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Hoogerland and Van Dijk win the Amstel Curacao Race

By Cycling News

published 3 November 2013

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The podium of the 2013 Amstel Curcao Race(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Bakelants jumps away(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Ellen van Dijk at the start of the race(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Jan Bakelants needs to work on his tan lines(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Boy Van Poppel(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Bernard Hinault gets ready to dive(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Scuba diving classes(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Warren Barguil makes a spalsh(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Captain Jan Bakelants (Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Bernard Hinault (Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Jan Bakelants as you have never seen before(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Warren Barguil takes to the water(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

The former Tour winners show off their yellow jerseys(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Barguil leads on a rise(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Van Dijk leads the peloton(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Hinault helps out Bakelants(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Johnny Hoogerland goes on the attack(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Johnny Hoogerland wins the Amstel Curacao Race(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

johnny Hoogerland enjoys his late-season victory (Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

The women in action (Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

The podium of the Amstel Curacao Race (Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Bernard Hinault and Jan Janssen on the beach(Image credit: Amstel Curcao Race)

Dutch national champion Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) and women’s world time trial champion Ellen Van Dijk (Lululemon-Specialized) enjoyed some success while enjoying a holiday on the Caribbean island of Curacao, with a victory in the Amstel Curacao Race.

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Hoogerland announced he will ride for Androni Giocattoli in 2014 but gave Vacansoleil-DCM one last win, crossing the line alone after just over two hours of racing with a group of fellow European professionals and local riders.

Jan Bakelants (Radioshack-Leopard) finished second, 16 seconds behind Hoogerland, with Curacao-born professional Marc De Maar (United Healthcare) third at 19 seconds.

Van Dijk beat four other riders in a sprint to win the women’s race.

Before the racing, the riders, including other professionals Warren Barguil (Argos-Shimano) Boy Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM), Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) and former Tour de France winners Bernhard Hinault, Jan Janssen, Joop Zoetemelk, and Pedro Delgado enjoyed some time in the sea and scuba diving after showing off their yellow jerseys.