On Friday Joaquim Rodriguez and his teammates did a reconnaissance of the final 100 kilometers of the 100th Liège-Bastogne-Liège. There are no doubts left: Joaquim Rodriguez will start in the Monumental Classic.
This Sunday, this year's series of spring classics comes to an end in a big way celebrating the 100th edition of "La Doyenne", Liege-Bastogne-Liege with its 262.8 kilometers containing 10 named climbs. In addition, there are a myriad of small hills that slowly but surely wear out the legs and leave only room in the finale for the strongest riders in the race.
La Doyenne - the last of the Spring Classics is on this Sunday and Ed Hood has had a good long look at the parcours and the starters to come up with his preview. LBL is generally an action packed race full of tough climbs which on their own are not too bad but when combined with the classic distance are brutal but the big question remains, who's going to win?
Apr 24, 2014 - Alessandro Valverde won Flèche Wallone for his 8th victory of the season and Cadel Evans is overall leader in Trentino, a busy EuroTrash Thursday. Lots of video and rider quotes from all the races and we preview Liège, look at Johan Bruyneel’s ban, Rund um Köln, Giro d’Italia, Michael Rogers and round 4 of the Sky v Orica battle. Café grande time!