The 104th edition of Liege-Bastogne-Liege amounts to 258 kilometres and takes in eleven hills. The finale is characterized by the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons and Côte de Saint-Nicolas, while the last 1.5 kilometres to the line go up at 5%.
Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2018 (Liege – Ans 258km) LIVESTREAM: Sunday, 22 April, starts at 14:00pm CET (Europe), 08:00am U.S. Eastern
Liege-Bastogne-Liege profile:
Favourites for the win:
***** Alejandro Valverde
**** Julian Alaphilippe, Vincenzo Nibali, Tim Wellens
*** Michael Matthews, Philippe Gilbert, Michael Valgren, Jelle Vanendert, Sergio Henao, Romain Bardet, Geraint Thomas, Roman Kreuziger, Jakob Fuglsang, Bauke Mollema, Rigoberto Uran
** Tiesj Benoot, Daniel Martin, Rui Costa, Michal Kwiatkowski, Alexis Vuillermoz, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Bob Jungels, Patrick Konrad, Rudy Molard, Ilnur Zakarin, Warren Barguil, Tom Dumoulin, Dylan Teuns
* Diego Ulissi, Guillaume Martin, Jonathan Hivert, Lilian Calmejane, Jesus Herrada, Michael Albasini, Serge Pauwels, Jay McCarthy, Michael Woods