Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium) - Press Release: After perfectly helping out her SD Worx team mate Anna Van der Breggen in her quest last Wednesday of a seventh Flèche Wallonne, the roles were reversed on this 5th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège with the World Champion leading out Demi Vollering to her first prestigious success. At 24 years of age, the Dutch rider triumphs in Liège after outsprinting her compatriot Annemiek Van Vleuten and Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini who whoever captures the purple jersey as the new leader of the UCI Women’s World Tour.

It was once again on the Place du General McAuliffe, named after the commander of the troops of the 101st Airborne Division of the US army defending Bastogne at the end of World War II that the 127 riders gathered together for the start of the 5th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. But this time, this now traditional start location was warmed up by a bright sunshine after two years of rain and freezing conditions. Certainly good news before the fierce battle that would take place on the 140kms of the course including 7 hills through the Ardennes area of Belgium on the way up to Liège.