2022 Amstel Gold Race (World Tour),
The Netherlands
56th edition: Sunday, April 10, 2022
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Maastricht - Valkenburg, 254.1 km, The Netherlands
Could it get any closer? Michal Kwiatkowski (right) just edges out Benoit Cosnefroy. INEOS photo.
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Weather at the finish city of Valkenburg at 1:55 PM, local time: 11C (51F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the report from winner Michal Kwiatkowski's Team INEOS Grenadiers.
Michal Kwiatkowski edged a thrilling edition of the Amstel Gold Race, winning a two-up sprint by the finest of margins.
Kwiatkowski beat Benoit Cosnefroy in a sprint that required a photo finish to determine the winner, with the AG2R Citreon rider initially being announced as the victor before the decision was official.
The former world champion had in fact edged past Cosnefroy just before the line to win the team's first Amstel Gold title in dramatic fashion after a superb team performance.
The Grenadiers had led from the front for the whole race, keeping the early break in check throughout the initial phases with Luke Rowe and Laurens de Plus working hard in the peloton.
This helped position the team in key technical sections, allowing Ben Turner to attack and setup the decisive move. Turner pushed the pace on the Kruisberg to reduce the peloton significantly, before Kwiatkowski accelerated on the Keutenberg climb to create an elite lead group which also contained Tom Pidcock.
This group quickly amassed a strong lead over the rest, with numerous accelerations failing to succeed. This was until Kwiatkowski escaped with 20 kilometres remaining.
The chase group were unwilling to co-ordinate a chase, so Cosnefroy bridged to the Grenadier in the closing kilometres, with the pair managing to stay away and decide the race in a dramatic sprint finish.
Michal Kwiatkowski
“It was a very tough finish and sprint, I was super confident I could win, but the last 50 metres were super tough as I think Cosnefroy was still accelerating when I was by the side of him. For me it was all about the win because Tom was in the front group - it was all about winning this race as I was in the front move.
“In the attack, Cosnefroy did most of the work as I was sure with Tom in the group we could win the race in different ways and it wasn’t up to me to maintain the gap. I was only there to win the race.”
“It was very confusing after the race, I was super sad in the first place, as today was all about the win. I learned from last year that you have to wait for the euphoria!"
“I love this race. I’ve had a lot of bad luck getting COVID and flu, being sick and unable to follow my race programme, so to be here and win Amstel Gold Race is is an incredible feeling. I’ve proved to myself that I have to be patient and sooner or later the victory will come and I will be able to perform. It was difficult to get back on track but here I am.”
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Complete Results:
254.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.196 km/hr
| 1 | Michal KWIATKOWSKI | INEOS GRENADIERS | 6hr 1min 19sec |
| 2 | Benoit COSNEFROY | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 3 | Tiesj BENOOT | JUMBO-VISMA | @ 10sec |
| 4 | Mathieu VAN DER POEL | ALPECIN-FENIX | 0:20" |
| 5 | Alexander KAMP | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
| 6 | Kasper ASGREEN | QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | s.t. |
| 7 | Michael MATTHEWS | TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | s.t. |
| 8 | Stefan KÜNG | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
| 9 | Marc HIRSCHI | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
| 10 | Dylan TEUNS | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
| 11 | Thomas PIDCOCK | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
| 12 | Jan TRATNIK | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | 0:29" |
| 13 | Matej MOHORIC | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | 1'42" |
| 14 | Valentin MADOUAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 1'43" |
| 15 | Michael Valgren HUNDAHL | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
| 16 | Jakob FUGLSANG | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
| 17 | Matteo TRENTIN | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 1'50" |
| 18 | Quentin PACHER | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
| 19 | Alex ARANBURU DEBA | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 20 | Tim WELLENS | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 21 | Warren BARGUIL | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 22 | Dylan VAN BAARLE | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
| 23 | Maxim VAN GILS | LOTTO SOUDAL | 2'29" |
| 24 | Greg VAN AVERMAET | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 25 | Zdenek ŠTYBAR | QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | s.t. |
| 26 | Lilian CALMEJANE | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 27 | Andrea PASQUALON | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 28 | Toms SKUJINS | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
| 29 | Søren KRAGH ANDERSEN | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
| 30 | Tom DUMOULIN | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
| 31 | Jack HAIG | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
| 32 | Florian SENECHAL | QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | 4'25" |
| 33 | Olivier LE GAC | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 4'31" |
| 34 | Dorian GODON | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 35 | Kristian SBARAGLI | ALPECIN-FENIX | s.t. |
| 36 | Jan BAKELANTS | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 37 | Aaron VAN POUCKE | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | 6'26" |
| 38 | Nathan VAN HOOYDONCK | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
| 39 | Jan MAAS | TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | s.t. |
