The 1977 Amstel Gold Race was the twelfth edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 9, 1977 in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 230 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Meerssen. There were a total number of 145 competitors, while 54 cyclists actually finishing the race.
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“As I have known them passionate and fine,
The gold for which they leave the golden line
Of lyric is a golden light divine,
Never the gold of darkness from a mine.”
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