11:53 – Race pace (187km)
The riders are launched at an average of 41km/h in this Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024. The first difficulty of the day will not take long to present itself in front of the breakaway.
11:51 – Tiesj Benoot in good shape (190km)
The Belgian, who has placed himself in the Top 10 of Liège-Bastogne-Liège three times, is aiming even better for this 2024 edition: “I was on the podium at Amstel (3rd), for la Flèche (9th) I didn’t have the best preparation, with the birth of my second daughter on Tuesday, so I hope to have better legs in today’s race My heart beats for the Flemish classics, but. I also really like doing the Ardennes, I know the region very well With the preparation we did this year, we trained at altitude at the end of March and that’s also the reason why I do it. I have very good legs today.”
11:48 – 3′ lead for the breakaway (193km)
The nine leaders increase their lead in this Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024 with a little more than three minutes ahead of the peloton.
11:42 – UAE at the head of the peloton (199km)
Tadej Pogacar’s team leads the peloton in this Liège-Bastogne-Liège and is 2’35” behind the nine leaders.
11:37 – 175 starters (201km)
There are 175 of them who set off from Liège this morning and four have already won this Doyenne. Wout Poels in 2016, Bob Jungels in 2018, Jakob Fuglsang in 2019 and Tadej Pogacar in 2021 who is aiming for a second victory this year in this Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024.
11:35 – An update on the race (204km)
More than an hour and a quarter after the start of this Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024, nine riders started at the head of the race and have a lead of 2’30”. Gil Gelders (Soudal-Quick Step), Rémy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ), Enzo Leijnse (dsm-firmenich), Christian Scaroni (Astana), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Wanty), Ivan Romeo (Movistar), Fabien Doubey, Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies) and Loïc Vliegen (Bingoal WB) left at the 2nd km.
11:30 – Hello everyone
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