2021 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Results & Recap
2021 Liège-Bastogne-Liège is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Pogačar wins La Doyenne
Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) won Liege-Bastogne-Liege out of a five rider sprint after 259.5km of racing through the Ardennes. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) had to be content with second and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) took third.
“I came here to do better than my 6th place in 2019," Gaudu said. "I saw in the Flèche Wallonne my legs were good. It’s been a hard day and I’m just delighted to be on the podium with great champions like Pogacar and Alaphilippe. I followed the wheels up the Roche-aux-Faucons. It was really difficult. I went all-in, I knew it was a make-or-break situation. Valverde went from pretty far. I was coming back, coming back… And when I saw I’d be on the podium, I started cramping. Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the most beautiful classic to me. I hope I’ll come back to challenge for the win.”
22 year old Pogačar played it smart in the closing kilometres to outsmart the rest of the late breakaway, which formed on the final climb, côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons.
“I’m lost for words," Pogačar said. "I love this race, and to win here, against these great names, it’s incredible. I knew [Julian] Alaphilippe would go for a long sprint and I stayed behind him and I passed him in the end. It was the right wheel for me to follow. It’s incredible. We were really disappointed [not to participate in the Flèche Wallonne] and we were really motivated today. We are really really happy. Now I can rest, spend some time with my family and prepare for the Tour de France.”\n
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