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Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 256 km.

Jakob Fuglsang wins the 105th Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Weather at Liège at 1:50 PM, local time: 10C (50F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). Only the smallest chance of rain there now, though it was raining at the start and through more than the first half of the race. By the time the race arrived at the Stockeu climb (km 176), the rain had stopped.

The climbs:

• Km 75: CÔTE DE LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE, 2.8 km @ 6.2%               
• Km 121: CÔTE DE SAINT-ROCH, 1 km @ 11.2%
• Km 161: CÔTE DE MONT-LE-SOIE, 1.7 km @ 7.9%
• Km 169.5: CÔTE DE WANNE, 3.6 km @ 5.1%
• Km 176: CÔTE DE STOCKEU (STÈLE EDDY MERCKX), 1 km @ 12.5%
• Km 181.5: CÔTE DE LA HAUTE-LEVÉE, 3.6 km @ 5.6%
• Km 194.5: COL DU ROSIER, 4.4 km @ 5.9%
• Km 207: COL DU MAQUISARD, 2.5 km @ 5%
• Km 219: CÔTE DE LA REDOUTE, 2 km @ 8.9%
• Km 231: CÔTE DES FORGES, 1.3 km @ 7.8%
• Km 241: CÔTE DE LA ROCHE-AUX-FAUCONS, 1.3 km @ 11%

The race: Here's the organizer's race summary:

Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) delivered on Sunday, capping off an impressive classics campaign with a solo win in the 105th edition of La Doyenne. The 34-year-old Danish champ made the most of the new route and built his victory in the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons before soloing away from everyone with 13 km to go to claim his 20th professional win, the first one in a one-day race! Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) dominated the sprint in a small group to claim the third spot on the podium. He is the second Danish to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 26 years after Rolf Sorensen.

The Place Saint-Lambert welcomes 175 riders and many spectators under the rain. The bad weather doesn’t daunt the fans nor early attackers. Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Tobias Ludvigsson (Groupama-FDJ), Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Gobert), Jérémy Maison (Arkéa-Samsic) and Dries Van Gestel (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) attack from the gun. Dries Van Gestel is quickly dropped but Kevin Deltombe (Sport Vlaanderen Baloise) and Mathijs Paaschens (Wallonie Bruxelles) join the front of the race after 15 kilometres. Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Énergie) and Kenny Molly (Wallonie Bruxelles) also bridge the gap from the bunch to the pack to make it a 8-man breakaway after 25 kilometres.

The peloton only covers 30 kilometres in the first hour and the attackers build a 10’35” advantage before Deceuninck-Quick Step and Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) pick up the pace at the front. The gap is down to 6’40” at the summit of the first climb of the day, La Côte de La Roche-en-Ardenne (km 75). Dan Martin (UAE TEAM Emirates), who won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2013, abandons when the race reaches the feeding zone (km 102.5).

The gap stabilizes between 6 and 7 minutes until Julian Alaphilippe’s Deceuninck-Quick Step accelerate after 140 kilometres and put the peloton in pieces. Riders like Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) and Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Soudal) are momentarily dropped. The World champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) abandons with 105 km to go and misses on his opportunity to match Eddy Merckx’s record of five victories in La Doyenne.

Riders wearing rain gear, the spectators have umbrellas as they start the the series of climbs that characterize L-B-L. Photo ASO/Gautier Demouveaux

The gap is down to 1 minute when the riders reach the sequence Wanne - Stockeu - Haute-Levée. Julien Bernard goes solo at the front in the Côte de Wanne. A strong group of 28 riders, including Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team), gets away from the bunch in the Côte de La Haute-Levée, with 75 km to go. They catch Julien Bernard 5 kilometres later but the main bunch reels them in at the bottom the Col du Rosier.

