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Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2016) Photos Apr 23

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Stage 1:  Pre-Race La Redoute recon  Full Results and Report

The view from La Redoute, one of the pivotal climbs
2 km at 8.9 %, max 19 %

BMC


Tinkoff with their leader, Roman KREUZIGER

Imanol ERVITI (MOVISTAR)

Last year's winner, Alejandro VALVERDE (MOISTER), in the center
Stefan DENIFL (IAM CYCLING)
2nd last year, Julian ALAPHILIPPE (ETIXX - QUICK STEP)

Previous winner, Dan MARTIN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP)
De Brabantse Pijl winner, Petr VAKOC (ETIXX - QUICK STEP)

Orica GreenEdge
Previous winner, Simon Gerrans at the front
Luis Leon Sanchez at the front for Astana

Astana

Stage 2:  Race day  Full Results and Report


Astana during the rainy teams presentation in Liége

Ready for a cold, wet, windy day of racing

The obligatory Cote De Saint Roch shot
Break in the blizzard
Miserable wet, cold conditions for much of the 253 km race reduced by 5 km due to the conditions

The peloton chasing

cote de la haute

Movistar leading the peloton on cote du rosier

Thomas Voeckler solo attack

Vegard Stake LAENGEN (IAM Cycling) solo off the front on La Redoute
Movistar leading the chase on La Redoute

Peloton on La Redoute

The winning break forms on Côte de la rue Naniot with 1 km to go

Four man break after Côte de la rue Naniot
Cat and mouse

Four men sprint finish in Ans
It's down to two riders: Wouter POELS (SKY) vs. Michael ALBASINI (ORICA GreenEDGE). photo: Stefan Klein
Rui COSTA(LAMPRE - MERIDA) would settle for 3rd while Sammy Sanchez (BMC) was 4th + 4s. photo: Stefan Klein


Wouter POELS (SKY) wins the sprint from a late break ahead of Michael ALBASINI (ORICA GreenEDGE) and 3rd Rui COSTA(LAMPRE - MERIDA)
Blurry in the distance is the next group with Valverde

Wouter POELS (SKY) was only one-year when the last Dutch rider won this race (1988)

5th Ilnur ZAKARIN (KATUSHA) + 9s and 6th Warren BARGUIL (GIANT - ALPECIN) + 11s. photo: Stefan Klein

7th Roman KREUZIGER (TANKOFF) + 12s, 8th Joaquin RODRIGUEZ (KATUSHA), 9th Bauke MOLLEMA (TREK - SEGAFREDO). photo: Stefan Klein
Last year's winner and this year's favorite, Alejandro VALVERDE (MOVISTAR) was in this group 12s back and finished 16th. photo: Stefan Klein
Disbelief

Michael ALBASINI (ORICA GreenEDGE) animated much of the final kms but settled for 2nd
2016 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner, Wouter POELS (SKY), first Sky rider to win a monument
The winner and his prize. photo: Stefan Klein

photo: Stefan Klein
2016 podium: 3rd Rui COSTA(LAMPRE - MERIDA), 1st Wouter POELS (SKY), 2nd Michael ALBASINI (ORICA GreenEDGE)