2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Results & Recap
2026 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
At the end of what was one of the more unusual editions of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in recent memory, Tadej Pogacar (UAD) served up the result that almost everyone was expecting, finishing 45 seconds clear of Paul Seixas (DCT) to win his fourth victory in the race. Remco Evenepoel (RBH) took third place when he led in a group of chasers another minute behind the young Frenchman.
The race usually starts slowly and comes to life over the string of tough climbs beyond the 200km mark. However, this one took an unexpected turn very quickly. As the bunch descended through a narrow section soon after the start, two riders crashed, one of them Ion Izagirre (COF). Most of the bunch was delayed, but 50-odd riders were ahead of the crash, including Evenepoel.
For a while, the gap between the two groups was just 20 seconds, but then it began to grow, to one minute, then two, then three. Eventually, it almost reached four.
Back in the pack, Pogačar's UAE teammates took control, gradually whittling the gap down until the two groups mostly merged approaching the key climb of the Côte de Wanne. Four riders were still clear but they were reeled in going onto the seriously steep ramps of the Stockeu climb.
UAE Team Emirates XRG kept up their pace-making from there through to the foot of the critical ascent of La Redoute, launchpad for victory in the last four editions of this race. Benoit Cosnefroy (UAD) led onto it and everyone knew what was coming next. Tadej Pogacar (UAD) attacked and, very quickly, Seixas was the only rider still on his wheel, although the young Frenchman did waver nearing the summit.
Beyond it, the pair collaborated, reaching the final climb of Roche aux Faucons with a lead of 90 seconds. Pogačar accelerated hard from the foot of the climb and kept pressing until, 500m from the top, he finally got a gap. At the summit, he was 30 seconds clear of Seixas and with a long downhill into the finish.
At the line he pointed to the sky in tribute to former UAE rider Cristian Muñoz, who died earlier this week, his fourth win coming in the fastest-ever edition of the race, the average more than 44km/h after 4,300m of climbing.
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