| 40 | Johan JACOBS | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 41 | Franck BONNAMOUR | B&B HOTELS-KTM | 6'29" |
| 42 | Kévin GENIETS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
| 43 | Jannik STEIMLE | QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | 7'25" |
| 44 | Mike TEUNISSEN | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
| 45 | Kenneth VAN ROOY | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | s.t. |
| 46 | Max KANTER | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 47 | Edward THEUNS | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
| 48 | Jonas KOCH | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 49 | Benjamin THOMAS | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 50 | Joris NIEUWENHUIS | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
| 51 | Sandy DUJARDIN | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
| 52 | Tom DEVRIENDT | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 53 | Stan VAN TRICHT | QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | s.t. |
| 54 | Aleksandr RIABUSHENKO | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
| 54 | Aleksandr RIABUSHENKO | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
| 55 | Kenny MOLLY | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | s.t. |
| 56 | Philippe GILBERT | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 57 | Ivan GARCIA CORTINA | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 58 | Dries VAN GESTEL | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
| 59 | Stan DEWULF | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 60 | Jenno BERCKMOES | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | s.t. |
| 61 | Iñigo ELOSEGUI MOMEÑE | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 62 | Lawrence WARBASSE | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 63 | Timo ROOSEN | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
| 64 | Remy MERTZ | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | s.t. |
| 65 | Thibault FERASSE | B&B HOTELS-KTM | s.t. |
| 66 | Abner GONZÁLEZ RIVERA | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 67 | Mikael CHEREL | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
| 68 | Krists NEILANDS | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
| 69 | Daryl IMPEY | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
| 70 | Aime DE GENDT | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 71 | Winner Andrew ANACONA | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 72 | Fabian LIENHARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
| 73 | Stefano OLDANI | ALPECIN-FENIX | s.t. |
| 74 | Cian UIJTDEBROEKS | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 75 | Lukasz OWSIAN | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 76 | Gianni VERMEERSCH | ALPECIN-FENIX | s.t. |
| 77 | Arjen LIVYNS | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | s.t. |
| 78 | Luke DURBRIDGE | TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | s.t. |
| 79 | Andreas KRON | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
| 80 | Alexandre DELETTRE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 81 | Sander ARMEE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 82 | Julien SIMON | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
| 83 | Ben TURNER | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
| 84 | Connor SWIFT | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 85 | Otto VERGAERDE | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
| 86 | Giovanni ALEOTTI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 87 | Owain DOULL | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
| 88 | Sebastian LANGEVELD | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
| 89 | Simon GUGLIELMI | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 90 | Niki TERPSTRA | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
| 91 | Filippo BARONCINI | TREK-SEGAFREDO | 10'56" |
| 92 | Emils LIEPINS | TREK-SEGAFREDO | 11'10" |
| 93 | Filippo FIORELLI | BARDIANI CSF FAIZANÈ | s.t. |
| 94 | Davide BALLERINI | QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | s.t. |
| 95 | Kevin VAN MELSEN | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 96 | Mathijs PAASSCHENS | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | s.t. |
| 97 | Geoffrey SOUPE | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
| 98 | Cesare BENEDETTI | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
| 99 | Johan MEENS | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | s.t. |
| 100 | Manuele BOARO | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
| 101 | Christophe LAPORTE | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
| 102 | Clément RUSSO | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 103 | Tobias LUDVIGSSON | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
| 104 | Quentin JAUREGUI | B&B HOTELS-KTM | s.t. |
| 105 | Baptiste PLANCKAERT | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 106 | Vito BRAET | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | s.t. |
| 107 | Taco VAN DER HOORN | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
| 108 | Bryan COQUARD | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 109 | Jens REYNDERS | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | 13'11" |
| 110 | Reto HOLLENSTEIN | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
| 111 | Nico DENZ | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
| 112 | Marco BRENNER | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
| 113 | Ruben APERS | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | s.t. |
| 114 | Piet ALLEGAERT | COFIDIS | s.t. |
| 115 | Luke ROWE | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
| 116 | Amaury CAPIOT | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
| 117 | Vinicius RANGEL COSTA | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
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2022 Amstel Gold Race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Mathieu van der Poel's Alpecin-Fenix team is presented during the starting ceremonies.
