La Redoute ascent record beaten again

The riders tackle the climb of La Redoute during the 2019 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
The riders tackle the climb of La Redoute during the 2019 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

After Lotto Soudal pro Philippe Gilbert's fastest time up the famous climb of La Redoute was beaten by 20-year-old Gijs Leemreize of the Jumbo-Visma development team on Saturday, the record was beaten again by another Dutch 20-year-old – Mathijs Loman – on Sunday.

The record – set via fitness tracker Strava, on which riders can pit themselves against each other to time who's fastest over any given segment of road – was first updated on Friday by Gilbert, who beat AG2R La Mondiale pro Romain Bardet's previous record by 17 seconds. Gilbert wrote on Twitter, "Try to beat it!" having recorded a time of 4:25, and it was Leemreize who was the first to better it, by three seconds, on Saturday.

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