Sportive Breaks

Liege Bastogne Liege 2025

3 nights 

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Days

Sat 26 April 2025

CHOICE OF DISTANCE

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£699 GBP

2025 Liege Bastogne Liege with Sportive Breaks

Sportive Breaks are here to support you taking on the hardest sportive of the spring classics. The full route of official Liege Bastogne Liege is a full 259km and a massive 4,400 metres of climbing – more than Stelvio Santini and around the same as this years Etape du Tour! Also known as La Doyenne des Classiques, the old lady of classics features famous cycling climbs such as La Redoute and is one epic ride steeped in history. Let us take care of your trip so you can focus on the event. 

The following day, Sunday 27 April you can watch the pros tackle the course and battle it out in the last of the spring races. 

LBL Challenge

You can choose from three distances to ride; 80km, 150km or the full route of 250km. Whichever challenge you decide to take, you will ride the Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons and Cote de Cortil. To ride the famous La Redoute you need to enter either the 150km or 250km ride. To support you through the weekend Sportive Breaks stay in Liege, with a mechanic and knowledgeable staff on hand to assist. We will also drive you to the start line of the Sportive and on the Sunday we run a mini bus to take you to heart of the race. 

2025  Pro Races

The day after the LBL Challenge, watch the Men’s and Women’s Elite take on the challenging route. Sportive Breaks will take you to one of the great viewing points on the race course. Alternatively you can .book you can enjoy the day as a guest of Team Visma | Lease a Bike for a unique behind-the-scenes experience – learn more. 

Stay at one of the best hotels in Liege: The Pentahotel is a 4* hotel located in the centre of Liege.

Ride and watch: Ride the toughest of all the spring classics on Saturday and watch the pros on Sunday.

Mechanical Support: Our expert mechanic will be on-hand all weekend. 

Transport: The Sportive start and finish are in Sprimont, 25km from Liege. We provide transport there and back.

Bike rental: Scott Carbon bike with Shimano 12 speed Di2 available for hire.

Meals: Breakfast and evening meals at the hotel are included. 

Spread your payments: Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking.

What's Included?

Accommodation

4* Hotel in Liege

Meals included

All breakfasts and evening meals included

Transfer

Transport to Sportive start and finish

Guided bike rides

On Friday afternoon

Mechanic

Available all weekend

Additional Extra - Transfer

Airport transfers from BRU available at £90 Return per person or £60 one way per person

Additional Extra - Bike Rental

Scott Carbon bike with Shimano 12 speed Di2 at £219

Additional Extra - Sportive Entry

Entries available for your choice of distance

Packages and Prices

Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the 4th Monument of the season. Because of its long and illustrious history, it’s also known as the ‘La Doyenne des Classiques’ (the old lady of the classics). LBL marks the end of the Ardennes Classics period, which consists of Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallonne and LBL following on from each other in a week. It also spells the end of the Spring Classics season as the next stop is the Giro d’Italia for many of the riders.

The professionals ride on Sunday, with Saturday being the turn of amateur riders to ride their LBL Challenge!

Prices

  • £699 based on 2 people sharing a twin room (2 single beds) or double (1 bed for couple)
  • £939 based on single occupancy of a room

Included with your weekend

  • 3 Nights at a 4* hotel in the centre of Liege near the Sportive start and finish, as well as the pro race start and finish
  • Daily breakfasts and evening meals
  • Hotel taxes included
  • The services of our local team including mechanic
  • Guided warm-up ride on Friday afternoon

Also available

Scott Addict bike rental or similar rental from £219 – More info here

Itinerary

Day One - Arrival

Date

Friday 25th of April 2025

Location

Brussels International Airport – Liege

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

Add on: 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.

Race Briefing

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

Daily Highlights

Ride

At 14:00pm this afternoon after bike building and fitting of rental bikes, join us on our guided ride. The ride will be around 40km and will be a chance for you to make sure your bike is set up correctly.  

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.

Meals INCLUDED

Evening Meal

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

Day Two - The 2025 Liege Bastogne Liege Sportive

Date

Saturday 26th of April 2025

Location

Sprimont

Riders travel through a bend during Liege Bastogne Liege 2025

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 pick what time you want to start the ride.

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.

Daily Highlights

Ride

Start: Sprimont

Finish: Sprimont

Meals INCLUDED

Breakfast & Dinner

Distances & Start times

Start Times

  • 250km: between 06:30am and 07:30am
  • 150km: between 06:30am and 09:30am
  • 80m: between 08:00am and 10:00am

Day Three - Pro Race Day

Date

Sunday 27th of April 2025

Location

Liege

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 at a great location on the route. 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. 

Daily Highlights

WATCH THE PROS

Experience the race on the road and at the finish line

Meals INCLUDED

Breakfast & Dinner

Day Four - Departure

Date

Monday 28th of April

Location

Liege – Brussels International Airport

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 an additional cost.

Daily Highlights

Meals INCLUDED

Breakfast

2025 Liege Bastogne Liege

The dates for the Liege Bastogne Liege 2025 weekend are Saturday 26 April for the Cyclo Sportive and Sunday 27 April for the Men’s and Women’s pro race.

Liege Bastogne Liege 2025 Weekend Tour

Sportive Breaks offer a package which includes a 4* hotel in Liege which is perfectly placed for both the cyclo sportive and the pro race, guided ride and mechanic and staff support throughout the weekend. 

2025 Team Visma | Lease a Bike VIP Experience

The day after the LBL Challenge, you can enjoy the day as a guest of Team Visma | Lease a Bike for a unique behind-the-scenes experience. Bookable as an optionally extra – learn more.

Highlights from the past event

More About the Event

The Liege Bastogne Liege Sportive on Saturday 26 April is the hardest sportive of the spring classics. The full route of the Liege Bastogne Liege Sportive is a mighty 250km and a massive 4,400 metres of climbing – more than Stelvio Santini and round the same as this years Etape du Tour! The following day on Sunday 27 April, the pros tackle the 2025 Liege Bastogne Liege, making this a great weekend to explore a hidden gem of Belgium.

We offer a hotel for 3 nights in Liege so it’s easy to get to both the start and the finish of the Sportive as well as to watch the Pro race the next day. We offer transport to get to the start and back from the finish of the Sportive. For amateur riders, the ultimate challenge is to cover the entire distance of Liege-Bastogne-Liege like the pros the following day. Famous hills such as the Côte de Saint-Roch (the wall of Houffalize), Côte de Wanne, Côte de Stockeu will make an impression on the longest distance of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Challenge.

Shorter distances of 150km and 80km are also available with all Sportive distances starting and finishing near Liege.

*Please note that the start and the finish of the LBL Challenge are no longer in the centre of Liege. The new start and finish location is in Banneux, rue de l’esplanade (4141 Banneux, Sprimont)*

Bike rental information

We provide the option to hire a Scott Addict bike for the weekend. All bikes come with a carbon frame, disc brakes and Shimano 12 Speed Di2 gearing. 

Click here to find out more about the bike

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