With its 254.5 kilometers from Liège to Bastogne and back, the Doyenne is the fourth Monument Classic of the year and the last of the Ardennes triptych, after Amstel Gold Race and Freccia Vallone. Also in this edition the route reserves few surprises for the runners, except for some small innovations which we will see. As usual, the runners will start from Place-Saint Lambert in Liège and after 254.5 kilometers (almost four kilometers less than last year) they will return to Liège, after having gone as far as Bastogne, a city which still retains many memories of the Great War.
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Despite the numerous climbs in the first hundred kilometres, in this first part of the route we should not immediately expect big differences between the possible favorites and in the first two hours of the race we will witness the classic show of the fugitives, who could reach Bastogne on their own before being recovered by the group. There will be 11 climbs and the first will be the 2.4 km long Côte de Bonnerue at 5.7% after 76.2 kilometers of racing and following, there will be the Côte de Saint-Roch just 1 km long but with gradients that reach 11.2% after 117.3 kilometres. This Côte is much shorter than the first, but almost twice as steep. The favorites of the day, however, will wait to arrive in Vielsalm, almost 150 kilometers after the start, to make the race harder. So twelve kilometers later you will arrive at the foot of the Côte de Mont-le-Soie, 1.7 km long at 7.9% which heralds a decisive phase at La Doyenne.
Shortly after this climb five famous Côtes will arrive in succession in less than forty kilometers starting with the Côte de Wanne, the Côte de Stockeu, the Côte de la Haute-Levée, the Col du Rosier and the Côte de Desnié. None of these climbs are new and the riders know the route well, which has generally remained unchanged. After the Desnié – 1.6 km long at 8.1% – the group crosses a spur and a descent repeating the route they had taken to get to Bastogne. At this point comes the famous one Côte de la Redoute, just 1.6 kilometers long at 9.4% with 220.5 kilometers in the legs and it will be the third to last climb of the day. On this Côte the runners they will turn right three hundred meters before reaching the top and the Côte de Cornémone will immediately follow.
La Rédoute arrives 30 kilometers from the finish and once again could be the supreme judge who will decide who could really win the Decana. Then we arrive at the penultimate roughness with the Côte des Forges, 1.3 km long at 7.8%but soon after it will be there the famous Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons. Some might think that the difficulties will be over at this point, but this will not be the case because we will have to deal carefully with the Valkenrots, which will force the riders to give everything because its slopes reach up to 10%. Once in Boncelles, there are still ten kilometers to go before reaching the finish line, located on the Quai des Ardennes. The last kilometers will be fast and it doesn’t even seem too difficult to imagine a runner like Poagacar or Van der Poel, who will cover the last kilometers of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège alone.
The Côtes of Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024
Côte de Bonnerue (2.4km at 5.7% after 76.2km)
Côte de Saint-Roch (1 km at 11.2% after 117.3 kilometers)
Côte de Mont-le-Soie (1.7 km at 7.9% after 161.2 kilometers)
Côte de Wanne (3.6km at 5.1% after 169.5km)
Côte de Stockeu (1km at 12.5% after 176 kilometres)
Côte de la Haute-Levée (2.2 km at 7.5% after 180.2 km)
Col du Rosier (4.4km at 5.9% after 194.4km)
Côte de Desnié (1.6 km at 8.1% after 297.8 kilometers)
Côte de la Redoute (1.6 km at 9.4% after 220.5 kilometers)
Côte des Forges (1.3 km at 7.8%, after 231.2 kilometers)
Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons (1.3 km at 11% after 241.2 kilometers)
THE DEPARTURES
Soudal Quick-Step
1. KNOX James
2. GELDERS Gil
3. LECERF William Junior
4. MASNADA Fausto
