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Maastricht - Valkenburg, 265.7 km, The Netherlands

Mathieu Van der Poel wins in Valkenburg. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Valkenburg at 1:30 PM, local time: 24C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from fourth-place Julian Alaphilippe's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Deceuninck – Quick-Step kicked off the festivities with 37 kilometers remaining, when Dries Devenyns accelerated on the Eyserbosweg with Julian in his wheel, a move to which only a handful of riders could respond. The experienced Dries, who was riding his eighth Amstel Gold Race, ramped up the pace and helped the group increase its lead, before Alaphilippe made his move and was joined only by Jakob Fuglsang (Astana).

The advantage looked slim, but only for a couple of kilometers, as the duo traded turns at the front and put more than 20 seconds into the first chasing group and almost a minute on the peloton. Over the Bemeleberg, the race’s final climb, Julian and Fuglsang carried a big lead over the chasers, but the Dane stopped cooperating with three kilometers to go and decided to sit on Julian’s wheel, so the buffer began tumbling. Minutes later, in a completely surreal way, the third chasing group came back with 500 meters remaining and Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) took the win in the sprint.

Julian finished fourth – his best result in six Amstel Gold Race starts – and cemented his place at the top of the UCI Individual Ranking ahead of the next two Ardennes Classics, Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, which will bring down the curtain over his spring campaign.

Sports director Geert Van Bondt gave his take on the race: “Our team rode a perfect race today, sticking to the tactics discussed in the morning. Dries made a perfect move on the Eyserbosweg together with Julian, who then attacked and was joined by Fuglsang. Julian kept pushing and they worked well despite some pressure from the chasers until with three kilometers to go, when Fuglsang stopped working. Then the front group closed that big gap in astonishing fashion, Van der Poel took the win and that was that.”

“I was very motivated to do a good race and everything went really well for us, with Dries pushing a hard tempo on the climb and me attacking full gas minutes later. In the final three kilometers, Fuglsang didn’t work anymore and I took the responsibility, pulling alone in the headwind. The gap looked to be big enough to arrive with him at the finish and fight for victory, but somehow the others came from behind really fast and caught us. I’m a bit disappointed, but I’m not down and I am already looking forward to the next races”, an upbeat Julian said at the end of Amstel Gold Race.

Complete Results:

Race photos

265.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.056 km/hr

1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Corendon-Circus	6hr 28min 18sec
2	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	s.t.
3	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	s.t.
4	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
5	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
7	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	s.t.
8	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
11	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Sky	@ 2se
12	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	0:46
14	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
15	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:54
16	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
17	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	KREUZIGER Roman	Dimension Data	s.t.
19	SMITH Dion	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
20	SBARAGLI Kristian	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
21	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	HERMANS Ben	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
25	BATTAGLIN Enrico	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
26	KONRAD Patrick	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
28	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	HENAO Sergio	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
30	GILBERT Philippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
31	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
32	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	4:02
34	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Cycling Academy	4:19
35	VERMEERSCH Gianni	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
36	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
37	BOLE Grega	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
38	COQUARD Bryan	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	VENTURINI Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	GASPAROTTO Enrico	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	DUIJN Huub	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
43	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
45	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
46	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	MARTENS Paul	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
49	MÜLLER Patrick	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
50	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	MEISEN Marcel	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
52	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
53	HIRSCHI Marc	Team Sunweb	s.t.
54	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	s.t.
55	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
56	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	VAN AERT Wout	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
59	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
60	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
61	CRADDOCK Lawson	EF Education First	s.t.
62	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana	s.t.
63	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
64	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
65	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
66	ROSA Diego	Sky	s.t.
67	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana	s.t.
68	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
69	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	7:53
70	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
71	OWEN Logan	EF Education First	s.t.
72	HOWES Alex	EF Education First	s.t.
73	VAN WINDEN Dennis	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
74	PACHER Quentin	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	DE TIER Floris	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	DE WITTE Mathias	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
77	PETILLI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
78	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
79	GOGL Michael	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	GOŁAŚ Michał	Sky	s.t.
81	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar	s.t.
82	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	JANSSENS Jimmy	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
85	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
87	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	7:56
88	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	9:12
89	BERNARD Julien	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
90	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:59
91	SEIGLE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	11:17
92	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
93	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	EIKING Odd Christian	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
95	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	JENSEN August	Israel Cycling Academy	s.t.
97	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
98	DEVOLDER Stijn	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
99	DELTOMBE Kevin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
100	DUNBAR Eddie	Sky	s.t.
101	BAUGNIES Jérôme	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
102	BOUWMAN Koen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	ZABEL Rick	Katusha-Alpecin	13:09
104	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	13:39
105	SCHULTZ Nick	Mitchelton-Scott	15:41
106	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
107	VERONA Carlos	Movistar	s.t.
108	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	s.t.
109	BARBIN Enrico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.

