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43th Amstel Gold Race (2008) April 20th

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Photos Page 1:  The start, hills and main break  Full Results and Report

The early break	Valvarde	The break
The break of the day formed around kilometre 35: Kristof Vandewalle (Topsport Vlaanderen), Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) and Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano)	Michael Barry and Andy Schleck	Alessandro Ballan
David Millar	The break again on another lap
Damiano Cunego and a pumped up looking Eric Zabel
		The trio's lead reached a maximum of 12'43" but it wasn't enough. They were caught with 40k to go.

Photos Page 2:  Finish climb and podium  Full Results and Report

Anticipation 600m from the finish	Frank Schleck led much of the way up the finishing climb, but Damiano Cunego easily cruised by him in the last 50m	Damiano Cunego winding up his victory salute
Cunego with Amstel on his mind (and hand)
"Hey Frank. See this? Eat your heart out!"	Valvarde was third
Davide Rebellin was fourth	Thomas Dekker was fifth	6th Christian Pfannberger of Barloworld
	A panting Damiano Cunego really did enjoy the taste of victory last year
	The podium L-to-R: 2nd Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC, 1st Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre, 3rd Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
Cunego also takes the lead in the ProTour points standings for whatever that's worth