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The Belgian has enjoyed a solid spring season thus far, and he has the potential to eventually win all five of cycling's monuments.

The Ardennes classics will highlight the peloton's toughest climbers. Here are 10 top riders to watch.

In cycling's modern era, the Ardennes classics are won with a combination of supreme endurance, climbing talent, and above all, patience.

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The 2017 Liège-Bastogne-Liège route is announced, including new climbs, and ASO invites seven wildcard teams.

In order to make the WorldTour, Owen has changed up his offseason routine, opting to rest his legs instead of racing cyclocross.

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At Liège-Bastogne-Liège, American Kiel Reijnen faced cold weather, rain, snow, and hail. And then his bike broke. He persevered to finish.

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BrakeThrough Media captures the beauty and drama of Ardennes week, the final three races of the spring classics.

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With a career-defining win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Wout Poels confirmed that his traumatic 2012 crash is behind him.

Alejandro Valverde was a favorite to win a record fourth Liège-Bastogne-Liège title Sunday, but a mix of several factors did him in.

Scenes from Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, where Wout Poels endured snow and even hail to take a big one-day victory for Sky

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Wout Poels wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège ahead of Michael Albasini and Rui Costa

Wout Poels wins a four-man sprint at Liège-Bastogne-Liège to deliver Team Sky's first ever monument classic victory

Snow forces a Liège-Bastogne-Liège route alteration

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Eleven Americans are slated to start Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday, the most Yanks at the Ardennes monument since 2001.

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Here's your quick-hit guide to this weekend's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the final spring classic of 2016.

The classics wrap up Sunday with La Doyenne, the oldest monument, the brutally hilly Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

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The Ardennes classics demand perfect positioning, brilliant climbing form, and smart tactics. Here are 10 men who could win big in April.

Tour de France champ Chris Froome will ride in support of his Sky teammate Michal Kwiatkowski at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

A few riders could upset favorite Alejandro Valverde in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but the weather could really throw a wrench into the mix.

Philippe Gilbert, winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2011, will skip the final Ardennes classic due to a broken finger.

With a new team, Martin aims to return to the aggressive racing style that he embraced at the outset of his career.

The growing pull of the cobbles seems to have sucked the life out of the season’s other classics, especially the Ardennes.

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Liège–Bastogne–Liège is going to have a new climb in the last 3km this year, and that could lead to some exciting racing in the finale.

Cannondale-Garmin's Ben King finds balance, writing, playing the guitar, and exploring his adopted hometown of Lucca, Italy between races

He seems to be getting better with age, but Valverde's Liege win, writes Andrew Hood, brings back talk of his dark history

The 22-year-old Frenchman insists he will continue to work for his teammates despite a strong Ardennes run

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Tim De Waele is on hand with his shutter snapping as Alejandro Valverde wins his third Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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In his first run at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Yates fights his way through climbs, crashes, in what he says is one of his favorite races

Results from the 101st Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Alejandro Valverde holds his fire until the last moment, then blazes away to take the victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

On-bike video from Cannondale-Garmin's Liege-Bastogne-Liege recon ride

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2013 Liege winner Dan Martin is hoping the effects of his Fleche Wallonne crash won't be too much of a roadblock to his Liege bid on Sunday

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American Lawson Craddock has bounced back from injury and is moving closer each race to a leadership role with his Giant-Alpecin team

With the threat to Astana's WorldTour license lifted, Nibali is giving his full attention to his pursuit of a big one-day victory

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Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège could cap the spring classics season in dramatic fashion, pitting young guns against experienced veterans

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The Cannondale-Garmin rider is taking aim at Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège race in Belgium

Valverde registers his third career Amstel Gold Race podium to start Ardennes week

The reigning world champion wants to notch his first win of the year in the rainbow jersey

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A crash in Saturday's Strade Bianche has jeaparodized Simon Gerrans' plans to defend his Liège title

MTN-Qhubeka, Cofidis, and Europcar invited to Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. American team UHC gets the nod for Flèche

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The final classic of the spring unfolds in the hills of the Ardennes and BrakeThrough Media captures the emotion inside and around the race

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Simon Gerrans’ victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège capped a spring classics season that was wide open and unpredictable in the peloton

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Gerrans spoke of his delight after becoming the first Australian to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and doing so in the race's 100th edition

Photos from the 100th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège

The defending champ stayed safe, saved everything for that last-kilometer attack, and then it all went pear-shaped in the final bend

Results from the 2014 Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Defending champ Martin crashes in the final corner, chasing a late breakaway, and in the finale Gerrans rockets to the victory at Liège

After serving a provisional suspension and finally being cleared, Rogers says the clenbuterol issue is a complex one

Froome is suffering from a "mild chest infection" and will rest ahead of the Tour de Romandie, while Costa abandoned following a crash

While the rest of the contenders raced 199km at Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday — where Valverde won and Gilbert finished 10th — Gerrans was resting and waiting

Australian will support Roman Kreuziger in Belgium on Sunday

Gilbert hopes to tag team with Samuel Sánchez to deliver a victory at La Doyenne for BMC Racing

With an historic route for its 100th edition, Sunday's Liège–Bastogne–Liège promises an explosive finale to the Ardennes classics