The 2015 Amstel Gold Race was the 50th edition of the Amstel Gold Race one-day race. It took place on 19 April and was the eleventh race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The Amstel Gold Race formed part of the Ardennes classics season, although it took place in the Limburg region of the Netherlands rather than in the Belgian Ardennes. It took place in the week before La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the other principal Ardennes classics. The defending champion in the 2015 edition of the race was Philippe Gilbert, who had won the race three times and had also won the 2012 world championships on a very similar course.
Cauberg during the 2015 race
The Cauberg, climbed four times during the race
Philippe Gilbert, three-time winner of the race, wearing the rainbow jersey he won on a similar course in the 2012 world championships
Michał Kwiatkowski (here pictured after winning the 2014 world championships road race) won his first race in the rainbow jersey in a sprint finish
The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic road cycling race held annually since 1966 in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics riders as the favourites.
Jean Stablinski won the first Amstel Gold Race in 1966.
Michael Boogerd was a regular podium finisher.
Steffen Wesemann on his way up Eyserbosweg in 2006.
View on Oud-Lemiers, near Vaals, in the southeast of Limburg.
