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Your new favorite race: Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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Your new favorite race: Liège-Bastogne-Liège

The VeloNews 2017 WorldTour fan guide is a quick overview of major races. Liège-Bastogne-Lièges is the most important race of the season.

Liège-Bastogne-Liége is the final monument classic of the spring. It's considered by most to be the oldest major one-day race. There are 10 notable climbs over 258km of racing in Belgium. In 2014, Giampaolo Caruso and Domenico Pozzovivo attacked on the Côte de Saint-Nicholas and won the race, while Simon Gerrans sprinted past Alejandro Valverde to win.

The Côte de la Redoute is the best climb in Liège-Bastogne-Lièges. The women's race will be held for the first time in 2017. Movistar's Valverde is a favorite to win the race. Katarzyna Niewiadoma is one of the top climbers in the peloton.  The 135.5km route features the same run to the finish in Ans as the men’s race: La Redoutere, Roche-aux-Faucons and Saint Nicholas.

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