Riders sometimes say the Amstel Gold is a race on a postage stamp. The area where the riders race is so small that they pass the same point on the road sometimes three times. Here is the actual course. You can see how they use different colors to better indicate where the course goes.

It is has an unbelievable amount of turns and some very small, narrow roads. The roads for some parts of the course are only three meters wide. It also takes place in Limburg, the hilly part of the Netherlands where the most prestigious races are held. So it is very important to know when the turns and climbs will come and when the roads get narrow. And then you just have to stay in front!

Huub Duyn and Martijn Maaskant were born about 250 km from where the race starts. They have both raced these roads quite a lot and they know what to expect.