2025 Amstel Gold Race (World Tour),
The Netherlands
59th edition: Sunday, April 20, 2025
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Maastricht - Berg en Terblijt, 255.9 km, The Netherlands
The finish. Mattias Skjelmose wins the 2025 Amstel Gold race.
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Weather at the finish city of Berg en Terblijt at 2:20 PM local time: 18C (64F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is a 17% chance of rain.
The race: With a little more than 40 kilometers to go Tadej Pogacar went off the front.
With 38 kilometers left Pogacar had a gap of about 40 seconds.
35 kilometers to go: Pogacar has a 35-second gap on the first chasing group: Pidcock, Van Aert, Benoot, Matthews, Schmid, Evenepoel, Fisher-Black, Nys, Gregoire, Healy, Powless, Hermans, McNulty, Blackmore, Barre, Schmid & Skjelmose
The crowd in Maastricht during the opening ceremonies
25 kilometers to go: Pogacar off the front with Mattias Skjelmose chasing at 27 seconds and 14 riders from the break another 9 seconds back.
12 kilometers to go: Tadej Pogacar off the front with Remco Evenepoel and Mattias Skjelmose 7 seconds back and the rest of the chasers almost a minute behind.
7 kilometers to go: Evenepoel & Skjelmose caught Pogacar. The trio has a 48 second lead on first chaser Ben Healy with the rest of the chase group another 5 seconds back.
The finish: Mattias Skjelmose is the day's fastest and wins a clasic.
Here's the report from third-place Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step:
Remco Evenepoel finished a remarkable third in Amstel Gold Race, the first of the Ardennes Classics, which took in 255.9 kilometers and 34 climbs that made the day an intense one and reduced the peloton to some 40-odd riders by the moment the big moves came on the penultimate lap.
Remco Evenepoel & Tadej Pogacar on the start line.
The result speaks volumes of the Belgian’s fantastic determination, fighting spirit and mentality of never giving up no matter the circumstances, at the same time serving as a huge confidence-boost ahead of the next two races, Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
And it's time go go bicycle racing.
Sunday’s Amstel was one of the best and most thrilling races of the season, in part thanks to Evenepoel, who put in another massive show of strength on the hilly roads of Limburg, adding some much-needed salt and pepper to a race that looked to be very much over with 46 kilometers to go, when Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) attacked and opened a gap of more than 40 seconds on the others. The Wolfpack didn’t throw in the towel, Ilan Van Wilder assuming pace-setting duties at the head of the chasing group and making inroads into the advantage of the Slovenian.
22km to go, Tadej Pogacar soloing off the front on the Keutenberg.
When the gap showed 30 seconds, it was the cue for Evenepoel to take off, bridging across Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and joining the Dane. The double Olympic Champion went into time trial mode as did most of the chasing, and his effort paid dividends when the two caught Pogacar just eight kilometers from the line.
The leading trio of Pogacar, Evenepoel and Skjelmose with 8 km to go.
Remco continued to ride strongly at the front as they tackled the Cauberg for the last time and entered in the final kilometer with the others glued to his wheel. There, he waited for the last 300 meters to open the sprint, emptying himself en route to an impressive third place – our team’s 20th podium in the Ardennes.
Mattias Skjelmose (right) wins a close one. Sirotti photo
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Complete results:
255.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.873 km/hr
| 1 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | 5hr 49min 58sec |
| 2 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 3 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 4 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | @ 34sec |
| 5 | Michael Matthews | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 6 | Louis Barré | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 7 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Tiesj Benoot | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 9 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 11 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 12 | Thibau Nys | Lidl-Trek | 0:49 |
| 13 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 14 | Joe Blackmore | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:52 |
| 15 | Mauro Schmid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:25 |
| 16 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:33 |
| 17 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:32 |
| 18 | Alexander Kamp | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:36 |
| 19 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 20 | Julian Alaphilippe | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 22 | Attila Valter | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 23 | Alexandre Delettre | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 24 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 25 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 26 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 27 | Davide Formolo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Andreas Leknessund | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 29 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 3:58 |
| 30 | Warren Barguil | Team Picnic PostNL | 4:02 |
| 31 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 32 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 4:08 |
| 33 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 34 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 36 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 37 | Milan Vader | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:28 |
| 38 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 39 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 40 | Marc Hirschi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 42 | Mauri Vansevenant | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:30 |
| 43 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 44 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | 4:41 |
| 45 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 46 | Dylan Teuns | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 47 | Lander Loockx | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 48 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:25 |
| 49 | Axel Laurance | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:39 |
| 50 | Simone Velasco | XDS Astana Team | 7:04 |
| 51 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 52 | Xandro Meurisse | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 53 | Max Schachmann | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 54 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 7:33 |
| 55 | Pavel Sivakov | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8:09 |
| 56 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 8:46 |
| 57 | Sandy Dujardin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 58 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 59 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 60 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkea-B&B Hotels3 | s.t. |
| 61 | Hartthijs de Vries | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 62 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 63 | Artem Shmidt | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 64 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 65 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 66 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 67 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 68 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 69 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 70 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 71 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 72 | Mick van Dijke | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 73 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 74 | Luca Van Boven | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 75 | Emiel Verstrynge | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 76 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 12:55 |
| 77 | Arjen Livyns | Lotto | 13:41 |
| 78 | Tomas Kopecky | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 79 | Kamiel Bonneu | Intermarché-Wanty | 15:01 |
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2025 Amstel Gold Race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti: April 20, 2025
Tom Pidcock before the race during the riders and teams presentation ceremony.
