Amstel Gold Race upgrade photo finish camera in order to avoid repeat of the controversies of recent years

Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock were involved in a race-winning dispute at the Amstel Gold Race in 2021 and last year Benoit Cosnefroy was initially named as winner, before that was overturned in favour of Michal Kwiatkowski. In the hopes of bringing these controversies to an end, the race has now upgraded its photo finish camera.

"All in all, it's Murphy's Law that hit our event. But now it's over." Leo van Vliet the race director of the Amstel Gold Race told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. "We now work with the company who judge wins and losses in the Tour de France because I don't want any doubts."

"We have tightened the protocols," Van Vliet insisted. "This is also the case with a major accident; something unlikely must first happen before everything is then better agreed." When discussing the controversial finishes of recent years, Van Vliet is quick to point out that the issues should now be fixed.

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"In a similar case, the jury no longer declares a winner at all, until we are 100% sure," Van Vliet said. "And the 'TV' stays out of the jury car for a while, so they don't call the wrong name either. Somehow, I hope it will be this exciting again because we are just ready for it now."