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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.
The climbs:
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.
Complete results:
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. |

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
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 |