Tanel Kangert (EF Education First), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Merida), Michael Albasini (Mitchelton-Scott), David de la Cruz (Team Sky), Omar Fraile (Astana), Bjorg Lambrecht (Lotto Soudal), Winner Anacona and Carlos Verona (Movistar) and Alessandro De Marchi (CCC Team) accelerate in this climb and open a 30” gap at the summit, 61.5 km away from the finish. The gap stabilizes until the Côte de la Redoute. Tanel Kangert accelerates in the climb and keeps pushing solo afterwards while Philippe Gilbert is dropped from the bunch.

Jakob Fuglsang’s Astana tries to control the race but attacks keep flying from the bunch. Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) join Tanel Kangert ahead of the final climb of the day: La Roche-aux-Faucons.

Jakob Fuglsang attacks in the steepest part of the climb. Only Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Michael Woods (EF Education First) manage to follow him up to the summit. But Fuglsang insists and drops them with 13 km to go and survives a near miss in the final downhill, to solo to the victory, Formolo holds on to finish second. His teammate Maximilian Schachmann dominates the sprint in a small group to join him on the podium.

Complete Results:

256 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.630 km/hr

1	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	6hr 37min 37sec
2	DAVIDE FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	@ 27sec
3	MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	57''
4	ADAM YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
5	MICHAEL WOODS	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
6	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
7	MIKEL LANDA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
8	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 00''
9	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1' 05''
10	WOUT POELS	SKY	1' 26''
11	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 29''
12	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
13	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
14	JAY MC CARTHY	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
15	CARLOS BETANCUR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
16	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
17	LAURENS DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
18	TADEJ POGACAR	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
19	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
20	DANIEL MARTINEZ	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
21	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
22	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
23	DARYL IMPEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2' 09''
24	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
25	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
26	TOMS SKUJINS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
27	BJORG LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
28	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
29	SERGIO HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 12''
30	JAN BAKELANTS	TEAM SUNWEB	2' 13''
31	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 15''
32	TANEL KANGERT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2' 17''
33	GORKA IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	2' 26''
34	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 28''
35	MICHAEL MATTHEWS	TEAM SUNWEB	3' 03''
36	MATEJ MOHORIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	3' 15''
37	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GOBERT	3' 34''
38	ENRICO BATTAGLIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
39	DIEGO ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
40	SIMON CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
41	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	3' 37''
42	ELIOT LIETAER	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	4' 11''
43	TOM-JELTE SLAGTER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
44	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
45	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
46	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
47	DAVIDE VILLELLA	ASTANA	6' 05''
48	QUENTIN PACHER	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	6' 53''
49	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	SKY	6' 56''
50	TOM DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
51	MARC HIRSCHI	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
52	GREG VAN AVERMAET	CCC TEAM	s.t.
53	CESARE BENEDETTI	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 22''
54	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	9' 20''
55	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
56	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
57	DAMIANO CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
58	PHILIPPE GILBERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
59	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
60	DAMIEN HOWSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
61	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	THOMAS SPRENGERS	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	9' 48''
63	LOUIS VERVAEKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
64	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
65	DMITRII STRAKHOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	10' 36''
66	LAWRENCE WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
67	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	SKY	11' 32''
68	WINNER ANACONA	MOVISTAR	11' 59''
69	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
70	MICHAEL ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
71	ANDREY AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
72	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
73	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	13' 11''
74	MICHAL GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
75	EDWARD DUNBAR	SKY	s.t.
76	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
77	JONAS KOCH	CCC TEAM	s.t.
78	KOEN BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
79	ROMAN KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
80	SALVATORE PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
81	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
82	LUIS ANGEL MATE	COFIDIS	s.t.
83	PAUL MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
84	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
85	BENJAMIN KING	DIMENSION DATA	17' 39''
86	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
87	JUSTIN JULES	WALLONIE BRUXELLES	s.t.
88	JOSEF CERNÝ	CCC TEAM	s.t.
89	MICHAEL GOGL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
90	TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
91	PIETER SERRY	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
92	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
93	ROMAIN SICARD	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
94	PETR VAKOC	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
95	CLÉMENT CHEVRIER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24' 12''
96	ROMAIN HARDY	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
97	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
98	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
99	ARNAUD COURTEILLE	VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS	s.t.
100	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
101	MARCUS BURGHARDT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.

