2015 Liège-Bastogne-Liège (World Tour), Belgium
101st edition: Sunday, April 26, 2015
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Liège-Bastogne-Ans, 253.0 km. Belgium
Rated Ascents:
- Km 79.0 - Côte de La Roche-en-Ardenne, 2.8 km @ 6.2% gradient
- Km 125.5 - Côte de Saint-Roch, 1 km @ 11.2%
- Km 169.0 - Côte de Wanne, 2.7 km @ 7.4%
- Km 175.5 - Côte de Stockeu, 1 km @ 12.5%
- Km 181.5 - Côte de la Haute-Levée, 3.6 km @ 5.6%
- Km 194.0 - Col du Rosier, 4.4 km @ 5.9%
- Km 207.0 - Col du Maquisard, 2.5 km @ 5%
- Km 218.5 - Côte de La Redoute, 2 km @ 8.9%
- Km 234.0 - Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, 1.5 @ 9.4%
- Km 248.0 - Côte de Saint-Nicolas, 1.2 km @ 8.6%
Alejandro Valverde wins the 2015 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
The Race: As L'Equipe put it, Alejandro Valverde is the "King of the Ardennes". Indeed he is. Four days after winning Flèche Wallone, Valverde again demonstrated his extraordinary form by winning the last of the Ardennes classics in fine style. This is also Valverde's third L-B-L win, having also won the race in 2006 and 2008.
The hilly course was very selective, reducing the lead riders to just about 20 with five kilometers to go. And still racers kept dropping out of the front group. In the final kilometer Daniel Moreno took a flier that looked like the winning move.
But, the sprint, led out from a long way back by Valverde, was too fast. Moreno was swept up to finish tenth as Valverde was first across the line.
Complete Results:
253 km raced at an average speed of 40.552 km/hr
| 1 | VALVERDE Alejandro | MOVISTAR TEAM | 6hr 14min 20sec |
| 2 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | ETIXX-QUICK STEP | s.t. |
| 3 | RODRIGUEZ Joaquin | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 4 | COSTA Rui Alberto | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
| 5 | KREUZIGER Roman | TINKOFF-SAXO | s.t. |
| 6 | BARDET Romain | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 7 | HENAO Sergio Luis | TEAM SKY | s.t. |
| 8 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 9 | FUGLSANG Jakob | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 10 | MORENO Daniel | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 11 | MEINTJES Louis | MTN-QHUBEKA | @ 10sec |
| 12 | NORDHAUG Lars-Peter | TEAM SKY | s.t. |
| 13 | NIBALI Vincenzo | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 00' 24'' |
| 14 | WEENING Pieter | ORICA GREENEDGE | s.t. |
| 15 | CARUSO Gianpaolo | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 16 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 17 | SIMON Julien | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | + 00' 32'' |
| 18 | KISERLOVSKI Robert | TINKOFF-SAXO | + 00' 44'' |
| 19 | KIRYIENKA Vasili | TEAM SKY | + 00' 52'' |
| 20 | GALLOPIN Tony | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 58'' |
| 21 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | ETIXX-QUICK STEP | s.t. |
| 22 | VANENDERT Jelle | LOTTO-SOUDAL | @ 1min 4sec |
| 23 | PIMANTA José Joao | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
| 24 | REICHENBACH Sébastien | IAM CYCLING | + 01' 06'' |
| 25 | DUMOULIN Tom | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 26 | CUMMINGS Stephen | MTN-QHUBEKA | s.t. |
| 27 | VOECKLER Thomas | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
| 28 | MOLARD Rudy | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
| 29 | SANCHEZ Samuel | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 30 | SANCHEZ Luis-Leon | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 31 | TEUNS Dylan | BMC RACING TEAM | + 01' 10'' |
| 32 | FORMOLO Davide | TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN | s.t. |
| 33 | MAJKA Rafal | TINKOFF-SAXO | s.t. |
| 34 | BARGUIL WARREN | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 35 | MOLLEMA Bauke | TREK FACTORY RACING | + 01' 30'' |
| 36 | GILBERT Philippe | BMC RACING TEAM | + 01' 41'' |
| 37 | KELDERMAN Wilco | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
| 38 | SIUTSOU Kanstantsin | TEAM SKY | + 02' 03'' |
| 39 | YATES Simon | ORICA GREENEDGE | + 02' 41'' |
| 40 | VISCONTI Giovanni | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 02' 49'' |
| 41 | SCARPONI Michele | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 04' 37'' |
| 42 | STYBAR Zdenek | ETIXX-QUICK STEP | + 04' 44'' |
| 43 | PANTANO Jarlinson | IAM CYCLING | + 05' 02'' |
| 44 | SLAGTER Tom Jelte | TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN | + 05' 31'' |
| 45 | DUYN Huub | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 06' 05'' |
| 46 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 47 | PREIDLER Georg | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
