{"id":35911,"date":"2016-04-20T14:47:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportivebreaks.com\/liege-bastogne-liege-interesting-factoids-and-stats\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:47:56","slug":"liege-bastogne-liege-interesting-factoids-and-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportivebreaks.com\/en-au\/uncategorized\/liege-bastogne-liege-interesting-factoids-and-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge – Interesting Factoids and Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Challenge<\/a> sportive takes place this weekend, and with that in mind we thought we’d do some research to unearth some interesting Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge facts and statistics. <\/p>\n

Here’s what we came up with:<\/p>\n

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  1. Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge is one of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar<\/li>\n
  2. First held in 1892, it takes place each year in the Ardennes region of Belgium, from Li\u00e8ge to Bastogne and back.<\/li>\n
  3. LBL is often called La Doyenne (“The Old Lady”)<\/li>\n
  4. There have been 101 editions as of 2015.<\/li>\n
  5. The 2016 1 day race is 253 km.<\/li>\n
  6. LBL is considered one of the most arduous one-day races in the world because of its length and succession of steep climbs. Every edition, about a dozen climbs \u2013 ranging in length, gradient and difficulty \u2013 are addressed, offering opportunities to attack.<\/li>\n
  7. The most iconic hill is the C\u00f4te de La Redoute, the 2.1 km climb in Aywaille at an average gradient of 8.4% with slopes of over 20%.<\/li>\n
  8. Belgium’s Eddy Merckx holds the record for the most wins with Five wins to his name (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)<\/li>\n
  9. The Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Challenge sportive is your chance to ride the same course – as the pros will follow just one day later. You can choose to ride the full 279km course, but shorter routes of 167km and 85km are also guaranteed to test your legs!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Challenge 2017 Entries<\/h3>\n
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    The Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Challenge sportive takes place this weekend, and with that in mind we thought we’d do some research to unearth some interesting Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge facts and statistics. Here’s what we came up with: Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge is one of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar First held in 1892, it takes place each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLi\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge - Interesting Factoids and Stats - Sportive Breaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportivebreaks.com\/en-au\/uncategorized\/liege-bastogne-liege-interesting-factoids-and-stats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge - Interesting Factoids and Stats - Sportive Breaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Challenge sportive takes place this weekend, and with that in mind we thought we’d do some research to unearth some interesting Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge facts and statistics. 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