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Liege-Bastogne-Liege Discussion
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 05-01-2026 12:44
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 [PTM] Liege - Bastogne - Liege
Report by Imladrik
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | 2024 | HERKLOTZ Silvio | VALTER Attila | GIDICH Yevgeniy | | | | | | | | 2023 | DE BIE Sean | SKUJINS Toms | LUTSENKO Alexey | | | | | | | | 2022 | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | TURGIS Anthony | VAKOC Petr | | | | | | | | 2021 | VAKOC Petr | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | YATES Simon | | | | | | | | 2020 | SAGAN Peter | DE BIE Sean | LUTSENKO Alexey | | | | | | | | 2019 | BAKELANTS Jan | GASTAUER Ben | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | | | | | | | | 2018 | SAGAN Peter | SKUJINS Toms | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | | | | | | | | 2017 | PONZI Simone | SPILAK Simon | BAKELANTS Jan | | | | | | | | 2016 | FRITSCH Sven | BAKELANTS Jan | SKUJINS Toms | | | | | | | | 2015 | PONZI Simone | SPILAK Simon | BAKELANTS Jan | | | | | | | | 2014 | BAKELANTS Jan | TROFIMOV Yuri | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | | | | | | | | 2013 | TROFIMOV Yuri | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | BAKELANTS Jan | | | | | | | | 2012 | SCHLECK Frank | BAKELANTS Jan | SCHUMACHER Stefan | | | | | | | | 2011 | SCHLECK Frank | SINKEWITZ Patrik | SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon | | | | | | | | 2010 | SCHLECK Frank | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | RICCO Riccardo | | | | | | | | 2009 | RICCO Riccardo | SCHLECK Frank | KIRCHEN Kim | | | | | | | | 2008 | VALVERDE Alejandro | DI LUCA Danilo | SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel | | | | | | | | 2007 | VALVERDE Alejandro | KIRCHEN Kim | GILBERT Philippe | | | | | | |
| 1 | Silvio Herklotz | Team Puma - SAP | 6h02'24 | | | | | | | | 2 | Attila Valter | Aker - MOT | s.t. | | | | | | | | 3 | Yevgeniy Gidich | King Power | s.t. | | | | | | | | 4 | Davide Formolo | Rabobank | s.t. | | | | | | | | 5 | Simon Yates | cycleYorkshire | s.t. | | | | | | | | 6 | Joseph Areruya | Xero Racing | s.t. | | | | | | | | 7 | Sergio Higuita | Oxxo - Frisby | s.t. | | | | | | | | 8 | Alexey Lutsenko | Gazelle | s.t. | | | | | | | | 9 | Elie Gesbert | Assa Abloy | s.t. | | | | | | | | 10 | Mauri Vansevenant | Fastned | s.t. | | | | | | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Herklotz | Silvio | GER | 31 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 76 |  Areruya | Joseph | RWA | 29 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 76 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Lopez | Miguel Angel | COL | 31 | 82 | 84 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 78 |  Higuita | Sergio | COL | 28 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 75 |  Vansevenant | Mauri | BEL | 26 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 80 |  Gidich | Yevgeniy | KAZ | 29 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 75 |  Valter | Attila | HUN | 27 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 78 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Champoussin | Clement | FRA | 27 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 76 |  Schmid | Mauro | SWI | 26 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 79 |  Mas | Enric | ESP | 30 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 77 |  Mohoric | Matej | SLO | 31 | 77 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 77 | | Bagioli | Andrea | ITA | 26 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 78 | | Olivier | Daan | NED | 33 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 75 | 70 |
Other leaders
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Aranburu | Alex | ESP | 30 | 79 | 80 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 71 |  Schlegel | Michal | CZE | 30 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 75 |  Eastman | Ryan | USA | 33 | 76 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 68 |  Yates | Simon | GBR | 33 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 79 |  Mayrhofer | Marius | GER | 25 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 74 |  Kinoshita | Tomohiro | JPN | 34 | 76 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 74 |  Aleotti | Giovanni | ITA | 26 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 75 |  Gaudu | David | FRA | 29 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 70 |  Frankiny | Kilian | SWI | 31 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 75 |  De Plus | Laurens | BEL | 30 | 78 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 72 |  Van Dijke | Mick | NED | 25 | 76 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 74 |  Buchmann | Emanuel | GER | 33 | 78 | 80 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 |  Skujins | Toms | LAT | 34 | 75 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 73 |
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 05-01-2026 13:05
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Thank you for the preview, Laurens!
