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2023 Amstel Gold Race (World Tour),
The Netherlands

57th edition: Sunday, April 16, 2023

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Maastricht - Berg en Terblijt, 253.6 km, The Netherlands

He's gone. Tadej Pogacar is alone and off the front and heading to the finish line. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Berg en Terblijt at 1: 24 PM, local time: 9C (48F), fog, with the wind frm the northwest at 13 km/he (9 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates.

A new race name was added to the already rich role of honours of Tadej Pogačar: the Slovenian rider conquered also the Amstel Gold Race.

The recent winner of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen opened the Ardennes week by imposing in the 2023 edition of the Dutch race by preceding Ben Healy (EF Easypost) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos-Grenadiers).

The first key moment of a wet and cold day was at 95 km to the arrival, when a group of 11 riders went clear from the bunch. In the breakaway there was the UAE Team Emirates’ captain too, in addition to other top contenders who contributed to constantly increase the advantage on the peloton, exploiting the work by Trentin in covering the chasing attempts and also exploiting a crash at 50 km to go that split the peloton and consequently slowed the pace of the chasers.

The final winning move by Pogačar was made at less than 40 km to go with only Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) and Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) initially able to follow the Slovenian rider, though they too would fall behind when Pogačar attacked again on Keutenberg.

Pogačar: “I did not expect that we’d go in the breakaway so early, and I was on a sort of flat tyre for many kms in the front and I was doubting I could come to the finish solo.

Mathieu van der Poel told me I should go on the Keutenberg. It is the hardest climb and it suits me the most. He told me that three days ago, he sent me a message. I will thank him for the advice.”

Tadej Pogacar wins the 2023 Amstel Gold Race. Sirotti photo

 

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253.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.029 km/hr

1 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates 6hr 2min 2sec
2 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost @ 38sec
3 Tom Pidcock INEOS Grenadiers 2:14
4 Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny s.t.
5 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
6 Andrea Bagioli Soudal Quick-Step 3:14
7 Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny s.t.
8 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Trek-Segafredo s.t.
9 Alexander Kamp Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
10 Axel Zingle Cofidis s.t.
11 Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ s.t.
12 Jai Hindley BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
13 Valentin Ferron TotalEnergies s.t.
14 Gianni Vermeersch Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
15 Tiesj Benoot Jumbo-Visma 3:16
16 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ s.t.
17 Simone Velasco Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
18 Pascal Eenkhoorn Lotto Dstny 3:40
19 Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies s.t.
20 Simon Clarke Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
21 Benoît Cosnefroy Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
22 Wout Poels Bahrain Victorious 3:42
23 Remi Cavagna Soudal Quick-Step 3:49
24 Sandy Dujardin TotalEnergies 4:06
25 Stan Van Tricht Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
26 Greg Van Avermaet Ag2r-Citroën s.t.
27 Matthew Dinham Team DSM s.t.
28 Toms Skujins Trek-Segafredo s.t.
29 Bauke Mollema Trek-Segafredo s.t.
30 Attila Valter Jumbo-Visma s.t.
31 Alex Aranburu Movistar s.t.
32 Rui Costa Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
33 Matej Mohoric Bahrain Victorious s.t.
34 David De La Cruz Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
35 Warren Barguil Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
36 Marc Hirschi UAE Team Emirates s.t.
37 Mauro Schmid Soudal Quick-Step 5:02
38 Matteo Sobrero Jayco-AlUla 6:17
39 Ruben Guerreiro Movistar s.t.
40 Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
41 Gonzalo Serrano Movistar 8:26
42 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
43 Kamiel Bonneu Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
44 Kevin Vermaerke Team DSM s.t.
45 Lucas Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling 8:33
46 Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers 10:30
47 Louis Barré Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
48 Sam Oomen Jumbo-Visma s.t.
49 Georg Zimmermann Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
50 Dion Smith Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
51 Giovanni Aleotti BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
52 Matteo Trentin UAE Team Emirates s.t.
53 Ide Schelling BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
54 Samuele Battistella Astana Qazaqstan s.t.
55 Bryan Coquard Cofidis 10:34
56 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X 10:36
57 Nikias Arndt Bahrain Victorious s.t.
58 Cyrus Monk Q36.5 Pro Cycling s.t.
59 Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
60 Elias Maris Team Flanders-Baloise s.t.
61 Lorenzo Rota Intermarché-Circus-Wanty s.t.
62 Rudy Molard Groupama-FDJ s.t.
63 Nils Brun Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
64 José Joaquin Rojas Movistar s.t.
65 Lars Van Den Berg Groupama-FDJ s.t.
66 Andrea Piccolo EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
67 Connor Swift INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
68 Hugo Houle Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
69 Kim Heiduk INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
70 James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
71 Arjen Livyns Lotto Dstny s.t.
72 Michal Kwiatkowski INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
73 Lukasz Owsian Arkéa-Samsic s.t.
74 Robert Stannard Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
75 Christopher Juul-Jensen Jayco-AlUla s.t.
76 Tobias Halland Johannessen Uno-X s.t.
77 Simon Guglielmi Arkéa-Samsic s.t.

 


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Course map:

2023 Amstel Gold Race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Opening ceremonies: Team Lotto Dstny is presented.

Team Jumbo-Visma

It's time to race. The peloton rolls out of Maastricht.

Tadej Pogacar has escaped and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Tadej Pogacar wins the 2023 Amstel Gold Race.

Astana Qazaqstan's Simone Velasco finished 17th.

Tiesj Benoot was 15th.

The Andrea Bagioli/Maxim van Gils group that finished at 3min 14sec

Alexey Lutsenko (5th) leads Andreas Kron.

Andreas Kron was fourth.

