Sunday's Amstel Gold Race runs 258km through the hills of Limburg as the riders will overcome 4000 climbing meters. The only UCI World Tour one-day race on Dutch ground celebrates its 50th anniversary this Sunday. Famous climbs that have to be challenged include the Cauberg, Gulpenerberg and Eyserbosweg. 

After finishing sixth on the Cauberg last year, Simon Geschke will not line up for Sunday as he continues to recover from a fractured collarbone from a crash in Tirreno Adriatico.

Team Giant-Alpecin aims for a good result with Tom Dumoulin who is in excellent shape, having won last week's final stage in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The race will start in Dumoulin's home city Maastricht before riding through his training area. To support Dumoulin in the final, the team will look to its climbers Warren Barguil and Georg Preidler, who  recently performed well in the Vuelta Ciclista Catalunya stage race in Spain.  

"Tom Dumoulin will be our man for the final as he will be joined by a talented team with the experienced Roy Curvers as team captain,” said team Aike Visbeek. 

"The weather forecast is looking good so I expect a traditional Amstel Gold Race that will be decided on the Cauberg. I am satisfied when we can make it among the top ten on Sunday."

Line-up: Warren Barguil, Roy Curvers, Koen de Kort, Tom Dumoulin, Thierry Hupond, Georg Preidler, Albert Timmer, Zico Waeytens.