ROMA (ITALPRESS) – A two-dominated flight. Remco Evenepoel beats Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl – Trek) and triumphs in the sixtieth edition of the Amstel Gold Race, winning his 74th career win (he did not win since February). A success came thanks to the Belgian sprint regale of Red Bull – Bora Hansgrohe, able to anticipate the Danish rival, winner of last edition. Third-ranked Benoit Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates – XRG), who won the sprint reserved for the best eight trackers. Among these the Venetian Marco Frigo, among the protagonists of the day, on the run at the beginning of the race and tenth on the arrival, after the last attack at 500 meters from the arrival. From the first kilometers Huub Artz (Lotto Intermarché), Filip Maciejuk (Movistar Team), Frigo (NSN Cycling Team), Warren Barguil (Team Picnic PostNL), Xabier Mikel Azparren (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Joseba Lopez (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), Siebe Deweirdt (Team Flanders – Balo On the Kruisberg, about 43 km from the finish line, Romain Greogoire broke the Hindus by exploding the group.
The French took after Mattias Skjelmose and Remco Evenepoel. At -36 the third party recovered on Marco Frigo, who remained momentarily only at the command: decisive the penultimate passage on the Cauberg, where Evenepoel and Skjelmose remained alone until the finish line. Satisfied Evenepoel: “I love this race so much. There are these short but explosive climbs. The race opened at the same point last year; my sprint has improved a lot. My teammates did an excellent job in the first part of the race, it was not easy to stay calm. For me this is a test just under the ‘Monument’, I wanted to win it. I’m lucky I won so much in career.” In archive, therefore, the first test of the Trittico delle Ardenne: Wednesday there will be the Freccia Vallone, then the closing Sunday with the Liegi-Bastogne-Liegi.
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