Tadej Pogacar vs Tom Pidcock as Classics season continues at Amstel Gold Race – how to watch, timings, route
There will be another mouthwatering Classics match-up at the 2023 Amstel Gold Race on Sunday as Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Britain’s Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) go head-to-head.
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In the women’s race, defending champion Marta Cavalli (FDJ – Suez) is on the preliminary start list, and she will expect to battle the likes of Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) and Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) for victory in the Netherlands.
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CAN ANYONE STOP POGACAR?
Can Tom Pidcock, with a classic under his belt already this season, be the man to outdo the Slovenian?
The parcours looks set for the puncheurs and climbers to thrive, with 3,266m of ascending in total and two ascents of the Cauberg in the latter part of the race threatening to break things apart.
But Pogacar is Pogacar, and often seems at ease going it alone.
However, will he have one eye on his packed schedule in the coming weeks, given he is due to feature at both Fleche Wallonne (April 19) and Liege-Bastogne-Liege (April 23)?
Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland and Team INEOS Grenadiers drinks beer to celebrates winning the race on the podium ceremony after the 56th Amstel Gold Race 2022.
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GLITTERING FIELD SET TO LIGHT UP WOMEN’S RACE
Vollering, Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx), Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), Cavalli, Van Vleuten…the organisers of this year’s women’s Amstel Gold Race edition aren’t short on star quality, with a highly competitive race expected.
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If it looks a tough ask for Cavalli to go back-to-back, that’s chiefly due to the good form of her competitors, and Vollering will hope to go one better than her second-place finishes in both the previous editions of this event.
Vos, the winner in 2021, also looks likely to be there or thereabouts at the finish.
It will be the final time Van Vleuten takes to the start line for this race, and therefore also the final chance for her to add it to her considerable list of achievements.
WHEN AND WHERE DOES AMSTEL GOLD RACE 2023 TAKE PLACE?
Both the men’s and women’s races take place on Sunday 16 April.
The men’s race sees the riders tackle a 253.6km route from Maastricht to Valkenburg.
The women start and finish in the same locations, but will take in a different 155.8km route.
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HOW TO WATCH AMSTEL GOLD RACE 2023
Coverage of the women’s event begins at 12:00 BST on Eurosport 1 and discovery+, while coverage of the men’s race starts at 13:30 on discovery+, and 13:45 on Eurosport 1.
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