Amstel Gold Race 2026, April 19

[Gratemans]

Not sure why UAE rushed the Wellens comeback, probably wanted it himself.

Yeah I guess he just wants to get some racing miles in the legs. Which I can understand, it's not like they're riding for the clear favourite here for a change.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Alaphilippe has some Kind of Health issue it seems

 

[Tim Cahill]

Get Alaphlippe and Hirschi up on grand larceny charges in Switzerland.

 

[Heston]

Alaphilippe has some Kind of Health issue it seems

Massive asterisk on the race now

 

[E_F_]

According to Nicki Sørensen, Cauberg is not hard enough to make a difference.

Who hired that guy? What do they actually think he contributes with?

TV2 comms is so cooked

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Massive asterisk on the race now

Pogacar, VDP, Van Aert, Pidcock, Healy....

 

[Valv.Piti]

TV2 comms is so cooked

Yup. Lars Bak and Dennis is good, but the rest is very mediocre. Reason for Rolf not commentating TdF I understand, but it's really disappointing that he doesnt even commentate on the classics anymore.

 

[Rob5091]

Frigo to get fined for using the cycle path ...

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar, VDP, Van Aert, Pidcock, Healy....

Too scared to face Muscleco.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Wellens' situation is normal after that injury, it's just that we're coming from a Tour de France where THJ won a stage three weeks after the same injury, but that's the exceptional thing.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wait, so this race was actually won by a mine worker once (first edition)?!

Jean Stablinski - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BubbaChuck]

And in 2023.

 

[RedheadDane]

And in 2023.

An actual official mine worker...

So, Trek has the oldest rider (Mollema), the youngest rider (Withen), and the only former winner in the race (Skjelmose).

 

[Brullnux]

According to Nicki Sørensen, Cauberg is not hard enough to make a difference.

Evenepoel agrees

 

[Tim Cahill]

It’s the same with liege, every year you look at the profiles and think this should by rights be total carnage but it gets to 70k and there are still versatile sprinters there.

 

[RedheadDane]

This time, Bora wisely avoided any Van Dijke confusion by only bringing Tim.

 

[E_F_]

Wait, so this race was actually won by a mine worker once (first edition)?!

Jean Stablinski - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I want my sport back! We used to have coal miners, now we have Pogacar with his coal miner position on the bike. It's just not the same...

 

[tobydawq]

Evenepoel agrees

Well, he isn't correct.

 

[ice&fire]

Wait, so this race was actually won by a mine worker once (first edition)?!

Jean Stablinski - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

When people say that back in the day most riders were farmers they're not being literal.

 

[BubbaChuck]

Hey, at least he is showing respect to tradition the best he can.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

There are almost more crashes here than in PR.
Who will be the last man standing?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Frigo and Artz were sandbagging?

 

[Samamba]

Frigo and Artz were sandbagging?

A bit maybe, but Red Bull also just backed down a bit.

 

[Samamba]

Weird that QS is the only team that wants to anticipate. Good move from Reinderink (who has been riding good whole spring)

 

[Brullnux]

Well, he isn't correct.

It was just a joke about how he dealt with the finale last year. Cauberg is obviously hard enough to make a difference.