Wout van Aert.
Tadej Pogacar
Ben O'Connor
Team Groupama-FDJ
Remco Evenepoel before the start.
Tadej Pogacar
Thibau Nys
In the start city of Maastricht, the race is about to begin.
Tadej Pogacar on his break before he was caught by Skjelmose & Evenepoel.
UAE Team Emirates leads the peloton up the Coberg.
Riders suffering on the Coberg climb near Valkenberg.
Here comes the winning break of Evenepoel, Pogacar and Skjelmose.
Mattias Skjelmose (on right) wins a big one.
Wout van Aert (far right) beats Michael Matthews for fourth place.
Winner Mattias Skjelmose just after the race.
Tadej Pogacar just after the finish.
The podium, from left: Tadej Pogacar (2nd), Mattias Skjelmose (1st) & Remco Evenepoel (3rd)
Winner Mattias Skjelmose
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Start list with back numbers, April 19, 2025:
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 1 | Tom Pidcock |
| 2 | Nickolas Zukowsky |
| 3 | Xabier Azparren |
| 4 | Fabio Christen |
| 5 | Mark Donovan |
| 6 | Milan Vader |
| 7 | Emils Liepins |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 11 | Marc Hirschi |
| 12 | Julian Alaphilippe |
| 13 | Fabian Weiss |
| 14 | Marius Mayrhofer |
| 15 | Luc Wirtgen |
| 16 | Hannes Wilksch |
| 17 | Matteo Trentin |
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 21 | Wout van Aert |
| 22 | Tiesj Benoot |
| 23 | Daniel McLay |
| 24 | Ben Tulett |
| 25 | Attila Valter |
| 26 | Tosh Van der Sande |
| 27 | Dylan van Baarle |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 31 | Clément Champoussin |
| 32 | Nicola Conci |
| 33 | Fausto Masnada |
| 34 | Ide Schelling |
| 35 | Christian Scaroni |
| 36 | Darren van Bekkum |
| 37 | Simone Velasco |
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 41 | Tadej Pogacar |
| 42 | Tim Wellens |
| 43 | Felix Grossschartner |
| 44 | Brandon McNulty |
| 45 | Jhonatan Narvaez |
| 46 | Domen Novak |
| 47 | Pavel Sivakov |
| Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 51 | Enzo Leijnse |
| 52 | Romain Combaud |
| 53 | Sean Flynn |
| 54 | Warren Barguil |
| 55 | Timo Roosen |
| 56 | Kevin Vermaerke |
| 57 | Frank van den Broek |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 61 | Michael Matthews |
| 62 | Patrick Gamper |
| 63 | Anders Foldager |
| 64 | Alan Hatherly |
| 65 | Ben O'Connor |
| 66 | Mauro Schmid |
| 67 | Filippo Zana |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 71 | Remco Evenepoel |
| 72 | Ilan Van Wilder |
| 73 | Louis Vervaeke |
| 74 | Pepijn Reinderink |
| 75 | Max Schachmann |
| 76 | Mauri Vansevenant |
| 77 | Pascal Eenkhoorn |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 81 | Maxim Van Gils |
| 82 | Roger Adrià |
| 83 | Finn Fisher-Black |
| 84 | Alexander Hajek |
| 85 | Jonas Koch |
| 86 | Mick van Dijke |
| 87 | Tim van Dijke |
| Movistar Team | |
| 91 | Ruben Guerreiro |
| 92 | Nelson Oliveira |
| 93 | Davide Formolo |
| 94 | Gregor Mühlberger |
| 95 | Michel Hessmann |
| 96 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| 97 | Natnael Tesfazion |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 101 | Thibau Nys |
| 102 | Andrea Bagioli |
| 103 | Mattias Skjelmose |
| 104 | Patrick Konrad |
| 105 | Toms Skujins |
| 106 | Quinn Simmons |