2019 Amstel Gold Race map:

Race-day photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti, April 21, 2019:

Vital Concept-B&B Hotels team at the starting ceremonies

Julian Alaphilippe and Philippe Gilbert before the race start.

Michael Woods

Michael Matthews

Mathieu Van der Poel grabs his bike.

Obligatory Amstel Gold Race windmill photo.

Michael Schar leads a break.

Grega Bole leads a break on the Loorberg.

The peloton ascends the Loorberg.

Bryan Coquard on the Keutenberg

Mathieu Van der Poel on the Gulperberg

Sky's Dylan Van Baarle on the Gulperberg

World road champion Alejandro Valverde

The peloton on the Cauberg

Mathieu Van der Poel wins another big one.

Winner Van der Poel just after the race

Winner Mathieu Van der Poel

Winner Mathieu Van der Poel with race director (and winner of 1983 Gent-Wevelgem) Leo van Vliet.

The podium, from left: Simon Clarke (2nd), Mathieu Van der Porl & Jakob Fuglsang (3rd)

Pre-race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti: April 20, 2019

Fotoreporter Sirotti was on the legendary Cauberg ascent as riders tested their legs and checked out the course before the big race.

Michael Albasini and Daryl Impey

Philippe Gilbert

Julian Alaphilippe

Sonny Colbrelli

Team Sunweb

Matteo Trentin

Pieter Weening

Tim Wellens and Bjorg Lambrecht

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Start list with back numbers, April 20, 2019:

