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Amstel gold race 2018 *SPOILERS*

inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
edited April 2018 in Pro race
Changed route for 2018;
"The change has been designed to drive competition levels, by making perfect positioning all the more cruicial. Race Director Leo van Vliet commented on the change, saying: “we are looking for the narrower roads on what will make the control of the peloton more difficult.”
Route;
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Profile;
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Start list;
https://www.cyclingstage.com/amstel-gol ... -agr-2018/

Previous winners (some slimy beggars in this list);

2000 Erik Zabel (GER)
2001 Erik Dekker (NED)
2002 Michele Bartoli (ITA)
2003 Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ)
2004 Davide Rebellin (ITA)
2005 Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
2006 Fränk Schleck (LUX)
2007 Stefan Schumacher (GER)
2008 Damiano Cunego (ITA)
2009 Serguei Ivanov (RUS)
2010 Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
2011 Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
2012 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)
2013 Roman Kreuziger (CZE)
2014 Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
2015 Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)
2016 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)
2017 Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
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  • Sun DodgerSun Dodger Posts: 393
    Never knew Zabel had won Amstel.

    Dekker won the year I moved to the Netherlands, and with him & Boogert, thought they would rack up a stack of wins. But not another for NL since then :-0
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
    Interesting to see what Nibali does.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • pottsstevepottssteve Posts: 4,043
    Forecast is for mainly dry and warm weather. Winds light-moderate from the SSW, meaning a possible side headwind down the finishing stretch.
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • takethehighroadtakethehighroad Posts: 5,705
    LBL is rich in slimy beggars on its palmares
    My Men 2020 - Mark Cavendish, Ben Swift, Fernando Gaviria, Alejandro Valverde, Edvald Boassen Hagen, Zdenek Stybar, Vincenzo Nibali, Geraint Thomas.
  • indypindyp Posts: 735
    ES coverage starting 1.45 iirc. Wish they'd show the whole race. Hopefully a European channel will have it
  • takethehighroadtakethehighroad Posts: 5,705
    indyp wrote:
    ES coverage starting 1.45 iirc. Wish they'd show the whole race. Hopefully a European channel will have it

    Eurosport tend to show as much as they can, so if their coverage only starts at 1345, that's when the host broadcasters coverage will start
    My Men 2020 - Mark Cavendish, Ben Swift, Fernando Gaviria, Alejandro Valverde, Edvald Boassen Hagen, Zdenek Stybar, Vincenzo Nibali, Geraint Thomas.
  • specialgueststarspecialgueststar Posts: 3,333
    31 years ago Zozotemelk Rooks Elliott (ANC)
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
    The break have 15 minutes. There must be a time gap that they just can't get back. 20minutes, 25?
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
    Former winners in the race... Philippe Gilbert, Enrico Gasparotto, Roman Kreuziger, Michał Kwiatkowski and Damiano Cunego (yes, really).
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Vino'sGhostVino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Its got the sort of hideous profile that makes me consider never riding my bike again
  • specialgueststarspecialgueststar Posts: 3,333
    Preben Van Hecke in breakaway. That's a good cycling name ...
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
    inseine wrote:
    Former winners in the race... Philippe Gilbert, Enrico Gasparotto, Roman Kreuziger, Michał Kwiatkowski and Damiano Cunego (yes, really).
    I just read that it's Cunegos last big race. End of an era.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 9,136
    Live now on Eurosport, 68km to go, 1'55" to the break, BMC massed on the front of the peloton
  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 15,911
    Is this not last's years race?
    Believe that a farther shore
    Is reachable from here.
    Believe in miracles
    And cures and healing wells
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 9,136
    tailwindhome wrote:
    Is this not last's years race?
    I think you are right :oops:

    Only half watching, making dinner :D
  • knedlickyknedlicky Posts: 3,097
    inseine wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Former winners in the race... Philippe Gilbert, Enrico Gasparotto, Roman Kreuziger, Michał Kwiatkowski and Damiano Cunego (yes, really).
    I just read that it's Cunegos last big race. End of an era.
    I recently read his last race will be the Italian National road Race.

    Though I suppose no national road race counts as a big race, even when it includes Aru, Nibali, Trentin, Moscon, Ulissi, Nizzolo, Viviani, Colbrelli, Caruso, Visconti and Pozzovivo.
  • knedlickyknedlicky Posts: 3,097
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    tailwindhome wrote:
    Is this not last's years race?
    I think you are right :oops:

    Only half watching, making dinner :D
    140 odd km to go, the break with 11 mins.

    Don't burn the dinner by watching last year's!
  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 15,911
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    tailwindhome wrote:
    Is this not last's years race?
    I think you are right :oops:

    Only half watching, making dinner :D


    It can't be beyond the wit of whoever writes the programme summaries which come up on Sky + EPG to include the year of the event.
    Really can't be that hard...
    Believe that a farther shore
    Is reachable from here.
    Believe in miracles
    And cures and healing wells
  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 15,911
    Michael Matthews
    There's a rider who hasn't lived up to the hype.
    Believe that a farther shore
    Is reachable from here.
    Believe in miracles
    And cures and healing wells
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 8,631
    should get the women's race live on Eurosport/where-ever. I know there is contractual kinds of stuff but really?
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • No_Ta_DoctorNo_Ta_Doctor Posts: 10,104
    mididoctors wrote:
    should get the women's race live on Eurosport/where-ever. I know there is contractual kinds of stuff but really?

    We got it on TV2 in Denmark, dunno if Eurosport covered it here.
    “Road racing was over and the UCI had banned my riding positions on the track, so it was like ‘Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab, what do I do now? I know, I’ll go away and be depressed for 10 years’.”

    @DrHeadgear

    The Vikings are coming!
  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 15,911
    Eddie Dunbar in the break
    Believe that a farther shore
    Is reachable from here.
    Believe in miracles
    And cures and healing wells
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 9,136
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    should get the women's race live on Eurosport/where-ever. I know there is contractual kinds of stuff but really?

    We got it on TV2 in Denmark, dunno if Eurosport covered it here.
    It was on eurosport yes
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 10,941
    It will never stop being weird seeing Dutch infrastructure and hills.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 8,631
    nibali sagan gva moving up
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
    SKY are bossing this, which I assume means they'll come away with nothing
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • ProssPross Posts: 25,422
    Poels suffering and going out the back which is a surprise.
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 10,941
    "Cowberg" :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 8,631
    woet poels blows up
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,772
    The break will obviously be caught but Dunbar has looked very good, not getting much help.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
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