Liège–Bastogne–Liège

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Monument classic UCI WorldTour race one-day road cycling race

Liège–Bastogne–Liège is one of professional cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day “Monument” races, held annually in the hilly Ardennes region of Belgium.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1965	1
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1967	1
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes	1
Liège–Bastogne–Liège describes the route from Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Monument classic ⓘ UCI WorldTour race ⓘ one-day road cycling race ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
discipline	road cycling ⓘ
distanceApproximate	around 250 km ⓘ
finishLocation	Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEdition	1892 ⓘ
firstEditionCategory	amateur race ⓘ
firstProfessionalEdition	1894 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Union Cycliste Internationale ⓘ
hasCategory	men’s professional race ⓘ women’s professional race ⓘ
meaningOfName	Liège–Bastogne–Liège self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liège–Bastogne–Liège describes the route from Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège
monumentGroup	Il Lombardia NERFINISHED ⓘ Milan–San Remo ⓘ Paris–Roubaix ⓘ Tour of Flanders ⓘ
mostWinsNumber	5 ⓘ
mostWinsRider	Eddy Merckx ⓘ
mostWinsYears	1969 ⓘ 1971 ⓘ 1972 ⓘ 1973 ⓘ 1975 ⓘ
name	Liège–Bastogne–Liège self-link ⓘ
nickname	La Doyenne ⓘ
notableFeature	multiple short steep climbs ⓘ often decided on final climbs or small group sprint ⓘ
organiser	Amaury Sport Organisation ⓘ Royal Cyclist’s Pesant Club Liégeois ⓘ
partOf	Ardennes classics ⓘ UCI WorldTour ⓘ cycling Monuments ⓘ
prestige	one of the most prestigious classics in professional cycling ⓘ
raceType	single-day race ⓘ
region	Ardennes region ⓘ surface form: Ardennes
routeDirection	Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège ⓘ
startLocation	Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
surface	paved roads ⓘ
terrain	Ardennes climbs ⓘ hilly ⓘ
typicalMonthHeld	April ⓘ
typicalRiderProfile	climber ⓘ puncheur ⓘ
uciWorldTourEventSince	2005 ⓘ
womenRaceFirstEdition	2017 ⓘ
womenRaceInstanceOf	women’s one-day road cycling race ⓘ
womenRaceName	Liège–Bastogne–Liège self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liège–Bastogne–Liège → meaningOfName → Liège–Bastogne–Liège self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liège–Bastogne–Liège describes the route from Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège

Giro di Lombardia → monumentAlongWith → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège → name → Liège–Bastogne–Liège self-link ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1966 → nextEdition → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1967

Amaury Sport Organisation → organises → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

ASO → organizes → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

subject surface form: Amaury Sport Organisation

Milan–San Remo → otherMonuments → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Paris–Roubaix → otherMonuments → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1966 → partOf → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1966 → previousEdition → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1965

La Flèche Wallonne → relatedRace → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1966 → route → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège → womenRaceName → Liège–Bastogne–Liège self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

Bernard Hinault → won → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

Eddy Merckx → won → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

The Cannibal → wonMonumentClassic → Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ

subject surface form: Eddy Merckx