Amstel Curaçao Race

The Amstel Curacao Race is taking place every year since 2002 in November on the island of Curacao (former Netherlands Antilles) cycling criterion, which is popular with many top European riders as relaxed end of the season. With the financial support of the Dutch brewery " Amstel ", which is also the famous Amstel Gold Race gives her name, every year racers are invited big names on the South American island. Organizer is former professional cyclist Leo van Vliet, in his Tour stage winner and head of the Amstel Gold Race, who called the event along with Erik Breukink, also a successful professional cyclist and sports director of Team Rabobank to life. Since the first edition of the criterion of the course was changed once, with lengths of 86.1 and 73.6 kilometers was the distance but within the usual range of criteria.

In the previous ten sweeps all won European professionals, the only driver to the Spaniard Alberto Contador wore twice in the list of winners.

List of winners

Winners List Ladies

Other ratings

In addition to the main rating a separate score for the best non- European or native driver is often used:

Since 2009, the Jan Thiel Criterium also takes place two days before the main race:

Others

The scenery of the Caribbean 's for many TV stations and magazines often an attractive environment for photo shoots and interviews with the present drivers.