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New calendar: Amstel Gold Race on Saturday October 10 | 1Limburg

The international cycling federation UCI has planned the Amstel Gold Race on a Saturday in a new cycling calendar: October 10. A day later, the Tour version is being driven by 15,000 holidaymakers in South Limburg.

The Gold Race falls ‘in’ the Giro d’Italia, which is also scheduled in October. Due to the outbreak of the corona crisis, the cycling year has so far gone smoothly and many races have had to get a new place on the calendar. The new planning is provisional, because the corona measures are given priority.

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Men and women
The Amstel Gold Race, which normally takes place in April, has also been postponed. October 10 has now been announced as a new exchange date. That date was already in the air, but has now also been ratified by the union. It is intended that both the men’s and women’s races will be held on that day.

A day after the Amstel Gold Race, the Flemish ‘spring classic’ Ghent-Wevelgem will be held. The cyclists Liège-Bastogne-Liège ride a week before the Limburg cycling highlight.

‘Nice confirmation’
Race director Leo van Vliet is ‘very happy’ with the new place on the calendar. “That is a nice confirmation that the Dutch classic belongs in the list of major rounds and monuments. As an organization, we can now make new plans for the autumn with our partners. Of course we will keep an eye on developments, only if the situation there will be racing. “

Also read: The history of the only Dutch cycling classic

BinckBank Tour
The BinckBank Tour has also been given a place on the new cycling calendar. The stage race in the Netherlands and Belgium has invariably traveled through Limburg in recent years. It is intended that the competition will now be held from September 29 to October 3. For the ladies, the Boels Ladies Tour is scheduled for September 1 to 6.

Big rounds
The Tour de France had already shifted: it is currently on the line for the period from August 29 to September 20. The two other major rounds, the Giro d’Italia and the Spanish Vuelta, overlap on the revised calendar. The Giro starts on October 3 and ends on October 25, the Vuelta starts five days before the Giro is completed. The Amstel Gold Race therefore falls in the period in which the Giro is also held.

Disappointing
Tom Dumoulin takes into account the cancellation of the Tour, he recently said in Evening guests. “I don’t really focus on the Tour de France. I think it may be very disappointing or that it will take place at all,” says Dumoulin. “I try to set a goal every day, to cycle for three hours with a certain objective. Not necessarily with the idea that the Tour is coming in four months. If I can believe the virologists, I don’t give them much chance. “

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Resume
The season will resume with the Strade Bianche on August 1, according to the new calendar. Milan-Sanremo is planned a week later.

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