5. SERRY Pieter
6. VANSEVENANT Mauri
7. VERVAEKE Louis
INEOS Grenadiers
11. PIDCOCK Thomas
12. BERNAL Egan
13. DE PLUS Laurens
14. FRAILE Omar
15. HAYTER Ethan
16. KWIATKOWSKI Michał
17. RIVERA Brandon Smith
Bahrain – Victorious
21. BUITRAGO Santiago
22. ARASHIRO Yukiya
23. BILBAO Pello
24. POELS Wout
25. RAJOVIĆ Dušan
26. TIBERI Antonio
27. WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz
Alpecin – Deceuninck
31. VAN DER POEL Mathieu
32. HERMANS Quinten
33. KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
34. LAURANCE Axel
35. RIESEBEEK Oscar
36. VAN TRICHT Stan
37. VERGALLITO Luke
EF Education – EasyPost
41. CARAPAZ Richard
42. HEALY Ben
43. HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich
44. RYAN Archie
45. SHAW James
46. SWEENY Harry
47. URÁN Rigoberto
Groupama – FDJ
51. GAUDU David
52. GERMANI Lorenzo
53. GRÉGOIRE Romain
54. MADOUAS Valentin
55. PACHER Quentin
56. ROCHAS Rémy
57. RUSSO Clément
Cofidis
61. MARTIN Guillaume
62. FERNÁNDEZ Rubén
63. HERRADA Jesus
64. IZAGIRRE Gorka
65. IZAGIRRE Ion
66. MARIAULT Axel
67. PEREZ Anthony
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
71. BENOOT Tiesj
72. TULETT Well
73. VADER Milan
74. VALTER Attila
75. VAN BELLE Loe
76. VAN DER SANDE Tosh
77. VERMOTE Julien
BORA – hansgrohe
81. HINDLEY Jai
82. ADRIÀ Roger
83. ALEOTTI Giovanni
84. JUNGELS Bob
85. KOCH Jonas
86. SOBRERO Matthew
87. VLASOV Alexander
Lidl – Trek
91. SKJELMOSE Mattias
92. BAGIOLI Andrea
93. BERNARD Julien
94. KONRAD Patrick
95. MOLLEMA Bauke
96. OOMEN Sam
97. SKUJIŅŠ Toms
UAE Team Emirates
101. POGAČAR Tadej
102. BAX Sjoerd
103. FISHER-BLACK Finn
104. ALMEIDA João
105. HIRSCHI Marc
106. NOVAK Domen
107. ULISSI Diego
Dstny Lot
111. VAN GILS Maxim
112. CURRIE Logan
113. DRIZNERS Jarrad
114. KRON Andreas
115. MONIQUET Sylvain
116. PAASSCHENS Mathijs
117. GREGAARD Jonas
Israel – Premier Tech
121. TEUNS Dylan
122. BENNETT George
123. CLARKE Simon
124. FUGLSANG Jakob
125. GEE Derek
126. SCHULTZ Nick
127. WILLIAMS Stephen
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
131. BARDET Romain
132. COMBAUD Romain
133. DINHAM Matthew
134. HAMILTON Chris
135. LEIJNSE Enzo
136. TUSVELD Martijn
137. VERMAERKE Kevin
Decathlon AG2R The World Team
141. COSNEFROY Benoît
142. ARMIRAIL Bruno
143. BERTHET Clément
144. GALL Felix
145. LAPEIRA Paul
146. PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
147. PRODHOMME Nicolas
Astana Qazaqstan Team
151. LUTSENKO Alexey
152. CHARMIG Anthon
153. CHZHAN Igor
154. LUCKY Lorenzo
155. SCARONI Christian
156. UMBA Santiago
157. VELASCO Simone
Intermarché – Wanty
161. ZIMMERMANN Georg
162. CALMEJANE Lilian
163. COLLEONI Kevin
164. KUYPERS Gerben
165. PLANCKAERT Baptiste
166. ROTA Lorenzo
167. TAARAMÄE Rein
Team Jayco AlUla
171. YATES Simon
172. DE PRETTO David
173. FOLDAGER Anders
174. MAAS Jan
175. MATTHEWS Michael
176. SCHMID Mauro
177. ZANA Filippo
Movistar Team
181. FORMULUS David
182. ARANBURU Alex
183. ARCAS Jorge
184. BARTA Will
185. CANAL Carlos
186. LAZKANO Oier
187. ROMEO Ivan
Uno-X Mobility
191. JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
192. URIANSTAD LIES Martin
193. EIKING Odd Christian
194. HOLTER Ådne
195. KULSET Johannes
196. LEKNESSUND Andreas
197. SKAARSETH Anders
TotalEnergies
201. BURGAUDEAU Mathieu
202. DOUBEY Fabien
203. GRELLIER Fabien
204. JEGAT Jordan
205. JOUSSEAUME Alan
206. OURSELIN Paul
207. VUILLERMOZ Alexis
Bingoal WB
211. VAN BOVEN Luke
212. MATTHYS Louka
213. MEENS Johan
214. PEYSKENS Dimitri
215. VAN DER BEKEN Aaron
216. VILLA Giacomo
217. VLIEGEN Loïc
Equipo Kern Pharma
221. COBO Ivan
222. BRUSTENGA Marc
223. GALVÁN Francisco
224. LÓPEZ Jordi
225. RETEGI Mikel
226. RUIZ Ibon
227. VAN DER TUUK Danny
Arkea – B&B Hotels
231. VAUQUELIN Kévin
232. BARRÉ Louis
233. CHAMPOUSSIN Clément
234. DELAPLACE Anthony
235. GUGLIELMI Simon
236. HUYS Laurens
237. RIES Michel
Team Flanders – Baloise
241. BONNEU Kamiel
242. CLYNHENS Toon
243. CRAPS Lars
244. DEWEIRDT Siebe
245. MARIS Elias
246. VANDENSTORME Dylan
247. VAN HEMELEN Vincent
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