Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2015) Photos; Page 3: Race day |
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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 | share this photo |
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Vincenzo Nibali in good spirits at the start in Ans | share this photo |
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Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) put in a good dig at the end and finished 7th | share this photo |
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The rollout from Ans | share this photo |
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The break on famous Cote de Saint Roch half way through the race | share this photo |
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Four minutes later, the peloton hits Cote de Saint Roch | share this photo |
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78 km to go: the break with Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r La Mondiale) at the front on the steep part of Cote de Stockeu | share this photo |
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Astana's Alessandro Vanotti leading the chase just 44s back | share this photo |
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Vincenzo Nibali biding his time behind his teammates | share this photo |
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And behind Nibali was Daniel Moreno (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | share this photo |
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59 km to go: Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) on Cote du Rosier | share this photo |
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35 km to go at La Redoute: Michele Scarponi (Astana) and Johan Estaban Chaves (Orica GreenEdge) on the front now | share this photo |
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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 | share this photo |
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Alejandro Valverde on the other hand, played the perfect race | share this photo |
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Philippe Gilbert was hindered by his crash injuries at Wednesdays Flèche-Wallone | share this photo |
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6 km to go: Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff - Saxo) and Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) attack on Côte de Saint-Nicolas, the last noted climb | share this photo |
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The bunch sprint in Ans led out by Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) after the sharp bend with 200m to go | share this photo |
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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) moves to the front | share this photo |
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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 | share this photo |
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Close-up: classic facial expressions | share this photo |
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The contrasting winner and runner up salutes | share this photo |
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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 | share this photo |
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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 | share this photo |
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2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | share this photo |
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2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege podium, 2nd Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx - Quick Step), 1st Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 6:14:20, 3rd Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) | share this photo |
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