2020 Liège-Bastogne-Liège RSS
Gallery: A damp and dramatic Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège is a punishing race, taking in thousands of metres of climbing through the rolling hills of the Ardennes. In 2020, it was raced under slate coloured skies with the men’s and women’s pelotons threading their way through the dank forests of southern Belgium. At stake was a win in one of the sport’s most …
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Primoz Roglic wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège as Alaphilippe celebrates too early
Primoz Roglic put the heartbreak of the Tour de France behind him with a stunning victory over Julian Alaphilippe at the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his first monument victory. It was a bad day for Alaphilippe, who had the win settled but put his hands up well before the line and was pipped by a sliver of a …
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Lizzie Deignan wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes
For the first time in her career, Lizzie Deignan has won in Liege. The Trek-Segafredo rider won solo out of a breakaway that went on the Côte de la Vecqueé with 50km to go. Similar to Annemiek van Vleuten in 2019, Deignan made her winning move from said break on the Côte de la Redoute. …
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Preview: The route and riders to watch for the men’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège
It’s a busy time to be a climber. A day after plenty of big names get their Giro d’Italia campaigns underway in Sicily, Belgium will host a whole other collection of stars vying for glory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday. The one-day race in Wallonia may be taking place five and a half months later than …
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Preview: The route and riders to watch for the women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège
After Anna van der Breggen took her sixth consecutive title at La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, the Ardennes Classics continue with Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday, October 4. A hilly and usually quite wet race, Liège was won by Annemiek van Vleuten last year after she attacked solo on the penultimate climb. Even though the women’s edition …
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