On the start line at Liege-Bastogne-Liege

With snow already falling 80 kilometres south in the Ardennes, the riders of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège peloton were understandably reluctant to leave the sanctuary of their team buses to go and sign on ahead of the race on Sunday morning.

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