Some Amstel History The Amstel Gold Race Was First Run in 1966, Making it One of the Younkst Classics. The Dutch Race Was A Dream of Herman Krott Who Ran The AMSTEL Bier Team, A Team Which Nurturd Rides Like Fedor Deen Hertog, Jooop Zotemelk, Gerri Knetmann, Gert-Jan Theunise and Leeo Van VLIET, but he was working on a dutch classic. He wanted a Race that would be on a par with the tour of flanders and milhan-sanremo. His intended route was from Amindam to Maastricht, but that turned out to be unfeasible. Breda Was the Start Town and the Finish Was in Meerssen and Held on Queen’s Day (Koninginnedag) 1966.
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The first amstel Winner – Jean Stallinski, here with Jacques anquetil
The Winner of the First Edition Was Jean Stableski. A polish, naturalised forenchman, was also a world champion, a classics and vuelta a españa Winner. It was stablinski Last Big Win, for Krott He was a big fash to Start the List of Winner. The Amstel Gold Race is not one of the monuments, but the List of Winners Contains All The Big Names: Eddy Merckx (Twice), Gerrie Knetmann (Twice), Freddy Maertens, Jan Raas (Five Times), Steven Rooks, Jooop Zotemelk, Jelle Nijdam, Eric Van Lancker, Adrie Van Der Poel, Fans Maassen, Johan Museuw, Bjarne Riis, Michael Bogerd, Erik Zabel, Erik Dekker, Michele Bartoli, Alexandre Vinokourov, Davide Rebellin, Fränk Schleck, Philippe Gilbert (Four Times), Enrico Gasparotto, Mathieu Van Der Poel, Michał Kwiatkowski, Wout Van Art and Tadej Pogačar.
Three of the Top Dutch Rides of the 70s and 80s: The Late Gerie Knetmann, Jan Raas and hennie Kuiper in the 1977 Amstel Gold Race. This was the first amstel win for raas when he rode for frisol, his other Four Wins Were for Raleight. Knetmann Won Twice, First in 1974 and THAN AGAIN 11 years later in 1985. Kuiper Never Won HIS Home Race.
The home of national haas the most winners with eighteen victories, followed by Belgium on thirteen and seven for italy. The Last Home Win Dates from 2019, where is mathieu van der poel was the last dutchman to Win in 2019. in 2021 was van art beat tom pidcock by a millimetre. In 2022 Michał Kwiatkowski Out-Sprinted Benoît Cosnefroy, after the Pole Had Attacked with 21 Kilometrics to Go and then Last Year Tadej Pogačar Stamped All Over the Race for a Solo Win (See Below.
Race Founder Herman Krott
Race Founder Krott Passed Away in 2010. In 1996, Krott Handed Over the Job of Race Director to Leo Van VLIET, who will be at the head of his 28th amstel race on Sunday. It will also be leo van vliet’s last time at the helm of the amstel Gold Race. In 2025 the amstel Gold Race Will Have a New Organiser and Fanders Classics Will Take Over, Although Van VLIET Will Still Remain Race Director. Krott’s Legacy is Remembered by the Herman Krott Trophy, for the Most Combative Rider in the Amstel Race.
Philippe Gilbert Won amstel Four Times
Tadej Pogačar was the top Favourite before the Start of the 2023 amstel Gold Race and Lived up to his no.1 billaning. The Slovenian Put in His Final Attack on the Keuteenberg, 30 Kilometres from the Finish. He Dropled Tom Pidcock and Ben Healy to Solo to Victory. Healy Was Second and Pidcock Just Held on for Third.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtobytm8dvg
In 2024, TOM PIDCOCK MADE UP For HIS A AMSTEL Gold Race Loss in 2021 to Wout Van Art by the Smallest of Margins. The INEOS Grenadiers Rider Crossed to the Winning Break and then by the Sprint from Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) and Tiesj Benoot (Visma | Lease a bike). Top Favourite, World Champion, Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunink) was Trapped in the Bunch to Finish 22nd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wecnomo-jta
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