| 48 | NERZ Dominik | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
| 49 | LAMMERTINK Maurits | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
| 50 | MACHADO Tiago | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 51 | KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi | MTN-QHUBEKA | s.t. |
| 52 | CHEREL Mikael | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 53 | LEUKEMANS Bjorn | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
| 54 | KONRAD Patrick | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
| 55 | FELLINE Fabio | TREK FACTORY RACING | s.t. |
| 56 | ALBASINI Michael | ORICA GREENEDGE | s.t. |
| 57 | BAKELANTS Jan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 58 | KANGERT Tanel | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 59 | ROUX Anthony | FDJ | s.t. |
| 60 | CLARKE Simon | ORICA GREENEDGE | s.t. |
| 61 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques | MTN-QHUBEKA | s.t. |
| 62 | TEN DAM Laurens | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 06' 22'' |
| 63 | GESCHKE Simon | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | + 08' 09'' |
| 64 | BONO Matteo | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 08' 18'' |
| 65 | VALLS FERRI Rafael | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
| 66 | LOSADA Alberto | TEAM KATUSHA | s.t. |
| 67 | TAARAMÄE Rein | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
| 68 | CHAVES Johan Esteban | ORICA GREENEDGE | s.t. |
| 69 | BETANCOUR Carlos | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 70 | HERRADA José | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 09' 22'' |
| 71 | IZAGIRRE I Gorka | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 09' 22'' |
| 72 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | + 09' 32'' |
| 73 | VAKOC Petr | ETIXX-QUICK STEP | s.t. |
| 74 | POLANC Jan | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
| 75 | ROJAS GIL José Joaquin | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 76 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 77 | NOCENTINI Rinaldo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
| 78 | PICHON Laurent | FDJ | s.t. |
| 79 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC RACING TEAM | s.t. |
| 80 | SORENSEN Chris Anker | TINKOFF-SAXO | s.t. |
| 81 | MATE Luis Angel | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | s.t. |
| 82 | JUNGELS Bob | TREK FACTORY RACING | s.t. |
| 83 | QUINTANA Nairo Alexander | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
| 84 | ROLLAND Pierre | TEAM EUROPCAR | s.t. |
| 85 | ROSSETTO Stéphane | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | + 10' 16'' |
| 86 | TERPSTRA Mike | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
| 87 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
| 88 | GULDHAMMER Rasmus | CULT ENERGY PRO CYCLING | s.t. |
| 89 | HOOGERLAND Johnny | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
| 90 | GRIVKO Andriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 11' 28'' |
| 91 | JEANNESSON Arnold | FDJ | + 11' 39'' |
| 92 | BAUGNIES Jérôme | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | + 12' 02'' |
2015 Liège-Bastogne-Liège route map
2015 Liège-Bastogne-Liège profile
2015 Liège-Bastogne-Liège race-day photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti
The peloton is still intact.
Matteo Montaguti leads up the Stockeu. Look at the houses in the background to see how high the riders have climbed.
Alessandro Vanotti
Pieter Weening
Frank Schleck
Joaquin Rodrigez on the Cote du Rosier
Jerome Baugnies
Vincenzo Nibali climbs La Redoute
Philippe Gilbert with bandages from his recent crash.
Bjorn Leukemans
The pack climbs the Cote de Saint Roch
Diego Ulissi leads up the Cote de Wanne
Robert Kiserlovski (Tinkoff-Saxo) on the Cote de Haute Levee
Nicolas Roche
Jacob Fuglsang
Yukiya Arashiro
Alejandro Valverde wins the 2015 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Valverde gets to sit up while second-place Julian Alaphilippe raises his fist to celebrate second place.
The podium, from left: Julian Alaphilippe, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquin Rodriguez
Valverde savors his victory.
Pre-race photos: by Fotoreporter Sirotti
Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde check out the course.
Lotto-Soudal
Tinkoff-Saxo on the La Redoute ascent
And BMC
Europcar with Pierre Rolland and Thomas Voeckler
There goes Cofidis.
Iam Cycling with Jarlinson Pantano
Giant-Alpecin
LottoNL-Jumbo with Wilko Kelderman test their legs.
Zdenek Stybar
Michal Kwiatkowski
Enrico Gasparotto
Bob Jungels
Frank Schleck
Fumiyuki Beppu leads the Trek team.
The Lampre-Merida boys check out the course.
