Closing the Spring Classics: Liège-Bastogne-Liège gallery
Images from La Doyenne, the last Monument of spring
Dario Cataldo and his fellow Astana team members remember Michele Scarponi. The whole peloton took a moment at the start of the 2017 Liège-Bastogne-Liège to remember the 37-year-old Italian rider on Astana who was struck and killed by a motor vehicle while he was out on a training ride the day before. Image: Stefano Sirotti
The day's breakaway at Liège-Bastogne-Liège includes Aaron Gate of Aqua Blue Sport and Mekseb Debesay of Dimension Data. Image: Stefano Sirotti
The pack rides up Côte de Saint-Roch. Image: Stefano Sirotti
Alex Howes of Cannondale-Drapac helps Ottawa's Mike Woods on La Redoute. Woods would go on to finish ninth at the 2017 Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Image: Stefano Sirotti
Greg Van Avermaet, the man who's dominated the 2017 Spring Classics season, rides up Cote de La Ferme. He would finish Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 11th place. Image: Stefano Sirotti
The pack, which includes Ag2r-La Mondiale's Roman Bardet, ride on La Redoute. Image: Stefano Sirotti
Sergio Henao attacks on Côte de Saint-Nicolas. Michael Albasini of Orica-Scott, who was second at last year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, follows. Image: Stefano Sirotti
Cannondale-Drapac launched a few attacks on the final categorized climb of Côte de Saint-Nicolas. Davide Formolo's came just as riders cleared that final climb of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Image: Stefano Sirotti
In the final kilometre of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Dan Martin of Quick-Step Floors looks back at his pursuers. He wasn't able to old off Alejandro Valverde for the win. Image: Stefano Sirotti
Alejandro Valverde of Movistar wins his forth Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Image: Stefano Sirotti
This year's Milan-San Remo winner, Michal Kwiatkowski finishes Liège-Bastogne-Liège in third place. Image: Stefano Sirotti
Ottawa's Mike Woods comes across the Liège-Bastogne-Liège finish line in ninth. Image: Stefano Sirotti
With the finale of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, spring is over—the Spring Classics that is. Riders who excel on the climbs, including Ottawa’s Mike Woods, tried to capture the penultimate Monument of 2017. In the end, it was a familiar face on the top step of the podium. Alejandro Valverde won his forth Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Dan Martin, who won La Doyenne in 2013, was second, while this year’s Milan-San Remo winner, Michał Kwiatkowski, rounded out the podium in third. Woods finished ninth.
