1974 World road championships (won by Eddy Merckx) and the 1976 Olympic games road race (won by the Swedish Bernt Johansson).}}</ref> * [[Grand Prix des Amériques (cycling race)|Grand Prix des Amériques]], held between 1989 and 1992, part of the [[UCI Road World Cup]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Cantin |first=Philippe |date=1989-08-06 |title=Le grand prix cycliste des Amériques |url=http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2262613?docsearchtext=6%20ao%C3%BBt%201989 |work=[[La Presse]] |publisher= |pages=8-9}}</ref>
== Past winners == {{Cycling past winner start}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1998 UCI Women's Road World Cup|1998]]|name={{sortname|Diana|Žiliūtė||Ziliute, Diana}}|nat=LTU |natvar= |team=[[Lithuanian Cycling Federation| Lithuania]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[1999 UCI Women's Road World Cup|1999]]|name={{sortname|Tracey|Gaudry}}|nat=AUS |natvar= |team=Ebly}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2000 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2000]]|name={{sortname|Pia|Sundstedt}}|nat=FIN |natvar= |team=Gas Sport Team}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2001 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2001]]|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson||Jeanson, Genevieve}}|nat=CAN |natvar= |team=Rona}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2002 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2002]]|name={{sortname|Dede|Barry}}|nat=USA |natvar= |team=TalgoAmerica.com}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2003 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2003]]|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson||Jeanson, Genevieve}}|nat=CAN |natvar= |team=Rona-Esker}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2004 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2004]]|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson||Jeanson, Genevieve}}|nat=CAN |natvar= |team=Rona}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2005 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2005]]|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson||Jeanson, Genevieve}}|nat=CAN |natvar= |team=Rona}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2006 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2006]]|name={{sortname|Judith|Arndt}}|nat=GER |natvar= |team=[[Team HTC-Columbia Women|T-Mobile]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2007 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2007]]|name={{sortname|Fabiana|Luperini}}|nat=ITA |natvar= |team=[[Menikini Gysko|Menikini-Selle Italia-Gysko]] }} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2008]]|name={{sortname|Judith|Arndt}}|nat=GER |natvar= |team=[[Team HTC-Columbia Women|High Road]]}} {{Cycling past winner rider|year=[[2009 UCI Women's Road World Cup|2009]]|name={{sortname|Emma|Pooley}}|nat=GBR|natvar= |team={{UCI team code|CWT|2009}}}} {{Cycling past winner end}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070601175742/http://www.world-cup-cycling.org/ Official site]
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== References == <references />{{UCI Women's Road World Cup}}