Complete Amstel Gold Race podium history | 1978 edition | 1976 edition
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Heerlen - Meerssen, Netherlands
230 km, 38.89 km/hr
Complete results:
145 starters, 54 classified finishers
1 | Jan Raas (Frisol - Gazelle - Thirion) | 5hr 45min 55sec |
2 | Gerrie Knetemann (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
3 | Hennie Kuiper (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
4 | Adri Jos Schipper (Ebo - Superia) | @ 20sec |
5 | Freddy Maertens (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
6 | Roger De Vlaeminck (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
7 | Francesco Moser (Sanson) | s.t. |
8 | Walter Godefroot (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | 0'44" |
9 | Eddy Merckx (FIAT) | s.t. |
10 | Patrick Béon (Peugeot - Esso - Michelin) | s.t. |
11 | Raymond Poulidor (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
12 | Herman Van Springel (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | s.t. |
13 | Dietrich Thurau (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
14 | Joseph Bruyère (FIAT) | 1'50" |
15 | Marcello Osler (Brooklyn) | 2'33" |
16 | Guy Sibille (Peugeot - Esso - Michelin) | s.t. |
17 | Jos Jacobs (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | s.t. |
18 | Gianbattista Baronchelli (SCIC) | s.t. |
19 | Karel Rottiers (FIAT) | s.t. |
20 | Ludo Delcroix (FIAT) | s.t. |
21 | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Peugeot-Esso-Michelin) | s.t. |
22 | Enrico Paolini (SCIC) | s.t. |
23 | Willy De Geest (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
24 | Ferdi Van Den Haute (Ebo - Superia) | s.t. |
25 | Luc Leman (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | s.t. |
26 | Antoine Gutierrez (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |
27 | Bernard Vallet (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
28 | Henk Lubberding (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
29 | André Dierickx (Maes Pils - Mini Flat) | s.t. |
30 | Ottavio Crepaldi (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
31 | Roberto Poggiali (Sanson) | s.t. |
32 | Pol Verschuere (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
33 | Renato Marchetti (Sanson) | s.t. |
34 | Michel Pollentier (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
35 | Joop Zoetemelk (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
36 | Wladimiro Panizza (SCIC) | s.t. |
37 | Michel Laurent (Peugeot - Esso - Michelin) | s.t. |
38 | Jean-Pierre Baert (Frisol - Gazelle - Thirion) | 3'40" |
39 | Patrick Perret (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | 3'52" |
40 | Jan Aling (Ebo - Superia) | s.t. |
41 | Walter Muller (Kaenel - Colnago) | s.t. |
42 | Roy Schuiten (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |
43 | Ferdinand Bracke (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |
44 | Charly Rouxel (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
45 | Tino Tabak (De Onderneming - Benco - Mavic) | s.t. |
46 | Bruce Biddle (Sanson) | s.t. |
47 | Luciano Conati (SCIC) | s.t. |
48 | Walter Riccomi (SCIC) | s.t. |
49 | Fedor Den Hertog (Frisol - Gazelle - Thirion) | 6'28" |
50 | Phil Edwards (Sanson) | s.t. |
51 | Lieven Malfait (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
52 | Ludo Peeters (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | 7'45" |
53 | Fernando Plaza Labiano (Kaenel - Colnago) | s.t. |
54 | André Gevers (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |