Liège-Bastogne-Liège podium history | 2023 edition | Course map and profile | Photos | Start list
Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 254.5 km.
Tadej Pogacar takes a brilliant win in Liège. Photo: ASO/Gaetan Flamme
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Weather at the start/finish city of Liège at 1:42 PM, local time: 7C (44F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain. Early in the race there was rain falling on the peloton. At the start there was light snow falling in Bastogne.
The climbs:
The race:
The start line. The riders are dressed for the cold and wet.
Tadej Pogacar attacked on the Côte de La Redoute (Km 220.5). As he went over the summit he was 8 seconds clear and increased his advantage on the descent. With 22 km to go Pogacar was 1min 1sec ahead of his closest chasers.
Doesn't play well with others. Tadej Pogacar has left everyone behind.
As the riders rode the final 15 kilometers rain began falling again.
As Pogacar climbed the final ascent, the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, the sun came out. His lead had grown to 1 minute 18 seconds.
On that same hill Romain Bardet attacked.
Romain Bardet rolls the dice with a solo attack.
With 5 kilometers to go: Tadej Pogacar was still clear in the lead, 1'50'' ahead of Romain Bardet who was still the solitary counter-attacker in second. Bardet was 20'' ahead of the van der Poel group.
He did it. Tadej Pogacar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Pogacar has now won six monuments!
Here's the race organizer's report:
A brilliant Liège-Bastogne-Liège performance on Sunday saw Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) take the win as he proved far too strong for his rivals in La Doyenne. After a jubilant Pogacar raised his arms aloft on the Quai des Ardennes in Liège, he was followed over the finish line by Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) 1’39” behind in second and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin - Deceuninck), who headed a bunch sprint for third. Pogacar blasted away from his rivals on La Redoute and went on to secure his sixth Monument title, matching the tally of World Champion van der Poel.
254.5km of tough racing ahead
The full contingent of 175 riders on the entry list started the 110th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, departing from the Quai des Ardennes at 10.10am, with 254.5km of tough racing awaiting the peloton over the hard climbs of the last Monument of the spring.
4 + 5 = 9
Gil Gelders (Soudal Quick-Step), Rémy Rochas (Groupama - FDJ), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché - Wanty) and Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies) were the four riders who attacked early and they led by 15" at km 3.5. Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies), Enzo Leijnse (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Christian Scaroni (Astana Qazaqstan Team), Iván Romeo (Movistar Team) and Loïc Vliegen (Bingoal WB) then joined the early breakaway at km 6. Danny van der Tuuk (Equipo Kern Pharma) valiantly chased for several kilometres to join them, though his efforts were eventually unsuccessful, so it was a group of 9 determined riders who stayed clear.
UAE Team Emirates at the front
Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates colleagues rode with him at the front of the peloton, ensuring they were in control, whilst the bunch was 3’ adrift of the breakaway after 30km of racing. That gap was slightly reduced to 2’35” by km 52, but then steadily grew - and as the breakaway left Bastogne with 155km of racing to go they had a lead of 4'10".
Crash causes a split
With 100km to go the 9 rider-breakaway’s gap was down to 1'10" and the riders faced cross-head winds as they made their way north from Bastogne to Liège. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin - Deceuninck) was just behind a crash which involved three riders, Chris Hamilton, Toon Clynhens and Junior Lecerf. Van der Poel was not impacted by that first crash, before another big accident in the bunch with 98km remaining saw him lose ground as the peloton was split in two. A large group was delayed by that crash, notably including Van der Poel and Valentin Madouas. Ahead, the group including Pogacar continued its efforts before approaching the Mont-le-Soie climb.
The breakaway is caught
Leijnse, Calmejane, Vliegen and Romeo could not keep up the pace on the Mont-le-Soie ascent and soon the remaining escapees were chased down. As the surviving breakaway riders started the Côte de Wanne ascent their lead on the peloton was just 14", but early on that climb they were swallowed up by the peloton. Gelders, Rochas, Scaroni, Doubey and Ourselin caught by the bunch on the first slopes of the Côte de Wanne, at km 166.
