Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025 takes place on Sunday 27 April in Wallonia, the French speaking part of Belgium. Known as La Doyenne, or the Old Lady, Liège-Bastogne-Liège was first run in 1892 and is the oldest professional cycling race in the world.
It is one of cycling's five Monuments, and the last before Grand Tour racing begins in May at the Giro d'Italia. Organised by ASO is also the showpiece event in the three races commonly known as the Ardennes Classics that includes Amstel Gold in the Netherlands and Fleche Wallonne, also in Belgium.
The men's race starts an finishes in Liège which sits in the east of Belgium, on the river Meuse. The route takes the riders out of the city due south towards Bastogne before returning back to Liège, finishing in the suburb of Ans.
Demi Vollering wins the 2023 women's Liège-Bastogne-Liège
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In total, the route is 252km long with 11 classified climbs - most of which are packed into the second half of the route - but with many more that aren't classified. The most famous is the Côte de La Redoute, the third from final climb that often sees a favourite make their move.
That is followed by the Côte des Forges and the final climb of Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons. There are a couple of tweaks to the 2025 route: the Côte de Saint-Roch will feature the earliest it has in the race since 2004, and the Col de Haussire returns to the route after a 30-year absence.
In the women’s race - first run in 2017 - the riders start in Bastogne before taking on a 152.9km course which ends in Liège. En route the women will tackle many of the same major climbs, including both La Redoute and the final ascent, la Roche-aux-Faucons.
Eddy Merckx holds the record for the most victories, with five, while Remco Evenepoel of Soudal–Quick-Step and Tadej Pogačar - last year's winner - have shared the last four titles. The Dutch trio of Demi Vollering, Annemiek van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen have all won the women's edition twice.
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