Tom Pidcock rode to a superb third place. INEOS photo

Ben Healy headed to second place.

Tadej Pogacar just after winning the race.

The podium, from left: Ben Healy (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Tom Pidcock (3rd).

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Start list with back numbers, April 15, 2023:

175 listed starters

INEOS Grenadiers
1 Michal Kwiatkowski
2 Tom Pidcock
3 Brandon Rivera
4 Kim Heiduk
5 Connor Swift
6 Magnus Sheffield
7 Joshua Tarling
AG2R CITROËN TEAM
11 Benoît Cosnefroy
12 Michael Schär
13 Mikaël Chérel
14 Valentin Retailleau
15 Stan Dewulf
16 Dorian Godon
17 Greg Van Avermaet
JUMBO-VISMA
21 Tiesj Benoot
22 Lennard Hofstede
23 Gijs Leemreize
24 Sam Oomen
25 Attila Valter
26 Tosh Van Der Sande
27 Jos Van Emden
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
31 Søren Kragh Andersen
32 Fabio Van Den Bossche
33 Xandro Meurisse
34 Robert Stannard
35 Jimmy Janssens
36 Tobias Bayer
37 Gianni Vermeersch
BORA-HANSGROHE
41 Jai Hindley
42 Patrick Gamper
43 Sergio Higuita
44 Nils Politt
45 Luis-Joe Lührs
46 Giovanni Aleotti
47 Ide Schelling
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
51 Tadej Pogacar
52 Sjoerd Bax
53 Felix Grossschartner
54 Marc Hirschi
55 Rui Oliveira
56 Ryan Gibbons
57 Matteo Trentin
INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
61 Loic Vliegen
62 Lilian Calmejane
63 Rui Costa
64 Dries De Pooter
65 Lorenzo Rota
66 Dion Smith
67 Georg Zimmermann
EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST
71 Ben Healy
72 Mikkel Honore
73 Andrea Piccolo
74 Neilson Powless
75 Sean Quinn
76 James Shaw
77 Julius Van Den Berg
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
81 Remi Cavagna
82 Dries Devenyns
83 Jannik Steimle
84 Mauro Schmid
85 Martin Svrcek
86 Stan Van Tricht
87 Andrea Bagioli
TREK-SEGAFREDO
91 Bauke Mollema
92 Toms Skujins
93 Quinn Simmons
94 Otto Vergaerde
95 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
96 Markus Hoelgaard
97 Mathias Vacek
GROUPAMA-FDJ
101 David Gaudu
102 Lars Van Den Berg
103 Valentin Madouas
104 Kevin Geniets
105 Romain Grégoire
106 Quentin Pacher
107 Rudy Molard
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
111 Matej Mohoric
112 Filip Maciejuk
113 Jonathan Milan
114 Matevz Govekar
115 Fran Miholjevic
116 Nikias Arndt
117 Wout Poels
TEAM DSM
121 Martijn Tusveld
122 Oscar Onley
123 Romain Combaud
124 Sean Flynn
125 Leon Heinschke
126 Matthew Dinham
127 Kevin Vermaerke
COFIDIS
131 Bryan Coquard
132 Alexandre Delettre
133 Axel Zingle
134 Jonathan Lastra
135 Pierre-Luc Périchon
136 Jelle Wallays
137 André Carvalho
MOVISTAR TEAM
141 Ruben Guerreiro
142 Alex Aranburu
143 Jorge Arcas
144 Gorka Izagirre
145 Johan Jacobs
146 Gonzalo Serrano
147 José Joaquin Rojas
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
151 Alexey Lutsenko
152 Cristian Scaroni
153 David De La Cruz
154 Simone Velasco
155 Samuele Battistella
156 Andrey Zeits
157 Gianni Moscon
TEAM JAYCO-ALULA
161 Luke Durbridge
162 Jan Maas
163 Lawson Craddock
164 Alexandre Balmer
165 Christopher Juul-Jensen
166 Matteo Sobrero
167 Zdenek Stybar
TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC
171 Warren Barguil
172 Louis Barré
173 Clément Champoussin
174 Anthony Delaplace
175 Simon Guglielmi
176 Lukasz Owsian
177 Mathis Le Berre
LOTTO DSTNY
181 Pascal Eenkhoorn
182 Arjen Livyns
183 Harry Sweeny
184 Jarrad Drizners
185 Andreas Kron
186 Maxim Van Gils
187 Rüdiger Selig
TOTALENERGIES
191 Fabien Grellier
192 Mattéo Vercher
193 Valentin Ferron
194 Dries Van Gestel
195 Mathieu Burgaudeau
196 Sandy Dujardin
197 Thomas Bonnet
TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE
201 Jenno Berckmoes
202 Kamiel Bonneu
203 Vito Braet
204 Alex Colman
205 Sander De Pestel
206 Elias Maris
207 Ward Vanhoof
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
211 Tom Devriendt
212 Walter Calzoni
213 Tobias Ludvigsson
214 Alessandro Fedeli
215 Cyrus Monk
216 Kamil Malecki
217 Nicolò Parisini
UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
221 Fredrik Dversnes
222 Martin Urianstad Bugge
223 Anthon Charmig
224 Anders Halland Johannessen
225 Tobias Halland Johannessen
226 Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen
227 Jonas Gregaard
ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
231 Michael Woods
232 Simon Clarke
233 Hugo Houle
234 Nick Schultz
235 Corbin Strong
236 Guillaume Boivin
237 Daryl Impey
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
241 Alexander Kamp
242 Jacob Eriksson
243 Aloïs Charrin
244 Nils Brun
245 Arthur Kluckers
246 Mika Heming
247 Lucas Eriksson