A smiling Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) on the starline (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Fränk Schleck (Trek) had his day ended by a crash (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Nico Roche (Team Sky) before the crash that saw him record a DNF (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton passing a field of flowers (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sammy Sánchez (BMC) with his wife and children before the start of the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sammy Sánchez (BMC) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Maxime Bouet (Etixx-Quick Step) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) will need some help eating all that jamon (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alejandro Valverde with his son Pedro on the start line (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dylan Teuns (BMC) crosses the line (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r-La Mondiale) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) about to raise his arms in triumph as Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step) curses his second place (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alejandro Valverde with his son after winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège for a third time (Image credit: ASO)
Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff-Saxo) checks on Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) (Image credit: ASO)
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) had plenty of fans out today (Image credit: ASO)
There was lots of support from the fans in Liege to start the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There were no collapsing inflatable arches today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The pace was high but there was time for a nature break (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Esteban Chaves and Carlos Betancur enjoy a chat mid-nature break (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A nice colourful photograph of the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
An Ag2r-La Mondiale soigneur on bidon duty (Image credit: ASO)
The calm before the storm on the Côte de Saint Roch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Michele Scarponi (Astana) and Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The riders at the the base of the Côte de Saint Roch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The colour of the Côte de Saint Roch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton heading up the Côte de Saint Roch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There was support for the world champion on the Côte de Saint Roch today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There were all kinds of flags at the Côte de Saint Roch today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Some Andy Schleck fans on the Côte de Saint Roch with their flags (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Fans pack the Côte de Saint Roch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Zdeněk Štybar (Etixx-Quick Step) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) sans tongue (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Angelo Tulik (Europcar) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Perrig Quéméneur (Europcar) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Otto Vergaerde (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) in the break (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Otto Vergaerde (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Clément Chevrier (IAM Cycling) and Diego Ulissi (Lampre Merida) lead the early break (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Côte de la Roche-en-Ardenne (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Europcar all over the front of the race at the Côte de la Roche-en-Ardenne (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pierre Rolland (Eurpcar) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton's pace starts to up (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Out on the open road (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The iconic Côte de Saint Roch was once again a key feature in the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Some colour in the forest (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Plenty of fans on the Côte de Stockeu for the race today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton in the early-morning sun (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton making its way up the Côte de Stockeu (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton on the Côte de Stockeu (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)