Tiesj Benoot's Jumbo-Visma team
Michal Kwiatkowski's INEOS Grenadiers.
Lotto Soudal's Tim Wellens
The peloton ascends the Cauberg.
The peloton in the finish city of Valkenburg
Here they come. Benoit Cosnefroy and Michal Kwiatkowski race for the line.
Michal Kwiatkowski throws his bike for the win.
The sprint is done and Kwiatkowski has won a classic.
Tiesj Benoot finishes third.
The sprint for fourth place, won by Alpecin-Fenix's Mathieu van der Poel
Winner Michal Kwiatkowski just after the race.
Winner Michal Kwiatkowski
The podium, from left: Benoit Cosnefroy (2nd), Michal Kwiatkowski (1st) & Tiesj Bennot (3rd)
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Start list with back numbers, April 9, 2022:
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| DS: | Grischa Jan Niermann |
| 1 | DUMOULIN Tom |
| 2 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
| 3 | BENOOT Tiesj |
| 4 | LAPORTE Christophe |
| 5 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
| 6 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 7 | VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
| QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL | |
| DS: | Geert Van Bondt |
| 11 | ASGREEN Kasper |
| 12 | BAGIOLI Andrea |
| 13 | BALLERINI Davide |
| 14 | VAN TRICHT Stan |
| 15 | SENECHAL Florian |
| 16 | STYBAR Zdenek |
| 17 | STEIMLE Jannik |
| INEOS GRENADIERS | |
| DS: | Servais Knaven |
| 21 | PIDCOCK Thomas |
| 22 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal |
| 23 | DE PLUS Laurens |
| 24 | ROWE Luke |
| 25 | SHEFFIELD Magnus |
| 26 | TURNER Ben |
| 27 | VAN BAARLE Dylan |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| DS: | Enrico Gasparotto |
| 31 | SCHELLING Ide |
| 32 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 33 | KOCH Jonas |
| 34 | GAMPER Patrick |
| 35 | LAAS Martin |
| 36 | ALEOTTI Giovanni |
| 37 | UIJTDEBROEKS Cian |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| DS: | Maxime Monfort |
| 41 | GILBERT Philippe |
| 42 | CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| 43 | HOLMES Matthew |
| 44 | GRIGNARD Sébastien |
| 45 | KRON Andreas Lorentz |
| 46 | VAN GILS Maxim |
| 47 | WELLENS Tim |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| DS: | Kim Andersen |
| 51 | BARONCINI Filippo |
| 52 | HOOLE Daan |
| 53 | KAMP Alexander |
| 54 | LIEPINS Emils |
| 55 | THEUNS Edward |
| 56 | SKUJINS Toms |
| 57 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | |
| DS: | Matti Breschel |
| 61 | BETTIOL Alberto |
| 62 | VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael |
| 63 | VAN DEN BERG Julius |
| 64 | DOULL Owain |
| 65 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 66 | LANGEVELD Sebastian |
| 67 | VAN DEN BERG Marijn |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| DS: | Roman Kreuziger |
| 71 | HAIG Jack |
| 72 | MACIEJUK Filip |
| 73 | MOHORIC Matej |
| 74 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha |
| 75 | TEUNS Dylan |
| 76 | TRATNIK Jan |
| 77 | WRIGHT Fred |
| COFIDIS | |
| DS: | Thierry Marichal |
| 81 | ALLEGAERT Piet |
| 82 | ARMEE Sander |
| 83 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 84 | DELETTRE Alexandre |
| 85 | THOMAS Benjamin |
| 86 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| 87 | SAJNOK Szymon |
| TEAM DSM | |
| DS: | Wilbert Broekhuizen |
| 91 | DEGENKOLB John |
| 92 | DENZ Nico |
| 93 | DONOVAN Mark |
| 94 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
| 95 | BRENNER Marco |
| 96 | PEDERSEN Casper Phillip |
| 97 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris |
| MOVISTAR TEAM | |
| DS: | Maximilian Sciandri |
| 101 | RANGEL COSTA Vinicius |
| 102 | JACOBS Johan |
| 103 | KANTER Max |
| 104 | ELÓSEGUI Iñigo |
| 105 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan |
| 106 | ARANBURU DEBA Alex |
| 107 | GONZALEZ RIVERA Abner |
| ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | |
