Routes, profiles, schedules and participants of the 2024 Amstel Gold Race
Euskaraz irakurri: 2024ko Amstel Gold Raceko ibilbideak, profilak, ordutegiak eta parte-hartzaileak
The tenth edition of the Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition and the 58th of the Amstel Gold Race they dispute this Sunday, April 14in Netherlands (the men’s race passes, in a small section, through Belgium). The test begins what is known as Triptych of the Ardenneswhich continues the Wednesday the 17th with the Walloon Arrow and completes the Sunday 21st with Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Amstel Gold Race, both in its women’s and men’s races, foresees a high level participation; The Dutch Demi Vollering (SD Worx) aspires to repeat her 2023 triumph, while the also Dutch Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is the main candidate to succeed Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates), winner in last edition, which will not be on the starting line this time. EITB, through ETB4, ETB1 and eitb.eus, will broadcast the race live; The broadcast begins at 2:00 p.m. on ETB4 and eitb.eus, and on television, it moves on to ETB1 at 3:00 p.m.
Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition of 2024
The 2024 Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition starts from Maastricht (Netherlands) and finishes in Valkenburg (Netherlands), and features a route of 157.8 kilometers. The participating cyclists will start the race at 10:00 a.m., and the winner is expected to raise her arms under the finish banner between 2:08 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.
The list of runners who can claim the victory is extensive and of the highest level. In it, we highlight the 2023 winner Demi Volleringthe Belgian Lotte Kopecky and the Dutch Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx)Polish style Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon)Dutch style Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek)British style Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM)Italian style Silvia Persico (UAE) and the Dutch Marianne Vos (Visma Lease a Bike).
Profile of the 2024 Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition
Profile of the 2024 Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition. Photo:
Amstel Gold Race 2024
The 2024 Amstel Gold Race, like the women’s race, starts from Maastricht and ends in Valkenburg, after a route of 253.6 kilometers. The test is scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m. and the winner will conclude his work between 4:47 p.m. and 4:56 p.m.
The last winner, Tadej Pogacar, is not on the list of participants for this edition. So things are, Mathieu van der Poel He is the great favorite to win a test that he already won in 2019; Van der Poel, however, will have to overcome rivals such as Joao Almeida, Juan Ayuso and Brandon McNulty (UAE), Romain Grégoire (Groupama), Thom Pidcock and Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma Lease a Bike), Benoit Cosnefroy (Decathlon-AG2R), Ben Healy (EF Education) , Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla), or Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek).
Among the men to follow with special attention, there are also Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) and Alex Aranburu (Movistar), who lead the group of Basque runners who will compete in the Amstel Gold Race; complete that group Jonathan Lastra (Cofidis), Jon Barrenetxea (Movistar) and Xabier Mikel Azparren (Q36.5).
2024 Amstel Gold Race Profile
Profile of the 2024 Amstel Gold Race. Photo: amstel.nl/amstelgoldrace.
Source: Eitb
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