Amstel Gold Race (The Netherlands), 251kms

Amstel Gold Race
The windmill at Beek welcomes the 48th Amstel Gold Race...
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Alexandr Pliuschin is forging an escape in the first hour of the race...
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Amstel Gold Race
Niki Terpstra doesn't look in the best of shape, just 90-minutes into the event..!
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The escape climbs to the highest point of the day with an eleven-minute lead..!
Cannondale is doing all the chasing for now...
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The peloton descends from Drielandenpunt, still ten minutes behind the escape...
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Amstel Gold Race
The peloton takes the Gulpenerberg in its stride after 135 kilometres...
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Johan Van Summeren leads the escape towards the last hills of the day - can they stay away..?
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Daryl Impeis is chasing for Green Edge, with Simon Clarke on his wheel...
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Katusha starts to chase as well now, the lead comes down to less than nine-minutes...
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Mikel Astarloza has attacked from the escape and climbs the Gulpenerberg with 40-kilometres to go...
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Amstel Gold Race
Pliuschin and Van Summeren are trying to stay in touch with the Basque fugitive...
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Amstel Gold Race
Peter Weening has attacked from the peloton on the Eyserbosweg...
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Alejando Valverde attacks as well, but on the Fromberg...
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Grivko, Tanner, and Nordhaug have gone after Weening, and after Astarloza as well...
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David Tanner leads Grivko and Nordhaug on the Keuteberg - they're closing-in on the two leaders...
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Ryder Hesjedal leads Simon Gerrans at the head of the peloton as they climb the Keuteberg...
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Tanner leads the new escape with Weening, Nordhaug and Grivko - but Astarloza is still away..!
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BMC lead the charge up the Cauberg, with Marcus Burghardt at the front...
Roman Kreuziger has jumped from the peloton to the chase, and then to the front of the race...
Nordhaug tries an attack on the penultimate climb of the day...
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Kreuziger attacks after the climb, on the windswept plateau before the Cauberg...
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Amstel Gold Race
Kreuziger is flat-out as he starts the Cauberg for the last time...
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Amstel Gold Race
Weening is chasing still, but Hesjedal (right) has come from behind to join this move...
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Philippe Gilbert has attacked from behind Hesjedal, taking Gerrans with him...
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Roman Kreuziger wins the Amstel Gold Race..!
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Amstel Gold Race
Alejando Valverde and Simon Gerrans sprint for a podium place...
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Roman Kreuziger celebrates his first-ever Classic victory with Valverde and Gerrans...
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