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The Schleck brothers embrace after Andy's victory in 2009
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Pantani signs autographs in 2002
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Bartoli celebrates on the podium in 1997
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Danilo Di Luca wins for Liquigas in 2007
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Bartoli successfully defends the title in 1998
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Two in a row: Bartoli on the podium in 1998
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Andy Schleck crosses the winning line in 2009
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A sweeping shot of the peloton from 2009
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2008: Valverde wins for the second time in three years
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Berzin (Gewiss) won the race in 1994. A few weeks later he beat Indurain and Pantani to take the Giro
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Alejandro Valverde winning the race in 2006 before Puerto
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Jan Ullrich left Telekom in 2002 and found a new home at Coast
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Tyler Hamilton in his CSC colours
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Lance Armstrong on the attack in 2003
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Frank Vandenbroucke raced in 2003 but was a shadow of his former self
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Tyler Hamilton back in 2003. He's the only American to have won the race
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Paolo Bettini taking his second and final win in 2002
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Oscar Camenzind winning the sprint in 2001
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Bettini launched himself onto the big stage with his win in 2000
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Frank Vandenbroucke took his biggest win in 1999.
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Richard had his best year in 1996. In August he won the Olympic road race
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Richard after winning the 1996 event
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Pascal Richard was one of his generations best one day racers
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A year after Berzin it was Mauro Gianetti who won the race
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A tired Bettini had no answer for Davide Rebellin in 2004
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Juan Antonio Flecha back in his ibanesto days
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Roberto Heras (US Postal)
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World Champion Bettini stretching out the field
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Andy Schleck on the podium in 2009 after his first and so far only classic win
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Five years after his first win Alexandre Vinokourov came back to win in 2010
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Italian heroes: Bugno and Pantani at the start in 1997
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Pantani out of the saddle in 1997. Then world champion Johan Museeuw in the background
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Marco Pantani riding Liege in 1998
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Tyler Hamilton winning in 2003
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Michele Bartoli was on a different planet in 1997
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Bartoli, Sorensen, Virenque, Jalabert and Sunderland in 1997
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Jalabert sets the pace in 1996
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Bartoli winning his first Liege title in 1997
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Bartoli stretches Frank Vandenbroucke to breaking point
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Danilo Di Luca would win the race in 2007. Here he is a few years before
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A young Marco Pinotti (Lampre) leads a break
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Victor Hugo Pena (US Postal)
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Kim Kirchen on the attack
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This Sunday marks the end of the Spring Classics with Liège-Bastogne-Liège drawing down the curtain on what has arguably been one of the most exciting spring campaigns in recent memory.
To mark Sunday's race, Cyclingnews takes a look back at some of the most iconic moments from 'La Doyenne', stretching back to the early 1990s.
