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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Wafels
Sunday morning in Maastricht for the start of the 50th Amstel Gold Race would not be complete without freshly made "Liege-style wafels." Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Maastricht
The Amstel Gold Race always packs a full house in the city center of Maastricht as riders took the stage for team introductions before the unofficial start. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Kwiatkowski
World champion Michal Kwiatkowski navigated to the start stage in the Markt Square, Maastricht. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Start
The start of the 50th edition Amstel Gold Race rolled out. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Windmill
Only 14 kilometers into the race, the peloton completed the second of 34 climbs at Adsteeg. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Breakaway
The six-man breakaway formed early in the race and climbed the infamous Cauberg with a nine-minute lead over the peloton. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Fans
This method of obtaining bottles was creative and blunt. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Peloton
The peloton rode easily much of the day, waiting almost until the final circuit to reel the break back in. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Cauberg start
The peloton made the turn onto the Cauberg for the first of four ascents during the race. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Fans on the hill
A young fan on the Loorberg surveyed the hillside for signs of the approaching breakaway. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Wolfsberg
World champion Michal Kwiatkowski rolled over the Wolfsberg in the safety of his Etixx-Quick-Step teammates. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: More cowbell
Fans swung a huge iron cowbell near the top of the Camerig, where the race would pass as a climb and a descent after making the loop out to the Drielandenpunt near the German border. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Tight bunch
The bunch climbed the wide turns of the ninth hill of the day — the Loorberg. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Climb
The race reached the first pass of the Gulperberg en masse, nine minutes behind the lead group of six. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Matthews
Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) rode in the bunch on the sweeping hairpins of the descent of the Drielandenpunt. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) sat patiently in the bunch for most of the day as the favorites watched and waited. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Sibbegrubbe
The gap was reduced to seven minutes by the time the bunch hit Sibbegrubbe as Movistar, Etixx-Quick-Step, and Astana worked at the front. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: De Vreese
Laurens De Vreese (Astana) led the break through the forested Sibbegrubbe climb at kilometer 161. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: BMC and Etixx
BMC Racing and Etixx-Quick-Step brought up the line, working for their leaders Philippe Gilbert and Michal Kwiatkowski. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Not Amstel beer
A never-ending flow of beer was served on the summit of the Gulperberg as fans spent the day in the sun, waiting for, and watching, the race action. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Chase
By the start of the Fromberg (kilometer 222) a chase group formed, led by Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), and Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick-Step). Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Cauberg
On the penultimate pass of the Cauberg, the race lead was headed up by Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), and Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick-Step). Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Keutenberg
On the climb of the Keutenberg, the race started to take shape as the favorites appeared at the head of the race. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Finale
Eventual winner Michal Kwiatkowski chased the move made by Gilbert and Matthews as they approached the summit of the Cauberg toward the finish line. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Gilbert, Matthews
As expected, the final moves played out on the Cauberg as the defending champion Philippe Gilbert launched an attack — with Michael Matthews close on his wheel — less than three kilometers from the finish. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Kwiatkowski wins
Michal Kwiatkowski shook the rainbow curse early in the year with victory at the 2015 Amstel Gold Race. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Celebration
Shock consumed Kwiatkowski, moments after winning the 50th edition of the Amstel Gold Race. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Matthews post-race
An exhausted Michael Matthews recuperated next to a Nippo-Vini Fantini team car after the finish line. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Gilbert talks to press
Race favorite Gilbert met the press after his 10-place finish in Valkenburg. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Kwiatkowski talks to press
"Winning Amstel Gold Race in the rainbow jersey means a lot to both me and the team," said 2015 Amstel Gold winner Michal Kwiatkowski after the official press conference. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Bidon squad
The bidon squad was in full force, working the line of team buses after the finish. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Amstel Gold Race: Podium legs
The trophy of the 2015 Amstel Gold Race, legs of the winner, and of course, an empty glass of Amstel beer. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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