Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp), the nephew of former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2013 edition, outsprinting Katusha Team’s Joaquim Rodríguez. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) won the sprint in the small chasing group and took third place.
After the breakaway neutralized, the first serious attempt came from Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) on the Côte de Colonster. He quickly got caught but the selection was made. Only the Giro d’Italia 2012 winner Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp), Carlos Betancur (AG2R La Mondiale), Rigoberto Uran (Sky), Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha), and Rui Costa (Movistar) managed to stay with him. Pre-race favorite, UCI world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC) and last years’ second-finisher Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) were unable to follow.
Then Hesjedal attacked and managed to open a gap of 20 seconds. But he was eventually caught by Betancur, Valverde, Martin, Rodriguez, and Scarponi on the Côte de Saint-Nicolas. He was able to stay in this group and worked hard for Martin, and with his effort, the chasing peloton couldn’t catch this group.
Under the 1 km to go banner, Rodríguez attacked. Only Martin was able to follow him. The 27-year-old Irishman caught Rodríguez in the last 500 meters and won the sprint duel.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2013 Results
- Daniel Martin Ireland Garmin-Sharp 6:38:07
- Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver Spain Katusha 0:00:03
- Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Spain Movistar Team 0:00:09
- Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez Colombia AG2R La Mondiale
- Michele Scarponi Italy Lampre-Merida
- Enrico Gasparotto Italy Astana Pro Team 0:00:18
- Philippe Gilbert Belgium BMC Racing Team
- Ryder Hesjedal Canada Garmin-Sharp
- Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Portugal Movistar Team
- Simon Gerrans Australia Orica-GreenEdge
- Benoît Vaugrenard France FDJ
- Igor Anton Hernandez Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Romain Bardet France AG2R La Mondiale
- Rinaldo Nocentini Italy AG2R La Mondiale
- Lars Petter Nordhaug Norway Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Sergio Luis Henao Montoya Colombia Sky Procycling
- Nicki Sörensen Denmark Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:21
- Jelle Vanendert Belgium Lotto Belisol 0:00:26
- Simon Geschke Germany Team Argos-Shimano 0:00:56
- Diego Ulissi Italy Lampre-Merida
- Maxim Iglinskiy Kazakhstan Astana Pro Team
- Stefan Denifl Austria IAM Cycling 0:01:00
- Vincenzo Nibali Italy Astana Pro Team
- Pierre Rolland France Team Europcar
- Alessandro De Marchi Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:03
- Yury Trofimov Russia Katusha
- Jérôme Pineau France Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:06
- Björn Leukemans Belgium Vacansoleil-DCM
- Tony Gallopin France RadioShack Leopard
- Damiano Cunego Italy Lampre-Merida
- John Gadret France AG2R La Mondiale
- Jakob Fuglsang Denmark Astana Pro Team
- Pieter Weening Netherlands Orica-GreenEdge
- Tom Jelte Slagter Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Pierrick Fedrigo France FDJ
- Christopher Froome Great Britain Sky Procycling 0:01:14
- Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Daniele Ratto Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Chris Anker Sörensen Denmark Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Arthur Vichot France FDJ 0:01:18
- Andy Schleck Luxembourg RadioShack Leopard 0:01:20
- Peter Stetina USA Garmin-Sharp
- Haimar Zubeldia Agirre Spain RadioShack Leopard 0:01:24
- Sergey Lagutin Uzbekistan Vacansoleil-DCM
- Arnold Jeannesson France FDJ 0:01:25
- Yukiya Arashiro Japan Team Europcar 0:01:30
- Fabian Wegmann Germany Garmin-Sharp 0:01:34
- Rafael Valls Ferri Spain Vacansoleil-DCM
- Laurens Ten Dam Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas Colombia Movistar Team
- Michael Albasini Switzerland Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:40
- Daniel Moreno Fernandez Spain Katusha 0:01:49
- Rigoberto Uran Uran Colombia Sky Procycling
- Giovanni Visconti Italy Movistar Team 0:02:12
- Paul Martens Germany Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:02:15
- Pieter Serry Belgium Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Alberto Contador Velasco Spain Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Simon Clarke Australia Orica-GreenEdge
- Damiano Caruso Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:21
- Mikael Cherel France AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:28
- Nicolas Roche Ireland Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:04:40
- Andriy Grivko Ukraine Astana Pro Team
- Greg Van Avermaet Belgium BMC Racing Team
- Marcel Wyss Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Maxime Vantomme Belgium Crelan-Euphony 0:04:51
- David Lopez Garcia Spain Sky Procycling 0:04:53
- Alberto Losada Alguacil Spain Katusha
- Manuele Mori Italy Lampre-Merida 0:05:16
- Matthew Busche USA RadioShack Leopard
- Marcus Burghardt Germany BMC Racing Team
- Christophe Le Mevel France Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Egoi Martinez De Esteban Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Cyril Gautier France Team Europcar
- Alexandr Kolobnev Russia Katusha
- Amaël Moinard France BMC Racing Team
- Bauke Mollema Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Bram Tankink Netherlands Blanco Pro Cycling Team
- Angel Vicioso Arcos Spain Katusha 0:05:26
- Giampaolo Caruso Italy Katusha
- Maxime Monfort Belgium RadioShack-Leopard 0:05:33
- Ben Hermans Belgium RadioShack Leopard
- Michel Kreder Netherlands Garmin-Sharp 0:07:51
- Francesco Gavazzi Italy Astana Pro Team 0:07:57
- Blel Kadri France AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:09
- Dominik Nerz Germany BMC Racing Team 0:08:20
- Jon Izaguirre Insausti Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Nathan Haas Australia Garmin-Sharp
- Wesley Sulzberger Australia Orica-GreenEdge
- Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Carlos Verona Quintanilla Spain Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Michal Kwiatkowski Poland Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Sébastien Delfosse Belgium Crelan-Euphony
- Matthias Brandle Austria IAM Cycling 0:08:29
- Dennis Vanendert Belgium Lotto Belisol
- Kévin Reza France Team Europcar
- Francis De Greef Belgium Lotto Belisol
- Kanstantsin Siutsou Belarus Sky Procycling
- Julien Vermote Belgium Omega Pharma-Quick Step
- Reto Hollenstein Switzerland IAM Cycling
- Eduard Vorganov Russia Katusha
- Mads Christensen Denmark Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Daniel Navarro Garcia Spain Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- Rémi Cusin France IAM Cycling
- Christian Meier Canada Orica-GreenEdge
- Sandy Casar France FDJ
- Thomas Dekker Netherlands Garmin-Sharp
- Anthony Charteau France Team Europcar
- Karsten Kroon Netherlands Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Brent Bookwalter USA BMC Racing Team
- Oliver Zaugg Switzerland Team Saxo-Tinkoff
- Travis Meyer Australia Orica-GreenEdge
- Geoffrey Soupe France FDJ
- Marco Marcato Italy Vacansoleil-DCM
- Romain Sicard France Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Brian Vandborg Denmark Cannondale Pro Cycling
- Luis Angel Mate Mardones Spain Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- Jerome Coppel France Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- Nicolas Vogondy France Accent Jobs-Wanty
- Matteo Montaguti Italy AG2R La Mondiale
- Tom Dumoulin Netherlands Team Argos-Shimano
- Mathias Frank Switzerland BMC Racing Team
- Rein Taaramae Estonia Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:09:20
- Moreno Moser Italy Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:09:35
- Roman Kreuziger Czech Republic Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:09:54
Sources
- 2013 Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Wikipedia
- Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2013 Results on Cycling News
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