Amstel Gold Race

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The Amstel Gold Race is a road bike race that has been held annually near Maastricht in the Netherlands since 1966 .

The classic one-day race , which is named after the Dutch type of beer Amstel , was part of the ten-races World Cup until 2004, the last year of this series . Then it belonged to the newly introduced UCI ProTour and since 2011 to the successor series UCI WorldTour .

The approximately 250 km long Dutch classic was for a long time more of a bike race for sprinters due to its rather simple topography. In recent years, however, more and more new hills have been built into the course of the race. Above all, the relocation of the finish has proven to be decisive: since 2003, the Amstel Gold Race no longer ends in Maastricht, but on the Cauberg in Valkenburg , a relatively short but steep climb that has also hosted the road world championships four times . In 2013 the destination was moved again. It was now 1.8 kilometers behind the Cauberg, at the same point where the 2012 World Championship ended. Since 2017, the Cauberg is no longer the last ascent, but the Bemelerberg and the goal is in Berg en Terblijt .

Until the early 1990s, the Amstel Gold Race was largely dominated by Belgians and Dutch. Since the race has been part of the Cycling World Cup or the UCI ProTour , the Palmarès has become significantly international. The record winner of the Amstel Gold Race is the Dutchman Jan Raas , who won the race five times between 1977 and 1982, followed by Philippe Gilbert , who won four times from 2010 to 2017. German winners were Olaf Ludwig in 1992, Erik Zabel in 2000 and Stefan Schumacher in 2007. In 1993 and 1998 the Swiss Rolf Järmann and in 1995 Mauro Gianetti won .

For women, the race was only held four times until 2016, namely from 2001 to 2003. In 2003 the Amstel Gold Race was part of the Cycling World Cup . In 2017 the race for the women was held again as part of the UCI Women's WorldTour .

For several years now, the Amstel Gold Race has also been held as an everyone’s race on the day before the elite race. The previous “tourist version” of the Amstel Gold Race, the “ Limburgs Mooiste ” bike tour , will continue to be organized.

Climbs

The climbs of the Amstel Gold Race are mostly short, but steep. In 2017, the drivers had to complete 32 Heuvel (German: hill), as the climbs in Limburg are called, with a total length of 46.7 km and an altitude gain of 2318 m. Six climbs are climbed twice, only the destination Cauberg is climbed three times (numbers in brackets).

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No. km Surname summit height length pitch
01 010.7 Maasberg 062 m 22 m 500 m 4.4%
02 032.5 Adsteeg 112 m 27 m 500 m 5.4%
03 040.2 Long Raarberg 124 m 59 m 1300 m 4.5%
04th 055.5 Bergseweg 180 m 90 m 2700 m 3.3%
05 067.4 Sibbergrubbe (1) 145 m 87 m 2100 m 4.1%
06th 072.8 Cauberg (1) 137 m 69 m 1200 m 5.8%
07th 076.3 Geulhemmerweg (1) 126 m 62 m 1000 m 6.2%
08th 095.7 Wolfsberg (1) 191 m 35 m 800 m 4.4%
09 101.3 Loorberg (1) 225 m 83 m 1500 m 5.5%
10 111.4 Schweibergerweg 220 m 114 m 2900 m 3.9%
11 117.8 Camerig 281 m 163 m 4300 m 3.8%
12 130.8 Drielandenpunt 321 m 142 m 3700 m 3.8%
13 133.6 Gemmenich 273 m 58 m 900 m 6.4%
14th 137.1 Vijlenerbos 269 ​​m 92 m 1800 m 5.1%
15th 146.9 Eperheide 225 m 103 m 2300 m 4.5%
16 154.9 Gulperberg (1) 153 m 57 m 700 m 8.1%
17th 158.5 van Plettenbergweg 141 m 42 m 1000 m 4.2%
18th 160.4 Eyserweg 205 m 95 m 2200 m 4.3%
19th 165.3 Huls 214 m 77 m 1000 m 7.7%
20th 170.7 Vrakelberg 178 m 55 m 700 m 7.9%
21st 178.6 Sibbergrubbe (2) 145 m 87 m 2100 m 4.1%
22nd 184.1 Cauberg (2) 137 m 69 m 1200 m 5.8%
23 187.6 Geulhemmerweg (2) 126 m 62 m 1000 m 6.2%
24 201.3 Bemelerberg 127 m 45 m 900 m 5.0%
25th 218.4 Wolfsberg (2) 191 m 35 m 800 m 4.4%
26th 224.0 Loorberg (2) 225 m 83 m 1500 m 5.5%
27 232.3 Gulperberg (2) 153 m 57 m 700 m 8.1%
28 237.8 Kruisberg 162 m 60 m 800 m 7.5%
29 239.9 Eyserbosweg 187 m 89 m 1100 m 8.1%
30th 243.6 Fromberg 166 m 64 m 1600 m 4.0%
31 248.1 Keutenberg 136 m 66 m 700 m 9.4%
32 260.4 Cauberg (3) 137 m 69 m 1200 m 5.8%

