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April 19, 2026
60th Amstel Gold Race 2026 🇳🇱 (1.UWT) ME – Maastricht – Valkenburg : 257,2 km
A WorldTour monument, the Amstel Gold Race is where the Dutch hills don’t climb—they conspire.
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April 19, 2026
60th Amstel Gold Race 2026 🇳🇱 (1.UWT) ME – Maastricht – Valkenburg : 257,2 km
A WorldTour monument, the Amstel Gold Race is where the Dutch hills don’t climb—they conspire. The roads snake through Limburg like a maze, their short, punishing ascents (Cauberg, Keutenberg, Bemelerberg) erupting without warning, forcing the peloton to dance on the edge of explosion. The race doesn’t fracture—it unravels, not because of distance, but because the terrain demands constant aggression, every attack a spark in a powder keg. For the riders, it’s a brutal game of cat-and-mouse, where the strongest don’t just win—they outmaneuver the race itself. Here, the finish isn’t just a sprint; it’s a final, savage selection, where the last climb decides who’s left standing. The winner won’t just cross the line first—they’ll have outlasted the hills’ relentless, ruthless rhythm.
Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed his first victory in the Amstel Gold Race, beating defending champion Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) in a two-man sprint with ease.
As Evenepoel whooped in joy at his achievement, the Dane shook off his disappointment quickly and was all smiles as Benoit Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) rounded out the podium from a small chasing group.
Evenepoel and Skjelmose were part of a five-man move that went clear on the Kruisberg, but a crash from Kévin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenaders) took Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) down and out, leaving just Skjelmose, Evenepoel and Groupama-FDJ United’s Romain Grégoire at the front. While the Frenchman was dropped, Evenepoel and Skjelmose worked together to build an unassailable margin.
Skjelmose appeared as if he would just sit on Evenepoel and try to sprint to a second victory, but went to the front in the final kilometre, then could not respond when Evenepoel came past.
After finishing third in the Amstel Gold Race behind Skjelmose and the now absent Tadej Pogačar last year in his debut, Evenepoel expressed his joy at taking the win, saying, “It means a lot. I mean, I’ve had a pretty good last month of April with Catalunya [where he was 5th overall] in Flanders [third], but to take a win is always a bit different.
“I think I mentioned already that I really love this race. [It has] lots of short, hard climbs, and actually the race more or less opened in the same place this year again. So I was really confident. I felt much better than I did last year in the final. I think it was also shown in the sprint that my sprint was much better, that I had something left.
“I’m just very proud to finish off all of the teamwork. I mean, Danny van Poppel and Tim van Dijke, they had to control the whole race alone. Then my other teammates as well. They dropped me off in perfect position always, and also with the rain, it was not really easy to stay calm. But yeah, like I said, this is one of my favorite races in the season, and to win it in my second participation, it feels amazing.”
Results :
 ME </strong> - Maastricht - Valkenburg : 257,2 km
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A WorldTour monument, the Amstel Gold Race is where the Dutch hills don’t climb—they conspire. The roads snake through Limburg like a maze, their short, punishing ascents (Cauberg, Keutenberg, Bemelerberg) erupting without warning, forcing the peloton to dance on the edge of explosion. The race doesn’t fracture—it unravels, not because of distance, but because the terrain demands constant aggression, every attack a spark in a powder keg. For the riders, it’s a brutal game of cat-and-mouse, where the strongest don’t just win—they outmaneuver the race itself. Here, the finish isn’t just a sprint; it’s a final, savage selection, where the last climb decides who’s left standing. The winner won’t just cross the line first—they’ll have outlasted the hills’ relentless, ruthless rhythm.
Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) claimed his first victory in the Amstel Gold Race, beating defending champion Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) in a two-man sprint with ease.
As Evenepoel whooped in joy at his achievement, the Dane shook off his disappointment quickly and was all smiles as Benoit Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) rounded out the podium from a small chasing group.
Evenepoel and Skjelmose were part of a five-man move that went clear on the Kruisberg, but a crash from Kévin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenaders) took Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) down and out, leaving just Skjelmose, Evenepoel and Groupama-FDJ United's Romain Grégoire at the front. While the Frenchman was dropped, Evenepoel and Skjelmose worked together to build an unassailable margin.
Skjelmose appeared as if he would just sit on Evenepoel and try to sprint to a second victory, but went to the front in the final kilometre, then could not respond when Evenepoel came past.
After finishing third in the Amstel Gold Race behind Skjelmose and the now absent Tadej Pogačar last year in his debut, Evenepoel expressed his joy at taking the win, saying, "It means a lot. I mean, I've had a pretty good last month of April with Catalunya [where he was 5th overall] in Flanders [third], but to take a win is always a bit different.
"I think I mentioned already that I really love this race. [It has] lots of short, hard climbs, and actually the race more or less opened in the same place this year again. So I was really confident. I felt much better than I did last year in the final. I think it was also shown in the sprint that my sprint was much better, that I had something left.
"I'm just very proud to finish off all of the teamwork. I mean, Danny van Poppel and Tim van Dijke, they had to control the whole race alone. Then my other teammates as well. They dropped me off in perfect position always, and also with the rain, it was not really easy to stay calm. But yeah, like I said, this is one of my favorite races in the season, and to win it in my second participation, it feels amazing."
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