Amstel Gold Race Report 2024: Tom Pidcock made up for his Amstel Gold Race loss in 2021 to Wout van Aert by the smallest of margins. The INEOS Grenadiers rider crossed to the successful break after which received the dash from Marc Hirschi (UAE Group Emirates) and Tiesj Benoot (Visma | Lease a Bike). High favorite, World champion, Mathieu van der Poel was trapped within the bunch to complete twenty second.
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Amstel’24 last
The 58th Amstel Gold Race was received by Tom Pidcock. After an thrilling finale of assaults and counter-attacks, the British rider beat the opposite escapees: Marc Hirschi and Tiesj Benoot. Mathieu van der Poel completed within the chase group and can now be trying ahead to Liège-Bastogne-Liège subsequent Sunday.
The win for Tom Pidcock and by simply greater than a tyre’s width
The Parcours:
The route is kind of the identical as final yr, though there’s one change. From this yr, the Amstel Gold won’t begin from the Vrijthof, however from the Maastricht Market. The race has been ranging from the capital of Limburg since 1998, however since 2019 the riders had been introduced on the Vrijthof. From this yr, the presentation will return to the Market.
2024 Amstel Gold Race map
After the beginning, the riders head north to Sittard and can have the primary impediment of the day, the Maasberg, a brief cobbled climb. The Adsteeg, Bergseweg and Korenweg come later. There isn’t any Cauberg within the early a part of the race, as there was earlier than 2023. The well-known climb in Valkenburg can be climbed twice as a substitute of thrice. The primary passage is after 172 kilometres. Between kilometres 95 and 130 there are some longer climbs, together with the Camerig, which is without doubt one of the longest climbs in South Limburg and the Netherlands, and the one to the Drielandenpunt in Vaals. Then the robust Gulperberg from Gulpen, the climb the place Mathieu van der Poel attacked in 2019, on the best way to his victory. After the primary passage on the end in Berg en Terblijt, simply after the primary climb of the Cauberg there are 80 kilometres to go.
2024 Amstel Gold Race profile
The actual finale begins with simply over 40 kilometres to go together with the Gulperberg, now from Gulpen. From the descent on the opposite facet from Gulpen, the riders then go by way of the Geuzeweg and Cappucijnenweg on slender, twisting roads to the foot of the Kruisberg. Instantly afterwards there’s the Eyserbosweg, after which the Fromberg and the very steep Keutenberg come in a short time. After the Cauberg has been climbed for the second and last time, the ultimate lap begins 16 kilometres earlier than the end. The Geulhemmerberg and Bemelerberg, which needed to be climbed earlier, may very well be the deciders. The highest of the Bemelerberg is 7 kilometres from the end. As soon as on the summit, the riders flip left in direction of Terblijt. Through the Rijnsbergweg to the Sibberweg, the place the riders will move beneath crimson flag of the final kilometre. The end line is on the Rijksweg.
Climbs
1. Maasberg (0.3km at 5.1%) – 241km
2. Adsteeg (0.7km at 4.7%) – 222km
3. Bergseweg (2.5km at 3.3%) – 205km
4. Korenweg (0.9km at 5.7%) – 203km
5. Nijswillerweg (1.3km at 2.7%) – 198km
6. Nationwide street N278 (3km at 2.9%) – 189km
7. Wolfsberg (0.km at 3.4%) – 168km
8. Loorberg (1.4km at 5.3%) – 165km
9. Schweibergerweg (2.3km at 4.6%) – 154km
10. Camerig (3.7km at 4.2%) – 147km
11. Drielandenpunt (3km at 3.8%) – 135km
12. Gemmenich (0.9km at 6%) – 130km
13. Vijlenerbos (1.4km at 5.5%) – 127km
14. Eperheide (2.4km at 4.7%) – 118km
15. Gulperberg from Celebration (0.5km at 9.8%) – 109km
16. Plettenberg (1km at 3.5%) – 105km
17. Eyserweg (2km at 4.6%) – 103 km
18. St. Remigiusstraat (1.4km at 5.2%) – 99km
19. Vrakelberg (0.5km at 7.6%) – 94km
20. Sibbergrubbe (1.8km at 4%) – 86km
21. Cauberg (0.8km at 6.6%) – 81km
22. Geulhemmerberg (0.7km at 6.6%) – 76km
23. Keerderberg (1.8km at 3.6%) – 70km
24. Bemelerberg (1km at 4.4%) – 66km
25. Loorberg (1.4km at 5.3%) – 51km
26. Gulperberg from Gulpen (0.9km at 5.5%) – 43km
27. Kruisberg (0.7km at 7.3%) – 38km
28. Eyserbosweg (1.1km at 7.6%) – 37km
29. Fromberg (1.7km at 3.8%) – 33km
30. Keutenberg (1.6km at 5.2%) – 29km
31. Cauberg (0.8km at 6.6%) – 18km
32. Geulhemmerberg (0.7km at 6.6%) – 13km
33. Bemelerberg (1km at 4.4%) – 7km.
Mathieu van Der Poel Mathieu speaking to race organiser Leo van Vliet at the beginning
High favorite, Mathieu van der Poel spoke earlier than the beginning of Amstel Gold Race: “I’m 100%! The battery is definitely full. I haven’t competed in lots of races, however the races I’ve competed in are spectacular. There are numerous new guys who’ve made this their objective. The earlier races usually swimsuit me slightly higher, however it’s a variety of twisting and turning and actually a form of curler coaster. So we’ll see.”
One of many possibles: Irish champion, Ben Healy Ben (EF Training-EasyPost)
The Amstel Gold Race, the Netherland’s greatest bike race, has had some large winners prior to now: Tadej Pogačar, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel. The World champion was the one a kind of three current and was the highest favorite for victory. But it surely wouldn’t be straightforward as he was up in opposition to Tom Pidcock, Ben Healy, Benoît Cosnefroy, Mattias Skjelmose and Matteo Jorgenson.
Might Tom Pidcock go one place increased than 2021?
The primary climb of the day
INEOS Grenadiers had been staying to the entrance
There needed to be a windmill
Tosh Van Der Sande, Enzo Leijnse, Alexander Hajek and Zeb Kyffin within the break
The peloton passing the end line
Vansevenant, Honore and Lapeira bought the actual last began
Had Healy and Van der Poel missed the transfer of the day?
Tiesj Benoot Tiesj needed to be in that entrance group
Bauke Mollema and Marc Hirschi too
Was it too late for the World champion?
Pidcock, Hirshi and Benoot fought it out within the dash
It was shut, however not as shut aas 2021
Amstel Gold Race End result:
1. Thomas Pidcock (GB) INEOS Grenadiers in 5:58:17
2. Marc Hirschi (Sui) UAE Group Emirates
3. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Visma | Lease a Bike
4. Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Soudal Fast-Step
5. Paul Lapeira (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
6. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Lidl-Trek
8. Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain-Victorious
10. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla at 0:11.
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