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2025 Liège-Bastogne-Liège (World Tour), Belgium

112th edition: Sunday, April 27, 2025

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Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 252 km.

Tadej Pogacar wins his third Liège-Bastogne-Liège. ASO/Billy Ceusters photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Liège at 2:00 PM, local time: 20C (56F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

ClimbsThe climbs:

  • Km 70.7: Côte de Saint-Roch, 1 km @ 11.2%
  • Km 119.4: Col de Haussire, 3.9 km @ 6.8%
  • Km 167: Côte de Wanne, 3.6 km @ 5.1%
  • Km 158.7: Côte de Mont-le-Soie, 1.9 km @ 7.7%
  • Km 173.5: Côte de Stockeu, 1.1 km @ 11.9%
  • Km 177.7: Côte de la Haute-Levée, 2.2 km @ 7.5%
  • Km 192: Col du Rosier, 4.5 km @ 5.9%
  • Km 205.3: Côte de Desnié, 1.7 km @ 7.8%
  • Km 218: Côte de la Redoute, 1.6 km @ 9.5%
  • Km 228.7: Côte des Forges, 1.5 km @ 6.9%
  • Km 238.7: Côte de la Roche-aux-Fauchons, 1.4 km @ 11.4%

The race: George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech) did not start.

Photographer John Pierce was kind enough to send me this note about Pogacar's victory salute: Re: Pogacar victory salute today. The dedication is for his girfriend’s mother who recently passed away. He also had a dedication on his race number.  'This is for you D' = and a heart

Here's the organizer's race summary:

He was the absolute favorite for the victory, and a victory he claimed. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won the 111th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège with a devastating attack up La Redoute, the same climb he used as a springboard to conquer La Doyenne one year ago, and a subsequent 35-kilometre solo ride to the finish. The Slovenian got his third victory in the Ardennes Monument being the reigning Tour de France champion and the owner of the rainbow jersey, a feat only achieved by Eddy Merckx in 1972.

Remco Evenepoel at the pre-race rider presentation ceremony. ASO photo

His performance adds up with his podiums at Milano-Sanremo (3rd) and Paris-Roubaix (2nd) and his victory in the Tour of Flanders to seal a history-making Classic campaign, as only Sean Kelly (1984) and of course Merckx (1969 and 1975) had managed to finish inside the top three in all four Spring Monuments the same year. Second and third at the finish line in Liège’s Quai des Ardennes were Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), a chasing duo that managed to keep the main group at bay in the final kilometres.

A serious-looking Tadej Pogacar on the start line. ASO photo

174 riders took the start at 10:35 in the 111th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which was held over a 252-kilometre course from Liège to Bastogne – and back. There was one non-starter: George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech). After a pretty aggressive start, 10 riders went clear by kilometre 23: Hannes Wilksch (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), Stan Van Tricht (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Sakarias Koller Loland (Uno-X Mobility), Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarché-Wanty), Eduardo Sepúlveda (Lotto), Rayan Boulahoite, Valentin Retailleau (TotalEnergies), Ceriel Desal and Henri-François Haquin (Wagner Bazin WB).

It's time to race. 174 riders roll out from Liège. ASO photo

Two more cyclists, Mathis Le Berre (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) and Johan Meens (Wagner Bazin WB), quickly set off in pursuit and joined the head of the race as the bunch bid its time. The break clocked a maximum gap of 5’50” at kilometre 90, as UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Soudal-Quick Step held the helm of the peloton for the benefit of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel.

Unsuccessful attack by the Ineos Grenadiers
The landscape slightly changed at the ​​Col de Haussire – Stèle Claudy Criquelion (km 119,4, 3,9 km at 6,8%) with an attack by two Ineos Grenadiers riders: Bob Jungels, winner of 2019 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and Tobias Foss, 2022 ITT world champion.

The peloton at km 135. ASO photo

The peloton sped up as a result, with Lidl-Trek contributing to the concert efforts of UAE and Soudal on behalf of its leader Mattias Skjelmose. A strong pull from UAE’s Domen Novak up the Côte de Wanne (km 167, 3,6 km at 5,1%) brought back the Ineos duo. Later on, at the Côte de Stockeu – Stèle Eddy Merckx (km 173,5, 1 km at 12,5%), Boulahoite attacked and created a selection at the front with just Sepúlveda, Haig, Le Berre and Loland managing to hold his wheel.

Pogacar was the strongest; Healy and Ciccone, best of the rest
The break only held a 30” advantage on the peloton at the foot of the Col du Rosier (km 192), and was caught right at its summit as Novak kept setting a fierce pace. UAE Team Emirates marshalled the affairs all the way to the Côte de la Redoute (km 218, 1,6 km at 9,4%), where its leader Tadej Pogacar powered away and went solo for the win.

