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)

Remco Evenepoel punches the air to celebrate winning Amstel Gold Race 2026 — Evenepoel celebrates with Skjelmose out of focus in the distance (Image credit: Getty Images)

2026 Amstel Gold Race report

Remco Evenepoel takes resounding victory over Mattias Skjelmose in tense two-man rematch

Remco Evenepoel set the record straight in the Amstel Gold Race. After missing out in the sprint in 2025 to Skjelmose and Tadej Pogačar, Evenepoel got the better of the defending champion after a 42-kilometre breakaway. Benoit Cosnefroy put UAE Team Emirates-XRG on the podium in third.

The Amstel Gold Race is the youngest of the Spring Classics and is the only one located in the Netherlands. The 2026 edition takes place on Sunday, April 19, starting at 10:13 CET and finishing around 17:00 CET.

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The Amstel Gold Race 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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