Amstel Gold Race

The Amstel Gold Race is a classic Dutch cycling race that takes place in Limburg (in recent years between Maastricht and Valkenburg) on the third Sunday of April and is sponsored by the brewery that gives it name.

It is the first of three Ardennes Classics, along with the Fleche Wallonne and the Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Its first edition was held on April 30, 1966. It was part of the World Cup since it was created in 1989 until its last edition in 2004, and since 2005 it was included in the UCI ProTour later UCI World Ranking and UCI World Tour.

Your tour consists of a large number of 'walls' (more than 30), short but hard chain climbs, where the Cauberg is the most outstanding since it was used as a finish line from 2003 to 2012. In the road cycling world championships held in Limburg in 2012, this climb was used but the The final was done 1800 meters after the crown, in the village of Berg in Treblijt. Starting in 2013, the Amstel Gold Race decided to repeat the world championship experience, finishing in the same place.

The cyclist who has won the most times is the Dutchman Jan Raas, with 5 victories.

Tour

In recent editions, the levels to overcome have been:

Honours of Prizes

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1966	Jean Stablinski	Bernard Van de Kerckhove	Jan Hugens
1967	Arie den Hartog	Cees Lute	Harry Steevens
1968	Harry Steevens	Roger Rosiers	Daniel van Ryckeghem
1969	Guido Reybrouck	Jos Huysmans	Eddy Merckx
1970	Georges Pintens	Willy Van Neste	Andre Dierickx
1971	Frans Verbeeck	Gerben Karstens	Roger Rosiers
1972	Walter Planckaert	Willy De Geest	Joop Zoetemelk
1973	Eddy Merckx	Frans Verbeeck	Herman Van Springel
1974	Gerrie Knetemann	Walter Planckaert	Walter Godefroot
1975	Eddy Merckx	Freddy Maertens	Joseph Bruyère
1976	Freddy Maertens	Jan Raas	Luc Leman
1977	Jan Raas	Gerrie Knetemann	Hennie Kuiper
1978	Jan Raas	Francesco Moser	Joop Zoetemelk
1979	Jan Raas	Henk Lubberding	Sven-Åke Nilsson
1980	Jan Raas	Alfons de Wolf	Sean Kelly.
1981	Bernard Hinault	Roger de Vlaeminck	Alfons de Wolf
1982	Jan Raas	Stephen Roche	Gregor Braun
1983	Phil Anderson	Jan Bogaert	Jan Raas
1984	Jacques Hanegraaf	Kim Andersen	Patrick Versluys
1985	Gerrie Knetemann	Jozef Lieckens	Johnny Broers
1986	Steven Rooks	Joop Zoetemelk	Ronny Van Holen
1987	Joop Zoetemelk	Steven Rooks	Malcolm Elliott
1988	Jelle Nijdam	Steven Rooks	Claude Criquielion
1989	Eric van Lancker	Claude Criquielion	Steve Bauer
1990	Adrie van der Poel	Luc Roosen	Jelle Nijdam
1991	Frans Maassen	Maurizio Fondriest	Dirk de Wolf
1992	Olaf Ludwig	Johan Museeuw	Dmitri Konyshev
1993	Rolf Järmann	Gianni Bugno	Jens Heppner
1994	Johan Museeuw	Bruno Cenghialta	Marco Saligari
1995	Mauro Gianetti	Davide Cassani	Beat Zberg
1996	Stefano Zanini	Mauro Bettin	Johan Museeuw
1997	Bjarne Riis	Andrea Tafi	Beat Zberg
1998	Rolf Järmann	Maarten den Bakker	Michele Bartoli
1999	Michael Boogerd	Lance Armstrong	Gabriele Missaglia
2000	Erik Zabel	Michael Boogerd	Markus Zberg
2001	Erik Dekker	Lance Armstrong	Serge Baguet
2002	Michele Bartoli	Serguéi Ivanov	Michael Boogerd
2003	Alekszandr Vinokurov	Michael Boogerd	Danilo Di Luca
2004	Davide Rebellin	Michael Boogerd	Paolo Bettini
2005	Danilo Di Luca	Michael Boogerd	Mirko Celestino
2006	Fränk Schleck	Steffen Wesemann	Michael Boogerd
2007	Stefan Schumacher	Davide Rebellin	Danilo Di Luca
2008	Damiano Cunego	Fränk Schleck	Alejandro Valverde
2009	Serguéi Ivanov	Karsten Kroon	Robert Gesink
2010	Philippe Gilbert	Ryder Hesjedal	Enrico Gasparotto
2011	Philippe Gilbert	Joaquim Rodríguez	Simon Gerrans
2012	Enrico Gasparotto	Jelle Vanendert	Peter Sagan
2013	Roman Kreuziger	Alejandro Valverde	Simon Gerrans
2014	Philippe Gilbert	Jelle Vanendert	Simon Gerrans
2015	Michał Kwiatkowski	Alejandro Valverde	Michael Matthews
2016	Enrico Gasparotto	Michael Valgren	Sonny Colbrelli
2017	Philippe Gilbert	Michał Kwiatkowski	Michael Albasini
2018	Michael Valgren	Roman Kreuziger	Enrico Gasparotto
2019	Mathieu van der Poel	Simon Clarke	Jakob Fuglsang
2020	canceled
2021	Wout van Aert	Thomas Pidcock	Maximilian Schachmann
2022	Michał Kwiatkowski	Benoît Cosnefroy	Tiesj Benoot
2023

Notes:

• In the Amstel Gold Race 1999 and 2001, the Lance Armstrong corridor was initially second in both editions, but in October 2012, it was suspended for life and the results obtained after 1 August 1998 were cancelled.
• In the Amstel Gold Race 2005 and 2006, the Michael Boogerd racer was initially second and third respectively, but in December 2015, having acknowledged having overwhelmed, he was dispossessed of all his results between 2005 and 2007.

Statistics

Most wins

Country	Victorias	Years
Jan Raas	5	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
Philippe Gilbert	4	2010, 2014, 2017
Eddy Merckx	2	1973, 1975
Gerrie Knetemann	2	1974, 1985
Rolf Järmann	2	1993, 1998
Enrico Gasparotto	2	2012, 2016
Michał Kwiatkowski	2	2015, 2022

Note:

Consecutive wins

• Four victories in a row:

Jan Raas (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)

• Two victories in a row:

Philippe Gilbert (2010, 2011)

Victories by country

Country	Victorias	Last winner
NetherlandsNetherlands	18	Mathieu van der Poel in 2019
BelgiumBelgium	14	Wout van Aert in 2021
ItalyItaly	7	Enrico Gasparotto in 2016
GermanyGermany	3	Stefan Schumacher in 2007
SwitzerlandSwitzerland	3	Rolf Järmann in 1998
France	2	Bernard Hinault in 1981
DenmarkDenmark	2	Michael Valgren in 2018
PolandPoland	2	Michał Kwiatkowski in 2022
Australia	1	Phil Anderson in 1983
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	1	Aleksandr Vinokúrov in 2003
LuxembourgLuxembourg	1	Fränk Schleck in 2006
Russia Russia	1	Serguéi Ivanov in 2009
Czech RepublicCzech Republic	1	Roman Kreuziger in 2013