Pidcock stops then counter attacks
A mechanical problem for Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) saw him stop for a bike change and temporarily fall behind the Van der Poel group. There were around 50 riders in this trailing group - including Van der Poel and Simon Yates (Team Jayco AlUla) - which continued to lose ground, with a 1’10” deficit at km 174, as the UAE Team Emirates kept the pressure on up front. Pidcock recovered and then launched out of the Van der Poel group on the Côte de Stockeu to try to join the Pogacar group and he was followed in that move by Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain - Victorious) and Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step). Rémy Rochas and Romain Grégoire (Groupama – FDJ) also managed to join Pidcock and Vansevenant’s chasing group and 71km from the finish the peloton was all back together.
Pogacar explodes on La Redoute
The teams were fighting for prominence at the front of the peloton ahead of the Côte de La Redoute climb. Then Pogacar exploded on La Redoute at 34.5 km from the finish and was only followed initially by Richard Carapaz (EF Education – EasyPost), who eventually could not stay with him. As he went over the summit of Côte de La Redoute Pogacar was 8" clear and he increased his advantage on the descent. That lead increased to 50'' within 4km after La Redoute, Pogacar confidently leading the way ahead of a group including Vansevenant, Bernal, Carapaz, Van Gils and Lutsenko.
Counter attack
Several more riders joined the chasing group, namely Healy, Grégoire, Benoot, Vlasov, Skjelmose, Almeida, Hirschi, Bardet, Cosnefroy and Paret-Peintre. Irish champion Healy and the leader of the dsm-firmenich team Bardet set out in pursuit of Pogacar, joined in the chase by Grégoire and Cosnefroy, but they were still 1' behind the race leader as they reached Côte des Forges. Bardet attacked for second on the final Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons climb and made it on to the podium again after his 3rd place in the Doyenne in 2018. Van der Poel completed the 2024 Liège-Bastogne-Liège podium securing third in a bunch sprint to the line. Maxim Van Gils in 4th and Aurélien Paret-Peintre in 5th completed the top 5.
Tadej Pogacar wins his sixth monument.
Complete results:
254.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.851 km/hr
1 | TADEJ POGAČAR | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 6hr 13min 48sec |
2 | ROMAIN BARDET | DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL | @ 1min 39sec |
3 | MATHIEU VAN DER POEL | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 2' 02'' |
4 | MAXIM VAN GILS | LOTTO DSTNY | s.t. |
5 | AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
6 | MAURI VANSEVENANT | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
7 | VALENTIN MADOUAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
8 | ALEXEY LUTSENKO | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | s.t. |
9 | PELLO BILBAO | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
10 | TOM PIDCOCK | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
11 | PAUL LAPEIRA | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
12 | TIESJ BENOOT | TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | s.t. |
13 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | LIDL-TREK | s.t. |
14 | ALEX ARANBURU | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
15 | DYLAN TEUNS | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
16 | BENOIT COSNEFROY | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
17 | MARC HIRSCHI | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
18 | GUILLAUME MARTIN | COFIDIS | s.t. |
19 | ION IZAGIRRE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
20 | ALEKSANDR VLASOV | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
21 | EGAN BERNAL | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
22 | ANTONIO TIBERI | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
23 | KEVIN VERMAERKE | DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL | s.t. |
24 | ROMAIN GREGOIRE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
25 | TOBIAS HALLAND JOHANNESSEN | UNO-X MOBILITY | s.t. |
26 | RICHARD CARAPAZ | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
27 | BEN HEALY | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
28 | MATTIAS SKJELMOSE | LIDL-TREK | 3' 52'' |
29 | JOAO ALMEIDA | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
30 | WOUT POELS | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
31 | LAURENS DE PLUS | INEOS GRENADIERS | 4' 18'' |
32 | SIMON YATES | TEAM JAYCO ALULA | s.t. |
33 | LORENZO ROTA | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY | 4' 46'' |
34 | SIMONE VELASCO | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | s.t. |
35 | QUINTEN HERMANS | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
36 | MICHAEL MATTHEWS | TEAM JAYCO ALULA | s.t. |
37 | ANDREAS LORENTZ KRON | LOTTO DSTNY | s.t. |
38 | NICOLAS PRODHOMME | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
39 | FILIPPO ZANA | TEAM JAYCO ALULA | s.t. |
40 | ATTILA VALTER | TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | s.t. |
41 | SANTIAGO BUITRAGO | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
