The Dutch Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the women's Amstel Gold Race ahead of her compatriot Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx - Protime), third place for the Norwegian Ingvild Gaskjenn (Liv AlUla Jayco). For Italy there is fifth place for Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek), sixth for Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) and 10th for Soraya Paladin (CANYON/SRAM Racing).
Vos, who had already won the Amstel in 2021, achieved his third success of the season after victories in the Het Nieuwsblad and the A travers la Flandre, mocking Wiebes, who, certain of victory, got up too early, with her arms raised , before being overtaken by Vos, who did not expect such a mistake from her opponent. Ultimately, Wiebes burst into tears after realizing her mistake.
The opportunity of a lifetime, the sprint with her compatriot, her arms in the air, then the mockery and the tears. It could have been an unforgettable day for Lorena Wiebes, a 25-year-old Dutch cyclist who was about to win her first Amstel Gold Race, the Northern Classic that starts from Maastricht, crosses the streets of her home and arrives in Valkenburg. And instead that finish line will be the nightmare of her career, because in the sprint the other Dutchwoman, Marienne Vos, beat her by a hair.
"I was stupid - Wiebes told Dutch TV, after wiping inconsolable tears - I concentrated too much on the right, and I didn't see Marianne coming from the other side: that's why I raised my arms to the sky. It's one thing really stupid. It happens, but next time it won't happen again." Even the winner, the 37-year-old champion Marianne Vos, two-time Olympic gold medalist, was unable to celebrate fully. "I'm sorry for Lorena: I saw that she was rejoicing - her words - but I continued to push on her pedals without knowing if I would catch her. But winning like this is strange". Imagine losing.
The race was neutralized for an hour due to a traffic accident between a policeman on a motorbike and a car on the route. The policeman "was injured following a collision with a car on the Bergseweg, while he was guarding the Amstel Gold Race", explained the Dutch Limburg police on X. After just over 45 kilometres, the athletes were blocked for an hour before leaving again.