Please make your own arrangements for travelling to Liege or meet us at Brussels International Airport (Zaventem) and take our optional airport transfer. 

Optional Airport Transfer: We will run one transfer from the airport today at 11:30am. Please allow an hour from your flight landing time to your transfer time, to allow you to get through passport control and collect your luggage. The transfer takes approximately 1 hour, meaning our expected arrival time in to Liege will be around 12:30pm.

What about my bike?

You can bring your own bike as we have made arrangements to transport bike boxes on our airport transfers. Alternatively, you can rent a bike with us for the weekend. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with fitting your rental bike or building your own bike after travel. Bikes can be safely stored at the hotel.

We will have your Sportive entry available for you, so no need to visit the expo today to collect your bib for tomorrow’s LBL challenge. If you have hired a bike with us, we will take you to collect your bike.

Our Hotel

We are staying at Penta Hotel Liege. Our hotel is located 4km from the Quai des Ardenens where the pro race starts and finishes on Sunday. The hotel is booked on half-board basis, with breakfasts and evening meals included. You will also have free access to the following:

• Access to the hotel gym
• Secure bike store

Guided ride

At 14:00pm this afternoon after bike building and fitting of rental bikes, join us on our guided ride. We will take a local route including parts of the course you will be riding on. 

Late afternoon and early evening, our tour leaders and bike mechanics are available for you. This afternoon you are free to enjoy the hotel’s facilities.  You are also free to eat your meal at the hotel or to explore some of Liege’s restaurants.

Race Briefing

This evening our bike guides will do a race briefing to run through the LBL Challenge race day logistics and the route.

Today is the day! We have an early start this morning. Early breakfasts are arranged in the hotel restaurant.

Getting to the start

For 2025 the Liege Bastogne Liege Challenge will start and finish in the town of Sprimont, 25km south of Liege. After breakfast, we will take you to Sprimont where your challenge awaits you! 

The challenge operates rolling start times rather than a mass start so you can start between the following times.

Start Times

• 257km: between 06:30am and 07:30am
• 147km: between 06:30am and 09:30am
• 70km: between 08:00am and 10:00am

The official closing of the finish is scheduled to be at 20:00pm.

Thereafter, there will be transport back to Liege and an evening meal at the hotel.  

The return after the finish

We will have some food and drinks available at the finish and we will operate a shuttle service back to Liege based on when people finish.

After breakfast we will head to Quai des Ardennes to enjoy the build up to the race. The race starts at approximately 09:15am and finishes at about 16:00pm.
After the riders are on their way, we provide a guided shuttle to watch the riders come past several times in different locations. We will then return to Liege for the finish.
If you’d prefer to rest your legs today, you can stay in Liege where there will be plenty of like-minded fans watching the race unfold in a cafe before heading outside to catch the finish.
In the afternoon, we will collect rental bikes, as well as assisting you with re-packing your bikes for travel.

Evening meal will be at the hotel. 

After breakfast, it’s time to check out and depart Liege.

Optional Airport Transfer

We will run one airport transfer to Brussels Airport on departure at 09:00am for flights departing after 12:00pm. Available at a supplement.