On the weekend of the 26th of April, the riders will be on the roads of western Belgium for the fourth monument of the year, which is also the last of the Ardennes and the spring classics entirely. It is Liège-Bastogne-Liège, a race designed for the puncheurs and climbers to fight for a highly prestigious victory. We take a look at its startlist.The race was created in 1892, hence why it’s called La Doyenne – The oldest. Léon Houa won its first three editions, and then the race took two extensive break periods – the second of which due to World War I. It is a race that has also been won by some of Belgium’s very best, such as Rik van Looy, Eddy Merckx, Roger de Vlaeminck, Philippe Gilbert and Remco Evenepoel.
Download the startlist in A4. The race is headlined by defending champion Tadej Pogacar who comes in seek of another monument win, and to prove he is still ahead of the game against a new batch of competitors.One is Remco Evenepoel who leads Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe and is joined by Jai Hindley and Daniel Martínez; and the other is Decathlon CMA CGM Team leader Paul Seixas who is cycling’s new mega-talent and is the man many believe to be Pogacar’s successor. They have won Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne respectively.
A few men come over from the Tour of the Alps including Tom Pidcock, second to Pogacar at Milano-Sanremo, who comes from a stage win and leads Pinarello – Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. We have Kévin Vauquelin leading INEOS Grenadiers; Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) and Romain Grégoire for Groupama – FDJ United as fellow Frenchmen who have got either history or a lot of quality to tackle this race.
Tobias Johannessen comes as the head of Uno-X Mobility; Lidl-Trek have last year’s second place Giulio Ciccone and Mattias Skjelmose; Podium finishers at the Flèche Wallonne Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco AlUla) and Ben Tulett (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) also lead their respective teams. Furthermore we have Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana Team); Cian Uijtdebroeks (Movistar Team) and Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) are also at the start.
Final Startlist Liège-Bastogne-Liége 2026UAE Team Emirates XRG1Pogačar, Tadej2Cosnefroy, Benoît3Herregodts, Rune4Laengen, Vegard Stake5Novak, Domen6Sivakov, Pavel7Wellens, TimRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe11Evenepoel, Remco12Denz, Nico13Etxeberria, Haimar14Fisher-Black, Finn15Hindley, Jai16Martínez, Daniel17Tratnik, JanDecathlon CMA CGM Team21Seixas, Paul22Bisiaux, Léo23Dewulf, Stan24Labrosse, Jordan25Lapeira, Paul26L’Hote, Antoine27Prodhomme, NicolasLidl – Trek31Skjelmose, Mattias32Bernard, Julien33Ciccone, Giulio34Konrad, Patrick35Mosca, Jacopo36Sobrero, Matteo37Verona, CarlosTeam Visma – Lease a Bike41Tulett, Ben42Doull, Owain43Fiorelli, Filippo44Huising, Menno45Kruijswijk, Steven46Mattio, Pietro47Rex, TimTeam Jayco AlUla51Schmid, Mauro52Covi, Alessandro53Foldager, Anders54Hatherly, Alan55Hellemose, Asbjørn56O’Connor, Ben57Vendrame, AndreaPinarello – Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team61Pidcock, Tom62Azparren, Xabier Mikel63Bax, Sjoerd64Camprubí, Marcel65Meurisse, Xandro66Harper, Chris67Hermans, QuintenEF Education – EasyPost71Baudin, Alex72Honoré, Mikkel73Leonard, Michael74Nerurkar, Lukas75Shaw, James76Lee, Jardi van der77Walker, MaxCofidis81Izagirre, Ion82Joalland, Yaël83Maas, Jan84Maisonobe, Sam85Ourselin, Paul86Rouland, Louis87Teuns, DylanBahrain Victorious91Buitrago, Santiago92Bilbao, Pello93Eulálio, Afonso94Miholjević, Fran95Miquel, Pau96Paasschens, Mathijs97Tiberi, AntonioGroupama – FDJ United101Grégoire, Romain102Costiou, Ewen103Geniets, Kévin104Martin-Guyonnet, Guillaume105Molard, Rudy106Pacher, Quentin107Paleni, EnzoINEOS Grenadiers111Vauquelin, Kévin112Bernal, Egan113Plus, Laurens De114Haig, Jack115Jungels, Bob116Laurance, Axel117Rivera, BrandonXDS Astana Team121Champoussin, Clément122Conci, Nicola123Kuzmin, Anton124Scaroni, Christian125Toneatti, Davide126Ulissi, Diego127Velasco, SimoneUno-X Mobility131Johannessen, Tobias132Charmig, Anthon133Cort, Magnus134Johannessen, Anders135Kamp, Alexander136Kron, Andreas137Leknessund, AndreasMovistar Team141Uijtdebroeks, Cian142Adrià, Roger143Formolo, Davide144García, Raúl145Novák, Pavel146Romeo, Iván147Tesfatsion, NatnaelTudor Pro Cycling Team151Brenner, Marco152Donzé, Robin153Suter, Joel154Thalmann, Roland155Warbasse, Larry156Weiss, Fabian157Wilksch, HannesSoudal – Quick-Step161Schachmann, Maximilian162Cras, Steff163Eenkhoorn, Pascal164Baarle, Dylan van165Vansevenant, Mauri166Vervaeke, Louis167Zana, FilippoNSN Cycling Team171Bennett, George172Frigo, Marco173Gilmore, Brady174Martí, Pau175Neilands, Krists176Pinarello, Alessandro177Schultz, NickCaja Rural – Seguros RGA181Barceló, Fernando182Bou, Joan183Lopez, Joseba184Molenaar, Alex185Nicolau, Joel186Otruba, Jakub187Prades, EduardLotto – Intermarché191Eetvelt, Lennert Van192Orins, Robin193Rota, Lorenzo194Thompson, Reuben195Boven, Luca Van196Veistroffer, Baptiste197Zimmermann, GeorgTeam Picnic PostNL201Broek, Frank van den202Dinham, Matthew203Koerdt, Bjoern204Faure-Prost, Alexy205Hamilton, Chris206Knox, James207Leemreize, GijsAlpecin – Premier Tech211Verstrynge, Emiel212Bayer, Tobias213Busatto, Francesco214Debruyne, Ramses215Dockx, Aaron216Glivar, Gal217Houle, HugoTotalEnergies221Delettre, Alexandre222Burgaudeau, Mathieu223Delbove, Joris224Guernalec, Thibault225Jousseaume, Alan226Le Berre, Mathis227Vercher, MattéoEquipo Kern Pharma231Wenzel, Mats232Carrascosa, Pablo233Elosegui, Iñigo234Iribar, Unai235Perez, César236Retegi, Mikel237Uriarte, DiegoBurgos Burpellet BH241Herrada, Jesús242Alleno, Clément243Burnett, Josh244Fagúndez, Eric245Quartucci, Lorenzo246Rey, Martín247Sainbayar, Jambaljamts