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Liège–Bastogne–Liège [ljɛʒ.bas.tɔɲ.ljɛʒ], also known as La Doyenne ("The Old Lady"), [N 1] is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium. [1] [2] [3] First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar; [4] usually coming as the last of the spring classics.
The 2024 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a Belgian road cycling one-day race that took place on 21 April. It was the 110th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 19th event of the 2024 UCI World Tour. It was won for the second time by Tadej Pogačar.
The 2023 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a Belgian road cycling one-day race that took place on 23 April 2023. It was the 109th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 19th event of the 2023 UCI World Tour. It was won by Remco Evenepoel of Soudal Quick-Step for the second year in succession, after a solo attack in the last 40 kilometres. [1]
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The 2022 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a Belgian road cycling one-day race that took place on 24 April 2022 and was won by Remco Evenepoel. It was the 108th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 17th event of the 2022 UCI World Tour .
The 2023 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes was a Belgian road cycling one-day race that took place on 23 April 2023. It was the 7th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes and the 14th event of the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour .
Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the final event of the spring classics season and came as the conclusion to the Ardennes classics, following the Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne. [9] It was also part of the 2015 UCI World Tour, a season-long competition that included both one-day events and stage races. [8]
Bastogne is the halfway point of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic bicycle race, one of the oldest and most prestigious one-day events in the professional road cycling calendar, dating back to the late 19th century. The Circuit des Ardennes, which today refers to a bicycle race, used to refer to a 600 kilometres (370 mi) car race near Bastogne