Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026: Results and news

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes results

Demi Vollering unmatched on Côte de la Redoute in 35km solo move to triumph with record third victory / As it happened

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) won a record third Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes in convincing fashion in Liège on Sunday. Having taken her previous two victories in sprints of small groups, Vollering went on a 35km solo rampage after a searing attack over Côte de La Redoute.

She crossed the line over a minute ahead of a chase group of three, where Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) won the sprint for second place ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime).

Liège-Bastogne-Liège information

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes is the final of the three Ardennes Classics, scheduled for April 26 this year. It comes after the Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition and the mid-week La Flèche Wallonne Femmes.

The race brings down the curtain on the Women’s WorldTour Spring Classics season before a series of summer stage races that start with La Vuelta Femenina in May.

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes tends to favour the climbers due to its longer, steep ascents, is the most recent of the three Ardennes Classics to be added to the women’s calendar.

The inaugural event was held in 2017, with Anna van der Breggen taking victory in the first two editions, Annemiek van Vleuten in 2019 and 2022, while Lizzie Deignan and Demi Vollering took out the two editions in between.

In 2023, Vollering made history when she not only claimed her second Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes title but captured the Ardennes Classics triple crown after winning Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne.

A thrilling race all the way to the finish line in Liège saw Vollering out-sprint Elisa Longo Borghini for the win, while her SD Worx teammate Marlen Reusser crossed the line in third place.

In 2024, Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) took the win after spending half of the race in a six-rider breakaway. Coming from behind, the Australian outsprinted Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and Vollering (SD Worx-Protime).

In 2025, Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance Soudal) took the biggest win of her career in a four-rider sprint. The Mauritian national champion became the first African rider to win the Walloon Monument.

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was second, Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) finished third and Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) was fourth. World champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) led the peloton in for fifth place.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the 2025 winner will be able to defend her title, with Le Court-Pienaar crashing at the Tour of Flanders and fracturing her wrist.

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 route

The 10th edition of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes extends the route from Bastogne to Liège by a few kilometres, and ten climbs will conclude with the trio of the Côtes de Wanne, Stockeu and Haute-Levée.

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 start list