Inizia la settimana di corse nelle Ardenne e l’Amstel Gold Race è l’antipasto giusto per vedere chi è in forma.
La “corsa della birra”, con partenza da Maastricht e arrivo a Valkenburg dopo 250 km, festeggia domani la sua edizione numero 50. Il tratto distintivo di questa particolare gara è il famoso Cauberg, da ripetere quattro volte, mentre il traguardo è ormai stato posticipato di 2,5 km (come nel Mondiale 2012, quando trionfò Philippe Gilbert). Il vallone della BMC, primo lo scorso anno, è il favorito per la vittoria, ma altri nomi interessanti sono quelli del campione del mondo Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick-Step), di Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge), di Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) e Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff-Saxo), che si aggiudicò l’edizione 2013. Non dimentichiamo poi gli italiani Damiano Cunego (Nippo-Vini Fantini) ed Enrico Gasparotto (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), entrambi già vincenti rispettivamente nel 2008 e 2012. Tra gli altri partecipanti, un gradino sotto ai favoriti, troviamo Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team), Simon Gerrans (Orica), Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling), Diego Ulissi e Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin).
Questo l’elenco completo dei partenti, con i rispettivi numeri dorsali:
BMC RACING TEAM
1 GILBERT Philippe Belgium
2 CARUSO Damiano Italy
3 BURGHARDT Marcus Germany
4 DILLIER Silvan Switzerland
5 HERMANS Ben Belgium
6 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel Spain
7 TEUNS Dylan Belgium
8 VAN AVERMAET Greg Belgium
AG2R LA MONDIALE
11 BAKELANTS Jan Belgium
12 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto Colombia
13 CHEREL Mickaël France
14 GASTAUER Ben Luxembourg
15 MONTAGUTI Matteo Italy
16 NOCENTINI Rinaldo Italy
17 RIBLON Christophe France
18 VUILLERMOZ Alexis France
FDJ
21 BONNET William France
22 LE GAC Olivier France
23 PICHON Laurent France
24 REZA Kevin France
25 ROUX Anthony France
26 VAUGRENARD Benoît France
27 VEIKKANEN Jussi Finland
28 VICHOT Arthur France
ASTANA PRO TEAM
31 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy
32 BOOM Lars Netherlands
33 FUGLSANG Jakob Denmark
34 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine
35 LUTSENKO Alexey Kazahkstan
36 ROSA Diego Italy
37 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
38 WESTRA Lieuwe Netherlands
ETIXX – QUICK STEP
41 KWIATKOWSKI Michal Poland
42 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France
43 GOLAS Michal Poland
44 MARTIN Tony Germany
45 MEERSMAN Gianni Belgium
46 VERMOTE Julien Belgium
47 VAKOC Petr Czech Republic
48 VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium
IAM CYCLING
51 CHAVANEL Sylvain France
52 DEVENYNS Dries Belgium
53 ELMIGER Martin Switzerland
54 HOLLENSTEIN Reto Switzerland
55 PINEAU Jérôme France
56 REYNES MIMO Vicente Spain
57 SARAMOTINS Aleksejs Latvia
58 TANNER David Australia
LAMPRE – MERIDA
61 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto Portugal
62 BONO Matteo Italy
63 DURASEK Kristijan Croatia
64 CONTI Valerio Italy
65 MORI Manuele Italy
66 POLANC Jan Slovenia
67 ULISSI Diego Italy
68 VALLS FERRI Rafael Spain
LOTTO – SOUDAL
71 VANENDERT Jelle Belgium
72 BROECKX Stig Belgium
73 GALLOPIN Tony France
74 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
75 ROELANDTS Jurgen Belgium
76 VAN DER SANDE Tosh Belgium
77 VANENDERT Dennis Belgium
78 WELLENS Tim Belgium
MOVISTAR TEAM
81 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain
82 GADRET John France
83 ERVITI Imanol Spain
84 HERRADA LOPEZ José Spain
85 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka Spain
86 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
87 SUTHERLAND Rory Australia
88 VISCONTI Giovanni Italy
ORICA GREENEDGE
91 GERRANS Simon Australia
92 ALBASINI Michael Switzerland
93 CLARKE Simon Australia
94 HAYMAN Mathew Australia
95 IMPEY Daryl South Africa
96 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
97 MEIER Christian Canada
98 WEENING Pieter Netherlands
TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN
101 SLAGTER Tom Jelte Netherlands
102 BETTIOL Alberto Italy
103 HAAS Nathan Australia
104 HOWES Alex United States
