The 2000 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 86th edition of the

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

cycle race and was held on 16 April 2000. The race started in

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and finished in

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. The race was won by

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of the

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team.

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