winner

1966 Jean StablinskiFranceFrance
1967 Arie den HartogNetherlandsNetherlands
1968 Harry SteevensNetherlandsNetherlands
1969 Guido ReybrouckBelgiumBelgium
1970 Georges PintensBelgiumBelgium
1971 Frans VerbeeckBelgiumBelgium
1972 Walter PlanckaertBelgiumBelgium
1973 Eddie MerckxBelgiumBelgium
1974 Gerrie KnetemannNetherlandsNetherlands
1975 Eddie MerckxBelgiumBelgium
1976 Freddy MaertensBelgiumBelgium
1977 Jan RaasNetherlandsNetherlands
1978 Jan RaasNetherlandsNetherlands
1979 Jan RaasNetherlandsNetherlands
1980 Jan RaasNetherlandsNetherlands
1981 Bernard HinaultFranceFrance
1982 Jan RaasNetherlandsNetherlands
1983 Phil AndersonAustraliaAustralia
1984 Jacques HanegraafNetherlandsNetherlands
1985 Gerrie KnetemannNetherlandsNetherlands
1986 Steven RooksNetherlandsNetherlands
1987 Joop ZoetemelkNetherlandsNetherlands
1988 Jelle NijdamNetherlandsNetherlands
1989 Eric Van LanckerBelgiumBelgium
1990 Adrie van der PoelNetherlandsNetherlands
1991 Frans MaassenNetherlandsNetherlands
1992 Olaf LudwigGermanyGermany
1993 Rolf JärmannSwitzerlandSwitzerland
1994 Johan MuseeuwBelgiumBelgium
1995 Mauro GianettiSwitzerlandSwitzerland
1996 Stefano ZaniniItalyItaly
1997 Bjarne RiisDenmarkDenmark
1998 Rolf JärmannSwitzerlandSwitzerland
1999 Michael BoogerdNetherlandsNetherlands
2000 Erik ZabelGermanyGermany
2001 Erik DekkerNetherlandsNetherlands
2002 Michele BartoliItalyItaly
2003 Alexander VinokurovKazakhstanKazakhstan
2004 Davide rebelItalyItaly
2005 Danilo di LucaItalyItaly
2006 Frank SchleckLuxembourgLuxembourg
2007 Stefan SchumacherGermanyGermany
2008 Damiano CunegoItalyItaly
2009 Sergei IvanovRussiaRussia
2010 Philippe GilbertBelgiumBelgium
2011 Philippe GilbertBelgiumBelgium
2012 Enrico GasparottoItalyItaly
2013 Roman KreuzigerCzech RepublicCzech Republic
2014 Philippe GilbertBelgiumBelgium
2015 Michał KwiatkowskiPolandPoland
2016 Enrico GasparottoItalyItaly
2017 Philippe GilbertBelgiumBelgium
2018 Michael ValgrenDenmarkDenmark
2019 Mathieu van der PoelNetherlandsNetherlands
2020 canceled due to corona pandemic

Winners

Web links

Commons : Amstel Gold Race  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Organizers take on the goal of the World Championship race - in future the Amstel Gold Race will end behind the Cauberg . radsport-news.com. January 16, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  2. Amstel Gold Race 2017: Preview. In: cyclingnews.com. April 13, 2017, accessed on July 13, 2019 .