“It\u2019s truly extraordinary to realise I\u2019ve had the chance to oversee 30 editions as race director,” said Van Vliet at a press conference. It was held at In den Ouden Vogelstruys, on Maastricht\u2019s Vrijthof square, where the idea for the international cycling race was born in 1965. “The 60th edition in 2026 feels like the ideal moment to pass the baton to a new generation,” he added.<\/p>\n
“The Amstel Gold Race<\/a> is a race that has given me so much, both personally and athletically,” said Tom Dumoulin<\/a>, 35, about the exciting challenge he now faces in his current professional chapter within cycling. “Being entrusted with directing this race from 2027, following in the footsteps of Herman Krott and Leo van Vliet [Amstel\u2019s first race director], is a great honour and a big responsibility. I look forward to working with the team to continue the rich tradition of this unique Classic,” he concluded.In 2025, the Amstel Gold Race<\/a> was one of the best races of the season. That edition saw Mattias Skjelmose outsprint Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel after, together with the Belgian, reeling in a long-range attack by the Slovenian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“It\u2019s truly extraordinary to realise I\u2019ve had the chance to oversee 30 editions as race director,” said Van…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[212379,64,63,784,85,177801],"class_list":{"0":"post-398844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-amstel-gold-race","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tom-dumoulin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}