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Valkenburg - Berg en Terblijt, 216.7 km, The Netherlands

Wout van Aert (right) was just barely the day's fastest rider. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Berg en Terblijt at 1:55 PM, local time: 13C (55F), partly cloudy, with the wnd from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: The Amstel Gold Race finishes no longer at the top of the Cauberg in Valkenburg since 2013. The finish line is drawn 1.8 kilometers away, in exactly the same spot where the World Championship finished in 2012. The organization of the only Dutch cycling classic made the choice for the relocation of the finish to the Rijksweg in Vilt, following the positive experience around the World Championship. Amstel Gold Race course director Leo van Vliet was coach of the Dutch men team during this World Championship.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic an alternative course will be used in 2021. On Sunday the men will ride 12 local laps and 1 final lap in the municipalities of Valkenburg, Maastricht and Eijsden-Margraten. The lap is 16,9 kilometers and every lap the Geulhemerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg will be climbed. The final lap is equal to the lap of 2018-2019.

Here's the report from winner Wout van Aert's Jumbo-Visma team:

Wout van Aert has won the Amstel Gold Race after a sprint that will not soon be forgotten. The Flemish rider of Team Jumbo-Visma beat Englishman Thomas Pidcock by a minimal margin. It is the fourteenth victory of the season for the yellow and black formation of manager Richard Plugge.

On the closed course in the hills of South Limburg, Team Jumbo-Visma always kept control of the race. Partly thanks to Paul Martens, who particated for the 15th time, the early breakaway only got limited space. At less than one hundred kilometres from the end the race really broke open. Team Jumbo-Visma was always in the forefront and with Jonas Vingegaard, Sam Oomen and Primoz Roglic almost always had a rider in the attack. On the last climb of the Cauberg Van Aert, together with world champion Alaphilippe and others, went full on. In the last lap Pidcock, Van Aert and the German Maximilian Schachmann had to decide who would win the Amstel Gold Race.

In a particularly exciting and nervous sprint the winner of Gent-Wevelgem ultimately won. The victory in the Dutch classic is Van Aert's fourth of the season. “I didn't dare believe it. I sprinted the last few meters with my eyes closed”, a relieved Van Aert said. “The jury only told me just before the podium ceremony that I had won. It was very difficult to say, that was clear from the time the jury needed to make it final. I have never experienced this before.”

“I could always count on Jonas, Sam and Primoz just before the final”, the best one-day rider of 2020 said. "They jumped well with almost all the attacks. It was a shame that Primoz had a mechanical problem in the final. The team really rode for the win today.” Allowing Van Aert to finish his last race of his classic spring in style. “I am very proud of this victory and my my performances in the classics. I have competed for this victory in almost every race and have always been in top shape. I am very happy to go into the holidays with this victory. The bike will be put aside for a while now.”

Van Aert end his spring programme with wins in the Amstel Gold Race and Gent-Wevelgem, two stage wins and a second place in the final classification of Tirreno-Adriatico, the second place in the Brabantse Pijl and the third place in Milano-San Remo.

Complete Results:

216.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.843 km/hr

1	Wout van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	5hr 3min 29sec
2	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Max Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	@ 3sec
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar	s.t.
6	Julian Alaphilippe	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
7	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
8	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
11	Alex Aranburu	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Michael Valgren	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
14	Patrick Konrad	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	s.t.
16	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Ben Tulett	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
18	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X	s.t.
20	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
21	Daryl Impey	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
22	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Sergio Higuita	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
25	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Richard Carapaz	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Sergio Henao	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
31	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
32	Michael Woods	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
33	Dylan Teuns	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:08
37	Wilco Kelderman	Bora-hansgrohe	0:09
38	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana-Premier Tech	0:10
39	Magnus Cort	EF Education-Nippo	2:12
40	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Fernando Barcelo	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
46	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
47	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Floris de Tier	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
49	Dion Smith	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
50	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
51	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
52	Jan Polanc	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
53	Nicola Conci	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Rui Costa	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Simon Clarke	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
56	Ide Schelling	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
57	Omar Fraile	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
60	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
61	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Dylan van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Jan Bakelants	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
64	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	2:17
65	Esteban Chaves	Team BikeExchange	2:19
66	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
67	Mauri Vansevenant	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:29
68	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	3:44
69	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
71	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Kevin Vermaerke	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
76	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X	s.t.
78	Julien Bernard	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
79	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:59
80	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	6:17
81	Roman Kreuziger	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
82	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
83	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Alex Howes	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
88	Jonas Iversby	Uno-X	s.t.
89	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
90	Sergey Chernetskiy	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
91	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	Robert Stannard	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
93	Robert Gesink	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
95	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
96	Thomas Sprengers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
97	Luka Mezgec	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
98	Jordi Warlop	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
99	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
100	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
101	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
102	Syver Wærsted	Uno-X	s.t.
103	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
105	Sebastien Grignard	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
106	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
107	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Edward Dunbar	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
111	Florian Senechal	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
112	Mattia Cattaneo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
113	Kenny Molly	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
114	Maurits Lammertink	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
115	Jonas Vingegaard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
116	Mark Donovan	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Stephen Williams	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Rune Herregodts	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:24
119	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Martin Urianstad	Uno-X	s.t.
121	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
122	Robert Power	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
123	Simone Velasco	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
124	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.

