2022 Amstel Gold Race Results & Recap
2022 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
Citroën) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), with the Frenchman imposing himself by a whisker at the end of a very tight sprint, in which he started in front, resisting by a whisker the return of the former world champion. Or so it seemed, because after the first assignment by the jury, the images instead assigned the success to the Polish rider. Completing the podium, anticipating the rest of the group of the best, is Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), who in the last kilometer extended and anticipated the sprint of the beaten track. . After just over six kilometers, seven men manage to gain a small gap: they are Ide Schelling (Bora-hansgrohe), Emīls Liepiņš (Trek-Segafredo), Owain Doull (EF Education-EasyPost), Johan Jacobs (Movistar), Aaron Van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Davide Gabburo and Luca Rastelli (Bardiani CSF Faizanè). The platoon, however, initially does not seem willing to leave too much room for the attackers who soon remain in six: Gabburo, in fact, gets up, allowing himself to be reabsorbed by the group. After a long arm wrestling, the fugitives still manage to get the better of it for the moment, with the group slowing down after staying at 50 "for several kilometers. The first teams to send men to shoot are the Alpecin - Fenix and the Ineos Grenadiers, who intervene as soon as the advantage exceeds four minutes. Astana Qazaqstan join Alpecin and Ineos in the pursuit. In the following kilometers, with the walls sliding under the riders' wheels, the advantage of the pacemakers reaches a maximum of 5'05 ", starting to drop again only after halfway through the race. The platoon, in fact, returns first at 3'40 ", then even at 1'30" when, having entered the last 100 kilometers, the group breaks up into several sections, which later however come together again. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) and Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma) come out with Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar), but the Spaniard fails to follow, while the other two take off, quickly reaching the lead after having distanced Rastelli, which will be resumed shortly after by the group together with Garcia Cortina. In counterattacks also Florian Sénéchal (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) tries to start, but his action is late and after a few kilometers in the middle he gets up again, without being re came out to get close enough to the pacemakers, who at 75 kilometers from the finish have an advantage of one minute over the group. Some roundabouts cause some falls, also involving prominent runners such as Andrea Bagioli (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), who then spends a lot to return, Jack Haig (Bahrain-Victorious) and the young talent Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bora-hansgrohe). accelerated and brought the gap back to 45 seconds, the Alpecin - Fenix decides to lift their foot and at that point give the attackers another minute, from which Schelling and Campenaerts suddenly lose contact, approaching the final 50 kilometers. With the recovery of the walls, the pace of the group returns to rise, with the brawl for the positions that sees Jumbo-Visma, Ineos - Grenadiers and Alpecin - Fenix as the most active. Thus a whirlwind of accelerations starts again with Christophe Laporte, Tim Wellens, Ben Turner and Michael Valgren who try to shake things up, but the group is still compact, getting considerably closer to the pacemakers, now three of them left. Despite a cornering error that leads him to have contact with a stationary car, Nathan Van Hooydonck is still the most active and the last to give up, stretching further before being picked up by the forcing of the Ineos Grenadiers, which definitively breaks the group. So there are just 25 riders left in front, but Michal Kwiatkowski and Tom Pidcock decide to further increase the pace, imposing a forcing that initially leaves only four riders with them, thanks also to the relaunch of Tiesj Benoot. Remaining slightly behind, Mathieu Van Der Poel returned shortly afterwards together with four other riders and thus formed a group of eleven men in front of them made up of Kasper Asgreen (QST), Tiesj Benoot (TJV), Benoît Cosnefroy (ACT), Jakob Fuglsang (IPT ), Marc Hirschi (UAD), Alexander Kamp (TFS), Michal Kwiatkowski (IGD), Stefan Küng (GFC), Michael Matthews (BEX), Thomas Pidcock (IGD), Dylan Teuns (TBV) and Mathieu van der Poel (AFC) ). (TBV), Matteo Trentin (UAD), Michael Valgren (EFE), Tim Wellens (LTS) and Dylan van Baarle (IGD), who nevertheless struggle to organize a chase given the presence of many teammates of men present in front. The most active are Wellens and Tratnik, but they will never be able to return, leaving the eleven leaders to play for the success, starting a series of attacks that finally see Michal Kwiatkowski stretch in view of the last lap at the finish line, for be joined shortly after by Benoit Cosnefroy, while Dylan Teuns loses the moment. in front they collaborate at a good pace almost to the finish line, with the exception of an extension by Cosnefroy on the last wall, well reduced by Michal Kwiatkowski. The Pole then plays on experience within the last kilometer, stopping collaborating and leaving the weight of the first position to the French. The two look at each other, slow down and manage well the margin on the pursuers, with Cosnefroy launching his sprint 150 meters from the finish. Initially he seems to resist, but gradually Kwiatkowski comes out, managing to flank his rival. Overtaking, however, is not so obvious and the two cross the finish line practically paired, without knowing who won. After a few minutes of waiting, the jury awards the victory to the Frenchman, but a further revision of the finish confirms the victory of Michal Kwiatkowski.
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