Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2020 – preview
Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi on the podium at the Imola Worlds (Image credit: Getty Images Sport) https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/liege-bastogne-liege-2020/preview/?fbclid=IwAR2dN8KE3TliN7HBORcCcJVSg4NDn9HuFkbm2xD88ZdXKi9OHqw7SLkLo-o No Fuglsang or Valverde but Alaphilippe and Hirschi headline strong field on near-identical route to 2019 By Patrick Fletcher 5 hours ago After La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, the delayed spring Classics campaign continues on Sunday with Liège-Bastogne-Liège , which, with Amstel Gold Race cancelled, is the only other major Ardennes Classic in 2020. The new calendar, in which La Doyenne clashes with the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, has deprived it of a couple of big names, with 2019 champion Jakob Fuglsang racing in Italy and four-time winner Alejandro Valverde plotting an alternative path to the Vuelta a España . However, the field is still deep and brimming with quality. New world champion Julian Alaphilippe makes his debut in the rainb...