Course map & Profile:

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Start list with back numbers, April 17, 2021:

	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
2	CATTANEO Mattia
3	CAVAGNA Rémi
4	VANSEVENANT Mauri
5	GARRISON Ian
6	SENECHAL Florian
7	SERRY Pieter
	JUMBO-VISMA
11	ROGLIC Primoz
12	OOMEN Sam
13	VAN AERT Wout
14	HOFSTEDE Lennard
15	MARTENS Paul
16	GESINK Robert
17	RASMUSSEN Jonas
	INEOS GRENADIERS
21	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
22	VAN BAARLE Dylan
23	PIDCOCK Thomas
24	CARAPAZ Richard
25	GOLAS Michal
26	DUNBAR Eddie
27	ROWE Luke
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
31	MOLLEMA Bauke
32	STUYVEN Jasper
33	CONCI Nicola
34	THEUNS Edward
35	BERNARD Julien
36	SKUJINS Toms
37	EGESTED Alexander
	AG2R-CITROEN
41	VAN AVERMAET Greg
42	JUNGELS Bob
43	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
44	SCHÄR Michael
45	DEWULF Stan
46	GODON Dorian
47	VENTURINI Clément
	BORA-HANSGROHE
51	SCHACHMANN Maximilian
52	KELDERMAN Wilco
53	SCHELLING Ide
54	BENEDETTI Cesare
55	GAMPER Patrick
56	KONRAD Patrick
57	BURGHARDT Marcus
	QHUBEKA-ASSOS
61	CLARKE Simon
62	GOGL Michael
63	ARMEE Sander
64	BENNETT Sean
65	HENAO Sergio
66	LINDEMAN Bertjan
67	POWER Robert
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
71	WOODS Michael
72	IMPEY Daryl
73	BIERMANS Jenthe
74	HOFSTETTER Hugo
75	BOIVIN Guillaume
76	NEILANDS Krists
77	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
81	GAUDU David
82	MOLARD Rudy
83	LIENHARD Fabian
84	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
85	MADOUAS Valentin
86	BONNET William
87	SEIGLE Romain
	LOTTO SOUDAL
91	WELLENS Tim
92	MONIQUET Sylvain
93	VAN MOER Brent
94	MARCZYNSKI Tomasz
95	OLDANI Stefano
96	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
97	GRIGNARD Sébastien
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
101	POELS Wouter
102	COLBRELLI Sonny
103	HAUSSLER Heinrich
104	TRATNIK Jan
105	MOHORIC Matej
106	WILLIAMS Stephen
107	TEUNS Dylan
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE
111	MATTHEWS Michael
112	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
113	CHAVES Johan
114	MEZGEC Luka
115	BAUER Jack
116	SMITH Dion
117	STANNARD Robert
	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO
121	VALGREN Michael
122	CRADDOCK Lawson
123	HIGUITA Sergio
124	NIELSEN Magnus
125	HOWES Alex
126	CARR Simon
127	ARROYAVE Daniel
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT
131	BAKELANTS Jan
132	DE GENDT Aimé
133	HERMANS Quinten
134	LAMMERTINK Maurits
135	ROTA Lorenzo
136	VAN MELSEN Kevin
137	VLIEGEN Loïc
	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH
141	FUGLSANG Jakob
142	LUTSENKO Alexey
143	ARANBURU Alex
144	FRAILE Omar
145	HOULE Hugo
146	BATTISTELLA Samuele
147	DE BOD Stefan
	COFIDIS
151	BARCELÓ Fernando
152	EDET Nicolas
153	FERNANDEZ Rubén
154	GESCHKE Simon
155	MORIN Emmanuel
156	MARTIN Guillaume
157	PEREZ Anthony
	MOVISTAR
161	VALVERDE Alejandro
162	ARCAS Jorge
163	JACOBS Johan
164	MAS Lluis
165	GARCIA Ivan
166	SERRANO Gonzalo
167	VERONA Carlos
	TEAM DSM
171	BENOOT Tiesj
172	HAGA Chad
173	DENZ Nico
174	DONOVAN Mark
175	ANDERSEN Søren
176	TUSVELD Martijn
177	VERMAERKE Kevin
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
181	TRENTIN Matteo
182	FARIA Rui
183	HIRSCHI Marc
184	OLIVEIRA Ivo
185	GIBBONS Ryan
186	POLANC Jan
187	BJERG Mikkel
	ALPECIN-FENIX
191	RIESEBEEK Oscar
192	DE TIER Floris
193	MEURISSE Xandro
194	WALSLEBEN Philipp
195	SBARAGLI Kristian
196	TULETT Ben
197	JANSSENS Jimmy
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
201	BARGUIL Warren
202	DECLERCQ Benjamin
203	OWSIAN Lukasz
204	CAPIOT Amaury
205	NOPPE Christophe
206	PICHON Laurent
207	SWIFT Connor
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
211	APERS Ruben
212	HERREGODTS Rune
213	MERTENS Julian
214	SPRENGERS Thomas
215	VAN POUCKE Aaron
216	VERWILST Aaron
217	WARLOP Jordi
	BINGOAL-WB
221	VALLEE Boris
222	LIVYNS Arjen
223	MENTEN Milan
224	MOLLY Kenny
225	WIRTGEN Luc
226	ROBEET Ludovic
227	WIRTGEN Tom
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO
231	KREUZIGER Roman
232	CHERNETSKII Sergei
233	CANOLA Marco
234	STRAKHOV Dmitrii
235	ROVNY Ivan
236	RIKUNOV Petr
237	VELASCO Simone
	UNO-X
241	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
242	SKAARSETH Iver
243	HOELGAARD Markus
244	HVIDEBERG Jonas
245	SKAARSETH Anders
246	URIANSTAD Martin
247	WÆRSTED Syver

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