| 107 | Otto Vergaerde |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 111 | Louis Barré |
| 112 | Kamiel Bonneu |
| 113 | Dries De Pooter |
| 114 | Alexander Kamp |
| 115 | Georg Zimmermann |
| 116 | Lorenzo Rota |
| 117 | Luca Van Boven |
| INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 121 | Tobias Foss |
| 122 | Omar Fraile |
| 123 | Bob Jungels |
| 124 | Victor Langellotti |
| 125 | Axel Laurance |
| 126 | Magnus Sheffield |
| 127 | Artem Shmidt |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 131 | Valentin Madouas |
| 132 | Cyril Barthe |
| 133 | Remi Cavagna |
| 134 | Kevin Geniets |
| 135 | Romain Grégoire |
| 136 | Johan Jacobs |
| 137 | Quentin Pacher |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 141 | Ben Healy |
| 142 | Vincenzo Albanese |
| 143 | Samuele Battistella |
| 144 | Neilson Powless |
| 145 | Alex Baudin |
| 146 | Harry Sweeny |
| 147 | Marijn van den Berg |
| Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 151 | Pierre Gautherat |
| 152 | Dorian Godon |
| 153 | Sander De Pestel |
| 154 | Noa Isidore |
| 155 | Jordan Labrosse |
| 156 | Oliver Naesen |
| 157 | Bastien Tronchon |
| Cofidis | |
| 161 | Dylan Teuns |
| 162 | Sam Maisonobe |
| 163 | Alex Aranburu |
| 164 | Valentin Ferron |
| 165 | Ludovic Robeet |
| 166 | Damien Touzé |
| 167 | Jan Maas |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 171 | Pello Bilbao |
| 172 | Santiago Buitrago |
| 173 | Nicolò Buratti |
| 174 | Edoardo Zambanini |
| 175 | Fred Wright |
| 176 | Robert Stannard |
| 177 | Mathijs Paasschens |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 181 | Anthony Delaplace |
| 182 | Simon Guglielmi |
| 183 | Laurens Huys |
| 184 | Mathis Le Berre |
| 185 | Kévin Vauquelin |
| 186 | Donavan Grondin |
| 187 | Victor Guernalec |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 191 | Gal Glivar |
| 192 | Quinten Hermans |
| 193 | Xandro Meurisse |
| 194 | Oscar Riesebeek |
| 195 | Henri Uhlig |
| 196 | Gianni Vermeersch |
| 197 | Emiel Verstrynge |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 201 | Martin Urianstad Bugge |
| 202 | Fredrik Dversnes |
| 203 | Ådne Holter |
| 204 | Stian Fredheim |
| 205 | Andreas Leknessund |
| 206 | William Blume Levy |
| 207 | Erik Resell |
| Lotto | |
| 211 | Cédric Beullens |
| 212 | Logan Currie |
| 213 | Jarrad Drizners |
| 214 | Arjen Livyns |
| 215 | Reuben Thompson |
| 216 | Jonas Gregaard |
| 217 | Henri Vandenabeele |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 221 | Simon Clarke |
| 222 | Joe Blackmore |
| 223 | Alexey Lutsenko |
| 224 | Nadav Raisberg |
| 225 | Nick Schultz |
| 226 | Riley Sheehan |
| 227 | Corbin Strong |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 231 | Joren Bloem |
| 232 | Hartthijs de Vries |
| 233 | Jelle Johannink |
| 234 | Tomas Kopecky |
| 235 | Lukas Kubis |
| 236 | Lander Loockx |
| 237 | Sergio Meris |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 241 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 242 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 243 | Alexandre Delettre |
| 244 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 245 | Baptiste Vadic |
| 246 | Valentin Retailleau |
| 247 | Anthony Turgis |