Amstel Gold Race 2023: Route, elevation profile, TV broadcast

>> To the race report of the Amstel Gold Race 2023

Amstel Gold Race: Named after a brewery

The Amstel Gold Race is an annual cycling race in the Netherlands. It is named after its sponsor, the Amstel brewery. The event is not one of the five monuments of cycling - Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Tour of Lombardy. Instead, the Amstel Gold Race is the most important cycling race in the Netherlands and heralds the climax of the Ardennes Classics with the Fleche-Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège following.

The Amstel Gold Race is usually held at the beginning or middle of April. The race starts in Maastricht and then covers almost 260 kilometres through South Limburg to Valkenburg. On the way there, the riders pass numerous hills such as the Cauberg, the Eyserbosweg, the Geulhemmerberg, the Loorberg and the Bemelerberg.

Amstel Gold Race 2023: The route - Cauberg 2023 twice on the programme

The route of the men's race in 2023 is 253.6 kilometres long. It is also very technically demanding this year, as there are many changes of direction - there is little straight ahead. There are also 33 short climbs. Since 2013, the finish has no longer been on the famous Cauberg. It was moved 1.8 kilometres back and is now located where the 2012 Road World Championships ended. The Cauberg will be ridden twice this year - in 2022 it was still on the programme three times. However, the finale will remain the same as last year.

After the second passage on the Cauberg, there are two more climbs on the programme on the final lap, Geulhemmerberg and Bemelerberg, before the finish on the Rijksweg in Berg en Terblijt is reached. In the last two years - 2021 Wout Van Aert, 2022 Michal Kwiatkowski - the winner was only known after the photo finish had been analysed.

Race director on the track

Race director Leo van Vliet is proud of the course he has put together. "It was quite a puzzle that we had to put together, but we are proud that we managed to do it. Of course, we have to make sure that the two races (men and women; editor's note) don't overlap, but we also have to take into account the number of passages in Valkenburg and the live television broadcast, for example. That's why the women will start earlier than the men for the first time this year. In addition, the men will ride an extra loop to Sittard-Geleen and the first passage of the Cauberg will be omitted. The finale of the Amstel Gold Race will remain unchanged."

The climbs for the men

1. Maasberg
2. Adsteeg
3. Mountain path
4. Korenweg
5. Nijswillerweg
6. Rijksweg
7. Wolfsberg
8. Loorberg
9. Schweibergerweg
10. Camerig
11. Dreilandenpunt
12. Gemmenich
13. Epenerbaan/Vijlenerbos
14. Eperheide
15. Gulpenerberg
16. Plettenberg
17. Eyserweg
18. St. Remigiusstraat
19. Vrakelberg
20. Sibbergrubbe
21. Cauberg
22. Geulhemmerberg
23. Keederberg
24. Bemelerberg
25. Loorberg
26. Gulperbergweg
27. Kruisberg
28. Eyserbosweg
29. Fromberg
30. Keutenberg
31. Cauberg
32. Geulhemmerberg
33. Bemelerberg

Women's race at the Amstel Gold Race

The women's race is being held for the ninth time. It is held on the same day as the men's race. The route has been extended by almost 30 kilometres to 155.8 kilometres with 21 climbs. The finish is also in Berg en Terblijt.

"We are taking the next step with the women's race. The race will be extended by almost 30 kilometres to a total length of 156 kilometres. This is a consequence of the development of women's cycling. You can see that more and more big races are going over 140 kilometres these days. In addition, several top riders from the peloton have asked if we can make the race a little longer," says Leontien van Moorsel, course director of the women's edition of the Amstel Gold Race.

Final loop for the women 2023 four times

"In the initial phase, we will make an additional loop in the direction of Sittard-Geleen. From the Ubachsberg, the peloton will head towards Simpelveld and Wahlwiller and tackle the Kruisberg, the Eyserbosweg, the Fromberg and the Keutenberg in succession. The famous 18-kilometre final loop with Geulhemmerberg, Bemelerberg and Cauberg will be ridden four instead of three times from 2023," says van Moorsel.