| DS: | Stefano Zanini |
| 111 | BASSO Leonardo |
| 112 | BATTISTELLA Samuele |
| 113 | BOARO Manuele |
| 115 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| 116 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
| 117 | CONTI Valerio |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| DS: | Marc Madiot |
| 121 | KÜNG Stefan |
| 122 | GENIETS Kevin |
| 123 | LE GAC Olivier |
| 124 | LIENHARD Fabian |
| 125 | MADOUAS Valentin |
| 126 | PACHER Quentin |
| 127 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias |
| INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT | |
| DS: | Aike Visbeek |
| 131 | BAKELANTS Jan |
| 132 | DE GENDT Aimé |
| 133 | DEVRIENDT Tom |
| 134 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| 135 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 136 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 137 | VAN MELSEN Kevin |
| AG2R-CITROEN TEAM | |
| DS: | Julien Jurdie |
| 141 | CALMEJANE Lilian |
| 142 | CHEREL Mickaël |
| 143 | COSNEFROY Benoit |
| 144 | DEWULF Stan |
| 145 | GODON Dorian |
| 146 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
| 147 | WARBASSE Larry |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| DS: | Aart Vierhouten |
| 151 | TRENTIN Matteo |
| 152 | HIRSCHI Marc |
| 153 | FISHER-BLACK Finn |
| 154 | BRUNEL Alexys |
| 155 | OLIVEIRA Ivo |
| 156 | AYUSO PESQUERA Juan |
| 157 | MOLANO Juan Sebastián |
| TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO | |
| DS: | Mathew Hayman |
| 161 | MATTHEWS Michael |
| 162 | MEZGEC Luka |
| 164 | MAAS Jan |
| 165 | BALMER Alexandre |
| 166 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 167 | SMITH Dion |
| ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | |
| DS: | Steve Bauer |
| 171 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
| 173 | IMPEY Daryl |
| 174 | NEILANDS Krists |
| 176 | WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads |
| 177 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
| ALPECIN-FENIX | |
| DS: | Christophe Roodhooft |
| 181 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| 182 | BAYER Tobias |
| 183 | GOGL Michael |
| 184 | OLDANI Stefano |
| 185 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
| 186 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
| 187 | DE BONDT Dries |
| TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
| DS: | Yvon Caer |
| 191 | BARGUIL Warren |
| 192 | ANACONA Winner Anrew |
| 193 | CAPIOT Amaury |
| 194 | GUGLIELMI Simon |
| 195 | OWSIAN Lukasz |
| 196 | RUSSO Clement |
| 197 | SWIFT Connor |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| DS: | Jan Valach |
| 201 | TERPSTRA Niki |
| 202 | VAN GESTEL Dries |
| 204 | SIMON Julien |
| 205 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| 206 | DUJARDIN Sandy |
| 207 | TURGIS Anthony |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| DS: | Hans De Clercq |
| 211 | APERS Ruben |
| 212 | BERCKMOES Jenno |
| 213 | BRAET Vito |
| 214 | MERTENS Julian |
| 215 | VAN POUCKE Aaron |
| 216 | VAN ROOY Kenneth |
| 217 | REYNDERS Jens |
| BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB | |
| DS: | Christophe Brandt |
| 221 | LIVYNS Arjen |
| 222 | MEENS Johan |
| 223 | MOLLY Kenny |
| 224 | PAASSCHENS Mathijs |
| 225 | PEYSKENS Dimitri |
| 226 | MERTZ Rémy |
| 227 | MENTEN Milan |
| B&B HOTELS-KTM | |
| DS: | Gilles Pauchard |
| 231 | BONNAMOUR Franck |
| 232 | KORETZKY Victor |
| 233 | BOILEAU Alan |
| 234 | FERASSE Thibault |
| 235 | JAUREGUI Quentin |
| 236 | GAUTIER Cyril |
| 237 | HIVERT Jonathan |
| BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE' | |
| DS: | Roberto Reverberi |
| 241 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 242 | CAÑAVERAL VARGAS Jonathan |
| 243 | FIORELLI Filippo |
| 244 | GABBURO Davide |
| 245 | RASTELLI Luca |
| 246 | TONELLI Alessandro |
| 247 | ZANA Filippo |