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The obligatory peloton and windmill shot on the flats of Holland early in the race | 
This race most likely has the narrowest roads and most road furniture of all the classics | 
The first pass of the finishing Cauberg climb |
Gulperberg climb: Damiano Cunego, Kjell Carlstrom and Andy Schleck (far right) | 
Spectators lined up to witness Philippe Gilbert's decisive move with 600m to go | 
After the 30 man peloton caught Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha) at the base of the final climb, Philippe Gilbert easily jumped from the pack and won |
Philippe Gilbert: "I started as a favourite, so it's just beautiful to be able to win it and live up to the expectations." | 
Canada's Ryder Hesjedal of Garmin-Transitions finished strong for 2nd, two seconds back, followed by Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) | 
Bert de Waele (Landbouwkrediet) nips Damiano Cunego and Roman Kreuziger for 4th @ 5 seconds |
The top 10 was completed by Franck Schleck, Marco Marcato, Karsten Kroon (obscured) and Chris Horner in the distance | 
Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal continues to get better and better. Today was his best classics finish to date. | 
Frank Schleck checks the damage from an earlier fall. But, it wasn't nearly was bad as his crash at last year's Amstel Gold. |
A scary-looking Roman Kreuziger post-race | 
Close in the past, Philippe Gilbert celebrates his first Amstel Gold win. (That's a nice trophy) | 
Your 2010 podium. Not only did the Dutch not win again, they weren't even represented on the podium. (Erik Dekker in 2001 was the last Dutch winner): 3rd Enrico Gasparotto (ITA; Astana), 1st Philippe Gilbert (BEL; OmegaPharma - Lotto), 2nd Ryder Hesjedal (CAN; Garmin-Transitions) |
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