42 | DAVIDE FORMOLO | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
43 | DAVID GAUDU | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
44 | AXEL LAURANCE | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
45 | BOB JUNGELS | BORA-HANSGROHE | 5' 16'' |
46 | FRØLICH MIKKEL HONORÉ | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | 6' 14'' |
47 | FELIX GALL | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
48 | TOMS SKUJINS | LIDL-TREK | 9' 29'' |
49 | GEORG ZIMMERMANN | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY | s.t. |
50 | CLÉMENT BERTHET | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
51 | QUENTIN PACHER | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
52 | JAI HINDLEY | BORA-HANSGROHE | 12' 11'' |
53 | CHRISTIAN SCARONI | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | 13' 10'' |
54 | SYLVAIN MONIQUET | LOTTO DSTNY | s.t. |
55 | ARCHIE RYAN | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
56 | PIETER SERRY | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
57 | NICHOLAS SCHULTZ | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
58 | SIMON CLARKE | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
59 | HARRISON SWEENY | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
60 | DOMEN NOVAK | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
61 | ANDREAS LEKNESSUND | UNO-X MOBILITY | 14' 49'' |
62 | JOHANNES KULSET | UNO-X MOBILITY | 15' 06'' |
63 | ANTHON CHARMIG | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | 15' 09'' |
64 | OIER LAZKANO | MOVISTAR TEAM | 15' 12'' |
65 | OMAR FRAILE | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
66 | STEPHEN WILLIAMS | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
67 | SOREN KRAGH ANDERSEN | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 16' 33'' |
68 | JULIEN BERNARD | LIDL-TREK | 17' 08'' |
69 | GIL GELDERS | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
70 | SAM OOMEN | LIDL-TREK | s.t. |
71 | FAUSTO MASNADA | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
72 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
73 | GEORGE BENNETT | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
74 | JOHAN MEENS | BINGOAL WB | s.t. |
75 | ETHAN EDWARD HAYTER | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
76 | ABNER SANTIAGO UMBA | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | s.t. |
77 | JORDAN JEGAT | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
78 | MATHIEU BURGAUDEAU | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
79 | LORENZO FORTUNATO | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN | s.t. |
80 | LUCA VAN BOVEN | BINGOAL WB | s.t. |
81 | ALAN JOUSSEAUME | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
82 | ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
83 | LAURENS HUYS | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | s.t. |
84 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
85 | CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | s.t. |
86 | DEREK GEE | ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH | 18' 05'' |
87 | BRANDON SMITH RIVERA | INEOS GRENADIERS | 18' 48'' |
88 | ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING | UNO-X MOBILITY | 19' 13'' |
89 | IBON RUIZ SEDANO | EQUIPO KERN PHARMA | s.t. |
90 | MILAN VADER | TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | s.t. |
91 | RÉMY ROCHAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
93 | ANDERS FOLDAGER | TEAM JAYCO ALULA | s.t. |
94 | GREGAARD JONAS WILSLY | LOTTO DSTNY | s.t. |
95 | JAMES SHAW | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
96 | KEVIN COLLEONI | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY | s.t. |
97 | JORGE ARCAS | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
98 | MICHEL RIES | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | s.t. |
99 | ANTHONY DELAPLACE | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | s.t. |
100 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | s.t. |
101 | SIMON GUGLIELMI | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | 20' 09'' |
102 | LOE VAN BELLE | TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | 22' 32'' |
103 | LOUKA MATTHYS | BINGOAL WB | s.t. |
104 | MARTIN URIANSTAD BUGGE | UNO-X MOBILITY | s.t. |
105 | CLÉMENT RUSSO | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
106 | LORENZO GERMANI | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
107 | ROMAIN COMBAUD | DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL | s.t. |
108 | ELIAS MARIS | TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE | s.t. |
109 | ÅDNE HOLTER | UNO-X MOBILITY | s.t. |
110 | ANDERS SKAARSETH | UNO-X MOBILITY | s.t. |
111 | LUCA VERGALLITO | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
112 | LILIAN CALMEJANE | INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY | s.t. |
113 | FABIEN GRELLIER | TOTALENERGIES | s.t. |
114 | JORDI LOPEZ CARAVACA | EQUIPO KERN PHARMA | s.t. |
115 | MARTIJN TUSVELD | DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL | s.t. |
116 | AXEL MARIAULT | COFIDIS | s.t. |
117 | LOGAN CURRIE | LOTTO DSTNY | s.t. |
2024 course map. Yellow is the route out and red is the way back
2024 course profile
Liège-Bastogne-Liège photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
The peloton has reached the Cote De Saint Roch.
