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Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) won Amstel Gold Race after edging out Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates), Tiesj Benoot (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal-QuickStep) in a four-up sprint.
The quartet were part of an initial twelve-man move that took shape over the top of the Eyserbosweg with 35km remaining, and they pressed clear of their breakaway companions over the penultimate climb of the Geulhemmerberg.
By that point, it was already clear that overwhelming favourite Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) would not repeat his dramatic comeback win of 2019. The world champion and his team missed the decisive move over the Eyserbosweg, and with eleven squads…
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