Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)

The Women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège (French: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes) is the women's event of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, an annual road bicycle racing event in Wallonia, Belgium, held in late April. The inaugural race, won by Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen, was run on 23 April 2017.[1]

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (Women)
Race details
DateLate April
RegionWallonia, Belgium
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Women's World Tour (since 2017)
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserASO
Web sitewww.liege-bastogne-liege-femmes.be/en
History
First edition2017 (2017)
Editions3 (as of 2019)
First winner Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Most wins Anna van der Breggen (NED)
(2 wins)
Most recent Annemiek Van Vleuten (NED)

With the reboot of the Amstel Gold Race for Women and the creation of a women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2017, the women's season has the same trio of Ardennes classics as the men's. Both races are held on Sundays mid-April, in addition to La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, which has been on the women's calendar since 1998.[2]

Route
The inaugural event started in Bastogne and finished in Liège.

At 135.5 km, the race is approximately half the distance of the men's event. Hence, it doesn't start in Liège but in Bastogne, from where it heads north past Liège to finish in Ans. The route features 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.[3]

Winners
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2017 Anna van der Breggen
Boels–Dolmans		 Lizzie Deignan
Boels–Dolmans		 Katarzyna Niewiadoma
WM3 Pro Cycling
2018 Anna van der Breggen
Boels–Dolmans		 Amanda Spratt
Mitchelton-Scott		 Annemiek van Vleuten
Mitchelton-Scott
2019 Annemiek van Vleuten
Mitchelton–Scott		 Floortje Mackaij
Team Sunweb		 Demi Vollering
Parkhotel Valkenburg

References
  1. "Van der Breggen wins the first ever Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "Women's teams gear up for historic first Ardennes triple New Amstel Gold and Liège-Bastogne-Liège races bring fresh spark to the Classics". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "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.
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