Bam! Sitting in the saddle Tadej Pogacar attacks on the Côte de la Redoute.

A chasing group with Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) and Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) set off in pursuit of the Slovenian, but was already 1’00” in arrears atop the Côte des Forges (km 228,7).

Meanwhile, Remco Evenepoel trailed on a 30-strong group behind, from which he got dropped up the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons (km 238,7, 1,3 km at 11%) while it reeled in Pidcock and Alaphilippe. Despite losing ground to lone leader, Ciccone and Healy managed to stay clear off their chasers in order to stand on the podium alongside the world champion.

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252 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.983 km/hr. Fastest LBL ever!

1 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates-XRG 6hr 0min 9sec
2 Giulio Ciccone Lidl-Trek @ 1min 3sec
3 Ben Healy EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
4 Simone Velasco XDS Astana Team 1:10
5 Thibau Nys Lidl-Trek s.t.
6 Andrea Bagioli Lidl-Trek s.t.
7 Daniel Martinez Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
8 Axel Laurance INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
9 Tom Pidcock Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team s.t.
10 Neilson Powless EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
11 Michael Matthews Team Jayco-AlUla s.t.
12 Oscar Onley Team Picnic PostNL s.t.
13 Tiesj Benoot Team Visma | Lease a Bike s.t.
14 Emiel Verstrynge Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
15 Alex Aranburu Cofidis s.t.
16 Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto s.t.
17 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility s.t.
18 Aurélien Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondial s.t.
19 Romain Grégoire Groupama-FDJ s.t.
20 Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike s.t.
21 Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet Groupama-FDJ s.t.
22 Mauro Schmid Team Jayco-AlUla s.t.
23 Christian Scaroni XDS Astana Team s.t.
24 Jordan Jegat Team TotalEnergies s.t.
25 Louis Barré Intermarché-Wanty s.t.
26 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates-XRG s.t.
27 Roger Adrià Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
28 Clément Berthet Decathlon AG2R La Mondial s.t.
29 Pello Bilbao Bahrain Victorious s.t.
30 Alex Baudin EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
31 Attila Valter Team Visma | Lease a Bike s.t.
32 Joe Blackmore Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
33 Carlos Rodriguez INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
34 Ion Izagirre Cofidis s.t.
35 Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
36 Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team s.t.
37 Santiago Buitrago Bahrain Victorious s.t.
38 Pavel Sivakov UAE Team Emirates-XRG s.t.
39 Mattias Skjelmose Lidl-Trek s.t.
40 Alexey Lutsenko Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
41 Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
42 Chris Harper Team Jayco-AlUla s.t.
43 Nick Schultz Israel-Premier Tech 1:15
44 Ben O'Connor Team Jayco-AlUla 1:21
45 Marc Hirschi Tudor Pro Cycling Team 2:20
46 Bastien Tronchon Decathlon AG2R La Mondial s.t.
47 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck 2:58
48 Georg Zimmermann Intermarché-Wanty s.t.
49 Nicola Conci XDS Astana Team s.t.
50 Kévin Vauquelin Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
51 Filippo Zana Team Jayco-AlUla s.t.
52 Kevin Geniets Groupama-FDJ s.t.
53 Jack Haig Bahrain Victorious s.t.
54 Nelson Oliveira Movistar Team s.t.
55 Ruben Guerreiro Movistar Team s.t.
56 Rudy Molard Groupama-FDJ s.t.
57 Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 3:01
58 Julian Alaphilippe Tudor Pro Cycling Team 3:03
59 Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step 3:11
60 Floris De Tier Wagner Bazin WB s.t.
61 Archie Ryan EF Education-EasyPost 3:19
62 Simon Clarke Israel-Premier Tech 5:38
63 Patrick Konrad Lidl-Trek s.t.
64 Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ s.t.
65 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility 5:41
66 Ådne Holter Uno-X Mobility s.t.
67 Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility s.t.
68 Sylvain Moniquet Cofidis s.t.
69 Mathieu Burgaudeau Team TotalEnergies s.t.
70 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
71 Xandro Meurisse Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
72 Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain Victorious s.t.
73 Koen Bouwman Team Jayco-AlUla s.t.
74 Nans Peters Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
75 Frederik Wandahl Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
76 Chris Hamilton Team Picnic PostNL s.t.
77 Milan Vader Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team s.t.
78 Louis Rouland Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
79 Davide Formolo Movistar Team 5:44
80 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin-Deceuninck 5:48
81 Laurens De Plus INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
82 Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL s.t.
83 Eduardo Sepulveda Lotto 8:11
84 Magnus Cort Uno-X Mobility s.t.
85 Reuben Thompson Lotto s.t.
86 David de la Cruz Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 9:40
87 Xabier Azparren Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team s.t.
88 Dylan Teuns Cofidis 10:56
89 Ilan Van Wilder Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
90 Samuele Battistella EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
91 Harry Sweeny EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
92 Max Schachmann Soudal Quick-Step s.t.
93 Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
94 Logan Currie Lotto s.t.
95 Anthony Delaplace Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
96 Jakob Fuglsang Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
97 Raúl García Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
98 Callum Scotson Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
99 Enric Mas Movistar Team s.t.
100 Clément Champoussin XDS Astana Team s.t.
101 Felix Grossschartner UAE Team Emirates-XRG s.t.
102 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates-XRG s.t.
103 Hannes Wilksch Tudor Pro Cycling Team 14:27
104 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
105 Yannis Voisard Tudor Pro Cycling Team s.t.
106 Mathis Le Berre Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
107 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies s.t.
108 Julien Bernard Lidl-Trek s.t.
109 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ s.t.
110 Cériel Desal Wagner Bazin WB 16:17
111 Johan Meens Wagner Bazin WB 16:19
112 Mathijs Paasschens Bahrain Victorious s.t.
113 Tijmen Graat Team Visma | Lease a Bike s.t.
114 Jonas Gregaard Lotto s.t.
115 Noa Isidore Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
116 Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Mobility s.t.
117 Kasper Asgreen EF Education-EasyPost 16:45
118 Remi Cavagna Groupama-FDJ s.t.
119 Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Deceuninck 16:47
120 Valentin Retailleau Team TotalEnergies s.t.
121 Henri-Francois Haquin Wagner Bazin WB s.t.
122 Paul Ourselin Cofidis s.t.
123 Marcel Camprubí Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team s.t.
124 Jonas Koch Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe s.t.
125 Nickolas Zukowsky Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team s.t.
126 Gal Glivar Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
127 Fabien Grellier Team TotalEnergies s.t.
128 Simon Guglielmi Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
129 Rayan Boulahoite Team TotalEnergies s.t.

