The time has come for the fourth monument race of the season, Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2018. La Doyenne represents the traditional tryptych final event. The middle-april longest lasting classic takes places on Belgian soil and it is included in the World Tour calendar. Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2018 is scheduled for Sunday 22, April, and the route amounts to 258 kilometers, making it the second longest race of the Ardennes classics. What does differ the Doyenne from the the other main classics is to be riddle with longer climbs to the previous ones, morover on tarmacked roads. Col de la Redoute, Cote de la Roche aux Faucons and Cote de Saint Nicholas are the last three climbs to be tackled.
Twenty-five teams are taking part to the competition. In addiction to the 18 World teams, 7 Professional teams will participate: those are Direct Energie, Fortuneo – Samsic, WB Aqua Project – Veranclassic, Wanty – Groupe Gobert, Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise, Cofidis and Aqua Blue Sport.
Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2018 Startlist
MOVISTAR TEAM
1 ALEJANDRO VALVERDE
2 ANDREY AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA
3 WINNER ANDREW ANACONA GOMEZ
4 CARLOS ALBERTO BETANCUR GOMEZ
5 IMANOL ERVITI OLLO
6 MIKEL LANDA MEANA
7 JUAN JOSE ROJAS
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
11 DANIEL MARTIN
12 MATTEO BONO
13 RUI ALBERTO FARIA DA COSTA
14 MANUELE MORI
15 ALEKSANDR RIABUSHENKO
16 RORY SUTHERLAND
17 DIEGO ULISSI
TEAM SKY
21 WOUT POELS
22 TAO GEOGHEGAN-HART
23 SERGIO LUIS HENAO MONTOYA
24 VASILI KIRYIENKA
25 MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI
26 GERAINT THOMAS
27 LUKASZ WISNIOWSKI
TEAM SUNWEB
31 TOM DUMOULIN
32 MICHAEL MATTHEWS
33 JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER
34 SIMON GESCHKE
35 CHAD HAGA
36 CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON
37 SAM OOMEN
BAHRAIN – MERIDA
41 VINCENZO NIBALI
42 ENRICO GASPAROTTO
43 GORKA IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI
44 JON IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI
45 FRANCO PELLIZOTTI
46 DOMENICO POZZOVIVO
47 GIOVANNI VISCONTI
QUICK – STEP FLOORS
51 JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE
52 REMI CAVAGNA
53 PHILIPPE GILBERT
54 BOB JUNGELS
55 ENRIC MAS
56 MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN
57 PIETER SERRY
AG2R LA MONDIALE
61 ROMAIN BARDET
63 MIKAEL CHEREL
64 AXEL DOMONT
65 BEN GASTAUER
66 CYRIL GAUTIER
67 ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ
69 BENOIT COSNEFROY
MITCHELTON – SCOTT
71 ROMAN KREUZIGER
72 MICHAEL ALBASINI
73 JACK HAIG
74 DARYL IMPEY
75 CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN
76 MIKEL NIEVE ITURRALDE
77 CARLOS VERONA
TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST – DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE
81 RIGOBERTO URAN
82 LAWSON CRADDOCK
83 ALEX HOWES
84 KIM MAGNUSSON
85 DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ POVEDA
86 PIERRE ROLLAND
87 MICHAEL WOODS
BORA – HANSGROHE
91 RAFAL MAJKA
92 CESARE BENEDETTI
93 DAVIDE FORMOLO
94 PATRICK KONRAD
95 JAY MCCARTHY
96 GREGOR MÜHLBERGER
97 CHRISTOPH PFINGSTEN
BMC RACING TEAM
101 DYLAN TEUNS
102 ALBERTO BETTIOL
103 DAMIANO CARUSO
104 ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI
105 SIMON GERRANS
106 JOSEPH ROSSKOPF
108 LOÏC VLIEGEN
ASTANA PRO TEAM
111 JAKOB FUGLSANG
112 DARIO CATALDO
113 OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ
114 HUGO HOULE
115 TANEL KANGERT
116 MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN
117 DAVIDE VILLELLA
TREK – SEGAFREDO
121 BAUKE MOLLEMA
122 JULIEN BERNARD
123 GREGORY DANIEL
124 MICHAEL GOGL
125 TSGABU GEBREMARYAM GRMAY
126 RÙBEN GUERREIRO
127 TOMS SKUJINS
GROUPAMA – FDJ
131 RUDY MOLARD
132 DAVID GAUDU
133 VALENTIN MADOUAS
134 ANTHONY ROUX
135 ROMAIN SEIGLE
136 BENOIT VAUGRENARD
137 LÉO VINCENT
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
141 JESUS HERRADA LOPEZ
142 NICOLAS EDET
143 JOSE HERRADA LOPEZ
144 LUIS ANGEL MATE MARDONES
145 DANIEL NAVARRO GARCIA
146 ANTHONY PEREZ
147 JULIEN SIMON
LOTTO SOUDAL
151 TIM WELLENS
152 TIESJ BENOOT
153 BJORG LAMBRECHT
154 TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI
155 MAXIME MONFORT
156 TOSH VAN DER SANDE
157 JELLE VANENDERT
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
161 TOM-JELTE SLAGTER
162 NATNAEL BERHANE
163 STEPHEN CUMMINGS
164 SCOTT DAVIES
165 JACQUES WILLEM JANSE VAN RENSBURG
166 BENJAMIN KING
167 SERGE PAUWELS
AQUA BLUE SPORT
171 LAWRENCE WARBASSE
172 MARK CHRISTIAN
173 EDWARD DUNBAR
174 LASSE NORMAN HANSEN
176 CASPER PEDERSEN
177 CALVIN WATSON
178 AARON GATE
TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC
181 WARREN BARGUIL
182 ELIE GESBERT
183 ROMAIN HARDY
184 KEVIN LEDANOIS
185 AMAEL MOINARD
186 LAURENT PICHON
187 FLORIAN VACHON
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
191 ROBERT GESINK
192 FLORIS DE TIER
193 BERT JAN LINDEMAN
194 PAUL MARTENS
195 BRAM TANKINK
196 JOS VAN EMDEN
197 DANNY VAN POPPEL
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
201 ILNUR ZAKARIN
202 MAXIM BELKOV
203 IAN BOSWELL
204 RETO HOLLENSTEIN
205 ROBERT KISERLOVSKI
206 PAVEL KOCHETKOV
207 MAURITS LAMMERTINK
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
211 GUILLAUME MARTIN
212 JÉRÔME BAUGNIES
213 THOMAS DEGAND
214 FABIEN DOUBEY
215 XANDRO MEURISSE
216 MARCO MINNAARD
217 DION SMITH
DIRECT ENERGIE
221 LILIAN CALMEJANE
222 FABIEN GRELLIER
223 JONATHAN HIVERT
224 BRYAN NAULEAU
225 PAUL OURSELIN
226 ROMAIN SICARD
227 REIN TAARAMÄE
SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE
231 BENJAMIN DECLERCQ
232 PIET ALLEGAERT
233 KEVIN DELTOMBE
234 THOMAS SPRENGERS
235 DRIES VAN GESTEL
236 MATHIAS VAN GOMPEL
237 PREBEN VAN HECKE
WB AQUA PROTECT VERANCLASSIC
241 MAXIME VANTOMME
242 THOMAS DERUETTE
243 JUSTIN JULES
244 CHRISTOPHE MASSON
245 JULIEN MORTIER
246 DIMITRI PEYSKENS
247 ANTOINE WARNIER