Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2015) Photos April 26

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The paint job is starting to wear thin. At 35 km from the finish, the La Redoute climb (2 km @ 8.9 %) is a pivotal part of the course and is 5 km closer to the finish this year	What's a monumental race without a monument somewhere along the course.	Movistar's Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde on La Redoute
Lotto Soudal	Tinkoff - Saxo's Roman Kreuziger and Manuele Boaro	Samuel Sanchez and the rest of BMC
Pierre Rolland leading Europcar up La Redoute	A steepness perspective from Europcar's view	Europcar with Pierre Rolland and Thomas Voeckler
Cofidis cresting La Redoute	Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step)	Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx - Quick Step)
Lampre - Merida's Rafael Valls and Rui Costa	Was someone out in their long underwear? No, it's Jussi Veikkanen (Fdj) in his Finnish National Champ kit.	Ag2r La Mondiale's Jan Bakelandts and Mikael Cherel
	Sergio Henao and Team Sky	Michael Albasini leading Orica GreenEdge
Here comes Astana	Andry Grivko, Vincenzo Nibali and Michele Scarponi at the front	Past winner, Daniel Martin is looking to change the poor first half of the 2015 season that the merged Cannondale - Garmin team has had
Katusha with Daniel Moreno and Thiago Machado	Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) dancing solo on his way up La Redoute

Stage 2:  Saturday Teams Presentation  Full Results and Report

Fabian WEGMANN (Cult) © radfoto.de	FDJ © radfoto.de	WANTY - GROUPE © radfoto.de
AG2R LA MONDIALE © radfoto.de	Carlos BETANCUR © radfoto.de	Romain BARDET © radfoto.de
Domenico POZZOVIVO © radfoto.de	Thomas VOECKLER © radfoto.de	GIANT ALPECIN all kitted up and ready to go © radfoto.de
Team leader, Warren BARGUIL © radfoto.de	Tom DUMOULIN © radfoto.de	Best smile in the pro peloton, Jarlinson PANTANO (IAM) © radfoto.de
Trek Factory Racing on stage © radfoto.de	Julian ARREDONDO © radfoto.de	Frank Schleck © radfoto.de
Vasil KIRYIENKA (SKY) © radfoto.de	Sergio HENAO (Sky) © radfoto.de	Sky team leader, Nicolas ROCHE © radfoto.de
Tinkoff Saxo on stage © radfoto.de	Tinkoff Saxo team leader Rafal MAJKA © radfoto.de	Roman KREUZIGER © radfoto.de
ETIXX - QUICK STEP on stage © radfoto.de	Julian ALAPHILIPPE (2nd at F-W) © radfoto.de	Zdenek STYBAR © radfoto.de
Michal KWIATKOWSKI © radfoto.de	Orica GreenEdge on stage © radfoto.de	Michael ALBASINI © radfoto.de
Cannondale-Garmin lite up the stage © radfoto.de	LOTTO SOUDAL on stage © radfoto.de	Past winner, Dan Martin © radfoto.de
VANENDERT brothers © radfoto.de	L-S team leader, Tony GALLOPIN © radfoto.de	Katusha © radfoto.de
Joaquin RODRIGUEZ © radfoto.de	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ © radfoto.de	Luis Leon SANCHEZ © radfoto.de
Michele SCARPONI © radfoto.de	Michele SCARPONI © radfoto.de	Vincenzo NIBALI photo-op © radfoto.de
Vincenzo NIBALI © radfoto.de	Movistar © radfoto.de	BMC © radfoto.de
Nairo QUINTANA and fan © radfoto.de	Nairo QUINTANA © radfoto.de	Race favorite and winner of F-W this past week, Alejandro VALVERDE © radfoto.de
Alejandro VALVERDE © radfoto.de	Philippe Gilbert is racing despite an injury he suffered at F-W © radfoto.de	Most popular rider among the fans, Philippe Gilbert © radfoto.de
Tejay VAN GARDEREN © radfoto.de	Sammy Sanchez says he'll be retiring at the end of the year © radfoto.de	Scene of this year's L-B-L teams presentation © radfoto.de

Stage 3:  Race day  Full Results and Report

Nicolas Roche (Sky) acknowledging the crowd during the morning sign in. He was one of the many favorites who were taken out of contention by a big crash with 40 km to go	Vincenzo Nibali in good spirits at the start in Ans	Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) put in a good dig at the end and finished 7th
The rollout from Ans	The break on famous Cote de Saint Roch half way through the race	Four minutes later, the peloton hits Cote de Saint Roch
78 km to go: the break with Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r La Mondiale) at the front on the steep part of Cote de Stockeu	Astana's Alessandro Vanotti leading the chase just 44s back	Vincenzo Nibali biding his time behind his teammates
And behind Nibali was Daniel Moreno (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)	59 km to go: Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) on Cote du Rosier	35 km to go at La Redoute: Michele Scarponi (Astana) and Johan Estaban Chaves (Orica GreenEdge) on the front now
Less than a minute back and the peloton hits La Redoute. Vincenzo Nibali put in the an attack later but it was rather feeble and he finished outside the top 10	Alejandro Valverde on the other hand, played the perfect race	Philippe Gilbert was hindered by his crash injuries at Wednesdays Flèche-Wallone
6 km to go: Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff - Saxo) and Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) attack on Côte de Saint-Nicolas, the last noted climb	The bunch sprint in Ans led out by Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) after the sharp bend with 200m to go	Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) moves to the front
© radfoto.de	The battle for second © radfoto.de	Two-winner Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) demonstrates what experiences does for you, timing his moves perfectly in the final 10 km including the bunch sprint win ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx - Quick Step) and Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) in Ans
	Close-up: classic facial expressions
The contrasting winner and runner up salutes		A fine Ardennes week for the 22 year old Frenchman, Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx - Quick Step) was 2nd today after a 2nd at Flèche Wallone and 7th at Amstel Gold
Despite a team that worked for him and animated most of the race, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) managed 13th + 24s finishing with Pieter Weening and Giampaolo Caruso	2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)	© radfoto.de
	2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege podium, 2nd Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx - Quick Step), 1st Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 6:14:20, 3rd Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha)	© radfoto.de
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