2013 Amstel Gold Race
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| name = 2013 Amstel Gold Race
| image = Roman Kreuziger Amstel Gold Race 2013.jpg
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| series = 2013 UCI World Tour
| race_no = 11
| season_no = 28
| date = 14 April 2013
| stages = 1
| distance = 251.8
| unit = km
| time = 6h 35' 21"
| speed = 38.214
| first = Roman Kreuziger
| first_nat = CZE
| first_natvar =
| first_team = {{UCI team code|SAX|2013}}
| second = Alejandro Valverde
| second_nat = ESP
| second_natvar =
| second_team = {{UCI team code|MOV|2013}}
| third = Simon Gerrans
| third_nat = AUS
| third_natvar =
| third_team = {{UCI team code|OGE|2013}}
| previous = 2012
| next = 2014
}}
The 2013 Amstel Gold Race was the 48th running of the Amstel Gold Race, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 14 April 2013 over a distance of {{convert|251.8|km|1|abbr=off}} and it was the eleventh race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.[http://www.amstel.nl/evenementen/amstelgoldrace/wedstrijd/informatie Official PDF document]
Teams
As the Amstel Gold Race is a UCI World Tour event, all 19 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 25-team peloton.{{Cite web |url=http://www.amstel.nl/evenementen/amstelgoldrace/wedstrijd/teams |title=Teams |access-date=2013-04-14 |archive-date=2014-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425092451/http://www.amstel.nl/evenementen/amstelgoldrace/wedstrijd/teams |url-status=dead }}
The 19 UCI ProTeams that competed in the race:
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The 6 teams who were given wild cards:
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Race overview
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Results
{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20523&EditionID=810663&SeasonID=484&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=810664&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8|title=UCI WorldTour Ranking #10 – Amstel Gold Race (NED/UWT)|date=14 April 2013|access-date=14 April 2013|work=Union Cycliste Internationale|publisher=Infostrada Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212328/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20523&EditionID=810663&SeasonID=484&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=810664&Phase1ID=-1&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}[http://www.cyclingnews.com/amstel-gold-race/results Cycling News: Kreuziger amazes in Amstel Gold Race] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418184318/http://www.cyclingnews.com/amstel-gold-race/results |date=2015-04-18 }}
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! !Rider !Team !Time ! World Tour |
| align=center |1
| {{flagathlete|Roman Kreuziger|CZE}} | {{UCI team code|SAX|2013}} | align=right | 6h 35' 21" | align=center |80 |
| align=center |2
| {{flagathlete|Alejandro Valverde|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|MOV|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 60 |
| align=center |3
| {{flagathlete|Simon Gerrans|AUS}} | {{UCI team code|OGE|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 50 |
| align=center |4
| {{flagathlete|Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}} | {{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 40 |
| align=center |5
| {{flagathlete|Philippe Gilbert|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|BMC|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 30 |
| align=center |6
| {{flagathlete|Sergio Henao|COL}} | {{UCI team code|SKY|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 22 |
| align=center |7
| {{flagathlete|Björn Leukemans|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 14 |
| align=center |8
| {{flagathlete|Pieter Weening|NED}} | {{UCI team code|OGE|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 10 |
| align=center |9
| {{flagathlete|Enrico Gasparotto|ITA}} | {{UCI team code|AST|2013}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 6 |
| align=center |10
| {{flagathlete|Bauke Mollema|NED}} | {{UCI team code|RAB|2013a}} | align=right | + 22" | align=center| 2 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.amstelgoldrace.nl/}}
{{2013 UCI World Tour}}
{{Amstel Gold Race}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amstel Gold Race, 2013}}