 


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Course map and profile:

2025 course map. Yellow is the route out and red is the way back

2025 course profile


Liège-Bastogne-Liège photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Before the race: Team UNO-X Mobility in their Team 7-Eleven tribute jerseys.

Team Israel-Premier Tech

Tadej Pogacar heads to the start.

Marc Hirschi before the race start

Remco Evenepoel leads a group.

The iconic L-B-L scene, the riders climbing the Côte de Saint-Roch.

The big dogs ride through the town of Stavelot, just south of Liège.

1997 & 1998 L-B-L winner Michele Bartoli was in Stavelot to watch the race.

He's gone. Tadej Pogacar heads for a solo win in Liège.

Tadej Pogacar wins his third Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Giulio Ciccone finishes second and right with him is third-place Ben Healy.

Winner Tadej Pogacar just after finishing the race.

Third-place Ben Healy just after the race.

The podium, from left: Giulio Ciccone (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Ben Healy (3rd).

Race winner Tadej Pogacar

Liège-Bastogne-Liège pre-race photos of riders on the course by Fotoreporter Sirotti

I believe all these photos were taken on the famous Côte de la Redoute.

The descent of La Redoute

Thibau Nys & Julien Bernard

Mattias Skjelmose Jensen & Patrick Konrad

Tom Pidcock

Remco Evenepoel

Tadej Pogacar & Max Schachmann

Tiesj Benoot with his Visma | Lease a Bike teammates

Alexey Lutsenko

Magnus Cort. His Uno-X team is wearing 7-Eleven jerseys at this race to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the American team's debut at this classic.

Neilson Powless

Marc Hirschi

Remi Cavagna

Warren Barguil


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Start list with back numbers, Saturday, April 26, 2025:

UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1 Tadej Pogacar
2 Felix Grossschartner
3 Vegard Stake Laengen
4 Brandon McNulty
5 Domen Novak
6 Pavel Sivakov
7 Florian Vermeersch
Team Picnic PostNL
11 Romain Bardet
12 Warren Barguil
13 Romain Combaud
14 Chris Hamilton
15 Enzo Leijnse
16 Oscar Onley
17 Kevin Vermaerke
Soudal Quick-Step
21 Remco Evenepoel
22 Gil Gelders
23 Max Schachmann
24 Pieter Serry
25 Mauri Vansevenant
26 Ilan Van Wilder
27 Louis Vervaeke
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
31 Tom Pidcock
32 Xabier Azparren
33 Marcel Camprubí
34 David de la Cruz
35 Mark Donovan
36 Milan Vader
37 Nickolas Zukowsky
Arkea-B&B Hotels
41 Kévin Vauquelin
42 Anthony Delaplace
43 Raúl García
44 Simon Guglielmi
45 Laurens Huys
46 Mathis Le Berre
47 Louis Rouland
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
51 Maxim Van Gils
52 Roger Adrià
53 Jonas Koch
54 Daniel Martinez
55 Gianni Moscon
56 Giulio Pellizzari
57 Frederik Wandahl
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
61 Julian Alaphilippe
62 Marco Brenner
63 Mika Heming
64 Marc Hirschi
65 Yannis Voisard
66 Fabian Weiss
67 Hannes Wilksch
Israel-Premier Tech
71 Alexey Lutsenko
72 George Bennett
73 Joe Blackmore
74 Simon Clarke
75 Jakob Fuglsang
76 Nick Schultz
77 Stephen Williams
INEOS Grenadiers
81 Carlos Rodriguez
82 Laurens De Plus
83 Tobias Foss
84 Bob Jungels
85 Axel Laurance
86 Magnus Sheffield
87 Geraint Thomas
Lidl-Trek
91 Mattias Skjelmose
92 Andrea Bagioli
93 Julien Bernard
94 Giulio Ciccone
95 Patrick Konrad
96 Thibau Nys
97 Otto Vergaerde
Groupama-FDJ
101 Romain Grégoire
102 Remi Cavagna
103 Kevin Geniets
104 Valentin Madouas
105 Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet
106 Rudy Molard
107 Quentin Pacher
Alpecin-Deceuninck
111 Quinten Hermans
112 Tobias Bayer
113 Ramses Debruyne
114 Gal Glivar
115 Xandro Meurisse
116 Stan Van Tricht
117 Emiel Verstrynge
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
121 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
122 Clément Berthet
123 Noa Isidore
124 Jordan Labrosse
125 Nans Peters
126 Callum Scotson
127 Bastien Tronchon
XDS Astana Team
131 Clément Champoussin
132 Nicola Conci
133 Anton Kuzmin
134 Christian Scaroni
135 Ide Schelling
136 Diego Ulissi
137 Simone Velasco
Bahrain Victorious
141 Santiago Buitrago
142 Pello Bilbao
143 Roman Ermakov
144 Jack Haig
145 Mathijs Paasschens
146 Robert Stannard
147 Edoardo Zambanini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
151 Tiesj Benoot
152 Tijmen Graat
153 Ben Tulett
154 Attila Valter
155 Loe van Belle
156 Tosh Van der Sande
157 Julien Vermote
Movistar Team
161 Enric Mas
162 Jorge Arcas
163 Nelson Oliveira
164 Davide Formolo
165 Ruben Guerreiro
166 Gregor Mühlberger
167 Mathias Norsgaard
Cofidis
171 Alex Aranburu
172 Valentin Ferron
173 Ion Izagirre
174 Jan Maas
175 Sylvain Moniquet
176 Paul Ourselin
177 Dylan Teuns
Uno-X Mobility
181 Magnus Cort
182 Martin Urianstad Bugge
183 Fredrik Dversnes
184 Ådne Holter
185 Halland Johannessen Anders
186 Andreas Leknessund
187 Sakarias Koller Løland
EF Education-EasyPost
191 Ben Healy
192 Kasper Asgreen
193 Samuele Battistella
194 Alex Baudin
195 Neilson Powless
196 Archie Ryan
197 Harry Sweeny
Team Jayco-AlUla
201 Ben O'Connor
202 Koen Bouwman
203 Chris Harper
204 Michael Hepburn
205 Michael Matthews
206 Mauro Schmid
207 Filippo Zana
Intermarché-Wanty
211 Louis Barré
212 Kamiel Bonneu
213 Dries De Pooter
214 Alexander Kamp
215 Gerben Kuypers
216 Tom Paquot
217 Georg Zimmermann
Lotto
221 Lennert Van Eetvelt
222 Logan Currie
223 Jarrad Drizners
224 Arjen Livyns
225 Eduardo Sepulveda
226 Reuben Thompson
227 Jonas Gregaard
Team TotalEnergies
231 Jordan Jegat
232 Rayan Boulahoite
233 Mathieu Burgaudeau
234 Fabien Doubey
235 Fabien Grellier
236 Valentin Retailleau
237 Baptiste Vadic
Wagner Bazin WB
241 Floris De Tier
242 Luca De Meester
243 Cériel Desal
244 Johan Meens
245 Henri-Francois Haquin
246 Leander Van Hautegem
247 Loic Vliegen