Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Local name:	Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Region:	Ardennes, Belgium
Date:	Late April
Type:	One-day race
History
First Edition:	1892
Number of Editions:	90
First Winner:	Léon Houa , (Belgium)
Most Wins:	Eddy Merckx, (Belgium), 5 times

Liège-Bastogne-Liège, often called "La Doyenne", is one of the 5 "monuments", the oldest road cycling race. The first edition was run in 1890, but this was just for amateur riders, the first race for professionals took place in 1894 when Leon Houa (who had won that 1890 race as an amateur) triumphed. It is run in Belgium from the city of Liège to Bastogne and back.

The race follows a fairly straightforward 95 km route from Liège to Bastogne, and a winding 163 route back to Liège. The second half contains most of the climbs in the race, such as the Stoceu, Haute-Levee, La Redoute, Saint-Nicolas and the Col de Forges before finishing in the northern Liège suburb of Ans.

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège race was part of the Union Cycliste Internationale World Cup race series, and now part of the new UCI ProTour. It is also part of the Belgian Ardennes Classics series of races, which include the Fleche-Wallone . Notable winners include 5-time winner Belgian Eddy Merckx, 4-time winner Italian Moreno Argentin , 2-time winner Italian Paolo Bettini, and first-time for an American Tyler Hamilton in 2003. The race course passes through a statue of Eddy Merckx, which he once commented, Don't they build statues only of dead heroes?