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2024 Liège-Bastogne-Liège (World Tour), Belgium

111th edition: Sunday, April 21, 2024

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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.

ClimbsThe climbs:

  • Km 76.2: Côte de Bonnerue, 2.5 km @ 12.3%
  • Km117.3: Côte de Saint-Roche, 1 km @ 11.2%
  • Km 161.2: Côte de Mond-le-Soie, 1.7 km @ 7.9%
  • Km 169.5: Côte de Wanne, 3.6 km @ 5.1%
  • Km 176: Côte de Stockeu, 1km @ 12.5%
  • Km 180.2: Côte de la Haute-Levée, 2.2 km @ 7.5%
  • Km 194.4: Col du Rosier, 4.4 km @ 5.9%
  • Km 207.8: Côte de Desnié, 1.6 km @ 8.1%
  • Km 220.5: Côte de la Redoute, 1.6 km @ 9.4%
  • Km 231.2: Côte des Forges, 1.3 km @ 7.8%
  • Km 241.2: Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, 1.3 km @ 11%

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.

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Complete results:

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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.

 


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Course map and profile:

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


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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