Amstel Gold Race 2024: When is it? Who is riding? What is the route? How to watch on Eurosport and discovery+
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ByEurosport
Published 08/04/2024 at 22:09 GMT
When is the Amstel Gold Race 2024? Who is riding? Are Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel riding? What is the route? How to watch on Eurosport and discovery+. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) came out victorious in last year's race but who will be crowned champions of this year's edition this upcoming weekend?
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The Amstel Gold Race is back! The youngest of the Classics returns on Sunday and will feature some of the best men's and women's riders in the world.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) were crowned champions in last year's races but who will come away victorious in the 2024 edition?
We look at everything you need to know about the Amstel Race, including when the men’s and women’s races take place, how to watch on discovery+, the route, and who is racing…
When is the 2024 Amstel Gold Race?
The 2024 Amstel Gold Race will take place on Sunday, April 14.
How to watch Amstel Gold Race
You can watch all of the action from the Amstel Gold Race live on discovery+.
Coverage of the women's race starts at 12:00 UK time, with the men's race available to watch from 13:35.
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Who is riding Amstel Gold Race?
Defending men's champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) isn’t on the start list and neither are Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) or Primoz Roglic (Bora-Hansgrohe) after the latter trio were involved in a crash on Stage 4 of the Itzulia Basque Country.
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But there is still plenty of star power in attendance.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) will be going for three in a row after his Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix wins and is understandably among the favourites. The Dutchman won this race in 2019 but faces stiff opposition from the likes of Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Benoit Cosnefroy (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale).
In the women’s race, Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) will be on the start line to defend her title, with team-mate Lotte Kopecky also expected to challenge following her Paris-Roubaix Femmes triumph.
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Visma-Lease a Bike are also well represented through 2021 champion Marianne Vos and Fem van Empel.
What is the route for Amstel Gold Race?
The men's Amstel Gold Race takes place in the Netherlands, with riders competing for glory over a 255.2km route that is split into four parts and features 33 climbs.
After starting in Maastricht, the capital city of Limburg, for the 26th time, the men’s route will head north to Sittard before turning back for the twisty section of the course that will see riders take on certain stretches of road more than once.
The signature Cauberg climb will once again play a key role in determining the victor before the Geulhemmerberg and Bemelerberg climbs take the peloton to the finish line in Valkenburg.
The women’s route stands at 157.4km and includes 21 climbs. It also starts in Maastricht and finishes in Valkenburg, with the final 18km loop of the Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg climbs to be completed four times.
Once the 800-metre ascent up the Cauberg, which has a peak gradient of 12.8%, has been tackled a fifth time, a 1.8km sprint to the finish will determine the winner.
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