The 2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 22 April 2018 in

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. It was the 104th 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 ''Monuments'' of the European professional ...

and the eighteenth event of the

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. The race was won by the champion of Luxembourg,

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(), who escaped on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons. Canadian rider Michael Woods, riding for the team, won the sprint for second place ahead of 's

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for France.

Teams

As Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a

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event, all eighteen

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s were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed as wildcards, completing the 25-team peloton.

Result

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 2018 2018 UCI World Tour 2018 in Belgian sport

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