Amstel Gold Race 2026

BERG EN TERBLIJT, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 20: Mattias Skjelmose of Denmark and Team Lidl - Trek celebrates at podium as race winner 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 Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

(Image credit: Getty Images)

Jump to:

Start list

Swipe to scroll horizontally

Amstel Gold Race overview
Date	April 19, 2026
Start location	Maastricht
Finish location	Berg en Terblijt
Distance	Row 3 - Cell 1
Category	WorldTour
Start time	Row 5 - Cell 1
Finish time	Row 6 - Cell 1
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.

Subscribe to Cyclingnews for unlimited access to our 2026 Spring Classics coverage. Don't miss any of the breaking news, reports, and analysis from all the Cobbled Classics from Opening Weekend to Paris-Roubaix.

Cyclingnews is the world's leader in English-language coverage of professional cycling. Started in 1995 by University of Newcastle professor Bill Mitchell, the site was one of the first to provide breaking news and results over the internet in English. The site was purchased by Knapp Communications in 1999, and owner Gerard Knapp built it into the definitive voice of pro cycling. Since then, major publishing house Future PLC has owned the site and expanded it to include top features, news, results, photos and tech reporting. The site continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative English voice in professional cycling.

You must confirm your public display name before commenting

Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.