var race = "44th Amstel Gold Race (2009)"; 

var stages = new Array();

var cyclingnews_results_base_url = "http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/apr09/amstel09/?id=results";

var event_description = '&laquo; <a href="http://www.steephill.tv/classics/amstel-gold-race/">Amstel Gold Race  2009 Live Dashboard</a>';

var event_date = "April 19th";

var stage = {"stage": "no prologue", "photos" : []};
stages.push(stage);


var stage = {"stage": "", "photos" : [{"img": "150-PIC22024164.jpg", "desc": "The peloton rolls past an icon of the Dutch landscape"}, {"img": "230-PIC22083108.jpg", "desc": "As usual, Tour de France like crowds out lining the roads of Holland for this very popular Dutch road race"}, {"img": "240-PIC22028643.jpg", "desc": "Holland is definitely not flat. Frank Schleck climbs the Gulpenerberg, near the city of Gulpen early in the race before a serious crash that sent him to the hospital on a stretcher. The narrow, twisty Amstel Gold roads and road furniture produce as many crashes as Paris-Roubaix according to Sean Kelly."}, {"img": "270-PIC22030808.jpg", "desc": "Much later on the famous Eyserbosweg climb, Liquigas' Roman  Kreuziger makes a break with 19k to go"}, {"img": "280-PIC22040726.jpg", "desc": "Double Dutch: After the Keutenberg, the penultimate climb, Robert Gesink (Rabobank, right) attacked the lead group and was joined several km later by Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) and countryman, Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank) "}, {"img": "290-PIC22049984.jpg", "desc": "Fans waiting patiently at the 700m point of the finishing climb (the Cauberg)"}, {"img": "320-PIC21986256.jpg", "desc": "Russia's Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) denies a Dutch win by grinding it out better than Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank) on the Cauberg. Winning time: 6.38.31 (38.814 km/h)"}, {"img": "325-PIC22015817.jpg", "desc": "Robert Gesink (Rabobank) was able to hold on for 3rd @ 8 seconds making it 2nd and 3rd for the Netherlands. Behind him, Philippe Gilbert (Bel) of Silence-Lotto  wins the sprint finish for 4th ahead of last year's winner Damiano Cunego (Ita) of Lampre"}, {"img": "550-PIC21990788.jpg", "desc": "Podium L-to-R: 2nd Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank, 1st Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha, 3rd Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank. Ivanov called today, <i>\"the greatest win of my career\"</i>"}]};

stages.push(stage);