AMSTEL GOLD RACE. Winner last year at the photo finish ahead of Tom Pidcock, Wout Van Aert is forfeited for the 2022 edition and leaves the field open to Mathieu van der Poel.
Absent from the 2021 UCI calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Amstel Gold Race is making a comeback this weekend. Traditionally scheduled for a Wednesday, the race has been moved to Sunday April 10 instead of Paris-Roubaix because of the 1st round of the presidential election in France. For this edition, defending champion Wout van Aert will not be at the start, the Belgian being positive for Covid. Absent from Milan – San Remo and the Tour of Flanders, Julian Alaphilippe will also be absent, he who is aligned this week on the Tour of the Basque Country.
The field is therefore “free” for Mathieu van der Poel, winner of the Tour of Flanders a few days ago and who intends to chain the victory. However, a few days ago, his general manager, Christoph Roodhooft, explained that his presence was not at all certain. “We’ll see how he digests A Travers la Flandre and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Tour of Flanders is very different from Milan-San Remo in terms of the consequences for the body. It’s a much more taxing race. “First to see how he reacts to all this. Then we’ll see what happens next. In the case of Mathieu van der Poel, we can still free up a place in the selection for the Amstel Gold Race”,
On which channel to follow the Amstel Gold Race 2022?
The first Ardennes Classic 2022 will be broadcast live and in full on Eurosport channels this Sunday April 10, 2022 with Eurosport Player from the start of the race then Eurosport 2. The final will also be broadcast on France 3 channels.
What time to follow the Amstel Gold Race 2022?
The Amstel Gold Race 2022 will be broadcast live from 2:15 p.m. on Eurosport, but also at 3:15 p.m. on France 3.
When is the Amstel Gold Race 2022?
Due to the first round of the presidential election in France, the management of Paris-Roubaix has asked the organizers of the Dutch race to postpone the start of the Ardennes triptych to April 10, 2022. “When Christian Prudhomme (director of cycling at ASO) asked me if I would be ready to change the dates with those of the Amstel, I immediately understood his problem, explains Leo van Vliet, the director of the Dutch race, who traditionally opens the Ardennes triptych (with the Walloon Arrow and Liège-Bastogne-Liège). Who am I not to show understanding when the biggest cycling organization in the world asks you to help them for once? […] Next year, the Amstel Gold Race will therefore be held a week earlier, on April 10.”
What is the course of the Amstel Gold Race 2022?
For the moment, the course of the first classic of the month of April is not yet known. It will be unveiled in the coming weeks at the start of the 2022 season.
What is the classification of the Amstel Gold Race 2021?
Discover the classification of the 2021 edition of the Amstel Gold Race, won by the Belgian Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma):
- Van Aert
- pidcock
- Schachmann
- Matthews
- Valverde
- alaphilippe
- Sbaragli
- Kwiatowski
- mohoric
- van der sande