Team DSM coach Pim Ligthart: “The Amstel Gold Race is one of the biggest races in the Netherlands and it is a special race with a challenging route. There are a lot of twisting and turning, small roads, with a lot of steep short climbs; making for a hard day in the saddle. With a change of parcours in the final, the climbs follow each other up faster than in previous editions and because of that, the race can open up even sooner than before. We bring a strong team with high ambitions to the start in Maastricht. The Ardennes have been a goal for Søren and the team, however he fell sick towards the end of last week and is still recovering. We have to see how he feels in the next few days before making the final decision on his race participation this weekend.”
Søren Kragh Andersen