Kevin Reza
Jan Bakelandts and Mikael Cherel
Riders with * are potential substitutes
| ORICA GreenEDGE |
| Directeur sportif: WHITE Matthew |
| GERRANS Simon |
| ALBASINI Michael |
| CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban |
| CLARKE Simon |
| DURBRIDGE Luke |
| IMPEY Daryl |
| WEENING Pieter |
| YATES Simon |
| BEWLEY Sam * |
| MATTHEWS Michael * |
| MOVISTAR |
| Directeur sportif: ARRIETA Jose Luis |
| VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro |
| ERVITI OLLO Imanol |
| HERRADA LOPEZ José |
| IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka |
| QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander |
| ROJAS GIL José Joaquin |
| SUTHERLAND Rory |
| VISCONTI Giovanni |
| GADRET John * |
| SÜTTERLIN Jasha * |
| ETIXX-QUICK STEP |
| Directeur sportif: BRAMATI Davide |
| KWIATKOWSKI Michal |
| ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
| BOUET Maxime |
| BRAMBILLA Gianluca |
| GOLAS Michal |
| STYBAR Zdenek |
| VAKOC Petr |
| VERMOTE Julien |
| DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David * |
| URAN URAN Rigoberto * |
| ASTANA |
| Directeur sportif: MARTINELLI Giuseppe |
| NIBALI Vincenzo |
| FUGLSANG Jakob |
| GRIVKO Andriy |
| SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon |
| SCARPONI Michele |
| TAARAMÄE Rein |
| VANOTTI Alessandro |
| WESTRA Lieuwe |
| KANGERT Tanel * |
| ROSA Diego * |
| CANNONDALE-GARMIN |
| Directeur sportif: HUNTER Robert |
| MARTIN Daniel |
| FORMOLO Davide |
| HAAS Nathan |
| HOWES Alex |
| KING Benjamin |
| LANGEVELD Sebastian |
| MOHORIC Matej |
| SLAGTER Tom Jelte |
| BETTIOL Alberto * |
| DANIELSON Thomas * |
| BMC |
| Directeur sportif: PIVA Valerio |
| GILBERT Philippe |
| BOOKWALTER Brent |
| HERMANS Ben |
| LODEWYCK Klaas |
| ROSSKOPF Joseph |
| SANCHEZ Samuel |
| TEUNS Dylan |
| VAN GARDEREN Tejay |
| ATAPUMA John Darwin * |
| SENNI Manuel * |
| KATUSHA |
| Directeur sportif: AZEVEDO José |
| RODRIGUEZ Joaquim |
| CARUSO Gianpaolo |
| KOLOBNEV Alexandr |
| KOZONTCHUK Dmitry |
| LAGUTIN Sergey |
| LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto |
| MACHADO Tiago |
| MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel |
| BELKOV Maxim * |
| VORGANOV Eduard * |
| AG2R-LA MONDIALE |
| Directeur sportif: JURDIE Julien |
| POZZOVIVO Domenico |
| BAKELANTS Jan |
| BARDET Romain |
| BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto |
| CHEREL Mikael |
| MINARD Sébastien |
| MONTAGUTI Matteo |
| NOCENTINI Rinaldo |
| GASTAUER Ben * |
| RIBLON Christophe * |
| TINKOFF-SAXO |
| Directeur sportif: YATES Sean |
| MAJKA Rafal |
| BOARO Manuele |
| KISERLOVSKI Robert |
| KREUZIGER Roman |
| PIRES Bruno |
| POLJANSKI Pawel |
| SORENSEN Chris Anker |
| VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael |
| HANSEN Jesper * |
| PETROV Evgeni * |
| LAMPRE-MERIDA |
| Directeur sportif: MAUDUIT Philippe |
| COSTA Rui Alberto |
| BONO Matteo |
| CONTI Valerio |
| MORI Manuele |
| POLANC Jan |
| SERPA José |
| ULISSI Diego |
| VALLS Rafael |
| NIEMIEC Przemyslaw * |
| PLAZA MOLINA Ruben * |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL |
| Directeur sportif: FRISON Herman |
| GALLOPIN Tony |
| ARMEE Sander |
| DE CLERCQ Bart |
| VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| VANENDERT Dennis |
| VANENDERT Jelle |
| VERVAEKE Louis |
| WELLENS Tim |
| MONFORT Maxime * |
| VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen * |
| SKY |
| Directeur sportif: RASCH Gabriel |
| ROCHE Nicolas |
| DEIGNAN Philip |
| EARLE Nathan |
| HENAO MONTOYA Sergio |
| KIRYIENKA Vasili |
| NORDHAUG Lars-Peter |
| PATE Danny |
| SIUTSOU Kanstantsin |
| KENNAUGH Peter * |
| LOPEZ GARCIA David * |
