2014 Liege-Bastogne-Liege

The Backstage Pass videos that Dan Jones and the Orica-GreenEDGE guys put together are entertaining even when the team’s had a bad day out. But when the team is winning a Monument like Liege-Bastogne-Liege these videos become a must-watch.

A handful of route changes were supposed to make the 100th edition of Liege-Bastogne-Liege even more aggressive and selective than normal. But for the majority of its 263km ‘La Doyenne’ was a largely conservative affair, with the big names seemingly happy to wait for the finale. And what a finale it turned out to be. […]

It has been a great European spring of racing. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and it’s time for the last of the Spring Classics for 2014: the 100th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Mikkel Conde wrote the following preview of the race.