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1926 Liège-Bastogne-Liège

16th edition: Sunday, May 2, 1926

Liège-Bastogne-Liège podium history | 1927 edition | 1925 edition |

56 starters, 28 classified finishers.

Belgium, 231 km: 29.58 km/hr average speed

The 1926 edition was organized for independent riders. From 1930 on Liège-Bastogne-Liège was a professional race.

A small group of riders was awarded a tie for 7th place

Dieudonne Smets
Dieudonné Smets

Complete Results:

  1. Dieudonné Smets 7hr 48min 30sec
  2. Joseph Siquet s.t.
  3. Alexis Macar @ 1min 15sec
  4. Joseph Wauters @ 4min 0sec
  5. Albert Bolly s.t.
  6. Louis Muller s.t.
  7. Antoine Loix s.t.
    Michel Schouleur s.t.
    Charles Meunier s.t.
    Georges Laloup s.t.
    Alfred Hannot s.t.
    Jean Hans s.t.
    Léon Briskot s.t.
    Ernest Mottard s.t.
  8. Omer Taverne s.t.
  9. Victor Dargent s.t.
  10. Emile Joly @ 8min 0sec
  11. August van Haelter s.t.
  12. Clément Martin s.t.
  13. Auguste Baumans @ 13min 30sec
  14. Alfred Sira s.t.
  15. René Vandeloise @ 14min 0sec
  16. Jules Hendrickx @ 14min 15sec
  17. Joseph Denis @ 18min 0sec
  18. Pascal Bonaventure @ 18min 30sec
  19. Marcel Houyoux
  20. Remy van Impe s.t.
  21. Maurice Geldhof s.t.