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Amstel is Gold, Jerry, Gold! Men's Classic One-Day Race, April 14, 2024

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Over the top of the Keutenberg, the peloton was compact with a feeble attempt by Alexander Kamp. I don't think that matches with what you write there.

Maybe it was just after Kamps attack. Caught just before the Cauberg would be pretty weird too cause they showed the Cauberg, Skjelmose attacked there, with Van Gils starting pretty far back in the group and moving up.

They probably attacked somewhere tho. Both were looking at VdP all day. On the Keutenberg images you can see them both sitting in Van der Poels wheel, in like 10th position.

This is what was said, but you are correct. They might have confused it with Geulhemmerberg.

Who said it? Which interview?

EDIT: found some pics of the Keutenberg and indeed a Skjelmose attack with Van Gils in his wheel. Van der Poel closes it down, with Teuns, Jorgensen, Gregoire, Kamp, Van den Berg (I think) and one other guy. (Cosnefroy I think). Behind them a gap on the pictures to the rest. Not sure what happened between these pics and the live images just over the top of the Keutenberg where everything was back together and Kamp attacked. Cause that wouldve been a good group to chase.

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TP not overrated chap, it's dense at the top. He somewhat timely manner produces fine acts like challenging VWA on several occasions, coming home 6th in RR WC (in front of eg.MVDP) that was imho quite harsh race, his Tour stage win aso. He's in very difficult narrow point going for gc life, too skinny for that imho. Or staying as a one day racer, almost too skinny for that too. But he's done some fine acts in between.
 
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Allegedly there was an attack by Skjelmose and Van Gils on Keutenberg that successfully gapped the rest of the peloton, but they were caught again on the flat section leading up to Cauberg.

Just thought I'd let everyone know, because in normal races these things would be brought onto your screen.
The camera production was very low of this race. Thanks for info i had high hopes for Van Gils this race, i guess he got caught up in the tactics in the peleton too? No idea how strong he was on the day tho.

It feel like in way i was forced to watch the women race.
 
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Admirable self control from MvDP once he realized he didn't have the legs to drop everyone and bridge solo, to just sit there and do nothing. I think many riders would have gone down swinging, which at this late stage in his spring season would be a waste of energies. He has definitely cemented not favorite status for Liege, although that's unlikely to help him stay with Pog when the latter goes to town.
 
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Admirable self control from MvDP once he realized he didn't have the legs to drop everyone and bridge solo, to just sit there and do nothing. I think many riders would have gone down swinging, which at this late stage in his spring season would be a waste of energies. He has definitely cemented not favorite status for Liege, although that's unlikely to help him stay with Pog when the latter goes to town.
Everyone wanted a race without him so badly. Now he was kinda absent and apart from Pidcock, Hirschi & Benoot the likes of Skjelmose & Teuns were too focused on MvdP to take their chance.
 
VDP used the race as training. never saw him breathing hard. he didn't care at all. next Sunday it'll be a very different way of racing, be warned
also gave a lesson to the other contenders that he won't solve all their problems. Pidcock was the only smart one to see the danger and jumped himself.

Skjelmose and all caught out with "great legs" but just looking at VDP caused their downfall
 
again, it's the NOS. Get used to it.

Only way to fix that for Amstel is to have it start just across the border so Sporza does production instead. LOL
With Flanders Classics taking over, can we expect an improvement on that front?

My impression is that Amstel right now is a bit stale on the way it's being presented to the viewers. Can't exactly point out why, but despite the race being interesting yesterday, the way it was being shown made it sometimes boring. Not exactly the same dynamic we get looking at how some of the classics already done are shown.
 
There's no possible improvement.

Current route is the ideal course for Amstel Gold Race. Ideally it creates racing like in 2023 & 2001. At worst you still have interesting last 50 kilometers with a late breakaway and a favorites fight in the final like yesterday!

Alternative would be going back to a dull uphill sprint which makes the race worth watching for less than 5 minutes or the flat finish & route around Maastricht with no action at all.