Tadej Pogacar vs Tom Pidcock as Classics season continues at Amstel Gold Race - how to watch, timings, route

There will be another mouthwatering Classics match-up at the 2023 Amstel Gold Race on Sunday as Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Britain's Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) go head-to-head. The pair were both in the field at the recent Tour of Flanders but experienced contrasting fortunes, Pogacar taking the win after a late solo breakaway, while Pidcock made a «stupid» fuelling mistake that meant he was not in contention at the front of the race.

Ad However for the Brit, who triumphed at Strade Bianche in March, this Sunday represents a chance to make amends, and he is part of a strong Ineos team containing last year's winner Michal Kwiatkowski. Tour de FranceWhen do Pogacar and Vingegaard race again as Tour de France rematch looms?YESTERDAY AT 10:15 In the women's race, defending champion Marta Cavalli (FDJ — Suez) is on the preliminary start list, and she will expect to battle the likes of Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) and Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) for victory in the Netherlands.

Which riders will be drinking the enormous glasses of beer given to the men's and women's race winners come Sunday afternoon? CAN ANYONE STOP POGACAR? Tadej Pogacar even told people what he was going to do before the Tour of Flanders even began, yet still no one could stop him. Can Tom Pidcock, with a classic under his belt already this season, be the man to outdo the Slovenian? The parcours looks set for the puncheurs and climbers to thrive, with 3,266m of ascending in total and two ascents of the Cauberg in the latter part of the race threatening to break things apart.