2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)

2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)
2018 UCI Women's World Tour, race 9 of 23
From left to right: Kasia Niewiadoma, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Ashleigh Moolman and Sabrina Stultiens leading the peloton on the Côte de La Redoute, at 36 km from the finish.
Race details
Dates 22 April 2018
Distance 135.5 km (84.20 mi)
Winning time 3h 14' 23"
Results
  Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Second  Amanda Spratt (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)
  Third  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Mitchelton–Scott)

The second edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège for Women, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 22 April 2018. It was the ninth event of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Liège, containing four categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 135.5 km.[1]

Anna van der Breggen won the race after she broke clear from Amanda Spratt on the uphill run-up towards the finish. Annemiek van Vleuten was third.[2] It was van der Breggen's second Ardennes classics win of the week after she won Flèche Wallonne, and her fourth World Tour one-day victory of 2018.[3]

Route

Route of the 2018 women's event

The route was identical to that of the 2017 event. At 135.5 km, the race was approximately half the distance of the men's event. It started in Bastogne, from where it headed north past Liège to finish in the industrial suburb of Ans on the same location as the men's race. The route featured four categorized climbs: the Côte de la Vecquée, Côte de La Redoute, Côte de la Roche aux faucons and Côte de Saint-Nicolas. The top of the last climb of Saint-Nicolas comes at 5.5 km from the finish.[1]

Teams

Professional women teams (23)
  1. Alé Cipollini
  2. Astana Women's Team
  3. Bepink
  4. Boels Dolmans
  5. BTC City Ljubljana
  6. Canyon-SRAM Racing
  7. Cervélo Bigla
  8. Cylance
  9. Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
  10. Experza-Footlogix
  11. FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope
  12. Health Mate-Cyclelive Team
  13. Hitec Products-Birk Sport
  14. Lotto Soudal Ladies
  15. Mitchelton-Scott
  16. Movistar Women
  17. Sunweb
  18. Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
  19. Trek-Drops
  20. Valcar PBM
  21. Virtu Cycling Women
  22. WaowDeals
  23. Wiggle High5

Race summary

UCI Report

20 riders remained at the front by the top of the climb of La Redoute, with 36 km to go. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot broke away after the top and soon had a 55-second lead, but was caught back by the chasers on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, at 20 km from the finish. Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten, Ashleigh Moolman and Megan Guarnier had a 25-second lead on the top, but were joined by six others 2 km later. Australian Amanda Spratt immediately accelerated and had a gap of 55 seconds with 10 km to go.[2]

On the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, Anna van der Breggen, Moolman and van Vleuten attacked from the chase group, and at the top van der Breggen had dropped the two others to chase Spratt on her own. The Dutch olympic champion caught Spratt with 5km to go and powered away on the uphill run-in to the finish to win her second consecutive Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Spratt finished second at 6 seconds, van Vleuten outsprinted Moolman for third place.[2][3]

Results

General classification
RiderTeamTime
1. Anna van der Breggen Boels Dolmans3h 34' 23"
2. Amanda Spratt Mitchelton-Scott+ 6"
3. Annemiek van Vleuten Mitchelton-Scott+ 58"
4. Ashleigh Moolman Cervélo Bigla+ 1' 00"
5. Ellen van Dijk Sunweb+ 1' 13"
6. Sabrina Stultiens WaowDeals+ 1' 13"
7. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Canyon-SRAM Racing+ 1' 13"
8. Megan Guarnier Boels Dolmans+ 1' 13"
9. Shara Gillow FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope+ 1' 13"
10. Rossella Ratto Cylance+ 1' 13"


UCI World Tour

Attributed points

Race winner Anna van der Breggen (pictured at the 2018 Amstel Gold Race) increased her lead in the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour.
Position[4]1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16-30th31-40th
World Tour points200150125100857060504035302520151053

Individual ranking after Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Points classification
RiderTeamPoints
1. Anna van der Breggen Boels Dolmans808 pts
2. Chantal Blaak Boels Dolmans538 pts
3. Amanda Spratt Mitchelton-Scott520 pts
4. Ashleigh Moolman Cervélo Bigla465 pts
5. Amy Pieters Boels Dolmans455 pts
6. Katarzyna Niewiadoma Canyon-SRAM Racing415 pts
7. Jolien D'Hoore Mitchelton-Scott405 pts
8. Marta Bastianelli Alé Cipollini370 pts
9. Annemiek van Vleuten Mitchelton-Scott360 pts
10. Chloe Hosking Alé Cipollini280 pts


References

  1. 1 2 "A.S.O. a dévoilé aujourd'hui les parcours de La Flèche Wallonne et de Liège-Bastogne-Liège version féminine, Van Der Breggen se rapproche de Marianne Vos". velo101.com (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Knöfler, Lukas. "Anna van der Breggen solos to Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 Rogers, Owen. "Anna van der Breggen continues Ardennes dominance with Liège-Bastogne-Liège victory". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Règlement UCI du sport cycliste - Titre II, épreuves sur route - Chapitre X, classement UCI - Article 2.10.017, Barème des points Femmes Elite, dispositions générales - version au 1er janvier 2018" (pdf). uci.ch (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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