Amstel Gold Race 2023 route

For the 25th time in the men’s Amstel Gold Race, Limburg’s capital city Maastricht will serve as the start location, from the centre at the Markt and Vrijthof in 2023. The finish of the Amstel Gold Race will remain in Valkenburg, though it has been tweaked over the years. 

Beginning in 2003 the finish line was crossed after cresting the signature Cauberg climb. Then a decade later, the finish was moved 1.8km beyond the top of the hill to Valkenburg. That lasted one year, and since 2017 the final climb of the Cauberg leads to another 19km, the Geulhemmerberg and Bemelerberg climbs taking the peloton to the finish. The Cauberg remains in the final circuits as organisers attempt to make the race less predictable and more exciting.

The 2023 route will cover 33 climbs along a twisting 253.6km route. The men’s course will make an extra loop towards Sittard-Geleen in the first section of the circuitous route, and the first passage of the Cauberg that was done in 2022 will be omitted. 

The peloton will cross the finish line twice, once at 79km to go, and the penultimate time at 16km to go.  The 800-metre climb of the Cauberg at 6.5% average gradient and a max 12.8%, will be faced twice, at 81km to go and 18km to go. The final finish loop will include the Geulhemmerberg (14km out) and the Bemelerberg (7km out) climbs. 

Amstel Gold Race 2023 climbs

1. Maasberg
2. Adsteeg
3. Bergseweg
4. Korenweg
5. Nijswillerweg
6. Rijksweg N278
7. Wolfsberg
8. Loorberg (1)
9. Schweibergerweg
10. Camerig
11. Drielandenpunt
12. Gemmenich
13. Epenerbaan / Vijlenerbos
14. Eperheide
15. Gulpenerberg (Bergweg)
16. Plettenberg
17. Eyserweg
18. St.Remigiusstraat / Huls
19. Vrakelberg
20. Sibbergrubbe
21. Cauberg (1)
22. Geulhemmerberg (1)
23. Keerderberg
24. Bemelerberg (1)
25. Loorberg (2)
26. Gulperbergweg
27. Kruisberg
28. Eyserbosweg
29. Fromberg
30. Keutenberg
31. Cauberg (2)
32. Geulhemmerberg (2)
33. Bemelerberg (2)