The 2022 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a
Belgian road cycling one-day race that took place on 24 April 2022 and was won by
Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie. Remco Evenepoel started his sport career i ...
. It was the 108th edition of
Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 17th event of the
2022 UCI World Tour
The 2022 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included thirty-one road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2022 in men's road cycling, 2022 cycling season. The tour started with the 2022 UAE Tour, UAE Tour on 20 February, and ...
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Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to the race, including all nineteen
UCI WorldTeams and six
UCI ProTeams.
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Summary
2021 winner
Tadej Pogačar pulled out of the race the day before due to a family emergency, with commentators & riders stating that the race would be much more open as a result. The route from
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
to Liége was similar to that of recent years, with the key difference being the omission of Côte des Forges from the route following
severe flooding in July 2021.
World champion
Julian Alaphilippe and five other riders were injured in a large crash with around 60km to go.
With 30km to go,
Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie. Remco Evenepoel started his sport career i ...
of
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
Soudal–Quick-Step () is a Belgian UCI WorldTeam cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefevere. The directeurs sportifs are Davide Bramati, Iljo Keisse, Klaas Lodewyck, Wilfried Peeters, Tom Steels and Geert Van Bondt.
The team is nickna ...
attacked on the
Côte de La Redoute
The Côte de La Redoute is a climb, often included in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle route. It is located in Wallonia in the municipality of Aywaille and its incline is 1.6 km long with an average of 9.5%. It is named after a redoubt ...
, and soloed the last 14km to victory in Liège, winning by 48 seconds.
The podium places were decided by a sprint finish, with
Quinten Hermans beating
Wout van Aert for second place.
Result
References
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