| 2019 UCI World Tour, race 18 of 38 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 21 April 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 265.7 km (165.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 28' 18" | ||||||||||||
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The 2019 Amstel Gold Race is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 21 April 2019 in the Netherlands. It was the 54th edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the 18th event of the 2019 UCI World Tour. [1]
As the Amstel Gold Race was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton. [2]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
The main bookmakers' favourites before the race were Mathieu van der Poel, who was set to make his debut in the Amstel Gold Race, and Julian Alaphilippe. Both cyclists had already been successful in the early season, with Van der Poel winning Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Brabantse Pijl and Alaphilippe taking the victory in Strade Bianche and Milan–San Remo. Other riders seen as contenders included Michael Matthews, Peter Sagan, Maximilian Schachmann, Alejandro Valverde and Jakob Fuglsang, as well as former winners Philippe Gilbert and Michał Kwiatkowski. [3] Defending champion Michael Valgren also participated, but was not seen as a favourite due to his disappointing start of the season. [4]
Early in the race, a breakaway group of 11 riders escaped the peloton. Their lead would grow to eight minutes before Jakob Fuglsang's Astana team increased the pace in the peloton. Mathieu van der Poel was the first of the favourites to attack at 43 km to the finish together with Gorka Izagirre, but their attempt was brought back by the peloton soon after. Julian Alaphilippe was the next to attack after the early breakaway was caught, joined by Fuglsang and Matteo Trentin. Trentin was unable to follow the other two and would be joined by Michał Kwiatkowski, with a chase group containing most of the favourites following shortly behind them.
After the final ascent of the Cauberg, Alaphilippe and Fuglsang had a lead of 30 seconds over the two chasers and nearly a minute over the group behind. With 3 km to go their lead was up to 40 seconds over Kwiatkowski, who had left Trentin behind. At that point, the two in front stopped collaborating with each other, attempting to conserve energy for their final sprint. However, they were then caught in the last kilometer, first by Kwiatkowski and then by the other chase group led by Van der Poel. In the ensuing sprint, Van der Poel proved to be the strongest, while the other podium places were taken by Simon Clarke and Fuglsang. [5] [6]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Corendon–Circus | 6h 28' 18" |
| 2 |  Simon Clarke (AUS) | EF Education First | s.t. |
| 3 |  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Astana | s.t. |
| 4 |  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 5 |  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | Bora–Hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 |  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | s.t. |
| 7 |  Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Valentin Madouas (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | s.t. |
| 9 | Romain Bardet (FRA) | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Mitchelton–Scott | s.t. |
Jakob Diemer Fuglsang is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech. Before turning professional for Team Saxo Bank, he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale–Vredestein, winning the Under-23 World Cup and Under-23 World Championships.
Michał Kwiatkowski is a Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Mathieu van der Poel is a Dutch professional cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck. He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain biking and road racing disciplines of the sport.
Julian Alaphilippe is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-time UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe.
Wout van Aert is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Van Aert is a three-time winner of the men's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, having won in consecutive years in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
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