The peloton climbs the Cote De Saint Roch.
Mauri Vansevenant and Thomas Pidcock in the town of Stavelot with most of the race in their rear-view mirror. Both placed in the top ten.
Domen Novak takes the point for UAE Team Emirates
Another shot of Domen Novak doing the hard work.
Simon Clarke
Bauke Mollema grits his teeth.
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Tadej Pogacar on his 34 km solo breakaway
Tadej Pogacar can sit up and celebrate his win.
A well-timed attack earns Romain Bardet second place.
Here comes the sprint for third place.
Mathieu van der Poel (in the rainbow jersey) takes third.
Tadej Pogacar just after the race.
Another shot of Pogacar after the race.
The podium, from left: Romain Bardet (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st), & Mathieu van der Poel (3rd)
Third-place Mathieu van der Poel
Second-place Romain Bardet
2024 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Tadej Pogacar
Start list with back numbers, Saturday, April 20, 2024:
Soudal Quick-Step | |
1 | James Knox |
2 | Gil Gelders |
3 | William Junior Lecerf |
4 | Fausto Masnada |
5 | Pieter Serry |
6 | Mauri Vansevenant |
7 | Louis Vervaeke |
INEOS Grenadiers | |
11 | Tom Pidcock |
12 | Egan Bernal |
13 | Laurens De Plus |
14 | Omar Fraile |
15 | Ethan Hayter |
16 | Michal Kwiatkowski |
17 | Brandon Rivera |
Bahrain Victorious | |
21 | Santiago Buitrago |
22 | Yukiya Arashiro |
23 | Pello Bilbao |
24 | Wout Poels |
25 | Dusan Rajovic |
26 | Antonio Tiberi |
27 | Lukasz Wisniowski |
Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
31 | Mathieu van der Poel |
32 | Quinten Hermans |
33 | Søren Kragh Andersen |
34 | Axel Laurance |
35 | Oscar Riesebeek |
36 | Stan Van Tricht |
37 | Luca Vergallito |
EF Education-EasyPost | |
41 | Richard Carapaz |
42 | Ben Healy |
43 | Mikkel Honore |
44 | Archie Ryan |
45 | James Shaw |
46 | Harry Sweeny |
47 | Rigoberto Uran |
Groupama-FDJ | |
51 | David Gaudu |
52 | Lorenzo Germani |
53 | Romain Grégoire |
54 | Valentin Madouas |
55 | Quentin Pacher |
56 | Rémy Rochas |
57 | Clément Russo |
Cofidis | |
61 | Guillaume Martin |
62 | Ruben Fernandez |
63 | Jesus Herrada |
64 | Gorka Izagirre |
65 | Ion Izagirre |
66 | Axel Mariault |
67 | Anthony Perez |
Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
71 | Tiesj Benoot |
72 | Ben Tulett |
73 | Milan Vader |
74 | Attila Valter |
75 | Loe Van Belle |
76 | Tosh Van Der Sande |
77 | Julien Vermote |
Bora-hansgrohe | |
81 | Jai Hindley |
82 | Roger Adrià |
83 | Giovanni Aleotti |
84 | Bob Jungels |
85 | Jonas Koch |
86 | Matteo Sobrero |
87 | Aleksandr Vlasov |
Lidl-Trek | |
91 | Mattias Skjelmose |
92 | Andrea Bagioli |
93 | Julien Bernard |
94 | Patrick Konrad |
95 | Bauke Mollema |
96 | Sam Oomen |
97 | Toms Skujins |
UAE Team Emirates | |
101 | Tadej Pogacar |
102 | Sjoerd Bax |