105 MARTIN Daniel Ireland
106 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas Lithuania
107 LANGEVELD Sebastian Netherlands
108 MOHORIC Matej Slovenia
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
111 DUMOULIN Tom Netherlands
112 BARGUIL Warren France
113 CURVERS Roy Netherlands
114 DE KORT Koen Netherlands
115 HUPOND Thierry France
116 PREIDLER Georg Austria
117 TIMMER Albert Netherlands
118 WAEYTENS Zico Belgium
TEAM KATUSHA
121 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin Spain
122 CARUSO Giampaolo Italy
123 KOZONTCHUK DmitrIy Russia
124 LAGUTIN Sergey Russia
125 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto Spain
126 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel Spain
127 MACHADO Tiago Portugal
128 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
131 KELDERMAN Wilco Netherlands
132 LEEZER Tom Netherlands
133 LINDEMAN Bertjan Netherlands
134 MARTENS Paul Germany
135 ROOSEN Timo Netherlands
136 TANKINK Bram Netherlands
137 VAN DER LIJKE Nick Netherlands
138 VAN EMDEN Jos Netherlands
TEAM SKY
141 EARLE Nathan Australia
142 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Colombia
143 KENNAUGH Peter United Kingdom
144 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus
145 DEIGNAN Philip Ireland
146 NORDHAUG Lars Petter Norway
147 ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier Spain
148 POELS Wouter Netherlands
TINKOFF – SAXO
151 KREUZIGER Roman Czech Republic
152 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael Denmark
153 BOARO Manuele Italy
154 HANSEN Jesper Denmark
155 KISERLOVSKI Robert Croatia
156 PETROV Evgeni Russia
157 ROVNY Ivan Russia
158 SØRENSEN Chris Anker Denmark
TREK FACTORY RACING
161 MOLLEMA Bauke Netherlands
162 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian Colombia
163 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan
164 DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg
165 FELLINE Fabio Italy
166 JUNGELS Bob Luxembourg
167 SCHLECK Frank Luxembourg
168 WATSON Calvin Australia
BARDIANI CSF
171 COLBRELLI Sonny Italy
172 ANDREETTA Simone Italy
173 BARBIN Enrico Italy
174 BATTAGLIN Enrico Italy
175 BOEM Nicola Italy
176 PIECHELE Andrea Italy
177 PIRAZZI Stefano Italy
178 ZARDINI Edoardo Italy
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
181 REBELLIN Davide Italy
182 BOLE Grega Slovenia
183 MARYCZ Jaroslaw Poland
184 MATYSIAK Bartlomiej Poland
185 PATERSKI Maciej Poland
186 RUTKIEWICZ Marek Poland
187 SCHUMACHER Stefan Germany
188 SAMOILAU Branislau Belarus
CULT ENERGY PRO CYCLING
191 WEGMANN Fabian Germany
192 DOWNING Russel United Kingdom
193 GERDEMANN Linus Germany
194 GULDHAMMER PEDERSEN Rasmus Denmark
195 KIRSCH Alex Luxembourg
196 MAGER Christian Germany
197 REIHS Michael Denmark
198 VINTHER Troels Ronning Denmark
MTN – QHUBEKA
201 GOSS Matthew Harley Australia
202 VAN ZYL Johann South Africa
203 JIM Songezo South Africa
204 PAUWELS Serge Belgium
205 SBARAGLI Kristian Italy
206 TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel Eritrea
207 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques South Africa
208 REGUIGUI Youcef Algeria
NIPPO – VINI FANTINI
211 CUNEGO Damiano Italy
212 BERLATO Giacomo Italy
213 COLLI Daniele Italy
214 DE NEGRI Pier Paolo Italy
215 FILOSI Iuri Italy
216 MALAGUTI Alessandro Italy
217 STACCHIOTTO Riccardo Italy
218 YAMAMOTO Genki Japan
TEAM ROOMPOT
221 HOOGERLAND Johnny Netherlands
222 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd Netherlands
223 DE MAAR Marc Netherlands Antilles
224 DUYN Huub Netherlands
225 HONIG Reinier Netherlands
226 KREDER Michel Netherlands
227 LAMMERTINK Maurits Netherlands
228 TERPSTRA Mike Netherlands
TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE
231 DE TIER Floris Belgium
232 DECLERCQ Tim Belgium
233 JACOBS Pieter Belgium
234 NAESEN Oliver Belgium
235 SPRENGERS Thomas Belgium
236 THEUNS Edward Belgium
237 VAN HECKE Preben Belgium
238 VANOVERBERGHE Arthur Belgium
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
241 GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy
242 LEUKEMANS Björn Belgium
243 MARCATO Marco Italy
244 MINNAARD Marco Netherlands
245 SELVAGGI Mirko Italy
246 DE GREEF Francis Belgium
247 EIJSSEN Yannick Belgium
248 GHYSELINCK Jan Belgium
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