Liège–Bastogne–Liège
| Current event 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège | |
| File:Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2012.png | |
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Late-April |
| Region | Ardennes, Belgium |
| English name | Liège–Bastogne–Liège |
| Local name(s) | Liège–Bastogne–Liège (in French) |
| Nickname(s) | La Doyenne ("the oldest") |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI World Tour |
| Type | Monument one-day classic |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| History | |
| First edition | 1892 |
| Editions | 98 (as of 2012) |
| First winner | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Léon Houa (BEL) |
| Most wins | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) (5 wins) |
| Most recent | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) |
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Liège–Bastogne–Liège is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar. It is often called La Doyenne which means "the oldest".[1][2][3] It is run in the Ardennes region of Belgium. The race is from Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège.
Winners by nationality[change]
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Riders with more than one win[change]
Still active are in italic.
References[change]
- ↑ "Site officiel du Tour de France 2019". www.letour.fr.
- ↑ Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993
- ↑ Cycling Weekly, UK, 7 March 1992