Mathieu van der Poel will compete in the Ardennes classics in Dutch Limburg. The Dutchman has already completed the Tour of Flanders-Paris-Roubaix double.
Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert will miss the race. Benoît Cosnefroy and Ben Healy are among the outsiders to win the Amstel Gold Race/Liège-Bastogne- Liège. The race will take place between Maastricht and Valkenburg (south) in the Netherlands on Sunday. It will be the only WorldTour race in the Dutch region of Limburg and will be won by the leader of the Alpecin-Deceuninck team. The winner will be crowned the winner of the AmStel Gold race/Lienege/Bastogsne-Liègge on May 25. The Amstal Gold Race is one of the most prestigious races in the cycling world.