Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Karsten Kroon (BMC) will be out to end a nine-year spell without a Dutch winner at the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday, but the odds look stacked against them as the best hilly classics riders in the peloton begin the week of the hilly Ardennes classics at the race.
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Tour de France 2026 stage 8 LIVE – Three riders up the road as the sprinters’ teams control the race for expected bunch finish
The sprinters will be happy with a 180km run through the Dordogne from Périgueux to Bergerac with just 1,150 metres of climbing -
Baptiste Veistroffer has become the breakaway hero this Tour de France needs
'A stage without a breakaway is pretty stupid' says rider from Brittany who has been a much-need salve to sprint stage monotony -
Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz are putting on a happy face at the Tour de France, but I'm not really buying it – is anyone?
Latest social media video of the two attempts to dispel any notion of tension, but it's hard to believe that the leadership question won't rear its head again this Tour -
The Tour de France organisers wanted 'suspense to the end' but the Tourmalet stage design backfired dramatically – and they should have seen it coming
Including such a big climbing day so early has ensured that Tadej Pogačar is already in the lead by a healthy margin, with two weeks of racing still to go
