Having taken over from Herman Krott as the race director of the
Amstel Gold Race in 1996, Leo van Vliet is now set to step down from the role thirty years on in 2026. The 68-year-old Dutchman’s departure leaves the door open for a new race director to assume the role.
In an interview on a talk show with RTL, where he was joined by
Tom Dumoulin to talk about cycling in Limburg, Van Vliet said “this will be my 28th Amstel Gold Race. I will do two more as race director and then I will stop”.