103 | Finn Fisher-Black |
104 | Joao Almeida |
105 | Marc Hirschi |
106 | Domen Novak |
107 | Diego Ulissi |
Lotto Dstny | |
111 | Maxim Van Gils |
112 | Logan Currie |
113 | Jarrad Drizners |
114 | Andreas Kron |
115 | Sylvain Moniquet |
116 | Mathijs Paasschens |
117 | Jonas Gregaard |
Israel-Premier Tech | |
121 | Dylan Teuns |
122 | George Bennett |
123 | Simon Clarke |
124 | Jakob Fuglsang |
125 | Derek Gee |
126 | Nick Schultz |
127 | Stephen Williams |
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
131 | Romain Bardet |
132 | Romain Combaud |
133 | Matthew Dinham |
134 | Chris Hamilton |
135 | Enzo Leijnse |
136 | Martijn Tusveld |
137 | Kevin Vermaerke |
Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
141 | Benoît Cosnefroy |
142 | Bruno Armirail |
143 | Clément Berthet |
144 | Felix Gall |
145 | Paul Lapeira |
146 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre |
147 | Nicolas Prodhomme |
Astana Qazaqstan | |
151 | Alexey Lutsenko |
152 | Anthon Charmig |
153 | Igor Chzhan |
154 | Lorenzo Fortunato |
155 | Cristian Scaroni |
156 | Santiago Umba |
157 | Simone Velasco |
Intermarché-Wanty | |
161 | Georg Zimmermann |
162 | Lilian Calmejane |
163 | Kevin Colleoni |
164 | Gerben Kuypers |
165 | Baptiste Planckaert |
166 | Lorenzo Rota |
167 | Rein Taaramäe |
Team Jayco-AlUla | |
171 | Simon Yates |
172 | Davide De Pretto |
173 | Anders Foldager |
174 | Jan Maas |
175 | Michael Matthews |
176 | Mauro Schmid |
177 | Filippo Zana |
Movistar Team | |
181 | Davide Formolo |
182 | Alex Aranburu |
183 | Jorge Arcas |
184 | William Barta |
185 | Carlos Canal |
186 | Oier Lazkano |
187 | Ivan Romeo |
Uno-X Mobility | |
191 | Tobias Halland Johannessen |
192 | Martin Urianstad Bugge |
193 | Odd Christian Eiking |
194 | Ådne Holter |
195 | Johannes Kulset |
196 | Andreas Leknessund |
197 | Anders Skaarseth |
TotalEnergies | |
201 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
202 | Fabien Doubey |
203 | Fabien Grellier |
204 | Jordan Jegat |
205 | Alan Jousseaume |
206 | Paul Ourselin |
207 | Alexis Vuillermoz |
Bingoal-WB | |
211 | Luca Van Boven |
212 | Louka Matthys |
213 | Johan Meens |
214 | Dimitri Peyskens |
215 | Aaron Van Der Beken |
216 | Giacomo Villa |
217 | Loic Vliegen |
Equipo Kern Pharma | |
221 | Ivan Cobo |
222 | Marc Brustenga |
223 | Francisco Galván |
224 | Jordi Lopez |
225 | Mikel Retegi |
226 | Ibon Ruiz |
227 | Danny Van Der Tuuk |
Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
231 | Kévin Vauquelin |
232 | Louis Barré |
233 | Clément Champoussin |
234 | Anthony Delaplace |
235 | Simon Guglielmi |
236 | Laurens Huys |
237 | Michel Ries |
Team Flanders-Baloise | |
241 | Kamiel Bonneu |
242 | Toon Clynhens |
243 | Lars Craps |
244 | Siebe Deweirdt |
245 | Elias Maris |
246 | Dylan Vandenstorme |
247 | Vincent Van Hemelen |