Amstel Gold Race 2026, April 19

[EddyMazzoleni]

here's what Belgian press thinks as well. From today's Het Nieuwsblad

***** Evenepoel
**** Jorgenson, Vauquelin
*** Skjelmose, Lapeira, Gregoire
** del Grosse, Scaroni, Schmid, Laporte
* Wellens, Bilbao, Qimmons, Godon, Aranburu

Cosnefroy should be there with Gregoire in the third row. Also, given what we saw yesterday, this race is too hard for TdG do be near the front. Del Toro maybe deserve some stars, but he is coming from a crash and even before he wasn't looking to hot in Basque.

 

[Netserk]

Cosnefroy should be there with Gregoire in the third row. Also, given what we saw yesterday, this race is too hard for TdG do be near the front. Del Toro maybe deserve some stars, but he is coming from a crash and even before he wasn't looking to hot in Basque.

del toro is out with injury

 

[Brullnux]

Evenepoel never impresses in stage races. This race is different. He's the absolute favorite.

I'm not really fussed about Remco's inconsistency, it was more that he kept getting dropped like a stone on any 3km+ climb (consistently).

But anyway, not a problem for tomorrow, more a potential issue for next week (if it is still there).

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

del toro is out with injury

I checked on FC and he was in the start list, thanks for letting me know.

 

[BahamontesPhantom]

Amstel gold race is still bigger than Strade
Strade has no history
Its still the same high calibre of riders that win Amstel

 

[theyoungest]

I'm not really fussed about Remco's inconsistency, it was more that he kept getting dropped like a stone on any 3km+ climb (consistently).

But anyway, not a problem for tomorrow, more a potential issue for next week (if it is still there).

I don't think he's going to get dropped tomorrow. But I wonder if he can drop riders like Vauquelin or Jorgenson on these hills. His usual tactic is to attack between the hills, but everyone knows that, and since he's the big favourite they won't just let him ride. And then it becomes more difficult.

 

[canina82]

Amstel gold race is still bigger than Strade
Strade has no history
Its still the same high calibre of riders that win Amstel

The only race in the world with better pedigree (quality of winners) is probably the TdF.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/strade-bianche

 

[BubbaChuck]

Once SB becomes 6th,how many monuments for Pog. Why do you think Pog is coming every year (or Seixas). In 10 years.

 

[Red Rick]

The only race in the world with better pedigree (quality of winners) is probably the TdF.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/strade-bianche

Rafa Nadal won Barcelona about 1963 times, that doesn't make it an M1000.

 

[canina82]

Rafa Nadal won Barcelona about 1963 times, that doesn't make it an M1000.

The argument used to justify AGR being the 6th monument was that it had a high calibre of riders winning this race.
So following the same logic, I showed all winners of SB. If you look to the last 10 winners, you don't find a race (except the Tour) with better pedigree.
Wout, Ala, Pogacar, MVP, Pidcock, Kwia. These are/were world class riders in their prime. Only Benoot is a lesser rider.

 

[Netserk]

The argument used to justify AGR being the 6th monument was that it had a high calibre of riders winning this race.

no

 

[canina82]

This never gets old!

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[canina82]

no

Amstel gold race is still bigger than Strade
Strade has no history
Its still the same high calibre of riders that win Amstel

Last sentence.
History, I can understand. The quality of winners doesn't make sense.

 

[Brullnux]

Amstel is the sixth monument because it is sponsored by a beer. No other important race is sponsored by a beer. Therefore, it is the sixth monument

 

[Red Rick]

Amstel is the sixth monument because it is sponsored by a beer. No other important race is sponsored by a beer. Therefore, it is the sixth monument

The prestige is directly related to how much of the giant vase of beer you chug on the podium

No sip: Del Toro level 1.1 race

Regular amount: WT level race

Chug half of it: Monument

Chug all of it: Greater than TdF

 

[BahamontesPhantom]

Last sentence.
History, I can understand. The quality of winners doesn't make sense.

Well skeljmose beat Pog and Remco in Amstel so I don’t think we can call that a bad winner.

Gasparotto and Halgren v Benoot , it’s hardly enough to put Strade above Amstel.

Roubaix has had colbrelli and Van barle in the last ten years, Hart won the giro

 

[Red Rick]

Big races can be won by lesser riders. Those are actually some of the coolest stories, that doesn't devalue a race that much.

Skjelmose winning Amstel was legit one of the highlights of the season

 

[canina82]

Well skeljmose beat Pog and Remco in Amstel so I don’t think we can call that a bad winner.

Gasparotto and Halgren v Benoot , it’s hardly enough to put Strade above Amstel.

Roubaix has had colbrelli and Van barle in the last ten years, Hart won the giro

For that reason, looking to the quality of winners is a bad argument.

For me AGR is the 6th monument but SB is not that far. It already surpassed GW for example.

 

[Brullnux]

Well skeljmose beat Pog and Remco in Amstel so I don’t think we can call that a bad winner.

Gasparotto and Halgren v Benoot , it’s hardly enough to put Strade above Amstel.

Roubaix has had colbrelli and Van barle in the last ten years, Hart won the giro

Colbrelli 2021 was GOAT level. Dropped Pogacar on a small climb outside Trento. Streets won't forget that season

 

[Netserk]

Colbrelli 2021 was GOAT level. Dropped Pogacar on a small climb outside Trento. Streets won't forget that season

he was better than van aert that year

 

[topcat]

The 6th monument is obviously the Sliabh Luachra Clasaicí.

 

[Rou]

For that reason, looking to the quality of winners is a bad argument.

For me AGR is the 6th monument but SB is not that far. It already surpassed GW for example.

Let's be real.
The only people praising SB and calling it '6th Monument' are Pogacar fans.
I'm also his fan but I'm realistic.
SB is a preparation race.

 

[canina82]

Let's be real.
The only people praising SB and calling it '6th Monument' are Pogacar fans.
I'm also his fan but I'm realistic.
SB is a preparation race.

It has been considered the 6th monument (for some people, not me) before Pogacar's era.
So this doesn't have anything to do with Pogacar fans. And SB is not a warm up race at all.

 

[Netserk]

amstel is the only non monument that is on the weekend with monument distance and has been in the highest category of one day races since the 70s

fleche , gw and obviously also strade were never part of the world cup . no other non monument world cup race has remained in the top echelon

thats the argument -- historic status over the past 50 years

 

[Netserk]

It has been considered the 6th monument (for some people, not me) before Pogacar's era.
So this doesn't have anything to do with Pogacar fans. And SB is not a warm up race at all.

pathetic italians have begged and begged for recognition and status

but that only lowers it ( if you have to tell people you are then you arent )