Amstel Gold Race 2025

Mattias Skjelmose outsprints Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel to secure biggest career victory / As it happened

In the biggest win of his career and one of the races of the season, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) played the perfect hand to defeat both Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) at a thrilling Amstel Gold Race, outsprinting both the Olympic and world champion to the line on Sunday.

Amstel Gold Race Info

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. 

Last year, 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.

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Amstel Gold Race Route

The 2025 Amstel Gold Race route will cover 34 climbs along a twisting 255.9km route, and features three ascents of the iconic Cauberg.

Amstel Gold Race start list

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Amstel Gold Race teams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkea-B&B Hotels
• Bahrain Victorious
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
• EF Education - EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• INEOS Grenadiers
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Team Jayco AlUla
• Team Picnic PostNL
• Team Visma-Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates
• XDS Astana Team
• Israel-PremierTech
• Lotto
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Unibet Tietema Rockets
• UNO-X Mobility
• Team Totalenergies