2018 Amstel Gold Race
2018 UCI World Tour, race 16 of 37 | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | 15 April 2018 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 263 km (163.4 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6h 40' 07" | ||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2018 Amstel Gold Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 15 April 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the 53rd edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the sixteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.[1][2] The race started in Maastricht and finished in Berg en Terblijt, containing 35 categorised climbs, covering a total distance of 263 kilometres (163 miles).[3]
The race was won by Michael Valgren (You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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Route
The race started on Maastricht's Markt, the city's central market square, and finished in Berg en Terblijt, totaling 263 kilometres (163 miles).[3][5] The route, similar to the 2017 edition, was made up of four sinuous loops centering around Valkenburg in the south of Limburg. Only the final loop, 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) long, was modified in order to search for more narrow roads. Organisers intended to make the race finale harder for a peloton to control.[5][6] Maastricht and Valkenburg have been the start and finish locations of the Amstel Gold Race since 1998 and 2003, respectively, and engaged themselves to host the race until 2022.[7]
The route contained 35 categorised hills, usually short but with a varying gradient and coming in quick succession throughout the race.[3] Since 2017, the uphill finish on the Cauberg was abandoned, after it had been the last climb of the race for 14 years. Nonetheless, the Cauberg, the difficult and most iconic passage, was addressed three times during the race. The third crossing of the Cauberg came at 18 kilometres (11 miles) to go and was followed only by the Geulhemmerberg at 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) and Bemelerberg at 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) from the finish.[5]
Teams
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.[8]
UCI WorldTeams
- AG2R La Mondiale
- Astana
- Bahrain–Merida
- BMC Racing Team
- Bora–Hansgrohe
- Team Dimension Data
- EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
- Team Katusha–Alpecin
- LottoNL–Jumbo
- Lotto–Soudal
- Mitchelton–Scott
- Movistar Team
- Quick-Step Floors
- Team Sky
- Team Sunweb
- Trek–Segafredo
- UAE Team Emirates
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Result
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1 | Michael Valgren (DEN) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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6h 40' 07" |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 0" |
3 | Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 2" |
4 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 19" |
5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 19" |
6 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 19" |
7 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 19" |
8 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 23" |
9 | Lawson Craddock (USA) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 30" |
10 | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 36" |
References
- ^ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled". Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Information Men's Race". amstel.nl. Stichting Amstel Gold Race. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b Windsor, Richard (15 April 2018). "Michael Valgren takes impressive victory at Amstel Gold Race 2018". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b c de Neef, Matt. "Preview: Your guide to the 2018 men's Amstel Gold Race". cyclingtips.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Amstel Gold Race wil met smallere wegen finale spannender maken" [Amstel Gold Race wants to make final more exciting with narrow roads]. wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Doup, Nick. "Amstel Gold Race verlengt samenwerking met Maastricht en Valkenburg" [Amstel Gold Race extends cooperation with Maastricht and Valkenburg]. wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Amstel Gold Race 2018 - Start List". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.