2021 Amstel Gold Race Results & Recap
2021 Amstel Gold Race is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Wout van Aert wins Amstel Gold Race
It took a photo finish to determine that Wout van Aert won the Amstel Gold Race today in Limberg. The Jumbo Visma rider outsprinted Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) by a whisper - 4/1000th of a second after breaking away with the Brit and Maximilian Schachmann (BORA - Hansgrohe) in the last 15 kilometres.
“It was super tight because after the finish I didn’t know, actually,” Van Aert said afterwards. “A few moments later they said on the radio that I won, but another few moments later I saw some images on the big screen so then I was in doubt again. It took until the jury came into the changing room and said it was sure. It was just super tight. I never had something like this before.”
Pidcock was disappointed with the outcome but said the photo finish was something you can't argue with.
"Wout thought he won and I always thought that I was second, so at least I didn’t think I won. It would have been nice to have been first but I’m still happy with second. I did a good ride. You can’t disagree with a photo finish. It’s disappointing but I did a good race and I’m happy with how it went. I’m not annoyed with how it went but to lose by so little is frustrating. We had a super good team today and they rode a super good race. It’s nice being in a team that’s so committed.”
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