Higuita has been doing well in the harder hilly classics, so would be great if he could repeat those performances in what could perhaps be our best monument result ever. Probably jinxed it now eh?
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-01-2026 13:07
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Thanks for the preview!
I assume this Aranburu's stamina is going to be insurmountable here, but we've also brought Gregaard, like in Amstel. Maybe he can give us a top 20 on a good day again.
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| SotD |
Posted on 05-01-2026 13:12
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Once more I have to rely on Kinoshitas stamina to get my hopes up. He did reasonably Well so far, so it would be great to close the ardennes by being on target.
Fingers crossed for MAL to take the win!
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| redordead |
Posted on 05-01-2026 13:13
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Someone in the top 50 would be good.
Thanks for the preview.
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| knockout |
Posted on 05-01-2026 13:39
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Please ... i need this one!
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Posted on 28-01-2026 13:06
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 05-01-2026 17:32
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Champoussin is here so hoping for a top 10 
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| ember |
Posted on 05-01-2026 20:13
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Massive monument for us! Really hope Valter is on a great day here, to prove that he's consistently very good in these races, after the brilliant Amstel win, but also the not so brilliant Fleche.
If we somehow get to use Romo similar as to in Amstel, where he clearly saved Valter a lot of energy, letting Valter sit tight without needing to attack before he took initiative himself, that will be great, as I think we have the chance to save Valter a ton of energy in such a difficult hilly race, either by protecting Valter the longest time possible, or letting Romo attack/be aggressive while Valter watches from the group.
Excited to see how this one plays out! Thank you for the preview, Laurens |
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| Bikex |
Posted on 05-01-2026 20:14
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I hope Gidich can carry his FW form into this race. It is the only ardennes classic remaining that he hasn't won now. Thanks for the preview! |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 06-01-2026 08:44
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No real expectations any more. We'll see what happens!
Thanks for the preview!
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| knockout |
Posted on 06-01-2026 20:51
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Can you play this any worse tactically? I guess i should praise Adria or congratulate jandal but i really only want to curse out the game for ruining lopez winning odds with the worst possible strategy you can take here.
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| SotD |
Posted on 06-01-2026 21:01
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Amazing result from Kinoshita here! We actually managed to score slightly above our expectations in the ardennes, despite having reasonably high asks. Great stuff!
MAL was awful here. Fortunately Adria made a crazy performance.
Congrats on the win Areruya 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 06-01-2026 22:32
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Love to see all those attacks from Formolo, but the old man really needs to save something for the last part as well as not getting even a top 10 after all that is kind of disappointing.
It's once again Remco who saves the day with another top 10 in a Monument!
Not the best performance from Champoussin either, but we do have some good depth in the end.
Thanks for the report! Congrats, jandal!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-01-2026 23:02
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Joseph Areruya
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-01-2026 04:59
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Horrible day for us, but can't say I'm surprised given the engine. Aranburu is useless on this kind of parcours with this kind of race length, and unlike Amstel, we prioritized him over Gregaard.
Congrats to jandal on a deserved win, but commiserations to knockout on what was truly a bizarre performance by Lopez.
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| Heine |
Posted on 07-01-2026 06:53
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Congrats to Jandal and Areruya! Well raced
That must've been one of the worst performances ever by a rider in Lopez
Great report, must've been a nightmare to evne know where to focus with everything going on
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| redordead |
Posted on 07-01-2026 06:55
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85th is close enough 
Thanks for the report.
knockout wrote:
Can you play this any worse tactically? I guess i should praise Adria or congratulate jandal but i really only want to curse out the game for ruining lopez winning odds with the worst possible strategy you can take here.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 07-01-2026 07:01
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At least we had a top-100 finisher
Areruya winning is great, congrats jandal! Shame what happened to MAL, no idea what was going on there. Very happy to see Bagioli having a good race, he could have taken the win on another day.
Thanks for the report!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 07-01-2026 07:50
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I knew I jinxed it  He was where he had to be most of the time, just a shame the big group got back together and ruined his top-10 or better.
Congratulations to jandal and thank you for the great report, Imladrik!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 07-01-2026 12:24
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I had hoped for a bit better from Gidich but 5th is still acceptable. It's just unfortunate that we didn't manage to get any depth scoring. Thanks for the report, Imladrik! |
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