Amstel Gold Race (women's race)

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Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition
Race details
DateMid April
RegionLimburg (Netherlands), Netherlands
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Women's World Tour (since 2017)
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserStichting Amstel Gold Race
Web sitewww.amstel.nl/amstelgoldrace Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2001 (2001)
Editions7 (as of 2021)
First winner  (NED)
Most winsNo repeat winners
Most recent Marianne Vos (NED)

The Women's Amstel Gold Race is the women's event of the Amstel Gold Race, the most important annual road cycling event in the Netherlands. Held in mid-April, it is organized on the same day as the men's race at approximately half the distance.[1] Like the men's event, the race starts in Maastricht and finishes in Berg en Terblijt, Valkenburg. It features 17 categorized climbs, including four ascents of the Cauberg.[2][3]

History[]

Pioneering years and reboot[]

From 2001 to 2003, three editions of the Amstel Gold Race for elite women were held. In 2003, it was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup.[4] The race started in Maastricht 30 minutes after the men's. It was run over 114 km, taking in nine climbs and similarly finishing on top of the Cauberg.[5] The race was discontinued after the third edition, because organization on the same day and on largely the same roads as the men's race was considered too difficult on the irregular circuits.

The event was rebooted in 2017 after a 14-year hiatus. Olympic road race champion Anna van der Breggen won the race with an attack at 8 km from the finish.[6] Chantal Blaak won the 2018 race as ruling world champion.[7]

Holland Hills Classic[]

Main article: Holland Hills Classic

During the discontinuation of the Amstel Gold race for women, another women's elite professional cycling race, the Holland Hills Classic, was held in Limburg. The first years the race was held in August,[8] before moving to the spring in 2011. It had a similar route as the Amstel Gold Race and, likewise, finished in Berg en Terblijt, Valkenburg.[9] It was organized by the Stichting Holland Ladies Tour, which also organizes the Holland Ladies Tour. The race was a 1.1 UCI event and was discontinued after the 2016 edition when it became apparent there would be a rebooted Amstel Gold Race in 2017.[10] Marianne Vos won the event three times.

Winners[]

Year Country Rider Team
 Netherlands Vlaanderen–T-Interim
 Netherlands Leontien van Moorsel Farm Frites–Hartol
 Great Britain Nicole Cooke Pasta Zara–Cogeas
2004–2016 No race
2017  Netherlands Anna van der Breggen Boels–Dolmans
2018  Netherlands Chantal Blaak Boels–Dolmans
2019  Poland Katarzyna Niewiadoma Canyon–SRAM
2020 No race due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021  Netherlands Marianne Vos Team Jumbo–Visma

Wins per country[]

Wins Country
5  Netherlands
1  Poland,  United Kingdom

References[]

  1. ^ "UCI unveils 2017 Women's WorldTour". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Amstel Gold adds women's event with Cauberg finale". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh. "Amstel Gold Race Women - Preview". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ^ Jones, Jeff. "38th Amstel Gold Race - World Cup status for women's Amstel". autobus.cyclingnews.com. CyclingNews. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ^ Jones, Jeff. "38th Amstel Gold Race - CDM. Nicole Cooke holds off charging peloton". autobus.cyclingnews.com. CyclingNews. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ^ Braverman, Jessi. "Van der Breggen wins women's Amstel Gold Race". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Chantal Blaak wins women's Amstel Gold Race". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Gulpen Hills Classic". Gulpen-Wittem.nl. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Emma Johansson wins Boels Rental Hills Classic 2014". Cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Boels trekt stekker uit Hills Classic" (in Dutch). 1Limburg.nl. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

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