Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2026 Classic route and profile
The race will have a new ending, as the organizers have decided to tighten the run-up to the historic climbs by adding two new ports, the Col du Maquisard and the Cote de Desnie.
The Liège – Bastogne – Liège will be played this Sunday, April 26. The race will have a different ending, as the organizers have decided to tighten the pre-historic stretch with the addition of two new ports. This change could increase the chances of attack from afar in the great classic of the Ardennes. The race can be followed live on Kirolakeitb.eus from 14:00 and on ETB1 from 15:00.
Thus, the route will include the Col du Maquisard and the Côte de Desnie , chained between the Col du Rosier and La Redoute, one of the most important places of the race, and then the route will maintain its usual hardness by passing the Cote des Forges and the Roche-aux-Faucons (the last difficulty of the day, 13 kilometers from the finish line).
The Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) won the 60th edition of the Amstel Gold Race last Sunday. After the 'Beer Classic', the double Olympic champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) wants to win the Slovenian Liège Bastogne-Liège in the third Arden race.
In the last five years, Evenepoel has won twice (2022 and 2023), and Pogacar has won another three times (2021, 2024 and 2025).
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