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Amstel Gold Race (2019) Photos; Page 2:

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The spotlight was on Mathieu Van Der Poel in his home country of the Netherlands... and deservedly soshare this photo

The rollout from Maastricht to Berg en Terblijt, 266 km of hilly, narrow Dutch roadsshare this photo
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Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands / Team Corendon) stretches his legs with 46 km to go while Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spain / Team Astana) looks onshare this photo
As noted by Dan Lloyd, this race was the first time that Alejandro Valverde has finished outside the top 50 of any race, and any stage of any race, since 7th May, 2016.share this photo
Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/CORENDON - CIRCUS) before he was brought backshare this photo

36 km to go: Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark / Team Astana) and Julian Alaphilippe (France / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) attacked on Eyserboswegshare this photo
Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark / Team Astana) and Julian Alaphilippe (France / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step)share this photo
With 2 km to go, it looked like Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark / Team Astana) and Julian Alaphilippe (France / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) had a good enough lead over the Kwiatkowski at 29s and the chase group led by Mathieu Van Der Poel at 44sshare this photo
With the chase group in tow, Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands / Team Corendon - Circus) roars past Fuglsang and Alaphilippe in the final 100m, avg 65 km/h in the final kmshare this photo

Best ambush ever as the tv commentator said, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/CORENDON - CIRCUS) wins in 6:28:18 ahead 2nd Simon CLARKE (AUS/EF EDUCATION FIRST) and 3rd Jakob FUGLSANG (DEN/ASTANA) share this photo
The finish scene of this extraordinaire finishshare this photo
Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands / Team Corendon - Circus) can't believe it. Chases for 8 km pulling a large group, catches and blows by the break and then wins the sprint against the riders on his wheel. Unreal.share this photo
Best finish and victory saluteshare this photo

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Needless to say, the home country fans and media went wild. First Dutch winner of this race in something like 18 years.share this photo
Your 2019 Amstel Gold Race winner, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/CORENDON - CIRCUS)share this photo
Your men's winner, Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands / Team Corendon - Circus) and women's winner Niewiadoma Katarzyna Kasia (Poland / Canyon SRAM) share this photo

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