Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026: Live race report

A clash of giants — that’s how this year’s Liège–Bastogne–Liège can be described. The cycling world is eagerly awaiting the first showdown of the season between Tadej Pogacar and his heir apparent Paul Seixas. Follow the action live on Cyclingstage.com.

Early in the race, the peloton splits in two. Remco Evenepoel is in the front group, Tadej Pogačar in the second. And so the race ignites early on, with BORA driving the pace at the front and UAE Emirates in the second group. As they can’t close it down quickly, they’ll abandon the chase and the gap grows to nearly 4 minutes.

The first group consists of 51 riders. Besides Evenepoel, Egan Bernal and Quinten Hermans are also present there. The other pre-race favourites are in the main peloton.

All riders in the first group: Remco Evenepoel, Nico Denz, Julien Bernard, Jacopo Mosca, Carlos Verona, Menno Huising, Alan Hatherly, Asbjørn Hellemose, Sjoerd Bax, Quinten Hermans, Michael Leonard, Jardi Christaan van der Lee, Sam Maisonobe, Paul Ourselin, Pau Miquel, Ewen Costiou, Guillaume Martin, Enzo Paleni, Egan Bernal, Laurens De Plus, Nicola Conci, Diego Ulissi, Magnus Cort, Alexander Kamp, Andreas Leknessund, Davide Formolo, Pavel Novak, Roland Thalmann, Fabian Weiss, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Dylan van Baarle, Louis Vervaeke, Marco Frigo, Krists Neilands, Jakub Otruba, Baptiste Veistroffer, Frank van den Broek, Matt Dinham, Bjorn Koerdt, Gijs Leemreize, Aaron Dockx, Gal Glivar, Hugo Houle, Thibault Guernalec, Alan Jousseaume, Mathis Le Berre, Iñigo Elosegui, Diego Uriarte, Jesús Herrada, Clément Alleno, Josh Burnett and Jambaljamts Sainbayar.

For the latest race situation, you can also click on the live trackers in the slideshow below this article.

Liège–Bastogne–Liège is expected to finish around 16:20 CEST. For details, check the timings in the slideshow; click the relevant box for specifications of each climb.

Other interesting reads:
- route
- start list
- favourites
- records & winners
- 2025 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2026 pro-cycling calendar