Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Liège–Bastogne–Liège is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar. It is often called La Doyenne which means "the oldest".^[1][2][3] It is run in the Ardennes region of Belgium. The race is from Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège.

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Race details
Date	Late-April
Region	Ardennes, Belgium
English name	Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Local name(s)	Liège–Bastogne–Liège (in French)
Nickname(s)	La Doyenne ("the oldest")
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI World Tour
Type	Monument one-day classic
Organiser	Amaury Sport Organisation
History
First edition	1892 (1892)
Editions	98 (as of 2012)
First winner	Léon Houa (BEL)
Most wins	Eddy Merckx (BEL) (5 wins)
Most recent	Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)

Winners by nationality

# of Victories	Country
59	Belgium
12	Italy
6	Switzerland
5	France
3	Netherlands
3	Kazakhstan
2	Germany
2	Ireland
2	Luxembourg
2	Spain
1	Russia
1	Denmark
1	United States

Riders with more than one win

Still active are in italic.

Wins	Rider	Country	Years
5	Eddy Merckx	Belgium	1969 + 1971 + 1972 + 1973 + 1975
4	Moreno Argentin	Italy	1985 + 1986 + 1987 + 1991
3	Léon Houa	Belgium	1892 + 1893 + 1894
	Alfons Schepers	Belgium	1929 + 1931 + 1935
	Fred De Bruyne	Belgium	1956 + 1958 + 1959
2	Louis Mottiat	Belgium	1921 + 1922
	René Vermandel	Belgium	1923 + 1924
	Richard Depoorter	Belgium	1943 + 1947
	Prosper Depredomme	Belgium	1946 + 1950
	Ferdi Kübler	Switzerland	1951 + 1952
	Joseph Bruyère	Belgium	1976 + 1978
	Bernard Hinault	France	1977 + 1980
	Seán Kelly	Ireland	1984 + 1989
	Michele Bartoli	Italy	1997 + 1998
	Paolo Bettini	Italy	2000 + 2002
	Alexandre Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	2005 + 2010
	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	2006 + 2008