2024 Amstel Gold Race podium (l-r): second place Marc Hirschi (UAE Group Emirates), winner Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and third place Tiesj Benoot (Visma-Lease a Bike)(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Race winner Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) celebrates along with his girlfriend Bethany Zajac and their canine(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) edges out Marc Hirschi (UAE Group Emirates) for the win(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) leads Marc Hirschi (UAE Group Emirates) and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious)(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) leads late race assault(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in the primary group (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Mikkel Honore (EF Training EasyPost) have a small hole (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Mikkel Honore (EF Training EasyPost) within the breakaway (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Louis Vervaeke (Soudal QuickStep), Mikkel Honore (EF Training EasyPost), and Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) assault throughout Amstel Gold Race(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Vito Braet (Intermarche-Wanty) and Louis Vervaeke (Soudal QuickStep) make one other assault(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Peloton climbs the Cauberg(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Alexander Hajek (Bora hansgrohe), Zeb Kyffin (TDT Unibet), Tosh Van Der Sande (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Enzo Leijnse (dsmfirmenich PostNL) in a breakaway(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Followers cheer on the riders climbing the Gulperbergweg(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Ineos Grenadiers set the tempo on the entrance of the sector(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Peloton raced 253km from Maastricht to Berg en Terblijt (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Subject races previous a windmill(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Georg Zimmermann (Intermarche Wanty) adjusts his equipment through the race(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
The early breakaway group included Tosh Van der Sande (Visma-Lease a Bike) (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Group presentation for Mathieu van der Poel and Alpecin Deceuninck at first in Maastricht(Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) received Amstel Gold Race after edging out Marc Hirschi (UAE Group Emirates), Tiesj Benoot (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal-QuickStep) in a four-up dash.
The quartet had been a part of an preliminary twelve-man transfer that took form excessive of the Eyserbosweg with 35km remaining, and so they pressed away from their breakaway companions over the penultimate climb of the Geulhemmerberg.
By that time, it was already clear that overwhelming favorite Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wouldn’t repeat his dramatic comeback win of 2019. The world champion and his crew missed the decisive transfer over the Eyserbosweg, and with eleven squads represented in entrance, they by no means really regarded like getting again on phrases.
Pidcock was the apparent favorite within the profitable transfer, and he appeared desirous to get to the road alone, maybe conscious of his close to miss in 2021. The Briton tried to forge clear alone on the final haul up the Bemelerberg, and although he was unable to shake off Benoot et al, his effort did assist to make sure that the chasers – which included Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) and a formidable Paul Lapeira (Decathlon-AG2R) – wouldn’t get again on.
Benoot tried to shock Pidcock and Hirschi with an assault beneath the flamme rouge, however he was unable to get a spot. A flagging Vansevenant, in the meantime, appeared content material to ensure at the very least a fourth-place end, and the Belgian led out the dash from distance.
Pidcock’s flip of pace proved sufficient, although Hirschi pushed him all the way in which. Benoot took the third step of the rostrum, whereas Vansevenant held off the rapidly-closing Lapeira for fourth.
