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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Complete Results:
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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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).
What kind of beer do you think winner Tadej Pogacar is drinking to celebrate his victory?
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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 |