DIMENSION DATA
1	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
2	EISEL Bernhard
3	GASPAROTTO Enrico
4	BAK Lars Ytting
5	KREUZIGER Roman
6	SLAGTER Tom Jelte
7	VERMOTE Julien
MITCHELTON-SCOTT
11	TRENTIN Matteo
12	SCHULTZ Nicholas
13	HEPBURN Michael
14	IMPEY Daryl
15	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
16	SMITH Dion
17	ALBASINI Michael
BAHRAIN-MERIDA
21	TEUNS Dylan
22	COLBRELLI Sonny
23	GARCIA Ivan
24	MOHORIC Matej
25	CARUSO Damiano
26	BOLE Grega
27	TRATNIK Jan
AG2R LA MONDIALE
31	NAESEN Oliver
32	CHEREL Mickaël
33	COSNEFROY Benoit
34	BARDET Romain
35	CHEVRIER Clement
36	VENTURINI Clément
37	WARBASSE Larry
ASTANA
41	LUTSENKO Alexey
42	FRAILE Omar
43	FUGLSANG Jakob
44	IZAGUIRRE Gorka
45	IZAGUIRRE Ion
46	DE VREESE Laurens
47	SANCHEZ Luis Leon
BORA-HANSGROHE
51	SAGAN Peter
52	BENEDETTI Cesare
53	BURGHARDT Marcus
55	MCCARTHY Jay
56	OSS Daniel
57	SCHACHMANN Maximilian
58	KONRAD Patrick
CCC TEAM
61	VAN AVERMAET Greg
62	DE MARCHI Alessandro
63	BEVIN Patrick
64	KOCH Jonas
65	PAUWELS Serge
66	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
67	SCHÄR Michael
DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
71	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
72	CAVAGNA Rémi
73	DEVENYNS Dries
74	GILBERT Philippe
75	HONORÉ Mikkel
76	SERRY Pieter
77	VAKOC Petr
EF EDUCATION FIRST
81	BENNETT Sean
82	BETTIOL Alberto
83	CLARKE Simon
84	CRADDOCK Lawson
85	HOWES Alex
86	OWEN Logan
87	WOODS Michael
GROUPAMA-FDJ
91	BONNET William
92	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
93	MADOUAS Valentin
94	MOLARD Rudy
95	SEIGLE Romain
96	VAUGRENARD Benoît
97	VINCENT Leo
LOTTO SOUDAL
101	LAMBRECHT Bjorg
102	ARMEE Sander
103	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
104	MONFORT Maxime
105	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
106	VANENDERT Jelle
107	WELLENS Tim
MOVISTAR
111	VALVERDE Alejandro
112	BETANCUR Carlos
113	ERVITI Imanol
114	BARBERO Carlos
115	AMADOR Andrey
116	CASTRILLO Jaime
117	VERONA Carlos
JUMBO-VISMA
121	VAN AERT Wout
122	DE TIER Floris
123	GESINK Robert
124	LINDEMAN Bertjan
125	MARTENS Paul
126	BOUWMAN Koen
127	VAN EMDEN Jos
KATUSHA-ALPECIN
131	BATTAGLIN Enrico
132	BIERMANS Jenthe
133	GUERREIRO Ruben
134	HAAS Nathan
135	ZABEL Rick
136	SMIT Willie
137	STRAKHOV Dmitrii
SKY
141	DE LA CRUZ David
142	DUNBAR Eddie
143	GOLAS Michal
144	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
145	POELS Wouter
146	ROSA Diego
147	VAN BAARLE Dylan
TEAM SUNWEB
151	MATTHEWS Michael
152	FROHLINGER Johannes
153	HIRSCHI Marc
154	KÄMNA Lennard
155	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
156	VERVAEKE Louis
157	ROCHE Nicholas
TREK-SEGAFREDO
161	THEUNS Edward
162	DE KORT Koen
163	FELLINE Fabio
164	GOGL Michael
165	MOLLEMA Bauke
166	SKUJINS Toms
167	BERNARD Julien
UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
171	FARIA Rui Alberto
172	HENAO Sergio
173	MORI Manuele
174	POGACAR Tadej
177	ULISSI Diego
178	PETILLI Simone
179	RAVASI Edward
CORENDON-CIRCUS
181	VAN DER POEL Mathieu
182	DE BONDT Dries
183	DEVOLDER Stijn
184	JANS Roy
185	JANSSENS Jimmy
186	RICKAERT Jonas
187	STALLAERT Joeri
ROOMPOT-CHARLES
191	BOOM Lars
192	DE WITTE Mathias
193	DUYN Huub
194	LAMMERTINK Maurits
195	RIESEBEEK Oscar
196	VAN DER LIJKE Nick
197	WEENING Pieter
BARDIANI-CSF
201	ALBANESE Vincenzo
202	BARBIN Enrico
203	MAESTRI Mirco
204	ROTA Lorenzo
205	PESSOT Alessandro
206	TONELLI Alessandro
207	SIMION Paolo
ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY
211	HERMANS Ben
212	SBARAGLI Kristian
214	EARLE Nathan
215	GOLDSTEIN Roy
216	NEILANDS Krists
217	VAN WINDEN Dennis
218	JENSEN August
SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
221	DECLERCQ Benjamin
222	DELTOMBE Kevin
223	PLANCKAERT Emiel
224	SPRENGERS Thomas
225	VAN GESTEL Dries
226	VAN HECKE Preben
227	VERWILST Aaron
VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS
231	COQUARD Bryan
232	GAUTIER Cyril
233	MÜLLER Patrick
234	PACHER Quentin
235	REZA Kévin
236	COURTEILLE Arnaud
237	ERMENAULT Corentin
WANTY–GOBERT
241	EIKING Odd Christian
242	MARTIN Guillaume
243	MEURISSE Xandro
244	PASQUALON Andrea
245	VAN MELSEN Kevin
246	VLIEGEN Loïc
247	BAUGNIES Jérôme