2006 Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race 2006 was the 41st edition of the road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on April 16, 2006 in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 253.1 kilometres with start in Maastricht and finish in Valkenburg.
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Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or race:
“Don different from those regal Dons!
With hearts of gold and lungs of bronze,
Who shout and bang and roar and brawl
The Absolute across the hall,”
—Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)
“The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)