The climbs of the women's race

1. Maasberg
2. Adsteeg
3. Mountain path
4. Korenweg
5. Kruisberg
6. Eyserbosweg
7. Fromberg
8. Keutenberg
9. Cauberg
10. Geulhemmerberg
11. Bemelerberg
12. Cauberg
13. Geulhemmerberg
14. Bemelerberg
15. Cauberg
16. Geulhemmerberg
17. Bemelerberg
18. Cauberg
19. Geulhemmerberg
20. Bemelerberg
21. Cauberg

Amstel Gold Race: TV coverage & live stream

The men's and women's Amstel Gold Race can be watched live on television on Eursport 1 to watch. The channel is free to air in Germany. There is also a live stream on Discovery+ and GCN+ (both for a fee).

• Women: 13:00 - 14:45, Eurosport 1
• Men: 14:45 - 17:15, Eurosport 1

Amstel Gold Race 2023: The most important information at a glance

Date: Sunday, 16 April 2023

Distance: 253.6 kilometres for men, 155.8 for women

Start: Maastricht

Target: Berg en Terblijt

Edition: 57th men, 9th women

Premiere: 1966 men, 2001 women (there was an interruption from 2004 to 2016)

Last year's winner: Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Last year's winner: Marta Cavalli (Italy)

Record winner: Jan Raas (Netherlands/five wins)

Everyman race Amstel Gold Race

There will be another Amstel Gold amateur race in 2023. On 15 April - one day before the professionals - cycling fans can take on the famous route sections themselves. The distances on offer are 65, 100, 125, 150, 200 and 240 kilometres.

>> Everyman race dates: These are the most important events in 2023

Previous winners of the women's Amstel Gold Race

• 2001 Debby Mansveld (Netherlands)
• 2002 Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Netherlands)
• 2003 Nicole Cooke (Great Britain)
• 2017 Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)
• 2018 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Netherlands)
• 2019 Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Poland)
• 2021 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
• 2022 Marta Cavalli (Italy)

All winners of the Amstel Gold Race

• 1966 Jean Stablinski (France)
• 1967 Arie den Hartog (Netherlands)
• 1968 Harry Steevens (Netherlands)
• 1969 Guido Reybrouck (Belgium)
• 1970 Georgens Pintens (Belgium)
• 1971 Frans Verbeeck (Belgium)
• 1972 Walter Planckaert (Belgium)
• 1973 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
• 1974 Gerrie Knetemann (Netherlands)
• 1975 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
• 1976 Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
• 1977 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
• 1978 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
• 1979 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
• 1980 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
• 1981 Bernard Hinault (France)
• 1982 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
• 1983 Phil Anderson (Australia)
• 1984 Jacques Hanegraaf (Netherlands)
• 1985 Gerrie Knetemann (Netherlands)
• 1986 Steven Rooks (Netherlands)
• 1987 Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands)
• 1988 Jelle Nijdam (Netherlands)
• 1989 Eric van Lancker (Belgium)
• 1990 Adrie van der Poel (Netherlands)
• 1991 Frans Maassen (Netherlands)
• 1992 Olaf Ludwig (Germany)
• 1993 Rolf Järmann (Switzerland)
• 1994 Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
• 1995 Mauro Gianetti (Switzerland)
• 1996 Stefano Zanini (Italy)
• 1997 Bjarne Riis (Denmark)
• 1998 Rolf Järmann (Switzerland)
• 1999 Michael Boogerd (Netherlands)
• 2000 Erik Zabel (Germany)
• 2001 Erik Dekker (Netherlands)
• 2002 Michele Bartoli (Italy)
• 2003 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan)
• 2004 Davide Rebellin (Italy)
• 2005 Danilo Di Luca (Italy)
• 2006 Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg)
• 2007 Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
• 2008 Damiano Cunego (Italy)
• 2010 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
• 2011 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
• 2012 Enrico Gasparotto (Italy)
• 2013 Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
• 2014 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
• 2015 Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)
• 2016 Enrico Gasparotto (Italy)
• 2017 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
• 2018 Michael Valgren (Denmark)
• 2019 Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)
• 2021 Wout van Aert (Belgium)
• 2022 Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)