Peloton on the Bergseweg. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
The early leaders on the Bergseweg. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
A Unibet rider getting water bottles. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)
T-Mobile's Michael Rogers said he was hoping for a good showing today (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
If he can stay in contact on the climbs, Oscar Freire should be up there. Don't forget, he won two world championships on the tough Verona circuit... (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Local hero Michael Boogerd is somewhere in this media scrum (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Last year's winner Fränk Schleck (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Boogerd is riding his last Amstel. He won the race in 1999 and after a succession of second and third places since then, would love to triumph here and go out on top. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
CSC's ever-aggressive Jens Voigt said he'd try to sniff out a good move today. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
He is signing an autograph for a young fan here. "Hey, I think I already signed this a few minutes ago," he joked. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Many amateur riders were out, seeing the course first-hand. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Duque is pictured on the day's third climb, the Lange Raarberg. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev and world champion Paolo Bettini. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Young Dutch hope Thomas Dekker. His countrymen will be hoping he can take over from Boogerd. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
AG2R's Yury Krivtsov drives it on the climb (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Spanish classic specialist Juan Antonio Flecha is here, one week after finishing second in Paris-Roubaix. Very few riders do both races due to the hugely different parcours. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Voigt, looking to sniff out that good break (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Voigt: 'I'd like to arrive alone at the finish line,' he said. (Image credit: Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com)
Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) (l) helps make the selection with Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile). (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) leads the early escape. (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
The early escape. (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) leads Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) in for 2nd and 3rd. (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
An exhausting effort by Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner). (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
German Schumi wins the 42nd Amstel. (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) wins. (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
The podium (l-r) Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner). (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Carlos Barredo with one to go (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
The crowds cheer the breakaway on the Cauberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Flags fly over the peloton on the Cauberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Danilo Di Luca after finish (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Discovery's Beppu in his Japanese National Champ kit (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
The bunch spread thin on the Gulperberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
The peloton isn't chasing very hard on the Gulperberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Juan Antonio Flecha sits in the group on the Cauberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
The early breakaway on the Cauberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
Maarten den Bakker on Gulperberg (Image credit: Luc Claessen)
