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Skjelmose stuns Pogacar and Evenepoel with sprint to Amstel Gold Race win

Danish rider pips favourite Tadej Pogacar at the line‘I was riding for the podium,’ winner admits

Mattias Skjelmose claimed a shock victory at the Amstel Gold Race as he won a sprint finish against favourite Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel on Sunday.

It was supposed to be a fight between world champion Pogacar and Evenepoel but Denmark’s Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) had not read the script as he beat Pogacar by the width of a tyre. Evenepoel, who recently returned from serious injuries sustained in a crash, was third.

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