Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025 – Analysing the contenders

Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, both double Doyenne winners, meet Sunday 27 April to close the classic season in a battle of the Ardennes all the more expected since it has not yet taken place.

SRF bike expert David Loosli and commentator Marco Felder look forward to Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Bei der Doyenne vun de Klassiker sinn d'Aen nees eomelos all op den Tadej Pogacar girtcht.

Buitrago Leads Line-up at Liège–Bastogne–Liège - Team Bahrain

The fourth Monument of the cycling calendar, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as La Doyenne (the oldest), marks the grand finale of the Spring Classics and the closing act of the Ardennes week. With 4,400 meters of elevation gain packed into 252 kilometers. The 2025 edition features the traditional out-and-back journey from Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège, but as always, the sting lies in the sequence of brutal climbs in the final third: Côt…

BOB JUNGELS Several common points bring together Tadej Pogacar and Bob Jungels before Liège-Bastogne-Liège. One, the two men have already won in the Dean of Classics. Twice for the Slovenian. Once for the Luxemburgish. Two, the two men come to chain with the campaign of classics flandriennes and Ardennes. They are very rare in the ...

Who are the favourites for Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025?

Cyclist Who are the favourites for Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025? The spring Classics are coming to an end for another year. Incredibly sad. But don’t wish your life away, this weekend the peloton will take on Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the fourth Monument of the season. La Doyenne is the final instalment of the hilly, smooth-surfaced Ardennes Classics, and if either of the first two are anything to go by, we’re in for a show on Sunday. It’s pretty safe …