The 1979 Amstel Gold Race was the 14th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 14, 1979 in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 237 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Meerssen. There were a total number of 137 competitors, while 32 cyclists actually finishing the race.
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Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or race:
“The fifth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Five gold rings,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 19–21)
“Ye say they all have passed away,
That noble race and brave;
That their light canoes have vanished
From off the crested wave;
That, mid the forests where they roamed,
There rings no hunters’ shout;
But their name is on your waters,
Ye may not wash it out.”
—Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791–1865)