Liège-Bastogne-Liège men: Five contenders, five outsiders

Valverde Alaphilippe Van Aert
Some of the top contenders – Alejandro Valverde, Julian Alaphilippe, and Wout van Aert (Image credit: Getty Images/composite)

Classics season draws to a close on Sunday with the finale of the Ardennes triple at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

The six-and-a-half-hour slog through the hills of Wallonia brings together Classics contenders and GC riders for the 257km battle over terrain that is rarely flat, save for the finish in Liège city centre.

Dani Ostanek
Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur. She writes and edits at Cyclingnews as well as running newsletter, social media, and how to watch campaigns.