Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes is the women's event of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, an annual road bicycle racing event in Wallonia, Belgium, held in late April. The inaugural race, won by Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen, was run on 23 April 2017.[1]

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
Race details
DateLate April
RegionWallonia, Belgium
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Women's World Tour (since 2017)
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserASO
Web sitewww.liege-bastogne-liege-femmes.be/en
History
First edition2017 (2017)
Editions7 (as of 2023)
First winner Anna van der Breggen (NED)
Most wins Anna van der Breggen (NED)
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
 Demi Vollering (NED) (2 wins)
Most recent Demi Vollering (NED)

With the reboot of the Amstel Gold Race for Women and the creation of a women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2017, the women's season has the same trio of Ardennes classics as the men's. Both races are held on Sundays mid-April, in addition to La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, which has been on the women's calendar since 1998.[2] Liege is also one of three men's Monuments with an equivalent current women's race, along with Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Tour of Flanders for Women.

Route
Côte de La Redoute

The race is approximately half the distance of the men's event - around 130 to 140 kilometres - starting in Bastogne, from where it heads north to finish in Liège.

The route has generally used the same route as the men's race into Liège - using climbs such as Côte de La Redoute, Côte des Forges and Côte de la Roche aux Faucons.[3] Since 2019, the race has finished in Liège, and therefore Côte de Saint-Nicolas has been omitted.

Winners
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2017 Netherlands Anna van der Breggen
Boels–Dolmans		 United Kingdom Lizzie Deignan
Boels–Dolmans		 Poland Katarzyna Niewiadoma
WM3 Pro Cycling
2018 Netherlands Anna van der Breggen
Boels–Dolmans		 Australia Amanda Spratt
Mitchelton–Scott		 Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten
Mitchelton–Scott
2019 Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten
Mitchelton–Scott		 Netherlands Floortje Mackaij
Team Sunweb		 Netherlands Demi Vollering
Parkhotel Valkenburg
2020 United Kingdom Lizzie Deignan
Trek–Segafredo		 Australia Grace Brown
Mitchelton–Scott		 Netherlands Ellen Van Dijk
Trek–Segafredo
2021 Netherlands Demi Vollering
SD Worx		 Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten
Movistar Team		 Italy Elisa Longo Borghini
Trek–Segafredo
2022 Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten
Movistar Team		 New Zealand Grace Brown
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope		 Netherlands Demi Vollering
SD Worx
2023 Netherlands Demi Vollering
SD Worx		 Italy Elisa Longo Borghini
Trek–Segafredo		 Switzerland Marlen Reusser
SD Worx

Wins per country
Wins Country
6 Netherlands
1 United Kingdom

References
  1. "Van der Breggen wins the first ever Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "Women's teams gear up for historic first Ardennes triple New Amstel Gold and Liège-Bastogne-Liège races bring fresh spark to the Classics". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "The race - Bastogne > Liège - Liège Bastogne Liège Femmes 2022". www.liege-bastogne-liege-femmes.be. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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