
Complete Amstel Gold Race podium history | 1978 edition | 1976 edition

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Heerlen - Meerssen, Netherlands
230 km, 38.89 km/hr

Complete results:
145 starters, 54 classified finishers
| 1 | Jan Raas (Frisol - Gazelle - Thirion) | 5hr 45min 55sec |
| 2 | Gerrie Knetemann (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 3 | Hennie Kuiper (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 4 | Adri Jos Schipper (Ebo - Superia) | @ 20sec |
| 5 | Freddy Maertens (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
| 6 | Roger De Vlaeminck (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
| 7 | Francesco Moser (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 8 | Walter Godefroot (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | 0'44" |
| 9 | Eddy Merckx (FIAT) | s.t. |
| 10 | Patrick Béon (Peugeot - Esso - Michelin) | s.t. |
| 11 | Raymond Poulidor (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 12 | Herman Van Springel (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | s.t. |
| 13 | Dietrich Thurau (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 14 | Joseph Bruyère (FIAT) | 1'50" |
| 15 | Marcello Osler (Brooklyn) | 2'33" |
| 16 | Guy Sibille (Peugeot - Esso - Michelin) | s.t. |
| 17 | Jos Jacobs (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | s.t. |
| 18 | Gianbattista Baronchelli (SCIC) | s.t. |
| 19 | Karel Rottiers (FIAT) | s.t. |
| 20 | Ludo Delcroix (FIAT) | s.t. |
| 21 | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Peugeot-Esso-Michelin) | s.t. |
| 22 | Enrico Paolini (SCIC) | s.t. |
| 23 | Willy De Geest (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
| 24 | Ferdi Van Den Haute (Ebo - Superia) | s.t. |
| 25 | Luc Leman (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | s.t. |
| 26 | Antoine Gutierrez (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |
| 27 | Bernard Vallet (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 28 | Henk Lubberding (TI - Raleigh) | s.t. |
| 29 | André Dierickx (Maes Pils - Mini Flat) | s.t. |
| 30 | Ottavio Crepaldi (Brooklyn) | s.t. |
| 31 | Roberto Poggiali (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 32 | Pol Verschuere (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
| 33 | Renato Marchetti (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 34 | Michel Pollentier (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
| 35 | Joop Zoetemelk (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 36 | Wladimiro Panizza (SCIC) | s.t. |
| 37 | Michel Laurent (Peugeot - Esso - Michelin) | s.t. |
| 38 | Jean-Pierre Baert (Frisol - Gazelle - Thirion) | 3'40" |
| 39 | Patrick Perret (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | 3'52" |
| 40 | Jan Aling (Ebo - Superia) | s.t. |
| 41 | Walter Muller (Kaenel - Colnago) | s.t. |
| 42 | Roy Schuiten (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |
| 43 | Ferdinand Bracke (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |
| 44 | Charly Rouxel (Miko - Mercier - Hutchinson) | s.t. |
| 45 | Tino Tabak (De Onderneming - Benco - Mavic) | s.t. |
| 46 | Bruce Biddle (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 47 | Luciano Conati (SCIC) | s.t. |
| 48 | Walter Riccomi (SCIC) | s.t. |
| 49 | Fedor Den Hertog (Frisol - Gazelle - Thirion) | 6'28" |
| 50 | Phil Edwards (Sanson) | s.t. |
| 51 | Lieven Malfait (Flandria - Velda - Latina) | s.t. |
| 52 | Ludo Peeters (Ijsboerke - Colnago) | 7'45" |
| 53 | Fernando Plaza Labiano (Kaenel - Colnago) | s.t. |
| 54 | André Gevers (Lejeune - BP) | s.t. |