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Van Aert wins by a whisker in front of Tom Pidcock in photo-finish at Amstel Gold Race

Belgian Wout van Aert pipped Britain’s Tom Pidcock to victory at the Amstel Gold Race classic on Sunday after a thrilling photo-finish in the Netherlands. Jumbo-Vismas’ Van Aert, who has three Tour de France stage victories, was awarded the win by centimeters after officials studied television footage following Pidcock’s late effort

“It was really tight. Usually, a long sprint is good for me,” Van Aert said.

“I didn’t dare to believe, but the race organisers came to see me to tell (me) I had won.”

He also claimed revenge for Pidcock’s Brabantse Pijl success on Wednesday, when the 21-year-old secured his first triumph for Ineos Grenadiers.

“I left it too late, I should have gone earlier,” Pidcock said.

“I thought I was the quickest, it’s frustrating to lose by such a margin.”

Van Aert wins by a whisker in front of Tom Pidcock in photo-finish at Amstel Gold Race

Bora-Hansgrohe rider Maximilian Schachmann was third, two seconds behind after 134 miles of the opening Ardennes classic.

With one 12-mile lap left, Van Aert, Pidcock and Schachmann were among seven riders in front.#Four miles later, Van Aert, Pidcock and Schachmann had a lead of 20 seconds over a chasing group led by Mauri Vansevenant.

Racing into the final mile near the town of Valkenberg, just to the east of Maastricht, they were left to fight for the win.

Van Aert broke and seemed to be closing in on the race, before Pidcock’s late push caused debate about the winner.

But the 26-year-old was given the victory to add to his Gent-Wevelgem win in March.

The second classic in the region, La Fleche Wallone, takes place on Wednesday before the prestigious Liege-Bastogne-Liege four days later.

VIDEO: 2021 Amstel Gold Men's Race Highlights

2021 Amstel Gold Men's Race Top 10

1          Wout van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma 05:03:27
2          Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
3          Max Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe      00:00:02
4          Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange
5          Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
6          Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
7          Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix
8          Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
9          Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
10        Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal

Glory for Mariane Vos

Marianne Vos collected one of the few titles she had not won when she claimed the women’s Amstel Gold
Race on Sunday. The Dutch Jumbo-Visma rider won in a sprint finish in Valkenburg ahead of her compatriots Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten. The 33-year-old Vos had never won the Amstel, although she had taken a
world road race championship over the same course nine years ago.

Australian Grace Brown, winner of this season’s Bruges-La Panne classic, broke away in the final miles and built a lead of 30 seconds with 8 miles to go.

Italian Elisa Longo Borghini and Polish defending champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma then escaped on the Cauberg climb with two kilometers to go, but started playing cat and mouse and were swallowed up by the chasing pack in the final 500 meters. Vos then took the sprint by a wheel.

 
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