Liege Bastogne Liege '26: The Only Two

As everyone expected Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) to attack on the Cote de la Redoute.  What wasn't expected (although I did) was that the only guy who could stay on the World Champion's wheel was the young Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM).  The two quickly opened up a twenty second gap on many of the best riders in the peloton.  With this move, will the duo go together to the line in Liege or will one drop the other in the remaning thirty kilometers?

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Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes '22: On the Back Foot

As the break away and the peloton hit the penultimate climb, the Cote de la Redoute, the moves started.  Just ahead of the remains of the early break away is the fast disappearing leader, and race favorite, Annemiek Van Vleutin (Movistar).  Her attack had put the defending LBL champion, Demi Vollering (SD Worx) on the back foot.  Her teammate Ashleigh Molman Pasio went to the front and helped Vollering chase down the Movistar team leader.  Never one to miss a good move, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) jumped onto the wheel of Vollering knowing it was a good wheel to pull her up to the race leader.

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Liege Bastogne Liege '22: Leaving Everyone

Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) had been dangling off the back of the break for a while, but as they all started up the Cote de la Redoute, he simply rode them all off his wheel.  With roughly another thirty kilometers to go it may be a tall order to stay away from the peloton, but it is his best chance to win today.  All along the roads were tributes to Philippe Gilbert who is riding this race for the last time in his career.  As a Belgium rider, all of Flanders were out to say thank you to the former National and World Champion who grew up at the base of the next climb on this course.

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LBL Men: What Is Our Gap?

Laurens Huys (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces) looked over his shoulder to see what gap he and Lorenzo Rota (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) had built on their erstwhile break away companions.  The duo had escape the others on the base of the Cote de La Redoute.  With another 36 kilometers to go it remained to be seen if their minute and a half lead was going to be enough to hold off an extremely talented field in the peloton behind.  He could see muich when he looked back, the bend in the road hid the others from view.

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LBL Femmes, Some Help at the Top

 As Lizzie Diegnan (Trek-Segafredo) neared the top of the Cote de la Redoute (the penultimate climb of the race), she was begining to open up a gap on the group of nine she had been with.  At the top she was passed a bottle by one of the team soigneurs.  With just 30 kilometers to the finish, this seemed a bit to dangerous of a rider to let get a few seconds on those behind.

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Liege Bastogne LIege: The Chase Is On

With just 37 kilometers left to race, it was time for the peloton to use the Cote de la Redoute to start the chase in earnest.  Enric Mas and Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step) hit the front and drove the pace in hopes of shedding some of their rivals.  Tucked on to Alaphilippe's wheel was the strong man for Team Sky, Geraint Thomas.  Thomas was marked in turned by Jose Rojas (Movistar) and so it went on down the long line of competitors, teammates and domestiques. 

Fans will line the route of every race, many flying flags of teams, countries on regions from their camp sites and campers along the sides of every climb.  Cycling is about the only sport were fans can get close to their heros and not have to buy a ticket for the honor.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available though my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Since it is an original it is first come first served.  The painting was created using Yarka St Petersburg watercolors from Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 plus shipping. And yes, international shipping is available.

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