Course map and profile:

2019 course map

2019 course profile

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Race day photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Alejandro Valverde at the start is ready for a cold, wet race. He abandoned with 105 kms to go.

A breakaway on the Cote De Saint Roch

The peloton climbs the Saint Roch

Andrey Amador climbs La Redoute

Valentin Madouas

Daryl Impey on La Redoute

Omar Fraile

Damiano Caruso

Bjorg Lambrecht

Tanel Kangert

Jakob Fuglsang

Michael Albasini

Jakob Fuglsang comes in alone with the nearest chaser more than a half-minute behind.

And here's that nearest chaser, Davide Formolo

Vincenzo Nibali finished 72nd.

Winner Jakob Fuglsang

The podium. Winner Jakob Fuglsang is flanked by Bora-hansgrohe teammates Davide Formolo and Max Schachmann

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Pre-Race photos: April 27 - Fotoreporter Sirotti stationed himself on the legendary Redoute climb to catch the riders checking out the course in advance of the race.

Julian Alaphilippe

Philippe Gilbert

Petr Vakoc

Fabio Felline

Max Schachmann

Jay McCarthy

Romain Bardet

Rory Sutherland

Diego Ulissi

CCC Team

Team Movistar

Total-Direct Energie

Adam Yates

David Gaudu

Team Astana

Pierre Luc Perichon

Wouter Poels

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Start list with back numbers, April 27, 2019:

DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
1	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE
2	PHILIPPE GILBERT
3	RÉMI CAVAGNA
4	DRIES DEVENYNS
5	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU
6	PIETER SERRY
7	PETR VAKOC
EF EDUCATION FIRST
11	MICHAEL WOODS
12	ALBERTO BETTIOL
13	NATHAN BROWN
14	SIMON CLARKE
15	G LAWSON CRADDOCK
16	TANEL KANGERT
17	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ
AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	ROMAIN BARDET
22	MIKAEL CHEREL
23	CLÉMENT CHEVRIER
24	BENOIT COSNEFROY
25	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE
26	ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ
27	LAWRENCE WARBASSE
BAHRAIN-MERIDA
31	VINCENZO NIBALI
32	GREGA BOLE
33	DAMIANO CARUSO
34	MATEJ MOHORIC
35	LUKA PIBERNIK
37	DYLAN TEUNS
39	ANTONIO NIBALI
BORA-HANSGROHE
41	MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN
42	CESARE BENEDETTI
43	MARCUS BURGHARDT
44	DAVIDE FORMOLO
45	PATRICK KONRAD
46	JAY MC CARTHY
47	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER
MITCHELTON-SCOTT
51	ADAM YATES
52	MICHAEL ALBASINI
53	SAM BEWLEY
54	DAMIEN HOWSON
55	DARYL IMPEY
56	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ
57	DION SMITH
TEAM SKY
61	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI
62	DAVID DE LA CRUZ
63	EDWARD DUNBAR
64	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART
65	MICHAL GOLAS
66	WOUT POELS
67	SALVATORE PUCCIO
ASTANA PRO TEAM
71	JAKOB FUGLSANG
72	OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ
73	GORKA IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI
74	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI
75	ALEXEY LUTSENKO
76	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ
77	DAVIDE VILLELLA
LOTTO SOUDAL
81	TIM WELLENS
82	SANDER ARMEE
83	BJORG LAMBRECHT
84	TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI
85	MAXIME MONFORT
86	TOSH VAN DER SANDE
87	JELLE VANENDERT
TEAM SUNWEB
91	MICHAEL MATTHEWS
92	JAN BAKELANTS
93	TOM DUMOULIN
94	CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON
95	MARC HIRSCHI
96	ROB POWER
97	LOUIS VERVAEKE
MOVISTAR TEAM
101	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE
102	ANDREY AMADOR
103	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA
104	CARLOS BETANCUR
105	IMANOL ERVITI
106	MIKEL LANDA MEANA
107	CARLOS VERONA QUINTANILLA
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
111 J	ESUS HERRADA
112	MATHIAS LE TURNIER
113	LUIS ANGEL MATE MARDONES
114	MARCO MATHIS
115	ANTHONY PEREZ
116	PIERRE LUC PERICHON
117	JULIEN SIMON
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
121	DANIEL MARTIN
122	RUI COSTA
123	SERGIO LUIS HENAO MONTOYA
124	MANUELE MORI
125	TADEJ POGACAR
126	RORY SUTHERLAND
127	DIEGO ULISSI
CCC TEAM
131	GREG VAN AVERMAET
132	JOSEF CERNÝ
133	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI
134	JONAS KOCH
135	SERGE PAUWELS
136	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF
137	LAURENS TEN DAM
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
141	ENRICO BATTAGLIN
142	JOSÉ GONÇALVES
143	NATHAN HAAS
144	PAVEL KOCHETKOV
145	NILS POLITT
146	DMITRII STRAKHOV
147	ILNUR ZAKARIN
TEAM JUMBO-VISMA
151	ROBERT GESINK
152	KOEN BOUWMAN
153	LAURENS DE PLUS
154	THOMAS LEEZER
155	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN
156	PAUL MARTENS
157	ANTWAN TOLHOEK
TREK-SEGAFREDO
161	TOMS SKUJINS
162	JULIEN BERNARD
163	GIULIO CICCONE
164	NICOLA CONCI
165	FABIO FELLINE
166	MICHAEL GOGL
167	PETER STETINA
GROUPAMA-FDJ
171	DAVID GAUDU
172	WILLIAM BONNET
173	TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON
174	VALENTIN MADOUAS
175	RUDY MOLARD
176	ROMAIN SEIGLE
177	BENOIT VAUGRENARD
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
181	ROMAN KREUZIGER
182	ENRICO GASPAROTTO
183	JACQUES WILLEM JANSE VAN RENSBURG
184	BENJAMIN KING
185	TOM-JELTE SLAGTER
186	JAY ROBERT THOMSON
187	MICHAEL VALGREN
WANTY-GOBERT CYCLING TEAM
191	GUILLAUME MARTIN
192	JEROME BAUGNIES
193	FABIEN DOUBEY
194	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING
195	XANDRO MEURISSE
196	ANDREA PASQUALON
197	LOÏC VLIEGEN
TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE
201	LILIAN CALMEJANE
202	FABIEN GRELLIER
203	JONATHAN HIVERT
204	BRYAN NAULEAU
205	PAUL OURSELIN
206	ROMAIN SICARD
207	ANGELO TULIK
TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC
211	ELIE GESBERT
212	ANTHONY DELAPLACE
213	ROMAIN HARDY
214	KEVIN LEDANOIS
215	JÉRÉMY MAISON
216	AMAEL MOINARD
217	FLORIAN VACHON
SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
221	DRIES VAN GESTEL
222	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ
223	KEVIN DELTOMBE
224	THOMAS SPRENGERS
225	MATHIAS VAN GOMPEL
226	AARON VAN POUCKE
227	AARON VERWILST
VITAL CONCEPT-B&B HOTELS
231	PATRICK MÜLLER
232	YOANN BAGOT
233	ARNAUD COURTEILLE
234	CYRIL GAUTIER
235	QUENTIN PACHER
236	KEVIN REZA
237	JIMMY TURGIS
WALLONIE BRUXELLES
241	ELIOT LIETAER
242	KEVYN ISTA
243	JUSTIN JULES
244	KENNY MOLLY