Amstel Gold Race 2026

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Amstel Gold Race overview

Date

April 19, 2026

Start location

Maastricht

Finish location

Berg en Terblijt

Distance

257.2

Category

WorldTour

Start time

11:10 CET

Finish time

17:12 CET

Previous edition

2025 Amstel Gold Race

2025 winner

Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)

BERG EN TERBLIJT, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 20: (L-R) Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG and race winner Mattias Skjelmose of Denmark and Team Lidl - Trek sprint at finish line during the 59th Amstel Gold Race 2025 a 255.9km one day race from Maastricht to Berg en Terblijt / #UCIWT / on April 20, 2025 in Berg en Terblijt, Netherlands. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Mattias Skjelmose was one of the few to ever beat Tadej Pogacar, out-sprinting him and Remco Evenepoel to win the Amstel Gold Race in 2025 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Amstel Gold Race information

The Amstel Gold Race is the youngest of the Spring Classics and is the only one located in the Netherlands.

It began in 1966 as a 302km contest with Frenchman Jean Stablinski (Ford-Hutchinson) winning the inaugural title. The following year Arie den Hartog (Bic-Hutchinson) became the first Dutchman to win on home soil.

In 1977, Dutchman Jan Raas (Frisol-Gazelle-Thirion) won his first of five titles, his first four in consecutive years until Bernard Hinault (Renault-Elf-Gitane) disrupted his streak in 1981. Belgian Philippe Gilbert (QuickStep) came on the scene later to score four wins (2010, 2011, 2014 and 2017) before retiring in 2022.

Mathieu van der Poel claimed the victory in 2019 in his Amstel debut and Wout van Aert took the win in 2021 in a photo finish sprint against Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers). In 2022, the race was decided in another photo finish with Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) claiming his second Amstel Gold Race victory over Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroen).

In 2023, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) soloed to victory after dropping Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) on the Keutenberg, with 29km to go.

In 2024 Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) outsprinted his late breakaway companions to win after coming close to victory the past years. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) was second and Tiesj Benoot (Visma-Lease A Bike) finished third.

In 2025 Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) took one of the biggest win of his career and one of the races of the season, beating Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sprint.

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Amstel Gold Race 2026 route

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