Amstel Gold: The day dawned sunny after a night of unpromising rain. A nice change for this part of Europe.
Of course after Martijn’s fantastic cobble race and with Maastricht being his home town, it was an agreeable idea to do everything we could for him today. He was well placed in the front […]

After having a bit of time with my family and time to reflect over last Sunday’s happenings, I have come up with this.
So I worked my backside off to get from a heap on the tarmac in Qatar to the hardest one day race in the world and be competitive there. With all the […]

With a 12th place finish at Flanders and a fantastic 4th at Paris-Roubaix, Dutch rider Martijn Maaskant is on form for a solid Amstel Gold performance this Saturday, April 20th. As the hometown hero, the talented Martijn took some time out of his preparations to talk about this “local” race.
Does the race go near […]

Check out the Saris power file of Martijn’s impressive performance at Roubaix. Young Martijn put in 6006 kj of total work in 6:05′56″ in the saddle over 256.39 km. Not bad for a debut ride!

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 […]

Cyclingnews.com profiles “Sleepy Martijn” on his brilliant 4th place finish in his first Paris-Roubaix and his plans for the rest of the Spring Classics.
From the article: Next week the Dutch young man will enjoy a home race, with the Amstel Gold Race featuring as next Spring Classic. “I’m very happy with my fourth place as […]

Velonews.com profiles Dutch prodigy Martijn Maaskant, the unexpected 4th place finisher of the 2008 Paris-Roubaix.
“It was very difficult; a very hard race,” said Maaskant, who is Dutch, but lives in Belgium. “When Boonen attacked that was the hardest part of the race for me.”

The 24-year-old Dutch rider Martijn Maaskant (above and below) hung with the world’s best cyclists today to finish a fabulous 4th - and just off the podium - in his Paris-Roubaix debut.
Sticking to the front of the race as the main group gradually dwindled over the dusty pavé, Martijn made the decisive break […]