| TREK FACTORY RACING |
| Directeur sportif: ANDERSEN Kim |
| MOLLEMA Bauke |
| ARREDONDO MORENO Julian |
| BEPPU Fumiyuki |
| DIDIER Laurent |
| FELLINE Fabio |
| JUNGELS Bob |
| SCHLECK Frank |
| WATSON Calvin |
| VANDEWALLE Kristof * |
| ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar * |
| EUROPCAR |
| Directeur sportif: FLICKINGER Andy |
| VOECKLER Thomas |
| ARASHIRO Yukiya |
| JEANDESBOZ Fabrice |
| MEDEREL Maxime |
| NAULEAU Bryan |
| QUEMENEUR Perrig |
| ROLLAND Pierre |
| TULIK ANGÉLO |
| COUSIN Jérome * |
| GUILLEMOIS ROMAIN * |
| LOTTO NL-JUMBO |
| Directeur sportif: ZEEMAN Merijn |
| KELDERMAN Wilco |
| LINDEMAN Bert Jan |
| MARTENS Paul |
| TANKINK Bram |
| TEN DAM Laurens |
| TEUNISSEN Mike |
| VAN DER LIJKE Nicky |
| VAN EMDEN Jos |
| HOFLAND Moreno * |
| ROOSEN Timo * |
| GIANT-ALPECIN |
| Directeur sportif: VISBEEK Aike |
| BARGUIL WARREN |
| CRADDOCK Lawson |
| DUMOULIN Tom |
| FAIRLY Caleb |
| FRÖHLINGER Johannes |
| GESCHKE Simon |
| HUPOND Thierry |
| PREIDLER Georg |
| JI Cheng * |
| LUDVIGSSON Fredrik * |
| TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE |
| Directeur sportif: PLANCKAERT Walter |
| DE TIER Floris |
| DECLERCQ Tim |
| HELVEN Sander |
| SPRENGERS Thomas |
| VAN HECKE Preben |
| VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| VANOVERBERGHE Arthur |
| VERGAERDE Otto |
| NAESEN Oliver * |
| STEELS Stijn * |
| IAM CYCLING |
| Directeur sportif: VERBRUGGHE Rik |
| FRANK Mathias |
| CHEVRIER Clément |
| LANG Pirmin |
| PANTANO Jarlinson |
| REICHENBACH Sébastien |
| SCHELLING Patrick |
| TANNER David |
| WARBASSE Lawrence |
| DEGAND Thomas * |
| PELLAUD Simon * |
| FDJ |
| Directeur sportif: PINEAU Franck |
| VICHOT Arthur |
| JEANNESSON Arnold |
| LE GAC Olivier |
| PICHON Laurent |
| REZA Kévin |
| ROUX Anthony |
| VAUGRENARD Benoît |
| VEIKKANEN Jussi |
| WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT |
| Directeur sportif: VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire |
| GASPAROTTO Enrico |
| ANTONINI Simone |
| BAUGNIES Jérôme |
| DE GREEF Francis |
| DE TROYER TIM |
| EIJSSEN Yannick |
| LEUKEMANS Bjorn |
| MINNAARD Marco |
| BACKAERT Frederik * |
| DRON Boris * |
| MTN-QHUBEKA |
| Directeur sportif: ZEMKE Jens |
| CUMMINGS Stephen |
| BRAMMEIER Matt |
| JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques |
| KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi |
| MEINTJES Louis |
| STAUFF Andreas |
| TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel |
| VAN ZYL Johann |
| CIOLEK Gerald * |
| DOUGALL Nicolas * |
| COFIDIS |
| Directeur sportif: ROUS Didier |
| SIMON Julien |
| BAGOT Yoann |
| EDET Nicolas |
| HARDY Romain |
| MATE MARDONES Luis Angel |
| MOLARD Rudy |
| ROSSETTO Stéphane |
| TURGIS Anthony |
| LAPORTE Christophe * |
| VENTURINI Clément * |
| BORA-ARGON 18 |
| Directeur sportif: POITSCHKE Enrico |
| BENEDETTI Cesare |
| BUCHMANN Emanuel |
| HUZARSKI Bartosz |
| KONRAD Patrick |
| MENDES José |
| NERZ Dominik |
| SALERNO Cristiano |
| VOSS Paul |
| PFINGSTEN Christoph * |
| THURAU Bjorn * |
| ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON |
| Directeur sportif: BOOGERD Michael |
| DE MAAR Marc |
| DUIJN Huub |
| HONIG Reinier |
| HOOGERLAND Johnny |
| KREDER Michel |
| LAMMERTINK Maurits |
| TERPSTRA Mike |
| VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd |
| ASSELMAN Jesper * |
| VAN EMPEL Etienne * |
| CULT ENERGY |
| Directeur sportif: SKELDE Michael |
| GERDEMANN Linus |
| GULDHAMMER Rasmus |
| KIRSCH Alex |
| LEMARCHAND Romain |
| MAGER Christian |
| MORTENSEN Martin |
| REIHS Michael |
| WEGMANN Fabian |
| QUAADE Rasmus Christian * |
| VINTHER Troels Ronning * |